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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Pasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franklin Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adrian Pasco!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pasco looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Faber!
Faber is in all sorts of trouble here.
Faber avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pasco.
Faber tries to lock up and control but Pasco gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Faber keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pasco throwing strikes here but Faber is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Faber is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Faber wants to control but Pasco is having none of it.
Pasco punching from mount but Faber doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Faber can't escape the position.
Faber avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pasco.
Pasco prevents Faber from getting the reversal.
Pasco wants to control the pace but Faber is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber blocking the ground and pound.
Faber is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pasco unloads with some shots from mount but Faber bucks and avoids them well.
Pasco wants to control the pace but Faber is squirming around nicely.
Faber takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pasco wants to control the pace but Faber is squirming around nicely.
Pasco avoids the attempt from Faber to control.
Faber is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pasco goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Faber turns into him and now he's in Pasco's guard.
Faber preventing the sweep.
Pasco preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pasco working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pasco has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Faber off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Faber is breathing heavily.
Faber doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pasco counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Pasco trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasco trying to control but Faber is working from the bottom.
Pasco stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Pasco connects with a crisp jab.
Faber darts in trying to clinch
and Pasco moves into the clinch.
Faber goes for a takedown attempt but Pasco pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pasco wants to clinch.
Faber shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Faber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pasco is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Pasco tries to clinch but Faber moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Faber.
Adrian Pasco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faber looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franklin Faber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pasco tries to clinch up.
Pasco moves out of range of the body kick.
Faber drives through with a takedown into guard.
Faber controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pasco looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adrian Pasco dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Pasco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pasco avoids a punch combination nicely.
Faber fails with a takedown attempt.
Pasco shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pasco is looking to take a break and control but Faber is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Faber punching from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasco slips a nice elbow through Faber's hands, connecting with Faber's forehead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Faber is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Pasco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pasco is looking to pass Faber's guard but actually Faber recovers to full guard.
Pasco forces his way into half guard.
Pasco looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Faber avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pasco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pasco trying to control the action but Faber is working from the bottom.
Faber gets full guard.
Pasco looking to pass the guard.
Pasco wants to control from the top but Faber keeps moving.
Faber bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pasco's guard.
Faber sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Faber works over Pasco with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Faber is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Faber advances position into side control!
Faber stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Pasco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pasco tries to close the distance and clinch but Faber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Faber.
Pasco tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Faber wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pasco manages to get back to half guard.
Adrian Pasco has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber throwing shots but Pasco is blocking nicely.
Pasco trying to control but Faber postures up.
Pasco is looking to escape.
Faber trying to control from half guard but Pasco is working away.
Faber is really struggling to control Pasco but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Faber takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pasco wants to get back to his feet.
Pasco tries to get to full guard but Faber has control of the leg.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pasco looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franklin Faber dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Faber stuffs the takedown attempt from Pasco. Pasco gets slowly back to his feet.
Pasco blocks a head kick by Faber.
Pasco fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Faber, pushing him back against the cage.
Pasco has Faber pressed against the cage.
Faber tries to pull guard but Pasco won't allow it.
Faber has hold of one of Pasco's legs. Pasco is fighting the takedown attempt but Faber gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Pasco lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Faber!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pasco controlling from the full mount.
Pasco unloading with bombs!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasco sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pasco is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pasco content just to control the position here.
Faber tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pasco trying to control but Faber is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Faber is trying desperately to improve position.
Pasco misses with a head shot.
Faber tries to lock up and control but Pasco gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pasco throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Faber is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Faber tries to hold on but Pasco postures up.
Faber holds on for dear life, controlling Pasco's posture momentarily.
Faber regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber wants to control but Pasco is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Faber kicks Pasco off and gets back to his feet.
Pasco forces Faber back against the cage and clinches.
Pasco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Faber is looking to clinch.
Faber tries to clinch but Pasco is having none of it.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pasco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Faber shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pasco holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pasco scores with a knee to the head.
Pasco using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber tries to pull guard but Pasco won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franklin Faber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pasco.
Pasco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Faber tries to pull guard but Pasco won't allow it.
Faber tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pasco just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pasco stalling.
Faber wants to stall.
Pasco drags the fight down to the ground.
Faber stands and throws Pasco's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Faber stands up and beckons Pasco to his feet.
Pasco tries to clinch there but Faber circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Adrian Pasco.
I think Pasco has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Adrian Pasco!
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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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