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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Yacht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Le Petit Criss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Criss has chosen La danse des canards as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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141 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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164 cm
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132 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raymond Yacht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Le Petit Criss!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yacht avoids the head kick by Criss.
Yacht throws a right and a left that Criss avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A nice combination there by Yacht.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Criss - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Criss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Yacht.
Criss lands with a slapping head kick.
Criss fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Yacht does no damage.
Criss closes the distance and clinches.
Yacht drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yacht takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yacht can't get the takedown.
Criss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Criss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Criss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yacht.
Criss lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Criss darts in and clinches Yacht up against the cage.
Criss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Criss moves into the clinch.
Yacht wants to get back to striking at distance but Criss won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Criss.
Yacht blocks an elbow strike from Criss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yacht manages to break the clinch.
Criss shoots in and drives through. Yacht sprawls well.
Criss tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Criss darts in and clinches Yacht up against the cage.
Criss lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Criss gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Criss.
Yacht avoids a wild elbow strike from Criss.
Yacht avoids a wild elbow strike from Criss.
Yacht working hard to break the clinch.
Yacht managing to block the knees to the body from Criss.
Yacht blocks an elbow strike.
Yacht escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Criss slips a jab and a cross from Yacht.
Criss has managed to clinch.
Yacht avoids the elbow strike from Criss, against the cage.
Criss is trying to drag Yacht to the mat but Yacht just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Yacht tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymond Yacht. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yacht's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Criss wants to clinch up but Yacht keeps it at a distance.
Criss gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Yacht.
Criss scores with a leg kick.
Yacht checks a low kick from Criss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yacht shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Criss lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Yacht!
Yacht avoids a series of strikes thrown by Criss.
Criss raining down shots from the mount!
Yacht is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Yacht is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Criss pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Criss misses with a head shot.
Criss with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Criss is working for a guillotine from mount but Yacht frees his head quite easily.
Criss looks gassed!
Yacht is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Criss putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Criss punching from mount but Yacht doing a good job of avoiding damage.
You get the feeling that Yacht really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Yacht is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yacht is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Criss jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Yacht is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Yacht and Criss has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Yacht managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Criss.
Yacht sneaks back into half guard.
Criss scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yacht wants to get back to his feet.
Yacht is looking for a sweep. Criss is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yacht trying to control but Criss postures up.
Criss wants to work for an arm triangle but Yacht is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Criss is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Yacht defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Criss is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Yacht sees it coming and defends easily.
Yacht is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Criss's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Criss's back!
Yacht will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Yacht is persistently looking for the submission but Criss is defending it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yacht has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Criss has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Yacht is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Criss defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Le Petit Criss dominated that round.
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.
Criss gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Criss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yacht wants to get back to striking at distance but Criss won't allow it.
Criss is trying to trip Yacht. He has hold of a leg but Yacht is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Criss persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Criss trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yacht uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Criss avoids the head kick by Yacht.
Yacht shoots for a takedown but Criss saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Criss is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yacht sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Criss has closed the distance and engaged Yacht in a clinch.
Yacht wants to get back to striking at distance but Criss won't allow it.
Criss lands a nice knee to the body.
Yacht stops a takedown attempt from Criss.
Yacht has had enough of the clinch but Criss keeps him there for the moment.
Yacht takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Criss scores a nice knee to the body.
Criss fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Raymond Yacht has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Le Petit Criss.
Criss landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Criss keeps control of Yacht as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yacht's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Yacht.
Yacht swats away the attempt to clinch by Criss.
Yacht misses with a wild combination.
Criss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yacht misses with a few strikes there.
Criss lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Criss is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yacht.
Criss tries to clinch but Yacht moves out of range.
Yacht fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yacht shoots in for a takedown but Criss shows good takedown defense.
Criss closes the distance and pushes Yacht back into the cage.
Criss is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yacht breaks from the clinch.
Yacht keeps the fight on the outside.
Criss tries to clinch there but Yacht circles away.
Criss closes the distance and clinches.
Yacht looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yacht is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Criss gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Criss lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yacht takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yacht has had enough of the clinch but Criss keeps him there for the moment.
Yacht wants to get back to striking at distance but Criss won't allow it.
Criss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yacht.
Criss slowing the pace effectively.
Criss working Yacht over with knees to the body.
Criss breaks from the clinch.
Criss tries to clinch up but Yacht circles away and keeps his distance.
Yacht showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Criss.
Criss instigates a clinch.
Criss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yacht taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Criss throws an elbow but misses.
Criss missing with knees to the body.
Yacht is trying to break free.
Criss stops a takedown attempt from Yacht.
Yacht breaks from the clinch.
Yacht gets caught flat footed, as Criss shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Yacht is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Criss throwing strikes but missing.
Criss postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Yacht is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Criss, into his guard.
Yacht looking to sit in guard and control but Criss gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Criss is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Yacht looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Criss prevents Yacht from getting back to his feet.
Yacht working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Criss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Criss working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Criss has gone for a leg lock! Yacht slips out almost immediately though and dives into Criss's guard.
Criss tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Criss is on top in guard.
Yacht wants to control but Criss passes easily into half guard.
Yacht wants to control but Criss is keeping busy.
Criss missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Criss is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Criss is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Le Petit Criss showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Yacht scores with a shot to the body.
Yacht connects with a good right hand that stumbles Criss. Criss circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yacht throws a combination that misses
and Criss decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yacht's guard.
Yacht looking to control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Criss trying to control the position from guard on top but Yacht is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Criss sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yacht's guard.
Criss is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Yacht doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Criss.
Yacht controlling the position well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yacht is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Criss's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Criss's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yacht is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Criss knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Criss for a finish.
Criss breaks Yacht's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Criss wants to pass the guard but Yacht is keeping the position.
Criss is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Criss trying to control the position from guard on top but Yacht is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yacht pulls Criss in to control the position.
Yacht controls Criss momentarily but Criss frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Criss passes Yacht's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Yacht makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Yacht.
Criss passes Yacht's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Le Petit Criss has got the better of the ground game so far.
Criss not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yacht tries to kick Criss off but Criss keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Yacht wants to control but Criss is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Criss sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yacht defending well though.
Criss is looking for a kimura but Yacht is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Criss to get the leverage.
Yacht has one foot on Criss's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Criss misses with a head kick.
Yacht misses with a two punch combination.
Criss tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yacht looks to land a combination but Criss avoids it well.
Criss closes the distance and pushes Yacht back into the cage.
Criss breaks from the clinch.
Criss forces Yacht back against the cage and clinches.
Yacht is trying to break the clinch but Criss is controlling him.
Criss lands a nice elbow.
Criss utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Criss is pushing Yacht up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yacht breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Criss keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Raymond Yacht is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Criss takes the fight into the clinch.
Yacht breaks the clinch.
Criss wants to clinch.
Criss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yacht.
Some wild striking there from Criss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Criss wants to clinch.
Yacht lands with an overhand left.
Yacht lands a head shot.
Nice takedown defense from Criss. No joy for Yacht on that attempt.
Yacht cracks Criss with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Criss tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yacht swivels and escapes.
Le Petit Criss is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Criss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Criss misses with the combination.
Yacht misses with a few strikes there.
Raymond Yacht has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yacht throws a nice looking combination but Criss bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yacht tries to bum rush Criss with a series of wild strikes but Criss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yacht throws a series of punches but Criss avoids them all with ease.
Criss gets a clinch.
Yacht is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yacht trying to stall but Criss improves his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Le Petit Criss comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Criss 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Le Petit Criss!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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