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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walther Leone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Walther Leone has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Walther Leone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leone clinches with his opponent.
Leone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Leone is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jackson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jackson successfully pulls guard.
Leone wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Leone has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Leone being controlled here momentarily.
Jackson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Leone can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Leone wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leone stops Jackson from standing up.
Leone could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Leone trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Walther Leone.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jackson.
Jackson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Leone trying to control the position.
Jackson won't allow Leone to get back to his feet.
Leone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jackson's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leone trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Leone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Leone trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Walther Leone.
Jackson shoots for a double leg takedown but Leone sprawls well. He's pushed Jackson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jackson looks gassed!
Leone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Leone to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Dave Jackson has been cut.
Jackson shoots for a double leg takedown but Leone sprawls well. He's pushed Jackson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Walther Leone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Jackson.
Leone shoots in but Jackson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leone scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jackson in his tracks.
Leone shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Leone gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson moves out of range of the leg kick from Leone.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leone shoots in looking for a takedown but Jackson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Leone's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Leone in a clinch.
Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson leaves Leone with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jackson fails to land the takedown.
Leone looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leone fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jackson stuffs the takedown.
Jackson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Leone's half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.
Leone makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Leone.
Jackson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leone controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.
Leone is looking to sweep but instead, Jackson has passed into half guard.
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 Walther Leone will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dave Jackson's cut.
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.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jackson wants to pass the guard but Leone is defending well.
Jackson prevents Leone from improving his position.
Leone is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
Jackson trying to mount his opponent but Leone defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leone wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jackson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Leone is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Walther Leone.
Leone closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jackson quickly recovers to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson tries to roll over but Leone keeps him under control.
Leone wants to stand up but Jackson is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Leone stops Jackson from getting back to his feet.
Leone wants to stand up but Jackson is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leone is trying to control the action in half guard but Jackson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Walther Leone has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Leone leaves Jackson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jackson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Leone's waist but Leone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jackson off to one side.
Leone is looking to land body kicks.
A combination from Leone does no damage.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Leone.
Leone will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Walther Leone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Horrible takedown by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Leone which made him look bad.
Walther Leone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Jackson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Leone.
Leone doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jackson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jackson.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Leone lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Jackson kicks off Leone and gets to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Leone defends it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leone shoots in looking for a takedown but Jackson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Leone's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Walther Leone will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dave Jackson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Leone shoots in looking for a takedown. Jackson tries to sprawl out of it but Leone keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jackson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Leone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson dives in and grabs Leone's left leg, looking for a takedown. Leone pushes down on Jackson's head and hops out.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown but Leone shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Leone fails to land with a series of punches.
Jackson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Leone shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Leone shoots in and drives through. Jackson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walther Leone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leone clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson decides to pull guard.
Jackson is pulling down on Leone's head. It's preventing any offense from Leone, at least for the moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jackson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Leone wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Leone but Leone pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Leone forces Jackson back against the cage and clinches.
Leone has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Leone won't allow it.
Leone is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jackson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A bit of stalling here from Leone.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leone throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
Leone tries to clinch up
and Jackson counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Leone keeps working.
Leone parries the strikes from Jackson easily there. Jackson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Leone to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leone tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jackson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Leone is trying to buck Jackson off.
Jackson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jackson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Leone sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jackson somewhat.
Leone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches up with Leone, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes Leone against the cage but Leone circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Leone looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Leone's guard.
Jackson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Leone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.
Jackson is in close to Leone's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jackson being controlled here momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dave Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walther Leone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson is working Leone over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Jackson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Leone 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walther Leone!
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