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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Noble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Victor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor has chosen Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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173 cm
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148 lbs
0 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Reggie Noble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samuel Victor!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noble slaps away a takedown attempt from Victor, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Victor slips a jab from Noble.
Victor tries to clinch but Noble moves away
and Noble counters with a shoot takedown. Victor fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Noble accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Victor trying to control the position.
Noble passes Victor's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Noble wants to lay and pray for a moment but Victor keeps working.
Victor regains full guard. Nicely done.
Noble forces his way into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Noble wants to get back to his feet.
Noble lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Noble 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor regains full guard. Nicely done.
Victor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Victor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Noble wants to pass the guard but Victor is keeping the position.
Noble is pushing down on Victor's leg trying to pass to half guard. Victor is fighting to maintain full guard but Noble has managed to sneak the leg through.
Victor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Noble wants to take a breather but Victor is having none of it.
Noble is really struggling to control Victor but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noble is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Victor sees it coming and defends easily.
Victor has his hands clasped together around Noble's back. He's all about the action.
Noble trying to control from half guard but Victor is working away.
Noble throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble is trying to control. Victor wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Reggie Noble.
Nice takedown defense from Noble. No joy for Victor on that attempt.
Noble fails with a takedown attempt.
Victor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Noble tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Victor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Noble manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Victor closes the distance and clinches up with Noble, looking for a takedown. Victor pushes Noble against the cage but Noble circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reggie Noble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel Victor.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Victor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noble tries to close the distance and clinch up but Victor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Noble wants to clinch
and Victor counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Noble thinking.
Noble fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Victor avoids it really well and circles away.
Victor throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Reggie Noble has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Victor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Noble tries for a takedown but Victor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Victor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Noble's sensitive parts.
Victor has closed the distance and engaged Noble in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reggie Noble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reggie Noble's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Victor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Victor shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Noble counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Noble seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Victor desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Noble trying to control the action but Victor is working from the bottom.
Noble is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Noble wants to control but Victor is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noble is nestled in close to Victor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Reggie Noble overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Victor pushes Noble off and gets back to his feet.
Noble closes the distance and clinches up with Victor, looking for a takedown. Noble pushes Victor against the cage but Victor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Victor has closed the distance and engaged Noble in a clinch.
Victor breaks from the clinch.
Reggie Noble is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Victor throws the kick towards the body but Noble avoids it.
Victor stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Victor wants it to stay on the feet.
Noble stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Noble wants it to stay on the feet.
Reggie Noble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel Victor.
Noble doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Victor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Noble tries to clinch there but Victor circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noble tries for a takedown but Victor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Noble wants to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Victor.
Victor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Noble manages to avoid it.
Victor moves into the clinch.
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!
Noble manages to break the clinch.
Victor moves into the clinch.
Victor manages to break the clinch.
Noble decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Noble decides to return to a standing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble avoids the head kick by Victor.
Victor has Noble up against the cage in a clinch.
Victor prevents Noble from breaking the clinch.
Victor fails to pull guard.
Noble drops down looking for an ankle pick but Victor pulls his leg out and moves away.
Victor is looking to clinch.
Victor keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Victor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noble moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Noble!
Noble is looking to get to half guard.
Victor throwing strikes here but Noble is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Noble is looking to improve his position but Victor isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noble is working hard here to advance position.
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 Reggie Noble will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Reggie Noble's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Noble takes a kick to the side of the head.
Noble fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Noble avoids a kick to the body.
Noble shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Victor pinned against the cage. Victor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Victor circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Victor tries to clinch but Noble is having none of it.
Victor shoots in for a takedown but Noble shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Victor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Noble is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Noble darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Victor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Victor darts in and clinches Noble up against the cage.
Victor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Noble prevents it.
Victor tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Reggie Noble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel Victor.
Victor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Victor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Victor closes the distance and clinches.
Noble jumps guard but Victor turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Victor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Noble tries for a takedown but Victor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Noble counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Noble.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Victor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Victor throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Victor trying to control the position here.
Victor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Noble pushes down on Victor's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Victor trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Victor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Noble lands a nice short elbow.
Noble is just content to waste time from the top position. Victor takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Noble trying to control the position from guard on top but Victor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Noble is pushing down on Victor's leg trying to pass to half guard. Victor is fighting to maintain full guard but Noble has managed to sneak the leg through.
Noble is looking to take a break and control but Victor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Noble tries to stand and escape but Victor actually recovers to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noble slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Victor controlling Noble's posture.
Reggie Noble is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Victor 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.
Victor is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Samuel Victor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Victor will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
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 Reggie Noble.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Noble, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Reggie Noble!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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