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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yannick Riesling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erol Ganush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
11 - 5 - 1 |
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196 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yannick Riesling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Erol Ganush!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riesling is looking to clinch but Ganush is avoiding it.
A big left from Ganush misses.
Ganush waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riesling.
Ganush blocks a jab.
Riesling slips under a jab.
Ganush throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ganush thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ganush ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab, jab by Riesling - just one landing.
Ganush throws a right hand that Riesling ducks under and follows up with a left that Riesling also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ganush swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ganush moves away from the strike by Riesling.
Ganush thows a body shot but no joy.
Ganush thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riesling closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ganush to the mat! Ganush manages to get full guard.
Ganush is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ganush keeping moving, preventing Riesling from controlling successfully.
Ganush is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ganush is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ganush pulls Riesling in close to prevent any damage.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Riesling is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganush looking to hit a scissor sweep but Riesling is one step ahead there.
Riesling with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ganush looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Riesling is looking to work some ground and pound but Ganush has wrist control.
Riesling throwing strikes from guard but Ganush blocks nicely.
Ganush is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ganush is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Riesling working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ganush is adopting a defensive guard.
Riesling stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ganush swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Riesling lands a couple of elbows.
Riesling is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ganush working a defensive guard here.
Riesling is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ganush is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Riesling is pressing down on Ganush's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ganush postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Riesling bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ganush's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Riesling accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ganush scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Riesling.
Riesling scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ganush shoots and misses
and Riesling counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ganush misses with a shot to the body
letting Riesling counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ganush throws a predictable looking body shot
and Riesling counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Riesling clobbers Ganush with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Riesling connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ganush misses with a looping left.
Riesling looks to land a left hand but Ganush moved out of range nicely.
Ganush works Riesling's body with a nice hook.
Jab, jab by Riesling - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yannick Riesling dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ganush throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Riesling lands a head shot.
Riesling tries to clinch there but Ganush circles away.
Riesling tries for a takedown but Ganush circles away easily
and Ganush counters with a straight right hand.
Riesling tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ganush manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Riesling misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Ganush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ganush throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riesling sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Riesling throws a jab when Ganush was well out of range.
Ganush takes a swing at Riesling's ribcage but misses.
Ganush shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riesling wants to hold on but Ganush pushes him away.
Ganush putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Riesling is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ganush trying to control but Riesling is having none of it.
Ganush looking to finish Riesling with some ground and pound. This is bad for Riesling!
Riesling is working to get back to half guard.
Riesling in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ganush scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Riesling?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ganush landing shots from mount.
Ganush dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ganush landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riesling takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ganush unloading with bombs!
Riesling is trying to escape the mount.
Ganush is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Riesling can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ganush trying to control but Riesling is having none of it.
Ganush looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ganush scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Riesling manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Riesling is looking for a sweep. Ganush is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ganush scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Riesling tries to get to full guard but Ganush has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ganush is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ganush wants to take a breather but Riesling is having none of it.
Ganush lands with a punch from half guard.
Riesling is trying to get back to full guard.
Ganush lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ganush lands a nice short elbow.
Ganush is controlling the pace.
Ganush not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ganush lands strikes from half guard.
Riesling moves into full guard.
Ganush 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.
Ganush is breathing heavily.
Riesling not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Riesling has momentary wrist control but Ganush slips an elbow through the middle.
Riesling looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ganush is one step ahead there.
Riesling had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ganush defends it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riesling is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ganush defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erol Ganush showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ganush blocks a jab.
Riesling throws a looping overhand right but Ganush ducks down to avoid it.
Riesling is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Riesling shoots in but no luck this time.
Ganush swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Riesling cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ganush misses with a straight left.
Ganush on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riesling throws out a loose jab but Ganush uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riesling misses with an uppercut.
Ganush is trying hard to land a takedown here. Riesling sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ganush misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganush is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Riesling.
Ganush throws a combination that misses
and Riesling counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ganush!
Riesling working Ganush over with strikes here.
Riesling landing punches.
Ganush working to try and regain half guard.
Riesling tries to control but Ganush wriggling away.
Ganush is trying to escape the mount.
Ganush takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Riesling lands with some strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riesling working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ganush is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riesling lands a nice shot to the head.
Ganush is still in real trouble! Can Riesling finish him?
Oooooh, big shot lands for Riesling! Ganush is hurt baaadly! Riesling is firing away with more strikes - Ganush is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Yannick Riesling!
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energy
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hype
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