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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruud Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Bolson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davids comes to the cage accompanied by Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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270 lbs
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225 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ruud Davids!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Bolson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Davids tries to avoid it but Bolson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Davids to the ground. Davids escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bolson shoots in but Davids avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bolson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Davids regains half guard.
Davids wants to improve his position but Bolson is controlling well.
Bolson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Davids looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Davids works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bolson preventing the sweep.
Davids working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bolson has passed into half guard!
Davids manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids looking for a guillotine here but Bolson defends easily.
Bolson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Davids trying to keep a closed guard but Bolson is proving a slippery customer.
Davids escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bolson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bolson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bolson won't allow Davids to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davids throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Davids is breathing heavily.
Bolson scoring with some ground and pound.
Bolson tries to free his leg and advance position but Davids is retaining full guard.
Davids looking to control but Bolson passes into half guard.
Davids is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids is working hard here to advance position.
Bolson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bolson moves into full mount! Davids won't be happy about that!
Bolson wants to control the pace but Davids is squirming around nicely.
Bolson prevents Davids from getting the reversal.
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.
Davids wants to control but Bolson is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bolson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bolson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Davids is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bolson cracks Davids with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Davids is trying to escape the mount.
Davids swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davids working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Bolson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bolson gets a takedown into half guard.
Davids has hold of Bolson's hands but Bolson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Davids punching from the bottom.
Davids moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Davids keeping busy on the bottom but Bolson has passed one foot through into half guard.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bolson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Bolson tries to pass to full mount but Davids defends it.
Davids flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bolson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bolson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Davids does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Davids is trying to control but Bolson passes into side control!
Davids can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A right-left combo lands from Davids.
Davids drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davids looking to control but instead Bolson has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids is nestled in close to Bolson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Davids is trying to control the action in half guard but Bolson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Davids scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bolson gets full guard.
Davids looking to pass the guard.
Bolson is controlling Davids's posture.
Davids postures up in Bolson's guard and throws a big left but Bolson blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bolson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davids looking to pass the guard.
Davids drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bolson dives on top into guard.
Davids trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Davids keeping full guard, as Bolson tries to pass.
Davids is trying to control the position but Bolson postures up.
Davids bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bolson's guard.
Davids postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bolson wants to sweep but no luck.
Bolson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davids pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bolson is keeping the position for now.
Davids drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bolson dives on top into guard.
Bolson landing some decent shots from guard.
Bolson preventing the sweep.
Davids working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jack Bolson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Bolson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davids. Davids obviously looking to wear him down.
Davids misses with a head kick.
Bolson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davids. Davids obviously looking to wear him down.
Good work by Bolson as he checks the leg kick.
Davids shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bolson keeping moving, preventing Davids from controlling successfully.
Davids trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Davids postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Davids's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Davids looking to pass the guard.
Jack Bolson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Davids landing some decent shots from guard.
Bolson has momentary wrist control but Davids slips an elbow through the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Davids throwing strikes but missing.
Bolson keeping moving, preventing Davids from controlling successfully.
Davids is looking to work some ground and pound but Bolson has wrist control.
Davids trying to control but Bolson is working from the bottom.
Davids throws and elbow that misses. Bolson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Davids's guard. Nice move by Bolson!
Bolson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bolson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bolson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Davids tries to strike from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Bolson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Davids counters with a single leg into guard. Bolson didn't expect that.
Davids postures up in Bolson's guard and throws a big left but Bolson blocks it.
Davids wants to pass the guard but Bolson is keeping the position.
Davids has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bolson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Davids missing with punches from the bottom.
Davids trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids missing with punches from the bottom.
Bolson slips a nice elbow through Davids's hands, connecting with Davids's forehead.
Bolson lands with a punch from half guard.
Ruud Davids has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davids is looking to improve his position.
Davids throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Davids is staying active underneath Bolson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bolson fails with the takedown
and Davids counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bolson's guard now.
Davids loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davids keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bolson's head.
Bolson trying to control the position here.
Davids throwing strikes but missing.
Bolson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davids scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davids wants to pass the guard but Bolson is keeping the position.
Davids scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruud Davids showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bolson 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Bolson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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