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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Montague (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Pierson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Montague might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to K-Lash-Nekoff - Murder. Brandon Pierson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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165 cm
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155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Montague!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brandon Pierson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierson tries to clinch there but Montague circles away.
Montague just misses with a punch to the body.
Montague throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pierson.
A punch combination from Pierson misses.
Montague throws a body kick that misses.
Pierson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pierson wants to land a leg kick but Montague is out of range.
Montague gets tackled into the cage by Pierson. Pierson maintains the clinch.
Montague is looking to break free of the clinch but Pierson has double underhooks.
Montague looking to stall.
Montague using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pierson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Montague looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Montague tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Montague dodges an elbow strike from Pierson.
Pierson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Montague avoids it.
Montague looking for a takedown.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierson avoiding damage as Montague throws knees to the body.
Montague is fighting off a takedown attempt but Pierson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Montague to the mat. Montague regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Montague tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Montague throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Montague looking to control.
Montague wants to stand but Pierson is controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pierson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Montague tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pierson throws a big elbow that misses.
Montague keeping moving, preventing Pierson from controlling successfully.
Pierson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pierson won't allow Montague to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montague trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Montague has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pierson wants to control from the top but Montague keeps moving.
Montague will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Montague had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pierson defends it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierson controlling from the top position.
Montague looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pierson is one step ahead there.
Pierson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Montague looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierson stands up over Montague, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Montague bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pierson's guard.
Pierson is pulling down on Montague's head. It's preventing any offense from Montague, at least for the moment.
Montague throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montague stands up and waves to Pierson to follow him.
Pierson misses with a few strikes there.
Montague tries to clinch up but Pierson circles away and keeps his distance.
Montague throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pierson.
Pierson fails to land with a series of punches.
Pierson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Montague ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pierson moves away.
Pierson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Montague.
Pierson gets tackled into the cage by Montague. Montague maintains the clinch.
Pierson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Montague is pushing Pierson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Montague lands a damaging elbow.
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 Mickey Montague will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Montague misses with a few strikes there.
Montague lunges at Pierson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pierson's hand.
Pierson fails with a takedown attempt.
Montague has closed the distance and engaged Pierson in a clinch.
Montague using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pierson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Montague wants to get back to striking at distance but Pierson won't allow it.
Montague is trying to force a seperation but Pierson has the dominant position.
Montague is looking for a takedown.
Montague throws a knee to the head but misses.
Montague tries to land knees in the clinch but Pierson avoids the damage to the body.
Montague blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Montague throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierson blocks it with crossed arms.
Montague wants to break free but Pierson has control.
Montague throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierson blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montague manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pierson prevents Montague from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pierson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pierson postures up.
Pierson won't allow Montague to get back to his feet.
Pierson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pierson connects with a couple of short punches.
Pierson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Montague is on top in guard.
Brandon Pierson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pierson managing to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montague prevents Pierson from getting back to his feet.
Montague throwing strikes but missing.
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!
Pierson pulls Montague in to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Brandon Pierson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Pierson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Montague tries to roll over but Pierson keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montague is trying to stand back up but Pierson is controlling him
Montague misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Montague trying to hold on to Pierson's head to control him but Pierson postures up.
Montague trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montague throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Pierson prevents Montague from getting the reversal.
Pierson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Montague is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pierson cracks Montague with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierson scoring with strikes but Montague is staying in there.
Montague really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pierson breaks from Montague's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pierson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Montague working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pierson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pierson prevents Montague from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Brandon Pierson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Montague fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pierson, pushing him back against the cage.
Montague is trying to push Pierson away but Pierson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Montague jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pierson walks away with a smile on his face. Montague gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pierson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pierson tries a low kick but Montague avoids it.
Montague throws a head kick but Pierson moves out of range.
Montague gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Montague looking for a takedown.
Montague breaks the clinch.
A combination from Montague does no damage.
Pierson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montague moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Montague is looking to score with low kicks.
Pierson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Montague is out of range and Pierson settles back down.
Pierson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Montague looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Montague enables Pierson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Montague manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pierson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierson postures up and lands a big shot to Montague's brow.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Montague is on top in guard.
Montague postures up in Pierson's guard and throws a big left but Pierson blocks it.
Montague missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Montague working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Montague throwing strikes from guard but Pierson blocks nicely.
Pierson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Montague is looking to stand up but Pierson won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Montague postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Montague won't allow Pierson to get back to his feet.
Montague loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pierson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Pierson wriggles free and stands up.
Montague tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montague shoots in but Pierson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mickey Montague. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montague scores with a head kick.
Montague swats away the attempt to clinch by Pierson.
Pierson shoots in but no luck this time.
Pierson shoots in but Montague avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Montague. That's going to slow Pierson down.
Montague closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Montague gets the takedown into side control.
Montague scores with punches from side control.
Montague working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montague stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierson dodges the punch combination from Montague.
The fight stays on the outside here - Montague looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Montague defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pierson.
Montague throws a head kick that Pierson semi-blocks.
Pierson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Montague misses with a few strikes there.
Montague wants to clinch up but Pierson keeps it at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Montague misses with a body kick.
Montague gets caught napping as Pierson dives in and scores a takedown. Montague manages to retain guard.
Montague looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Montague showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Montague has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mickey Montague!
Mickey Montague decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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