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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Genovese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois La Poulet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Genovese's entrance music is The Best Song EVer. A fine choice. La Poulet comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "chicken dance" song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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192 lbs
10 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Genovese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francois La Poulet!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Poulet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
La Poulet misses with a head kick.
Genovese looks to land a left hand but La Poulet moved out of range nicely.
Genovese's jab looks to have found its range, popping La Poulet under the eye.
La Poulet scores with a jab. Genovese acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
La Poulet's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Genovese connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La Poulet scrambles back to his feet.
Genovese stalks La Poulet and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into La Poulet's face. La Poulet staggers backwards, shaken.
Genovese misses with a right hand
and La Poulet counters with a big head kick but Genovese shrugs it off.
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!
La Poulet lands a nice looking body kick.
Genovese misses with a hook. La Poulet ducked under it nicely.
La Poulet tries to clinch up.
A big left from Genovese misses.
Genovese throws the left hand but La Poulet avoids the punch easily.
Nice jab there from Genovese.
La Poulet ducks right into an uppercut from Genovese.
Genovese swinging wildly here.
La Poulet throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Genovese misses with an uppercut.
Genovese loads up on a big right hand but La Poulet slips the punch.
A combination from Genovese does no damage.
La Poulet slips under a jab.
Genovese takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A chopping leg kick lands by La Poulet.
A head kick misses from La Poulet.
Eric Genovese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Genovese with a jab.
Genovese cracks La Poulet with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
La Poulet uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Genovese.
Genovese throws a hook but La Poulet blocks it.
Decent striking displayed by Genovese there.
Genovese scores with a jab to the head.
Genovese 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genovese throws a hook but La Poulet blocks it.
Genovese is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Poulet keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Genovese.
Good work by Genovese as he checks the leg kick.
Genovese avoids the head kick by La Poulet.
La Poulet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Genovese throws a poor cross that misses
and La Poulet counters with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Genovese throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La Poulet looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Genovese connects with a right hand. La Poulet shakes it off.
La Poulet slips a jab from Genovese.
La Poulet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A cross from Genovese lands.
Genovese scores with a jab to the head.
La Poulet defending well as Genovese loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genovese staying out of range there.
Genovese misses with a series of wild punches.
La Poulet tries a head kick but it misses.
La Poulet walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Genovese misses with a body shot.
La Poulet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Genovese lands a jab to the nose.
Genovese tests La Poulet's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Genovese lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Genovese.
La Poulet gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Genovese lands a nice shot that snaps La Poulet's head back.
La Poulet on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Genovese lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
La Poulet throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Poulet throws a leg kick but Genovese sees it coming and moves out of range.
La Poulet misses with the combination.
La Poulet throws a sloppy head kick and Genovese moves out of range easily.
La Poulet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Poulet throws a half hearted mid kick.
Genovese throws an off balance right hand
and La Poulet makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Genovese really felt that one!
Genovese scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Genovese misses with a lunging right hand
and La Poulet counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Genovese lands a nice looking body shot.
Genovese misses with a wild body shot.
Genovese lands a glancing blow to the side of La Poulet's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Eric Genovese will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Genovese works over La Poulet's head and body with a nice combination.
Genovese misses with a straight left.
Genovese connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La Poulet momentarily.
La Poulet slips a jab and a cross from Genovese.
La Poulet throws a looping overhand right but Genovese ducks down to avoid it.
Genovese takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La Poulet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Genovese.
Francois La Poulet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Genovese lands a glancing blow to the side of La Poulet's head.
La Poulet throws a nice outside leg kick.
Genovese throws a hook but La Poulet blocks it.
La Poulet pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good exchange - Genovese coming out on top.
La Poulet misses with a head kick.
La Poulet slips a straight right by Genovese.
Nice uppercut lands for Genovese. That snapped La Poulet's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Genovese swings widly with a right hand
and La Poulet counters with a good low kick that Genovese was not able to check.
Genovese avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La Poulet motions for Genovese to come forward. La Poulet throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La Poulet pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Genovese fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
La Poulet ducks under a wild hook from Genovese.
Genovese fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La Poulet looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Genovese lunges at La Poulet with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La Poulet's hand.
Genovese stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La Poulet slips a jab from Genovese.
La Poulet misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from La Poulet.
La Poulet scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Genovese catches La Poulet with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genovese swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Genovese misses with a lunging right hand
and La Poulet counters with a head kick. That will keep Genovese thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Genovese misses.
Genovese avoids the head kick by La Poulet.
Genovese throws a right hand that misses
and La Poulet finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
La Poulet throws a head kick but Genovese moves out of range.
La Poulet is breathing heavily.
Genovese misses with a double jab
and La Poulet makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Genovese throws a right hand that La Poulet ducks under and follows up with a left that La Poulet also avoids with ease.
Genovese connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Genovese misses with an uppercut
and La Poulet cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Genovese throws out a powerful jab.
La Poulet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genovese misses with a left hand
and La Poulet counters with a nice low kick that buckles Genovese's knee momentarily.
La Poulet closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Genovese throws a jab when La Poulet was well out of range.
A head kick misses from La Poulet.
La Poulet uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Genovese.
Genovese is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Genovese is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Poulet.
La Poulet with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Genovese to score with a decent uppercut.
La Poulet moves out of range as Genovese strikes.
Genovese looks to throw the jab but La Poulet is out of range.
La Poulet takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
La Poulet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Genovese manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
La Poulet's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Genovese connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La Poulet scrambles back to his feet.
Genovese connects with a good right hand that stumbles La Poulet. La Poulet circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Genovese throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La Poulet on the side of the head.
Genovese thows a left - swing and a miss!
Genovese avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
No joy there for Genovese, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
La Poulet throws a sloppy head kick and Genovese moves out of range easily.
Jab from Genovese.
La Poulet walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
La Poulet gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Genovese.
Genovese misses with a hook
and La Poulet counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by La Poulet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Poulet blocks an uppercut.
Genovese misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Genovese lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La Poulet has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A short uppercut from Genovese.
La Poulet throws a punch but it's blocked by Genovese.
A short right from Genovese.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Genovese dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
La Poulet lands a high kick!
Genovese lands with a nice combination. La Poulet backs away looking to recover.
Genovese lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
La Poulet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Genovese.
La Poulet walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Genovese thows a body shot but no joy.
Genovese misses with a left hand
and La Poulet connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Genovese is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from La Poulet.
Oh Genovese is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Genovese throws a lazy uppercut
and La Poulet counters with a monster head kick that knocks Genovese out cold! He topples like fallen a tree, crashing to the mat! Timbeeeeeerrr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Francois La Poulet!
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hype
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