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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wendell Sailor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastien Le Nogue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sailor's entrance music is Blackalicious - It's Going Down. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Le Nogue's choice of entrance music: Scred Connexion - Partis de rien. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Bastien Le Nogue enters the cage!
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224 lbs
17 - 8 - 0 |
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215 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wendell Sailor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bastien Le Nogue!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sailor scores with a punch to the head.
Le Nogue tries for a takedown but Sailor circles away easily
and Sailor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Le Nogue moves out of range of the strikes.
Le Nogue misses with a takedown attempt - Sailor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Le Nogue uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sailor.
Le Nogue shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Bastien Le Nogue has been cut.
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!
Sailor throws a looping overhand right but Le Nogue ducks down to avoid it.
Le Nogue shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sailor sprawls well. Sailor wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Le Nogue gets slowly back to his feet.
Wendell Sailor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bastien Le Nogue.
Sailor throws a sloppy head kick and Le Nogue moves out of range easily.
Sailor works Le Nogue's body with a nice hook.
Le Nogue avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sailor leaves Le Nogue with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wendell Sailor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Sailor does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailor misses with a wild body shot.
Le Nogue shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Le Nogue is fighting to break Sailor's control of his arms but Sailor is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sailor manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sailor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Le Nogue?
Sailor unloads with some shots from mount but Le Nogue bucks and avoids them well.
Sailor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sailor is landing with some decent strikes but Le Nogue is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Le Nogue is rocked!
That has opened up Bastien Le Nogue's cut even more.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sailor throwing strikes here but Le Nogue is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Nogue avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sailor.
Sailor misses with some ground and pound and Le Nogue recovers position to half guard.
Sailor stops Le Nogue from getting back to his feet.
Le Nogue is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sailor scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sailor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Le Nogue blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sailor.
Sailor working over Le Nogue with some ground and pound. Le Nogue looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sailor thows a huge punch but Le Nogue dodges it nicely.
Sailor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sailor 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.
Sailor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Le Nogue keeps working.
Le Nogue pushes Sailor off looking to stand but Sailor dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailor is stalling here. Le Nogue is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sailor seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Le Nogue has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Le Nogue is looking to take a break and control but Sailor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sailor manages to get back to half guard.
Sailor is staying active underneath Le Nogue, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sailor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Le Nogue is working away from the top position though.
Sailor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sailor with the active half guard here but Le Nogue passes nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailor dodges the ground and pound from Le Nogue.
Le Nogue working the strikes but Sailor uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sailor gets full guard.
Le Nogue must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sailor looking to control.
Le Nogue in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sailor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Le Nogue's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sailor postures up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sailor tries to free his leg and advance position but Le Nogue is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wendell Sailor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bastien Le Nogue's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Le Nogue fails with a takedown attempt.
Le Nogue is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sailor throws a right hand that Le Nogue ducks under and follows up with a left that Le Nogue also avoids with ease.
Sailor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sailor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sailor lands a nice looking body shot.
Le Nogue blocks the body kick.
Sailor misses with a double jab.
Sailor lands the left hand.
The cut above Bastien Le Nogue's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Le Nogue dives in and grabs Sailor's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sailor pushes down on Le Nogue's head and hops out.
Sailor is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Le Nogue shoots in for a takedown but Sailor shows good takedown defense.
Wendell Sailor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bastien Le Nogue.
Sailor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Le Nogue counters with a single leg into guard. Sailor didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le Nogue wants to pass the guard but Sailor is keeping the position.
Le Nogue is breathing heavily.
Sailor is controlling Le Nogue's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Nogue won't allow Sailor to sweep him here.
Le Nogue working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sailor is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sailor avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Le Nogue is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Le Nogue trying to control but Sailor is working from the bottom.
Sailor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Le Nogue's guard.
Sailor with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sailor tries to free his leg and advance position but Le Nogue is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sailor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sailor stops Le Nogue from standing up.
Sailor chips away with some ground and pound.
Sailor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Le Nogue works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sailor stays in close to Le Nogue's body and controls the position.
Sailor scoring with some ground and pound.
Sailor trying to control but Le Nogue is working from the bottom.
Sailor working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailor chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sailor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sailor throws a big elbow that misses.
Sailor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le Nogue can do to turn this around?
Sailor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sailor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sailor controlling from the top position.
Sailor trying to control the position from guard on top but Le Nogue is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sailor cracks Le Nogue with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailor is stalling in the full guard.
Sailor wants to pass the guard but Le Nogue is keeping the position.
Sailor passes into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are battling for position here. Le Nogue manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sailor is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wendell Sailor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bastien Le Nogue's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Le Nogue tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sailor swivels and escapes.
Le Nogue bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sailor. Le Nogue does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sailor moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sailor thuds a left hand into Le Nogue's body.
Le Nogue shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sailor as he jumps to the side.
Le Nogue keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sailor ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Sailor as he connects with a hook.
Bastien Le Nogue's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sailor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Le Nogue momentarily.
Le Nogue is still on wobbly legs! Can Sailor finish him?
Sailor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Le Nogue seems to have recovered his senses.
Le Nogue keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sailor.
Le Nogue throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sailor's waist but Sailor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Le Nogue off to one side.
Wendell Sailor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bastien Le Nogue.
Le Nogue takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Nogue throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sailor's waist but Sailor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Le Nogue off to one side.
Wendell Sailor is winning the standup battle so far.
Sailor misses the shot to the body.
Le Nogue fails with the takedown
and Sailor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wendell Sailor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sailor lands a brutal uppercut that launches Le Nogue off his feet! Le Nogue tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wendell Sailor!
A victorious Wendell Sailor thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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