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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pete Sproles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sproles's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, can't be touched -Roy Jones Jr. Young has chosen Scorpions - The Zoo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Pete Sproles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Young!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sproles tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young lands a nice hook to Sproles's body. Sproles takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sproles.
Sproles wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice body kick there by Young.
Young lands a really nice looking cross but Sproles seems unphased.
Young lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Young chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sproles swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young scores with a hook.
Sproles lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sproles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Young with a hook.
Young throws a leg kick but Sproles sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sproles misses with an uppercut. Young saw that one coming.
Young fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Young blocks a jab.
Pete Sproles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sproles throws out a powerful jab.
Sproles scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a double jab.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sproles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sproles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sproles works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Young lands a really nice looking cross but Sproles seems unphased.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Young.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young scores with a jab to the head.
Sproles dives in and grabs Young's left leg, looking for a takedown. Young pushes down on Sproles's head and hops out.
Sproles blocks a head kick by Young.
Sproles looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Young lands a jab to the head.
Sproles throws a combination that misses
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young throws a series of punches but Sproles avoids them all with ease.
Young connects with an inside leg kick.
Young misses with a head kick.
Sproles shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Young napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Young is trying to work for a sweep but Sproles has mounted him!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sproles throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Young because Sproles loaded up on that one.
Sproles controlling the position easily from mount.
Young is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sproles tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sproles wants to control the pace but Young is squirming around nicely.
Sproles controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sproles moves to the back position.
Sproles has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Young's body.
Sproles wants to control but Young manages to buck him off and is now in Sproles's guard! Nice work there by Young!
Young slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sproles is trying to keep Young in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Pete Sproles wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sproles throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young looks to throw a body kick
and Sproles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Young thinking.
Young tries to keep at a distance but Sproles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sproles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sproles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sproles is looking to control Young's arms but Young gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sproles has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Sproles's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young tries to keep at a distance but Sproles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Young manages to break the clinch.
Sproles misses with a double jab.
Sproles looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
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 Pete Sproles will probably get the nod.
That's time! Sproles's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Sproles.
Young scores with a leg kick.
Young throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sproles.
Young throws a one two combo.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Young.
Nice defenses there by Sproles.
Sproles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sproles drops his hands momentarily and Young takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sproles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Sproles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sproles swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Pete Sproles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young avoids the body shot from Sproles.
Sproles looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sproles will feel that in the morning.
Young jabs Sproles to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Young lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sproles.
Sproles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young tries to land a leg kick but Sproles saw it coming and moves away.
Young on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Young lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sproles throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
Sproles closes the distance and pushes Young back into the cage.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Sproles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Young is defending well for now.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Young takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sproles misses with a knee strike.
Sproles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sproles looking for a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Sproles throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sproles tries to land a knee to the head but Young blocks with his arms.
Young lands a nice knee to the body.
Sproles misses with a punch on the inside.
Sproles tries to pull guard but Young forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sproles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sproles is keeping busy.
Young avoiding damage.
Sproles lands an uppercut.
Sproles misses with a punch on the inside.
Young manages to break the clinch.
Jake Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sproles. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sproles checks a leg kick.
Sproles is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Nice jab there from Young.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sproles is defended easily by Young.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pete Sproles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Young.
Danga de danga de dang - Young scores with a four punch combination!
Young has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sproles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young scores with the left hand. Sproles knows he should have avoided that one.
Sproles is rocked!
Sproles throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Sproles throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Sproles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sproles on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oh Sproles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters circle, before Young throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Sproles's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Young lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Jake Young!
A very excited looking Jake Young made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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