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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between naaf naaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Pelletier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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185 lbs
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181 cm
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, naaf naaf!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jean Pelletier!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelletier throws a shot from downtown. naaf moves away and avoids it.
Pelletier closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Pelletier.
Pelletier scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pelletier content to slow the pace in the clinch.
naaf wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pelletier lands a body punch.
naaf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
naaf tries to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pelletier.
naaf has had enough of the clinch but Pelletier keeps him there for the moment.
naaf wants to break free but Pelletier has control.
naaf wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pelletier stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pelletier lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of naaf backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Pelletier.
naaf wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
naaf wants to break free but Pelletier has control.
Pelletier manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short left from Pelletier.
naaf is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pelletier throws a blind hook that connects with the side of naafs head.
naaf is looking to break free of the clinch but Pelletier has double underhooks.
naaf breaks from the clinch.
naaf misses with a series of wild punches.
Pelletier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from naaf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
naaf takes one on the button.
Pelletier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
naaf throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pelletier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
naaf waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pelletier.
naaf lands a glancing blow to the side of Pelletier's head.
naaf throws a nice looking combination but Pelletier bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
naaf throws a right and a left that Pelletier avoids nicely.
Pelletier steps to the side to avoid the strikes from naaf.
naaf avoids a kick to the body.
naaf naaf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pelletier lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
naaf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pelletier.
naaf takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pelletier lands a nice looking body shot.
naaf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pelletier throws out the jab.
Pelletier looks to throw the jab but naaf is out of range.
naaf rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pelletier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pelletier fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches naaf on the side of the head.
Pelletier scores with a body shot.
Pelletier jabs naaf right on the nose. naaf blinks but takes it well.
naaf lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelletier lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as naaf backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
naaf throws a series of punches but Pelletier avoids them all with ease.
naaf falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pelletier counters with a left to the body.
naaf is breathing heavily.
Pelletier throws a series of punches but naaf avoids them all with ease.
naaf moves out of range of the strikes.
Pelletier has taken the fight to the clinch.
naaf breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
naaf takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
naaf looks to land a combination but Pelletier avoids it well.
Pelletier looks to land a combination but naaf avoids it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pelletier.
Pelletier is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! naaf had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pelletier misses with a body shot.
Pelletier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but naaf circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice defenses there by naaf.
Pelletier lands a two punch combo.
Pelletier swinging wildly here.
naaf waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pelletier.
naaf moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
naaf throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pelletier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pelletier throws a jab but it's blocked by naaf.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
naaf on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pelletier takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Jean Pelletier has been cut.
Pelletier clinches up against the cage.
naaf can't break the clinch.
naaf is looking to break free of the clinch but Pelletier has double underhooks.
naaf tries to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling the position.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling him.
naaf takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on naaf's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pelletier manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pelletier lands with a light punch inside.
Pelletier is working naaf over against the cage.
Pelletier lands with a right to the head.
Pelletier working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pelletier lands with a light punch inside.
Pelletier stalls.
naaf has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
naaf wants to break free but Pelletier has control.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
Pelletier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt naaf or not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
naaf wants to get back to striking at distance but Pelletier won't allow it.
naaf tries to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling the position.
naaf has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pelletier takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
naaf wants to break the clinch but can't.
naaf wants to break the clinch but can't.
naaf wants to get back to striking at distance but Pelletier won't allow it.
A short right from Pelletier.
naaf is trying to force a seperation but Pelletier has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pelletier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pelletier throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pelletier lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pelletier working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
naaf is trying to force a seperation but Pelletier has the dominant position.
naaf wants to get back to striking at distance but Pelletier won't allow it.
Pelletier stalling the fight.
A shot in the inside from Pelletier.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
naaf is trying to break free.
naaf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A bit of stalling here from Pelletier.
naaf tries to break free but Pelletier pushes him back against the cage.
Pelletier lands a right hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pelletier takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Pelletier dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Pelletier's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
naaf throws a right and a left that Pelletier avoids nicely.
Pelletier tries to clinch there but naaf circles away.
naaf falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pelletier makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A punch combination from naaf misses.
naaf fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
naaf misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pelletier takes the fight into the clinch.
naaf is looking to break free of the clinch but Pelletier has double underhooks.
A short left from Pelletier.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
Pelletier lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of naaf backwards.
Pelletier prevents naaf from breaking the clinch.
naaf letting Pelletier take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pelletier lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pelletier.
That's one minute gone in the round.
naaf wants to break free but Pelletier has control.
Pelletier is stalling here.
Pelletier lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of naaf backwards.
Pelletier pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
naaf gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pelletier.
naaf throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pelletier misses with a hook.
naaf will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
naaf misses with a wild combination.
naaf pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from naaf misses.
naaf uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelletier.
naaf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pelletier throws out the jab.
naaf throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pelletier rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but naaf moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
naaf throws a right hand that Pelletier ducks under and follows up with a left that Pelletier also avoids with ease.
Pelletier closes the distance and clinches.
naaf takes a shot to the head.
naaf tries to break free but Pelletier pushes him back against the cage.
naaf tries to circle away but Pelletier has him pinned against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pelletier displaying some good clinch control by pressing naaf up against the cage.
Pelletier lands a body punch.
Pelletier prevents naaf from breaking the clinch.
naaf tries to circle away but Pelletier has him pinned against the cage.
naaf wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
Pelletier has naaf pressed against the cage, preventing naaf from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pelletier lands a left hand that snaps the head of naaf backwards.
Pelletier lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pelletier gets through naaf's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pelletier.
naaf letting Pelletier take a breather here.
naaf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Come on Pelletier - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pelletier makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
naaf wants to break free but Pelletier has control.
naaf is looking to break free of the clinch but Pelletier has double underhooks.
Pelletier slows down the pace here.
Pelletier lands with a right to the head.
Pelletier scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
naaf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pelletier is stalling here.
naaf has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
naaf tries to circle away but Pelletier has him pinned against the cage.
Pelletier lands a nice uppercut.
naaf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
naaf wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pelletier lands a body punch.
Pelletier scores with a shot to the side of naaf's head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
naaf has had enough of the clinch but Pelletier keeps him there for the moment.
Pelletier dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling him.
naaf tries to break free but Pelletier pushes him back against the cage.
Pelletier lands a nice uppercut.
Pelletier prevents naaf from breaking the clinch.
Pelletier has naaf pressed against the cage, preventing naaf from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pelletier looking to slow down the pace here.
naaf has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pelletier makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pelletier is leaning against naaf and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pelletier is pushing naaf up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
naaf wants to break free but Pelletier has control.
naaf is trying to force a seperation but Pelletier has the dominant position.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling him.
Pelletier pushes naaf back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pelletier cracks naaf with a nice body shot.
naaf is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pelletier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite naaf's efforts to push away.
naaf is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pelletier takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pelletier breaks from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
naaf lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pelletier circles away quickly and effectively.
Pelletier clinches up with naaf and pushes him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Pelletier as the two fighters clinch.
naaf wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pelletier.
Pelletier works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Pelletier showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jean Pelletier's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Pelletier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
naaf misses with a double jab
and Pelletier moves into the clinch.
Pelletier lands a left hand that snaps the head of naaf backwards.
Pelletier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pelletier looks to score with a jab to the body but naaf is just out of range.
naaf swinging wildly here.
Pelletier cracks naaf with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pelletier falls off balance throwing a combination
and naaf counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jean Pelletier seems to be getting the better of the standup.
naaf misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pelletier misses with a looping right.
naaf throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pelletier on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pelletier. naaf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pelletier has naaf up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pelletier.
Pelletier leaning against his opponent.
A right handed body shot lands from Pelletier.
Pelletier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pelletier's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
naaf tries to circle away but Pelletier has him pinned against the cage.
Pelletier manages to break the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of naaf 's head but he takes it in his stride.
naaf misses with a combination
and Pelletier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
naaf fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pelletier throws a series of punches but naaf avoids them all with ease.
Pelletier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from naaf.
Pelletier lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by naaf!
A punch lands to the side of naaf 's head but he takes it in his stride.
naaf with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pelletier to score with a decent uppercut.
Pelletier listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
naaf throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pelletier.
A swing and a miss from Pelletier.
naaf keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pelletier throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pelletier moves into range and clinches up with naaf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelletier lands with a left to the head.
naaf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pelletier lands a left hand.
naaf working hard to break the clinch.
Pelletier working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
naaf wants to get back to striking at distance but Pelletier won't allow it.
Pelletier lands a right hand.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling him.
naaf wants to break free but Pelletier has control.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
Pelletier keeps control of naaf as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jean Pelletier seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pelletier lands a right hand that snaps the head of naaf backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Pelletier.
Pelletier taking a breather.
naaf is trying to break free.
Pelletier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pelletier lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pelletier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite naaf's efforts to push away.
naaf is looking to break free of the clinch but Pelletier has double underhooks.
naaf is trying to break free.
Pelletier leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pelletier keeps control of naaf as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Pelletier - that landed with a thud.
Pelletier lands a shoulder strike.
naaf is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pelletier slows down the pace here.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Pelletier.
Pelletier working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pelletier lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pelletier breaks from the clinch.
naaf scores with a jab to the body.
Pelletier takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pelletier throws a body punch but naaf moves out of range.
naaf takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pelletier dodges the punch combination from naaf.
Pelletier scores with a three punch combo!
Pelletier lands a nice shot that snaps naaf's head back.
naaf falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pelletier counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pelletier slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
naaf naaf is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
naaf fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
naaf throws a series of punches but Pelletier moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pelletier looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
naaf throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pelletier counters by clinching up.
naaf escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pelletier slips a jab and a cross from naaf.
Pelletier keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from naaf.
Pelletier dodges the punch combination from naaf.
Pelletier uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before naaf has time to react.
naaf ducks under a wild hook from Pelletier.
naaf misses with a wild combination.
Nice cross by Pelletier.
Pelletier scores with a nice strike.
Pelletier waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract naaf.
Pelletier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but naaf was well out of range. Poor timing from Pelletier.
Pelletier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pelletier misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Pelletier really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Pelletier's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
naaf misses with a few strikes there.
Pelletier uses good head movement to avoid the hook from naaf.
naaf throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pelletier lunges at naaf with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by naaf's hand.
naaf will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pelletier throws a series of punches but naaf moves out of range.
Pelletier throws the left hand but naaf avoids the punch easily.
naaf misses with a jab, cross combination.
naaf throws a nice looking combination but Pelletier bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
naaf looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pelletier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from naaf.
Pelletier clinches with his opponent.
Pelletier softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
naaf wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
Pelletier is pushing naaf up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
naaf is trying to break free.
naaf is trying to break free.
naaf letting Pelletier take a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelletier lands a hook that snaps the head of naaf backwards.
Pelletier stalls.
naaf is trying to force a seperation but Pelletier has the dominant position.
naaf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pelletier prevents naaf from breaking the clinch.
naaf is trying to force a seperation but Pelletier has the dominant position.
Pelletier breaks the clinch.
Pelletier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
naaf lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
naaf moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jab by Pelletier.
Pelletier throws a series of strikes that have naaf backpedaling.
naaf swinging wildly here.
naaf misses with a jab to the body
and Pelletier counters with a two punch combo.
naaf throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pelletier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
naaf catches Pelletier with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
naaf lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pelletier circles away quickly and effectively.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pelletier.
naaf misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pelletier works over naaf's head and body with a nice combination.
A combination from naaf does no damage.
naaf throws a right and a left that Pelletier avoids nicely.
naaf misses with a two punch combination.
naaf throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pelletier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
naaf throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut there from Pelletier.
Pelletier pushes naaf up against the cage in a clinch.
Pelletier lands a nice shot to the body.
Pelletier lands a left hand that snaps the head of naaf backwards.
Pelletier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pelletier moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Pelletier to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are getting on Pelletier's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
naaf wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
naaf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pelletier pressing his opponent against the cage.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
Pelletier is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
naaf is looking to break free of the clinch but Pelletier has double underhooks.
naaf wants to break the clinch but can't.
naaf wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Come on Pelletier - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pelletier manages to break the clinch.
Pelletier scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
naaf swings for the body but Pelletier moves out of range.
naaf slips under a jab.
naaf misses with a double jab
and Pelletier counters by clinching up.
Pelletier lands a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
naaf tries to circle away but Pelletier has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pelletier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pelletier takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pelletier misses with an uppercut.
Pelletier misses with an uppercut. naaf saw that one coming.
Pelletier misses with the combination.
Pelletier swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
naaf with a nice cross.
naaf misses with a wild combination.
naaf stalks Pelletier and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pelletier's face. Pelletier staggers backwards, shaken.
naaf misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from naaf does no damage.
naaf misses with a double jab.
naaf throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pelletier counters with a right hand to the body.
Pelletier throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pelletier fakes high and swings low for a body shot but naaf manages to avoid it.
naaf misses with a two punch combination.
Pelletier clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Pelletier dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jean Pelletier's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
naaf fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
naaf thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pelletier tries to clinch but naaf is having none of it.
naaf looks to land a left hand but Pelletier moved out of range nicely.
Pelletier closes the distance and clinches.
Pelletier taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pelletier prevents naaf from breaking the clinch.
Pelletier taking a breather.
Pelletier breaks from the clinch.
Pelletier throws a shot from downtown. naaf moves away and avoids it.
Pelletier tries to close the distance and clinch but naaf swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
naaf keeps the fight on the outside.
Pelletier swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pelletier doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pelletier has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from naaf finds it's way round the side to connect with Pelletier's head.
Pelletier wants to clinch up but naaf keeps it at a distance.
naaf fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
naaf lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
naaf cracks a nice hook into Pelletier's ribs.
Pelletier on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
naaf scores with a nice right hand.
Pelletier avoids a punch combination nicely.
naaf misses with a double jab
and Pelletier counters with a nice body shot.
Pelletier lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
naaf will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
naaf throws a series of punches but Pelletier moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from naaf.
naaf misses with a double jab.
naaf lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pelletier circles away quickly and effectively.
Pelletier scores with a three punch combo!
Donk. Pelletier catches naaf right on the button with a cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Pelletier scores with a four punch combination!
naaf throws a combination that misses
and Pelletier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pelletier, as that shot connected.
naaf looks to land a combination but Pelletier avoids it well.
Jean Pelletier is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelletier ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pelletier lands with a nice combination. naaf backs away looking to recover.
Pelletier listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pelletier has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pelletier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
naaf tries to circle away but Pelletier has him pinned against the cage.
Pelletier stalling.
A frustrated look appears on naaf's face as he tries to break the clinch.
naaf wants to get back to striking at distance but Pelletier won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on naaf's face as he tries to break the clinch.
naaf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pelletier leaning his opponent against the cage.
naaf tries to break free but Pelletier pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
naaf wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
naaf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
naaf tries to break free but Pelletier pushes him back against the cage.
Pelletier manages to break the clinch.
Pelletier closes the distance and clinches.
Pelletier scores with a shoulder strike.
naaf is trying to break free.
naaf can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pelletier.
naaf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
naaf working hard to break the clinch.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
naaf can't break the clinch.
Pelletier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite naaf's efforts to push away.
naaf tries to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
naaf wants to get back to striking at distance but Pelletier won't allow it.
naaf is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
naaf tries to break free but Pelletier pushes him back against the cage.
Pelletier lands a shoulder strike.
naaf wants to break the clinch but can't.
naaf is trying to force a seperation but Pelletier has the dominant position.
Pelletier lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pelletier scores with a shot to the side of naaf's head.
naaf tries to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling the position.
naaf tries to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling the position.
naaf tries to break the clinch but Pelletier is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pelletier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
naaf is trying to break the clinch but Pelletier has him pressed against the cage.
naaf naaf has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
naaf can't break the clinch.
Pelletier blocks a body shot from naaf.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to naaf naaf.
Well Pelletier has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 46:49
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Pelletier!
Jean Pelletier is the new middleweight champion!
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