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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Palate Menochi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jubal Early (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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224 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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187 cm
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205 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Palate Menochi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jubal Early!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Early checks a leg kick.
Menochi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Early looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Early regains half guard.
Early wants to control but Menochi is keeping busy.
Still in half guard, Menochi seems content to control.
Early misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Early actively working from the bottom here.
Menochi seems to be working for a kimura but Early defends the submission attempt.
Early is looking to control Menochi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Early avoid being mounted?
Early is looking to improve his position.
Early trying to hold on to Menochi's head to control him but Menochi postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Early tries to get to full guard but Menochi has control of the leg.
Menochi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Early tries to roll over but Menochi keeps him under control.
Early actively working from the bottom here.
Early trying to hold on to Menochi's head to control him but Menochi postures up.
Early is defending against the submission attempts here by Menochi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menochi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Early is trying to get back to full guard.
Early looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Early is refusing to be controlled, as Menochi sits in half guard.
Early tries to get to full guard but Menochi has control of the leg.
Early is trying to control but can't.
Early looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Early is staying active underneath Menochi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Early is trying to control but can't.
Early moves into full guard.
Menochi is looking to work some ground and pound but Early has wrist control.
Early throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Menochi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menochi throws a big elbow that misses.
Early controls Menochi momentarily but Menochi frees himself.
Menochi trying to control but Early is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Early looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Menochi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Early is looking for a triangle but Menochi pushes his legs off easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Menochi looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jubal Early will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Menochi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Early was well out of range. Poor timing from Menochi.
Early misses with a takedown attempt - Menochi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Early shoots in looking for a takedown. Menochi tries to sprawl out of it but Early keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Menochi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Early misses with a combination
and Menochi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Early!
Early tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Menochi controlling from the full mount.
Menochi tries to control but Early wriggling away.
Menochi prevents Early from getting the reversal.
Early tries to hold on but Menochi pushes him away.
Early is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menochi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Early hang on?
It looks like Jubal Early has been cut.
Menochi wants to control the pace but Early is squirming around nicely.
Menochi prevents Early from getting the reversal.
Early is bucking up trying to escape but Menochi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That has opened up Jubal Early's cut even more.
Early wants to hold on but Menochi pushes him away.
Early really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Menochi trying to control but Early is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Early is looking to get to half guard.
Early tries to hold on but Menochi postures up.
Palate Menochi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Early is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Menochi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The cut above Jubal Early's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jubal Early's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Palate Menochi!
Palate Menochi tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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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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