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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Popham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre La Plante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Popham comes to the cage accompanied by remember the name. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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169 lbs
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176 cm
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161 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Popham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre La Plante!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Plante clinches up against the cage.
La Plante gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
La Plante wants to control but Popham is keeping him busy.
Popham regains full guard. Nicely done.
La Plante with a flurry of punches that miss.
La Plante stopping the sweep attempt from Popham.
La Plante throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
La Plante got a little sloppy there for a moment and Popham has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, La Plante has managed to get both his arms back between Popham's legs - danger averted.
La Plante tries to free his leg and advance position but Popham is retaining full guard.
La Plante throwing strikes from guard but Popham blocks nicely.
Popham is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Popham is on top in guard.
Popham working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popham slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Popham is trying to get an arm triangle but La Plante is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
La Plante wants to control but Popham postures up.
Popham lands an elbow.
Popham thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
La Plante is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Popham is putting a hurting on La Plante here, landing some big shots from side control.
Popham passes to full mount! That's big trouble for La Plante!
Popham fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popham with shots to the head and body - La Plante looks very uncomfortable down there.
Popham avoids the attempt from La Plante to control.
La Plante really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Popham. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Popham working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Popham has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
La Plante taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Popham in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
La Plante keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
La Plante is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Popham with shots to the head and body - La Plante looks very uncomfortable down there.
Popham with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Popham scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish La Plante?
La Plante is in all sorts of trouble here.
Popham postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. La Plante looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plante wants to hold on but Popham pushes him away.
La Plante wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
La Plante looks gassed!
A nice elbow there by Popham.
Popham lands a heavy elbow.
Popham working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
La Plante really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Popham breaks from La Plante's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Popham putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Popham working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Popham landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Popham.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Popham cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
La Plante is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Popham fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
La Plante is still in real trouble! Can Popham finish him?
Popham lands with some strikes.
Popham looking to finish La Plante with some ground and pound. This is bad for La Plante!
Popham throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! La Plante has his hands clasped together but Popham breaks the hold and La Plante is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Popham!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joey Popham!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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