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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Puempel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Clarkson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clarkson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bark At The Moon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Decent wrestler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Puempel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Clarkson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puempel forces Clarkson back against the cage and clinches.
Puempel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Richard Clarkson has been cut.
Puempel has Clarkson pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Puempel pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Clarkson tumbling to the mat - Puempel dives into Clarkson's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Puempel controlling from the top position.
Puempel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clarkson is keeping the position for now.
Clarkson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Puempel controls the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Puempel wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Clarkson rushes Puempel and presses him up against the cage.
Puempel gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puempel looking to pass the guard.
Clarkson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puempel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Clarkson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Puempel slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Puempel wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Puempel bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Clarkson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Puempel controls from within his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puempel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clarkson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Puempel 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.
Clarkson trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matt Puempel has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Puempel closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Clarkson looks gassed!
Clarkson prevents Puempel from improving position.
Clarkson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Puempel is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Clarkson's shoulder. That is not cool.
Clarkson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Puempel just content to control the position.
Puempel's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Matt Puempel just wasn't active enough.
Clarkson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clarkson misses the shot to the body.
Puempel shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Clarkson is trying to defend but Puempel finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
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!
Puempel stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Puempel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Clarkson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Puempel feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Clarkson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Puempel is aware though and is defending well.
Puempel looking to pass the guard.
Puempel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Clarkson looking for a sweep. Not yet Clarkson, not yet.
Clarkson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Puempel 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.
Clarkson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Puempel content to stall in guard here.
Clarkson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Puempel wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Puempel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Puempel tries to pass the half guard into mount. Clarkson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Puempel controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Puempel wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Puempel scores a takedown into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puempel content just to control the position here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puempel seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Clarkson for as long as he can get away with.
Puempel scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puempel looking to control and managing it successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Puempel lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Clarkson hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Puempel controlling from mount.
Puempel lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Clarkson hang on?
Puempel content just to control the position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Puempel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Richard Clarkson's cut.
That's time! Puempel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Puempel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Clarkson, pushing him back against the cage.
Clarkson misses with a punch to the body.
Puempel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clarkson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Puempel counters by clinching up.
Clarkson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Puempel.
Clarkson looking to throw knees to the head but Puempel is blocking nicely.
Puempel gets control of Clarkson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Puempel will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Puempel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Puempel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Clarkson on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarkson wanted to stand there but Puempel had control of the position.
Clarkson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clarkson throws a strike but Puempel rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Puempel passes Clarkson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Puempel looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Puempel is pressing down on Clarkson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Clarkson is holding on for now.
Puempel keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson trying to hold on to Puempel's head to control him but Puempel postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Clarkson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Puempel forces Clarkson back against the cage and clinches.
Puempel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Puempel breaks from the clinch.
Clarkson tries to sprawl but Puempel drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puempel controlling the pace.
Puempel wants to pass the guard but Clarkson is defending well.
Puempel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clarkson can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puempel perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
We're going to have a standup here because Matt Puempel wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Puempel dives in and scores a takedown into Clarkson's guard.
Clarkson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Puempel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Puempel controlling from the top position.
Matt Puempel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Matt Puempel.
Puempel closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Clarkson did well to prevent Puempel getting side control.
Puempel with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clarkson is trying to get back to full guard.
We're going to have a standup here because Matt Puempel wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Puempel looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Puempel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Puempel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Puempel!
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energy
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hype
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