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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ali Souleymane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciej Gryngor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maciej Gryngor is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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198 cm
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217 lbs
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213 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ali Souleymane! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maciej Gryngor! The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gryngor throws a leg kick but Souleymane checks it. Gryngor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Souleymane cracks the inside of Gryngor's front leg. Souleymane dips down and scores with a jab to the body. The fight moves into the clinch position. Souleymane dodges an elbow strike from Gryngor.
Souleymane lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Maciej Gryngor has been cut. Gryngor gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Souleymane cracks Gryngor with a nice body shot. A bit of stalling here from Souleymane.
Souleymane seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression. Gryngor misses with an elbow over the top. Gryngor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Souleymane lands an elbow inside that Gryngor shrugs off. Souleymane is stalling here.
Gryngor takes a shot to the head. A short right from Souleymane on the inside. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Gryngor has a couple of punches blocked by Souleymane.
The referee is keeping an eye on Souleymane - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Souleymane for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure. Souleymane dodges an elbow strike from Gryngor.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souleymane creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Souleymane lands a body shot. Gryngor looks gassed! Souleymane lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Gryngor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gryngor. Gryngor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Souleymane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Souleymane controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gryngor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Souleymane blocking some punches.
Souleymane pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souleymane creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Souleymane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryngor avoids it. Come on Souleymane - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Souleymane throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Souleymane avoiding damage.
Gryngor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A short right from Souleymane. Gryngor managing to block the knees to the body from Souleymane.
Souleymane on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Souleymane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gryngors head. Still in the clinch, Souleymane scores with a nice short uppercut. Souleymane trying to land knees to the body.
Gryngor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souleymane leaning against his opponent.
Souleymane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Souleymane taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Souleymane lands a nice shot to the body. Souleymane trying to land knees to the body.
Gryngor blocks the elbow strike.
Gryngor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gryngor clinches but Souleymane breaks the clinch and Souleymane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Souleymane misses with a body kick. Gryngor drops his hands momentarily and Souleymane takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Gryngor misses with a hook. Souleymane ducked under it nicely. Souleymane lands a leg kick that knocks Gryngor off balance momentarily. Souleymane is looking to land body kicks. Gryngor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Souleymane moves into the clinch. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gryngor. Souleymane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Souleymane scores with an uppercut up the middle. Souleymane lands on the inside with an uppercut. Souleymane scores with an uppercut up the middle. Gryngor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gryngor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Souleymane pushes Gryngor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. This has been an exciting period of action! Gryngor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souleymane is struggling to control the position. Souleymane blocks an elbow strike from Gryngor.
Souleymane is pushing Gryngor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ali Souleymane. Gryngor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Souleymane moves into the clinch. A head punch on the inside from Gryngor fails to land. Souleymane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gryngor is defending well for now. Gryngor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Souleymane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Souleymane slows down the pace here.
Gryngor managing to block the knees to the body from Souleymane.
Souleymane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gryngor. Gryngor takes a shot to the head. Souleymane lands a left hand.
Gryngor being controlled against the cage. Gryngor takes an elbow to the temple. A bit of stalling here from Souleymane.
Souleymane lands with a left to the head. Souleymane digs a right hand underneath Gryngor's ribcage. Gryngor let out a lung full of air as it connected. Souleymane lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Souleymane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Souleymane gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Souleymane digs a right hand underneath Gryngor's ribcage. Gryngor let out a lung full of air as it connected. Gryngor being controlled against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gryngor takes a shot to the head. Souleymane slowing the pace effectively. This has been an exciting period of action! The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ali Souleymane. Gryngor walks into a straight right hand from Souleymane. Souleymane connects with a solid leg kick. Souleymane rushes Gryngor and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. A head punch on the inside from Gryngor fails to land. A right handed body shot lands from Souleymane.
Souleymane lands a shot to the body. Souleymane controlling the action here for a moment.
A body shot lands from Souleymane.
A short left from Souleymane. Souleymane works on Gryngor's body with a couple of short punches. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Souleymane working some nice short punches in the clinch. Souleymane lands with a short head shot on the inside. A nice left hand lands by Souleymane.
Souleymane digs a right hand into Gryngor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gryngor's gas tank. Souleymane lands a left hand.
Gryngor managing to block the knees to the body from Souleymane.
Souleymane pushes Gryngor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Souleymane tries to land knees in the clinch but Gryngor avoids the damage to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ali Souleymane dominated that round. The cut man is working on Maciej Gryngor's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Souleymane pushes Gryngor up against the cage in a clinch. Souleymane misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Souleymane just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gryngor's brow. Souleymane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gryngor backwards. Gryngor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Souleymane blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Souleymane throws an elbow but misses. Souleymane gets through Gryngor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Souleymane gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Gryngor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Souleymane avoiding damage.
A nice left hand lands by Souleymane.
Souleymane blocks the elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Souleymane. Souleymane lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Souleymane lands on the inside with an uppercut. Nice body punch from Souleymane - that landed with a thud.
Gryngor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souleymane. Souleymane lands a nice uppercut. Nice elbow from Gryngor. Gryngor swings wildly with an uppercut but Souleymane uses good head movement to avoid it. Souleymane is working Gryngor over against the cage. Souleymane cracks Gryngor with a nice body shot. Gryngor is breathing heavily. A nice left hand lands by Souleymane.
Souleymane lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gryngor or not.
That's one minute gone in the round. Souleymane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gryngor backwards. Gryngor takes an elbow to the temple. Souleymane is stalling here.
Souleymane lands a body punch in the clinch. Souleymane is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gryngor can do to turn this around? Souleymane blocks the elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Souleymane - that landed with a thud.
Souleymane throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Ali Souleymane has scored more points in the clinch so far. Nice elbow from Souleymane. Knees to the body from Souleymane.
Souleymane slowing the pace effectively. Gryngor avoids the elbow strike from Souleymane, against the cage.
Gryngor avoiding damage as Souleymane throws knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Souleymane.
Souleymane pushes Gryngor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Souleymane misses with an elbow over the top. Souleymane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Gryngor misses with a hook from the clinch. Souleymane blocks an elbow strike. Souleymane is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Souleymane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Souleymane.
Souleymane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gryngor is defending well for now. Souleymane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryngor.
Gryngor throws an elbow but it misses.
Souleymane stalling the fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Souleymane as Gryngor tries to tie him up. Souleymane lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Souleymane pushes off an throws an elbow but Gryngor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Souleymane avoiding damage.
Souleymane stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Still in the clinch, Souleymane scores with a nice short uppercut. Gryngor takes a shot to the head. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Souleymane. Gryngor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Souleymane lands with a short shot to the head. Gryngor is trying to break the clinch but Souleymane is controlling him. Souleymane lands a body shot. This has been an exciting period of action! A right handed body shot lands from Souleymane.
Souleymane tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gryngor taking a breather. Souleymane manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Souleymane trying to land knees to the body.
Gryngor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souleymane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gryngor is defending well for now. Souleymane lands an elbow inside. Gryngor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Souleymane manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Souleymane scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Souleymane lands a shot to the body. Souleymane takes an elbow to the temple. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. A short uppercut from Souleymane. Gryngor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Souleymane pushes off an throws an elbow but Gryngor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Souleymane lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gryngor backwards. A right hook to the body lands for Souleymane.
Souleymane creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gryngor's defenses. A short left from Souleymane. Souleymane trying to land knees to the body.
Souleymane lands a left hand.
Souleymane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Gryngor looking to throw knees to the head but Souleymane is blocking nicely.
Souleymane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryngor avoids it. Souleymane lands a shoulder strike. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gryngor. Souleymane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Souleymane stalling.
Souleymane is working Gryngor over against the cage. Still in the clinch, Souleymane scores with a nice short uppercut. Gryngor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gryngor comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Souleymane stalling.
Souleymane blocks an elbow strike. Gryngor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Souleymane.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Souleymane dodges an elbow strike from Gryngor.
Souleymane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gryngor. Souleymane stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. A nice glancing elbow lands by Souleymane. Souleymane lands a body punch. Souleymane lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gryngor letting Souleymane take a breather here. Souleymane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Souleymane slows down the pace here.
A short right from Souleymane. Souleymane lands a nice shot to the body. Gryngor takes a shot to the head. Gryngor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Souleymane just leaning against Gryngor, taking a breather. A short left from Souleymane. Gryngor working aggressively here.
Gryngor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. A body shot lands from Souleymane.
Gryngor lands an elbow that stopped Souleymane in his tracks for a moment. Souleymane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gryngor is defending well for now. Gryngor throws an elbow that misses.
Souleymane stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Souleymane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryngor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ali Souleymane dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Maciej Gryngor's cut. That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A telegraphed right hand from Gryngor misses the target. Souleymane closes the distance and clinches. Souleymane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gryngor trying to control the position but instead, Souleymane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gryngor into the cage. Gryngor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Souleymanes head. Gryngor lands an elbow inside. Gryngor avoiding damage as Souleymane throws knees to the body.
Gryngor throws an elbow that misses.
Gryngor misses with a punch on the inside.
Souleymane lands a body punch. Souleymane digs a right hand underneath Gryngor's ribcage. Gryngor let out a lung full of air as it connected. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Souleymane working some nice short punches in the clinch. Nice body punch from Souleymane. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Souleymane just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gryngor's brow. Still in the clinch, Souleymane scores with a nice short uppercut. Souleymane manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Souleymane blocks an elbow strike from Gryngor.
Souleymane tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Souleymane.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souleymane creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Gryngor pushes off an throws an elbow but Souleymane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Souleymane stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round. A right hook to the body lands for Souleymane.
Souleymane is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gryngor. Gryngor misses with some punches.
Souleymane tries to land knees in the clinch but Gryngor avoids the damage to the body. Souleymane lands an elbow inside. Souleymane dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Souleymane lands an elbow just above Gryngor 's eye. Gryngor trying to control the position but instead, Souleymane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gryngor into the cage. Souleymane throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Souleymane leaning his opponent against the cage. Souleymane lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Gryngor takes an elbow to the temple. Gryngor throws a punch but it's blocked by Souleymane. Souleymane taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Souleymane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gryngor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Souleymane lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gryngor or not. Gryngor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maciej Gryngor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Souleymane will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gryngor up against the cage. Souleymane lands a body punch. Souleymane throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Souleymane is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gryngor misses with some punches.
Gryngor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Gryngor lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Souleymane throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gryngor trying to land knees to the body.
Souleymane scores with an uppercut up the middle. Souleymane pressing his opponent against the cage. Souleymane avoids the elbow strike from Gryngor, against the cage.
Souleymane lands a right hand. Gryngor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Souleymane dodges an elbow strike from Gryngor.
A nice right hand lands inside from Souleymane. Gryngor managing to block the knees to the body from Souleymane.
Souleymane lands a shoulder strike. Souleymane lands on the inside with an uppercut. Souleymane lands with a short shot to the head. Souleymane lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gryngor trying to stall but Souleymane improves his position.
Gryngor throws a punch but it's blocked by Souleymane. Gryngor misses with a punch on the inside.
Souleymane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Souleymane creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gryngor's defenses. Souleymane pushes off an throws an elbow but Gryngor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Gryngor blocks an elbow strike from Souleymane.
Souleymane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryngor.
Souleymane lands an elbow that stopped Gryngor in his tracks for a moment. Gryngor throws an elbow but it misses.
Gryngor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Souleymane is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Souleymane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryngor avoids it. A head punch on the inside from Gryngor fails to land. Souleymane presses Gryngor against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Souleymane working some nice short punches in the clinch. Gryngor tries to stall but Souleymane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Souleymane slowing the pace effectively. Gryngor avoiding damage as Souleymane throws knees to the body.
Gryngor blocks an elbow strike from Souleymane.
Gryngor misses with an elbow strike.
Souleymane blocks an uppercut.
Souleymane will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gryngor up against the cage. Souleymane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souleymane lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gryngor backwards.
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. Souleymane trying to land knees to the body.
Gryngor throws an elbow but it misses.
Gryngor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souleymane scores with a hook to the body. Gryngor looking to throw knees to the head but Souleymane is blocking nicely.
Souleymane blocks an elbow strike from Gryngor.
Souleymane lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gryngor or not. Souleymane lands a body shot in the clinch.
Souleymane lands an elbow inside that Gryngor shrugs off. Souleymane lands a damaging elbow. Souleymane lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Souleymane missing with knees to the body.
Souleymane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. A hook to the body from Souleymane.
Souleymane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gryngor. Gryngor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Ali Souleymane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Souleymane takes an elbow to the forehead. Gryngor lands an elbow inside that Souleymane shrugs off. Nice elbow from Souleymane. Souleymane lands with a short shot to the head. Gryngor takes an elbow to the forehead. Souleymane slows down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gryngor throws an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight! Ali Souleymane showed his dominance in that final round. Well Souleymane has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:25 Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:25 Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ali Souleymane!
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