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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Coulton Maguire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sofian El Keurti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Coulton Maguire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sofian El Keurti!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Keurti misses with a series of wild punches.
El Keurti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maguire shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
El Keurti is looking for a sweep. Maguire is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Maguire throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
El Keurti throws a strike from the bottom but Maguire passes into side control!
El Keurti is looking to reverse the position.
El Keurti can't do much from the bottom here.
El Keurti tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Maguire wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
El Keurti prevents Maguire from moving into mount.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
El Keurti connects with a jab.
Maguire shoots in but El Keurti avoids the takedown attempt easily.
El Keurti bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
El Keurti decides to take the fight back to the feet.
El Keurti scores a takedown into full mount!
El Keurti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Maguire is desperately trying to improve his position but El Keurti has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Keurti is landing with some decent strikes but Maguire is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maguire tries to hold on but El Keurti postures up.
El Keurti prevents Maguire from getting the reversal.
Maguire is breathing heavily.
Maguire tries to hold on but El Keurti pushes him away.
El Keurti landing strikes from the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maguire in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
El Keurti raining down shots from the mount!
The referee warns Maguire that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Keurti scoring with strikes but Maguire is staying in there.
El Keurti with a couple of short strikes.
Maguire is in all sorts of trouble here.
El Keurti with shots to the head and body - Maguire looks very uncomfortable down there.
El Keurti cracks Maguire with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
El Keurti controlling his opponent.
El Keurti jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Maguire manages to avoid the submission attempt.
El Keurti decides to stand back up. El Keurti steps back and let's Maguire get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire needs to keep his hands up - El Keurti had a free shot at his head there.
Maguire gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and El Keurti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maguire dodges the punch combination from El Keurti.
El Keurti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maguire looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for El Keurti!
Maguire working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Keurti is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sofian El Keurti dominated that round.
That's time! Maguire's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
El Keurti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
El Keurti misses with a double jab.
El Keurti tests Maguire's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maguire avoids a punch combination nicely.
El Keurti drops Maguire with a left right combo! El Keurti follows him down to the ground into side control.
Maguire is rocked!
Maguire struggling a bit here.
Maguire tries to bench press El Keurti off him but El Keurti keeps the position.
El Keurti thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
El Keurti cracks Maguire with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire is trying to get back to half guard.
El Keurti is working Maguire over with some ground and pound from side control.
Maguire prevents El Keurti from improving position.
El Keurti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maguire sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
El Keurti wants to stand up but Maguire is controlling the position.
El Keurti trying to control the action but Maguire is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maguire wants to control but El Keurti is keeping busy.
El Keurti throws a strike but Maguire avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Maguire looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Maguire keeping busy on the bottom but El Keurti has passed one foot through into half guard.
El Keurti sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maguire is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maguire is working hard here to advance position.
El Keurti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maguire keeps working.
That's four 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.
El Keurti is looking to stall here but Maguire recovers full guard.
Maguire looking for a sweep. Not yet Maguire, not yet.
El Keurti working some strikes from top position.
Maguire is trying to control the position from the bottom.
El Keurti wants to stand and escape but instead Maguire has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
El Keurti should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Maguire wants to control from the top but El Keurti keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sofian El Keurti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
El Keurti closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Maguire makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Maguire.
El Keurti throwing strikes but missing.
El Keurti gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Maguire fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Maguire shoots in for a double leg but El Keurti sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maguire doesn't succeed with the takedown
and El Keurti counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by El Keurti.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coulton Maguire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
El Keurti sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Maguire's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire works his way to full guard. Good work.
El Keurti won't allow Maguire to sweep him here.
Maguire trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Maguire wants to sweep but no luck.
Maguire is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! El Keurti has his hands clasped together but Maguire extends an breaks El Keurti's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Maguire.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Coulton Maguire!
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energy
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hype
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