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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phal Um (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Duggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duggan has chosen HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phal Um!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jim Duggan!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Um feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Duggan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Duggan is looking for a triangle but Um pushes his legs off easily.
Duggan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Um passes into half guard.
Duggan tries to roll over but Um keeps him under control.
Duggan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Duggan wants to sweep but Um has passed to side control!
Duggan is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan being controlled for a moment.
Um working the ground and pound.
Um knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Duggan on the ground.
Um in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Duggan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Um happy to just control the position for now.
Duggan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Um controlling from side mount.
Um seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Duggan for as long as he can get away with.
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.
Duggan tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Um presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Um controlling from mount.
Um's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Phal Um just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Left hook, right uppercut from Um.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Um feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Duggan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Um puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Duggan is looking to improve his position.
Um slows the pace down in half guard.
Duggan is pressing down on Um's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Um not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Duggan looking for a sweep. Not yet Duggan, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phal Um dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good standup being displayed there by Um as he connects with a hook.
Um throws a one two combo.
Um bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Duggan's head backwards.
Um paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Um closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Um lands in his opponent's guard.
Um avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Duggan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Um passes into half guard.
Duggan tries to roll over but Um keeps him under control.
Duggan wants to get back to full guard but Um has passed into side control.
Duggan is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan can't escape the position.
Um controlling from the full mount.
Um unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Duggan working to try and regain half guard.
Um controlling from the full mount.
Duggan is looking to get to half guard.
Um controlling his opponent.
Duggan can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Um unloading with bombs!
Um prevents Duggan from getting the reversal.
Um controlling from the full mount.
Duggan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Um sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Um looking to finish Duggan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duggan!
Um controlling the pace for now.
Duggan regains half guard.
Um keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Phal Um just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Duggan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Um to score with a decent uppercut.
Um lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Duggan shoots and misses
and Um counters with a three punch combo that has Duggan backing up. Duggan nods at Um to acknowledge the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Um.
Um drives through with a takedown into guard.
Um connects with a couple of short punches.
Um content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phal Um dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Um looks to land a combination. Duggan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Um lands a jab-cross combination.
Um displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Um with a jab.
Duggan misses with a takedown
and Um counters with a left and a right that stings Duggan.
Um thuds his right hand into Duggan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Um throws a combination. Duggan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Um!
Um fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Duggan sprawls well initially but Um persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Um is taking a breather. Duggan says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Duggan is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Um scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duggan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duggan wants to get back to full guard.
Um passes to side control.
Um controlling from side mount.
Duggan tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Um presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Um looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Duggan is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Um.
Duggan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Um content just to control the position here.
Duggan is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Um sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Duggan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Um looking to finish Duggan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duggan!
Um controlling the pace for now.
Um scoring with strikes but Duggan is staying in there.
Duggan throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Um controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Phal Um just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Um gets the takedown into side control.
Jim Duggan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Um slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Duggan.
Duggan is looking to get to half guard.
Um with a couple of short strikes.
Duggan throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Duggan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phal Um showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Um 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight for Phal Um!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Phal Um!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Phal Um!
Phal Um wins by unanimous decision!
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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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