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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogun Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Hay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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191 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut |
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shogun Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Hay!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Rua as Hay shoots in.
Rua has Hay up against the cage in a clinch.
Rua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Hay does no damage.
Hay throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rua shoots in but Hay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horrible takedown by Rua or perhaps it was just good defense by Hay which made him look bad.
Hay throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hay dives in and scores a takedown into Rua's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Rua looking for a guillotine here but Hay defends easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hay tries to free his leg and advance position but Rua is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hay must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rua is controlling Hay's posture.
Rua is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hay has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Rua escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Rua!
Hay tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hay gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Hay really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rua. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rua with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua controlling the position easily from mount.
Rua lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rua takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hay tries to improve his position but instead Rua has taken his back!
Rua struggling to keep hold of the position.
Rua has the hooks in. Hay is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Rua is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Hay with him. Hay is trying to defend but Rua has an arm under the chin now! Hay grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Shogun Rua!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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