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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Black Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis St Laurent (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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168 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Black Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Louis St Laurent!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer throws a jab but it's blocked by St Laurent.
St Laurent misses the shot to the body.
St Laurent misses with a jab to the body
and St Laurent takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hammer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hammer scores with a shot to the body.
Hammer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Laurent moves away.
Hammer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
St Laurent takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hammer fails with the takedown
and St Laurent counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hammer thinking.
Hammer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and St Laurent counters with a nice uppercut.
Hammer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hammer misses with a hook. St Laurent ducked under it nicely.
St Laurent wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Laurent lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hammer circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Laurent stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hammer.
Hammer throws a head kick but St Laurent moves out of range.
St Laurent blocks the body kick.
Hammer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
St Laurent lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hammer's sensitive parts.
Hammer takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hammer motions for St Laurent to come forward. Hammer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
St Laurent tries to land a leg kick but Hammer saw it coming and moves away.
St Laurent thows a body shot but no joy.
St Laurent misses with a wild body shot.
Hammer lands a high kick!
Hammer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming St Laurent to the mat! St Laurent manages to get full guard.
Hammer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Laurent swivels though and keeps the full guard.
St Laurent keeping moving, preventing Hammer from controlling successfully.
Hammer throws an elbow that misses. St Laurent uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hammer's guard. Nice move by St Laurent!
Hammer has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
St Laurent wants to control from the top but Hammer keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer wants to sweep here but St Laurent controlling him for the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Louis St Laurent.
Hammer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hammer throws a solid leg kick but St Laurent takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hammer.
Hammer lands a high kick!
It looks like Louis St Laurent has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer tries to land a body kick
and St Laurent moves into the clinch.
Hammer throws a head punch that misses.
St Laurent tries to work over Hammer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hammer breaks the clinch.
St Laurent throws a hook but Hammer blocks it.
St Laurent ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammer keeps the fight on the outside.
Hammer scores with a hook.
St Laurent shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hammer pinned against the cage. Hammer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hammer misses with a leg kick
and St Laurent counters with an inside leg kick.
Hammer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hammer thows a leg kick but St Laurent checks it
and St Laurent counters with a good low kick that Hammer was not able to check.
Hammer ducks under a wild hook from St Laurent.
St Laurent misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Black Hammer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Louis St Laurent's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hammer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from St Laurent.
St Laurent throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hammer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hammer lands a right hook to the body.
Hammer scores with a hook to the body. St Laurent takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hammer explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hammer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from St Laurent - the referee stops the clock and Hammer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says St Laurent. Hammer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
St Laurent fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hammer is looking to wear down St Laurent with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
St Laurent keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St Laurent rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hammer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Laurent closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hammer did well to prevent St Laurent getting side control.
St Laurent landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hammer is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Laurent seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hammer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
St Laurent drops an elbow to the side of Hammer's head.
St Laurent is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hammer doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time St Laurent.
Hammer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of St Laurent's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take St Laurent's back!
St Laurent manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Hammer is now in side control.
Hammer is trying to ground and pound but St Laurent uses the momentary lack of control by Hammer to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
St Laurent regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hammer.
Hammer throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammer postures up in St Laurent's guard and throws a big left but St Laurent blocks it.
Hammer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer stays in close to St Laurent's body and controls the position.
Hammer passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ground and pound from Hammer seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
St Laurent managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hammer.
Hammer throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and St Laurent works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Hammer is keen to just control but St Laurent is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Hammer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Laurent's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammer trying to control the action but St Laurent is working from the bottom.
St Laurent trying to control from the bottom.
Hammer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Laurent's head.
St Laurent is looking to control Hammer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can St Laurent avoid being mounted?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Laurent defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Black Hammer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Louis St Laurent's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hammer throws a head kick but St Laurent moves out of range.
St Laurent checks the leg kick nicely there.
St Laurent takes one to the chin there.
St Laurent thows a leg kick but Hammer checks it
and Hammer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hammer misses with a hook.
Hammer throws a right hand that St Laurent ducks under and follows up with a left that St Laurent also avoids with ease.
Hammer lands with a nice combination. St Laurent backs away looking to recover.
Hammer avoids the body shot from St Laurent.
St Laurent looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St Laurent gets the takedown into side control.
St Laurent looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hammer is avoiding damage well.
Hammer tries to bench press St Laurent off him but St Laurent keeps the position.
St Laurent misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hammer's face as St Laurent controls the position.
Hammer is looking for a sweep.
St Laurent is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hammer is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hammer is looking to regain half guard here but St Laurent keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent controlling the position.
St Laurent wants to control for a moment but Hammer uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
St Laurent wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hammer keeps working.
St Laurent looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent throwing shots but Hammer is blocking nicely.
St Laurent trying to control the action but Hammer is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Louis St Laurent.
St Laurent scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hammer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
St Laurent lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hammer circles away quickly and effectively.
St Laurent checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hammer lands a head shot.
Hammer avoids the body shot from St Laurent.
Good work by St Laurent as he checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer looks to throw the jab but St Laurent is out of range.
St Laurent turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hammer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
St Laurent wants to clinch up but Hammer keeps it at a distance.
St Laurent throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hammer tries to land a front kick but St Laurent steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hammer is looking to slow St Laurent down with leg kicks.
Hammer looks to throw the jab but St Laurent is out of range.
Hammer misses with a looping left.
A shot to the liver by St Laurent. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer dives in and grabs St Laurent's left leg, looking for a takedown. St Laurent pushes down on Hammer's head and hops out.
Hammer swings widly with a right hand
and St Laurent counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Louis St Laurent really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Louis St Laurent's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hammer swings widly with a right hand
and St Laurent counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Hammer lands an impressive looking overhand right. St Laurent doesn't seem phased though.
Hammer blocks a leg kick.
Hammer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice defenses there by St Laurent.
Hammer throws a left and a right that both miss
and St Laurent counters with a body kick that stops Hammer in his tracks momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hammer.
Nice cross by Hammer.
St Laurent tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hammer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Laurent has managed to clinch.
St Laurent blocks an uppercut.
Hammer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for St Laurent.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hammer tries to break the clinch but St Laurent is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hammer.
St Laurent lands with a short shot to the head.
St Laurent misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
St Laurent trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer is trying to push St Laurent away but St Laurent has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
St Laurent pushes Hammer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St Laurent tries a body shot but Hammer blocks it.
St Laurent struggles to land a body shot inside as Hammer controls his hands.
Hammer wants a takedown but no success here.
St Laurent keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hammer's efforts to push away.
St Laurent lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hammer backwards.
Hammer tries to throw a body punch but St Laurent avoids it by throwing Hammer back against the cage.
St Laurent tries to work over Hammer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hammer is trying to push St Laurent away but St Laurent has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hammer breaks from the clinch.
St Laurent doesn't manage to clinch there - Hammer circles away.
A good leg kick by St Laurent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hammer.
Hammer keeps the fight on the outside.
Hammer throws a nice looking combination but St Laurent bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
St Laurent with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hammer.
St Laurent throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Laurent blocks a jab.
Hammer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
St Laurent throws out a leg kick but Hammer moves out of range and St Laurent only half commits.
Hammer loads up on a big right hand but St Laurent slips the punch.
Hammer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
St Laurent gets a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from St Laurent.
Hammer manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
St Laurent moves away from the strike by Hammer.
St Laurent misses with a hook. Hammer ducked under it nicely.
St Laurent chopping away at his opponent's legs.
St Laurent misses with a hook.
St Laurent connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
St Laurent throws a low kick but Hammer moves out of range easily.
St Laurent lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hammer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
St Laurent blocks a jab.
Hammer throws a shot to the body.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with St Laurent but St Laurent pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent throws the kick towards the body but Hammer avoids it.
St Laurent ducks right into an uppercut from Hammer.
St Laurent tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hammer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hammer throws a good cross that connects.
St Laurent lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Laurent swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hammer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St Laurent lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St Laurent tries to avoid it but Hammer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St Laurent to the ground. St Laurent escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Black Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hammer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Laurent.
St Laurent drives through with a takedown into Hammer's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Louis St Laurent dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Louis St Laurent's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
St Laurent tries to clinch but Hammer is having none of it.
Hammer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Laurent cracks Hammer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hammer swats away the attempt to clinch by St Laurent.
St Laurent on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
St Laurent tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St Laurent scores with a leg kick.
St Laurent pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hammer staying out of range there.
Hammer closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into St Laurent's guard.
St Laurent wants to sweep here but Hammer controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer wants to control from the top but St Laurent keeps moving.
Hammer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammer tries to free his leg and advance position but St Laurent is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hammer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammer prevents St Laurent from getting back to his feet.
St Laurent keeping moving, preventing Hammer from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black Hammer has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
St Laurent fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hammer on the side of the head.
Hammer misses with a two punch combination.
St Laurent has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hammer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
St Laurent cracks Hammer with a right hand to the side of the head.
St Laurent keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hammer throws an overhand right that lands on St Laurent's shoulder, as St Laurent tries to avoid the shot.
St Laurent swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Laurent missing with a left hand there. Hammer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hammer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St Laurent with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hammer to score with a decent uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent is looking to score with low kicks.
Hammer thows a leg kick but St Laurent checks it
and St Laurent counters with a two punch combo.
St Laurent moves into range and clinches up with Hammer.
St Laurent lands a shot to the body.
St Laurent can't find room to land a body shot as Hammer controls the action.
Hammer breaks the clinch.
Hammer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
St Laurent moves in looking to clinch but Hammer pushes him off.
Hammer lands a slapping body shot.
St Laurent throws a front kick aimed at Hammer's knee but Hammer avoids it well.
Hammer throws a head kick that misses.
St Laurent ducks under a wild hook from Hammer.
Hammer misses with a hook
and St Laurent counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent misses with a takedown attempt - Hammer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
St Laurent tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hammer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hammer swats away the attempt to clinch by St Laurent.
Hammer tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Laurent tries to clinch but Hammer moves out of range.
Hammer throws an overhand right that lands on St Laurent's shoulder, as St Laurent tries to avoid the shot.
Louis St Laurent seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Laurent scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Laurent lands a leg kick that knocks Hammer off balance momentarily.
St Laurent moves out of range of the body kick.
St Laurent throws a leg kick
and Hammer counters with a takedown into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Black Hammer.
I think Hammer 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 48:47
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 47:48
Judge William Peck scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Black Hammer!
An out of breath and clearly excited Black Hammer thanked Real Fighters Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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