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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacco Fresco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Refn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fresco's entrance music is Nas; New York State of mind. A fine choice. Nicolas Refn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacco Fresco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nicolas Refn!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Refn closes the distance and clinches.
Fresco blocks an uppercut.
Fresco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice jab there from Fresco.
Refn pushes Fresco up against the cage in a clinch.
Refn scores with a shot to the side of Fresco's head.
Refn tries to break free but Fresco pushes him back against the cage.
Refn cracks Fresco with a nice body shot.
Refn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Fresco.
Fresco wants to stall.
Refn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Refn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fresco in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fresco manages to break the clinch.
Refn instigates a clinch.
Fresco lands a hook to the side of the head.
Refn tries to work over Fresco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Refn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fresco backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Refn.
Fresco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Refn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Refn.
Refn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fresco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Refn shoots in for a takedown but Fresco shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Refn looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Refn ducks right into an uppercut from Fresco.
Refn darts in and clinches Fresco up against the cage.
Refn tries a body shot but Fresco blocks it.
Refn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Refn.
Fresco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Refn breaks the clinch.
Nicolas Refn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Refn shoots in looking for a takedown but Fresco manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Refn's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jacco Fresco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicolas Refn.
Fresco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Refn fails with the takedown.
Fresco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Refn clinches up against the cage.
Refn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fresco is trying to push Refn away but Refn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Refn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Refn lands a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Refn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Refn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Fresco enables Refn to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Fresco manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fresco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Refn.
Fresco keeping moving, preventing Refn from controlling successfully.
Fresco controls Refn momentarily but Refn frees himself.
Fresco working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Refn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Refn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Refn trying to control the position from guard on top but Fresco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Refn chips away with some ground and pound.
Fresco pulls Refn in to control the position.
Refn preventing the sweep.
Refn throwing strikes from guard but Fresco blocks nicely.
Refn got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fresco has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Refn has managed to get both his arms back between Fresco's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Refn slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Refn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fresco's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fresco is looking for a triangle but Refn pushes his legs off easily.
Refn trying to control but Fresco is working from the bottom.
Refn stands up over Fresco, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fresco keeping moving, preventing Refn from controlling successfully.
Refn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Refn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fresco is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Refn is aware though and is defending well.
Refn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fresco has his foot on Refn's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Refn works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Refn would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Refn got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fresco has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Refn has managed to get both his arms back between Fresco's legs - danger averted.
Refn lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicolas Refn dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A big left from Fresco misses.
Fresco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Refn was well out of range. Poor timing from Fresco.
Refn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Refn fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Fresco. No joy for Refn on that attempt.
Jacco Fresco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicolas Refn.
Fresco slaps away a takedown attempt from Refn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A punch combination from Fresco misses.
Refn throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fresco's waist but Fresco gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Refn off to one side.
Fresco misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fresco with a nice cross.
Refn fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Refn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fresco, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fresco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fresco scores with a hook.
Refn looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Refn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Refn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Refn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fresco working for a triangle but Refn defends it easily.
Refn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fresco avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fresco is striking from the bottom but Refn uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Refn wants to take a breather but Fresco is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fresco is trying to maintain the position but Refn is very close to passing his half guard.
Refn throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Refn prevents Fresco from improving his position.
Refn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fresco avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Refn.
Refn wants to take a breather but Fresco is having none of it.
Refn drops an elbow to the side of Fresco's head.
Refn winds up and cracks Fresco with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fresco taking some punishment here, with Refn in his half guard.
Refn scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Refn thows a huge punch but Fresco dodges it nicely.
Refn gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Refn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Refn with that takedown attempt.
Refn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fresco misses with a punch on the inside.
Fresco has had enough of the clinch but Refn keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fresco.
Fresco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Refn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Fresco finds it's way through Refn's defenses.
Refn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fresco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Refn fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Refn shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fresco scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Refn dives in and grabs Fresco's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fresco pushes down on Refn's head and hops out.
Refn is breathing heavily.
Fresco lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fresco will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Refn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Refn clinches up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Refn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fresco's brow.
Fresco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Refn backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Refn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fresco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nicolas Refn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Refn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Refn tries a body shot but Fresco blocks it.
Fresco tries to break the clinch but Refn is controlling the position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Refn tries to work over Fresco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nicolas Refn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Fresco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fresco!
Refn closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Refn.
Refn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fresco up against the cage.
Fresco throws a punch but it's blocked by Refn.
Fresco throws a punch but it's blocked by Refn.
Fresco tries to circle away but Refn has him pinned against the cage.
Refn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fresco misses with a straight right.
Fresco scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fresco closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Refn did well to prevent Fresco getting side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Refn trying to control but Fresco postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fresco tries to stand but can't do so whilst Refn controls his leg.
Fresco is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Refn sees it coming and defends easily.
Nicolas Refn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Refn manages to get to full guard.
Fresco is working Refn over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Refn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Refn postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fresco looks a forlorn figure.
Fresco is desperately trying to improve his position but Refn has a good base and remains in mount.
Refn lands a nice shot to the head.
Fresco is bucking up trying to escape but Refn cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Refn scoring with strikes but Fresco is staying in there.
Refn avoids the attempt from Fresco to control.
Refn with shots to the head and body - Fresco looks very uncomfortable down there.
Refn tries to control but Fresco wriggling away.
Refn with a couple of short strikes.
Fresco tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Refn lands a big shot there that rocks Fresco but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Refn working the ground and pound effectively.
Fresco is desperately trying to improve his position but Refn has a good base and remains in mount.
Refn looking to control but Fresco is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fresco working to try and regain half guard.
Jacco Fresco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nicolas Refn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Refn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fresco tries to hold on but Refn postures up.
Refn controlling his opponent.
Fresco is looking to get to half guard.
Refn cracks Fresco with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Refn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Refn's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Fresco bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Refn is trying to keep Fresco in close.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Nicolas Refn wasn't active enough on the ground.
Fresco dives in and grabs Refn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Refn pushes down on Fresco's head and hops out.
Refn clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Refn blocks a body shot from Fresco.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fresco is trying to push Refn away but Refn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fresco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Refn or not.
Fresco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Refns head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nicolas Refn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Refn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicolas Refn!
Nicolas Refn thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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