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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Mica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mica has chosen Remember the name by Fort Minor as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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173 lbs
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167 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Mica!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mica lands with a slapping head kick.
No joy there for Mica, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Josh Mica seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mica tries to bum rush Jordan with a series of wild strikes but Jordan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mica throws a head kick that misses.
Jordan has Mica up against the cage in a clinch.
Mica wants to get back to striking at distance but Jordan won't allow it.
Mica is trying to break the clinch but Jordan has him pressed against the cage.
Mica wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mica wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jordan has him pressed against the cage.
Mica wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jordan has picked Mica up - he's going for a ride! Jordan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Jordan stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Mica is trying to stand.
Jordan is controlling the pace.
Jordan working over Mica with some ground and pound. Mica looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jordan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Luke Jordan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jordan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mica fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mica misses with a body kick.
Josh Mica is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jordan dodges the punch combination from Mica.
Mica stalks Jordan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jordan's face. Jordan staggers backwards, shaken.
Jordan moves into the clinch successfully.
Jordan has Mica pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mica manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mica is looking to break free of the clinch but Jordan has double underhooks.
Jordan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mica tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Mica is trying to break the clinch but Jordan has him pressed against the cage.
Mica wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jordan prevents Mica from breaking the clinch.
Mica wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mica is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mica tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Mica prevents Jordan from breaking the clinch.
Jordan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mica wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mica looks gassed!
Good body shot from Jordan.
Good body shot from Jordan.
Jordan prevents Mica from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan wants a takedown but no success here.
Mica misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jordan.
Jordan is working for takedown but Mica is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Jordan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mica escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body kick there by Mica.
Jordan shoots for a double leg takedown but Mica sprawls well. He's pushed Jordan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jordan clinches up against the cage.
Jordan has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Mica regains guard immediately.
Mica being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mica looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jordan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jordan passes Mica's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jordan moves nicely into side control.
Mica is trying to escape the position but Jordan is controlling the position.
Jordan advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Jordan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mica misses with a low kick.
Mica looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Mica. No joy for Jordan on that attempt.
A nice combination there by Mica.
Mica scores with a head kick.
Jordan tries to clinch there but Mica circles away.
Jordan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mica throws a one two combo.
Jordan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jordan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mica swivels and escapes.
Mica lands a high kick!
Mica throws a nice looking combination but Jordan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mica scores with a spinning back kick!
Mica misses with a series of wild punches.
Mica lands with a kick to the temple. Jordan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mica throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mica looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jordan moves into range and clinches up with Mica.
Mica misses with an elbow strike.
Mica missing with knees to the body.
Mica is trying to break the clinch but Jordan has him pressed against the cage.
Mica breaks from the clinch.
Mica throws a series of punches but Jordan avoids them all with ease.
Jordan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mica.
Mica goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mica throws a nice head kick!
Nice body kick from Mica.
Jordan slips a jab and a cross from Mica.
Mica connects with a solid leg kick.
Jordan misses with a few strikes there.
Mica throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jordan wants to clinch.
Mica scores with a one two! Jordan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mica will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jordan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jordan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mica uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jordan.
Luke Jordan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mica.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mica!
Mica lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mica moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mica connects with a solid leg kick.
Mica throws a head kick that half lands.
Jordan tries for a takedown but Mica sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Jordan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mica throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jordan fails with the takedown.
Mica throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jordan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Mica.
Jordan fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mica throws a series of punches but Jordan moves out of range.
Mica connects with a solid leg kick.
Jordan is looking to clinch but Mica is avoiding it.
Mica lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mica!
Mica displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mica throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mica throws a series of punches but Jordan moves out of range.
Jordan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mica.
Jordan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mica throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mica scores with a leg kick.
Jordan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mica misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jordan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jordan gets the takedown into side control.
Mica wants to get back to his feet but Jordan drags him back down.
Mica is trying to escape the position but Jordan is controlling the position.
Jordan grinds an elbow into Mica's temple.
Mica is trying to get back to his feet.
Jordan in side control, just content to control the action for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Mica showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mica throws a left and a right that both miss
so Jordan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mica wants to get back to his feet but Jordan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mica wants to sweep but no luck.
Jordan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mica can't keep his opponent in guard - Jordan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jordan stalling.
Mica takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan 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.
Jordan works his way into side control.
Jordan has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jordan controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mica wants to control but Jordan is having none of it.
Jordan content just to control the position here.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Luke Jordan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Mica dodges the punch combination from Jordan.
Jordan takes the fight into the clinch.
Jordan looking for a takedown.
Mica wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mica gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jordan.
Jordan avoiding damage as Mica throws knees to the body.
Mica wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mica is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mica is trying to break the clinch but Jordan has him pressed against the cage.
Mica tries to break the clinch but Jordan is controlling the position.
Mica wants to break free but Jordan has control.
Mica tries to break the clinch but Jordan is controlling the position.
Jordan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Jordan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jordan prevents Mica from breaking the clinch.
Mica wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jordan keeps control of Mica as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mica breaks from the clinch.
Mica pushes Jordan away with a front kick.
Mica lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jordan is looking to clinch.
Mica moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jordan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Mica misses.
Mica lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jordan takes a step back to recover.
Mica throws a combination that misses
and Jordan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jordan content to stall in guard here.
Mica is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jordan content to stall in guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Jordan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jordan 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Jordan!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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