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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sir Chinalot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Francel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chinalot comes to the cage accompanied by Me So Horny. Francel has chosen Voix de fait as his entrance music. Jacques Francel has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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183 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sir Chinalot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Francel!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francel misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Chinalot counter with a right hand.
Chinalot avoids a punch combination nicely.
Francel tries for a takedown but Chinalot circles away easily
and Chinalot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Francel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chinalot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Francel throws a push kick but Chinalot slaps the foot to one side.
No luck for Francel with that takedown attempt.
Francel closes the distance but Chinalot moves to the side
and Chinalot counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Francel misses with an uppercut
and Chinalot connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Francel misses with a jab, cross combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Francel.
Chinalot shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Chinalot works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francel blocking the ground and pound.
Francel blocking the ground and pound.
Chinalot throws some wild stikes that Francel manages to avoid easily.
Chinalot putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Francel takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Francel wants to control but Chinalot is having none of it.
Francel is trying to escape the mount.
Chinalot trying to control but Francel is having none of it.
Francel takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinalot throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Chinalot landing strikes from the mount and Francel is in trouble!
Chinalot misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Francel tries to reverse the position but Chinalot maintains control.
Chinalot looking to ground and pound but Francel is blocking nicely.
Chinalot looking to finish with strikes here!
Chinalot cracks Francel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Chinalot scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chinalot scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Francel?
Francel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Chinalot is landing with some decent strikes but Francel is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Chinalot throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chinalot goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Francel turns into him and now he's in Chinalot's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Francel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Francel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Francel prevents Chinalot from getting back to his feet.
Francel won't allow Chinalot to sweep him here.
Francel throwing strikes but missing.
Francel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chinalot swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chinalot can't keep his opponent in guard - Francel advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Francel connects with a nice short shot to Chinalot's temple.
Chinalot is trying to maintain the position but Francel is very close to passing his half guard.
Francel lands with a punch from half guard.
Chinalot trying to control here.
Francel thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chinalot tries to roll over but Francel keeps him under control.
Francel wants to take a breather but Chinalot is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Chinalot 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.
Francel scores with a shot to the body.
Chinalot throws a head kick that misses.
Chinalot thuds his shin into the meat of Francel's side.
Donk. Francel catches Chinalot right on the button with a cross.
Francel is looking to clinch but Chinalot is avoiding it.
Chinalot misses with a low kick.
Francel swings for the body but Chinalot moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Chinalot!
Chinalot throws a solid leg kick but Francel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Chinalot.
Francel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Francel shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chinalot is trying to defend but Francel finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Francel throwing shots but Chinalot is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francel stands up and beckons Chinalot to join him on the feet.
Chinalot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Francel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chinalot in his tracks.
Chinalot stuffs the takedown.
Francel fails to land with a series of punches.
Francel scores with a hook to the body. Chinalot takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Francel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chinalot.
Francel slips under a jab from Chinalot.
Francel moves out of range of the leg kick from Chinalot.
Chinalot tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Francel. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Chinalot misses.
Decent striking displayed by Francel there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francel misses with a lunging right hand
and Chinalot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chinalot thows a body shot but no joy.
Francel throws a sloppy body shot
and Chinalot counters with a body kick.
Francel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chinalot swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Left hook, right uppercut from Francel.
Francel throws a shot from downtown. Chinalot moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Francel. Chinalot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chinalot uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Francel has time to react.
Francel throws a poor cross that misses
and Chinalot counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Chinalot shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Francel as he avoids it easily.
Francel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chinalot's hands.
Chinalot avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Francel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chinalot.
Chinalot throws a low kick but Francel avoids it.
Chinalot throws a head kick but Francel moves out of range.
Jacques Francel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chinalot looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Francel missing with a left hand there. Chinalot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Francel misses with a right hand
and Chinalot counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chinalot throws a low kick but Francel moves out of range easily.
Francel with a lazy takedown attempt
and Chinalot connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chinalot takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Francel misses with a combination
enabling Chinalot to counter with a crisp jab.
Francel throws a leg kick that misses.
Francel misses with a body punch
and Chinalot makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Chinalot throws a leg kick but Francel moved away.
Francel punishes Chinalot's body with a nice straight punch.
Francel misses with a takedown attempt
and Chinalot counters with a takedown into side control.
Sir Chinalot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacques Francel.
Chinalot throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chinalot throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Francel works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Francel is staying active underneath Chinalot, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Chinalot throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Francel is trying to maintain the position but Chinalot is very close to passing his half guard.
Francel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chinalot slows the pace down in half guard.
Chinalot trying to control the action but Francel is working from the bottom.
Chinalot scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Chinalot dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Chinalot attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Francel throws a good cross that connects.
Francel misses with a double jab
and Chinalot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chinalot lands a glancing blow to the side of Francel's head.
Francel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chinalot swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Francel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Francel catches Chinalot with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chinalot dodges the punch combination from Francel.
Francel tries to land a leg kick but Chinalot saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francel misses with a head kick.
Francel misses with a left hand
so Chinalot counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Francel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chinalot looking to sit in guard and control but Francel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Chinalot keeping moving, preventing Francel from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinalot looking to control.
Francel tries to free his leg and advance position but Chinalot is retaining full guard.
Francel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Francel connects with a couple of short punches.
Chinalot is trying to control the position but Francel postures up.
Francel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chinalot's head.
Francel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Francel trying to control but Chinalot is working from the bottom.
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.
Francel passes into half guard.
Francel is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Chinalot manages to get to full guard.
Francel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Francel wants to pass the guard but Chinalot is keeping the position.
Chinalot on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chinalot tries to get out of the position.
Francel postures up.
Chinalot is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Francel is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Chinalot utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sir Chinalot overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chinalot is keeping the position for now.
Francel passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Francel connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Chinalot some visible discomfort.
Francel throws a strike aimed at the side of Chinalot's head but Chinalot avoids it well.
Chinalot defending against the ground and pound.
Francel trying to control the position but Chinalot is working away.
Chinalot stops Francel from passing to mount.
The strikes coming from Francel are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francel creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Chinalot sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Francel trying to control the action but Chinalot is working from the bottom.
Francel tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Chinalot manages to get back to half guard.
Jacques Francel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Francel trying to pass the guard but Chinalot defending well.
Sir Chinalot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Francel decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Francel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chinalot 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sir Chinalot!
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