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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jubal Early (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dempsey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to On the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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218 lbs
14 - 5 - 1 |
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187 cm
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205 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Dempsey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jubal Early!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dempsey doesn't manage to clinch there - Early circles away.
Early gets tackled into the cage by Dempsey. Dempsey maintains the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dempsey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Early blocks an uppercut.
Dempsey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Early has Dempsey pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dempsey manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dempsey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Early blocks it with crossed arms.
Dempsey lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Dempsey scores with a nice short uppercut.
It looks like Jubal Early has been cut.
Dempsey lands a hook that snaps the head of Early backwards.
Dempsey lands with a right to the head.
Dempsey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Dempsey fails to land.
Dempsey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dempsey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dempsey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dempsey presses Early against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Early blocking some punches.
Early blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Dempsey.
Dempsey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dempsey throws a head punch that misses.
Dempsey lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Dempsey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dempsey swings wildly with an uppercut but Early uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dempsey has a couple of punches blocked by Early.
Dempsey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dempsey is leaning against Early and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dempsey lands a nice shot to the body.
Dempsey is working Early over against the cage.
Early looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Dempsey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dempsey working aggressively here.
Dempsey lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dempsey throws a punch but it's blocked by Early.
Dempsey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dempsey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Early is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dempsey gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Early blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dempsey tries to throw a body punch but Early avoids it by throwing Dempsey back against the cage.
Dempsey lands a shoulder strike.
Early tries to score a body lock takedown but Dempsey shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jack Dempsey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jubal Early.
Dempsey misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dempsey.
Dempsey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dempsey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dempsey pushes Early back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dempsey connects with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Dempsey.
Dempsey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dempsey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Early backwards.
Dempsey misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dempsey.
Early is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dempsey pulls him back up using the underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dempsey.
Early blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dempsey swings wildly with an uppercut but Early uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Early blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dempsey throws a head punch that misses.
Dempsey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Early goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dempsey prevents it.
Dempsey lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Dempsey.
Dempsey swings wildly with an uppercut but Early uses good head movement to avoid it.
Early blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Early is trying to force a seperation but Dempsey has the dominant position.
Dempsey working aggressively here.
Dempsey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dempsey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Dempsey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jubal Early's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Early shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dempsey defends it nicely.
Dempsey moves in looking to clinch but Early pushes him off.
Early fails to land the takedown.
Early shoots for a double leg takedown but Dempsey sprawls well. He's pushed Early's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jack Dempsey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jubal Early.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dempsey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dempsey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Early can do to turn this around?
Early circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dempsey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Early.
Early shoots in looking for a takedown. Dempsey tries to sprawl out of it but Early keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dempsey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Early takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dempsey tries to clinch up.
Jubal Early seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dempsey closes the distance and clinches.
Dempsey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Early backwards.
Dempsey tries a body shot but Early blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Early blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Early's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dempsey tries a body shot but Early blocks it.
Dempsey misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Dempsey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Early looking for a takedown.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dempsey prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dempsey scores with a shot to the side of Early's head.
Jack Dempsey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dempsey tries a body shot but Early blocks it.
Dempsey has a couple of punches blocked by Early.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Early.
Dempsey is working Early over against the cage.
Early is breathing heavily.
Dempsey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Earlys head.
A nice left hand lands by Dempsey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Dempsey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dempsey throws a head punch that misses.
Dempsey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dempsey lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Dempsey.
Dempsey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dempsey digs a right hand underneath Early's ribcage. Early let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dempsey presses Early against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dempsey lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Dempsey.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dempsey.
Dempsey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dempsey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Early blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Early blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Early.
Early tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dempsey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dempsey stops a takedown attempt from Early.
Dempsey swings wildly with an uppercut but Early uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dempsey lands a hook that snaps the head of Early backwards.
Dempsey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dempsey working aggressively here.
Dempsey lands a left hand.
Early tries for a takedown but Dempsey manages to get underhooks.
Dempsey drops Early with a big knee straight up the middle! Early is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Early is rocked!
Dempsey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Early swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Early is still on wobbly legs! Can Dempsey finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey tries to close the distance and clinch but Early swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dempsey stuffs the takedown.
Dempsey drives through and clinches with Early against the cage.
Early seems to have recovered his senses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dempsey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dempsey lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Dempsey.
Dempsey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dempsey pushes Early back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dempsey drops Early with a big knee straight up the middle! Early is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
That has opened up Jubal Early's cut even more.
Dempsey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dempsey pushes Early back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dempsey lands a hook that snaps the head of Early backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dempsey struggles to land a body shot inside as Early controls his hands.
Dempsey pushes Early back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Early is looking to break free of the clinch but Dempsey has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Dempsey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jubal Early's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dempsey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Early. That did some damage!
Early is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Early dives in and grabs Dempsey's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dempsey pushes down on Early's head and hops out.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Early.
Dempsey tries to clinch but Early moves out of range.
Early shoots in but no luck this time.
Jack Dempsey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jubal Early.
Early has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dempsey.
Dempsey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dempsey tries to clinch but Early is having none of it.
Dempsey closes the distance and clinches.
Dempsey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dempsey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Earlys head.
Dempsey lands a nice uppercut.
Dempsey lands a nice uppercut.
Early takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Early blocking some punches.
Dempsey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dempsey lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey misses with a punch on the inside.
Dempsey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Early backwards.
Dempsey lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Early to his knees! Dempsey keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Dempsey!
Jack Dempsey retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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