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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Goolay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goolay comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boats n Hos kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Francis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonathan Goolay!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francis looks for a takedown but Goolay sprawls well.
Goolay explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Goolay fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Goolay misses.
Francis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Goolay scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Francis doesn't seem bothered though.
Francis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goolay wants to get back to his feet.
Francis lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Goolay down.
Francis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Francis controlling the position.
Goolay is trying to buck Francis off.
Goolay is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis working the head and body with strikes.
Francis in side control lands a decent elbow.
Goolay is pushing Francis's head away, looking to escape. Francis manages to hold on to the position though.
Goolay looks gassed!
Francis is putting a hurting on Goolay here, landing some big shots from side control.
Francis is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goolay is not content to let Francis control the position.
Francis lands a decent elbow from side control.
Goolay is trying to get back to his feet.
Francis advances to full mount.
Francis punishing his opponent with strikes.
Goolay is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Francis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Goolay is still in real trouble! Can Francis finish him?
Goolay's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Francis lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Goolay is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Goolay defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Francis.
Francis scoring with strikes but Goolay is staying in there.
Francis lands a big elbow.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Goolay trying desperately to get to his feet.
Goolay seems to have recovered his senses.
Francis is working for a guillotine from mount but Goolay frees his head quite easily.
Goolay is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis raining down shots from the mount!
Francis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Goolay can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Goolay is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Francis lands a big shot there that rocks Goolay but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Francis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Goolay hang on?
Goolay wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Francis landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Francis.
Francis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Goolay is looking to escape.
Goolay is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Francis.
Goolay in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Goolay bucks Francis off and manages to get back to his feet!
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!
Francis gets the takedown into side control.
Francis lands a few punches from side control.
Francis is putting a hurting on Goolay here, landing some big shots from side control.
Goolay is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Francis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Goolay keeps Francis at a distance using the push kick.
Goolay scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Francis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Goolay.
Francis fails with a takedown attempt.
Goolay stuffs the takedown.
Francis tries to move into range but Goolay moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Goolay swinging wilding here.
Francis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Goolay swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Francis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Goolay. No joy for Francis on that attempt.
Goolay scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Goolay moves in looking to clinch but Francis pushes him off.
Goolay misses with a body kick.
Goolay just misses with a punch to the body.
Francis scores with a takedown into Goolay's guard.
Francis landing with the ground and pound.
Francis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Goolay is pushing Francis's head away, looking to escape. Francis manages to hold on to the position though.
Francis scoring with punches and elbows.
Francis wants to control but Goolay is keeping him busy.
Goolay is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Francis has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Francis advances to mount.
Goolay is breathing heavily.
Goolay is trying to stand up.
Francis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Francis raining down shots from the mount!
Goolay is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Francis 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Francis jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Goolay manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Goolay explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Steve Francis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Francis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A combination from Goolay does no damage.
Francis avoids a kick to the body.
Francis takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Goolay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Goolay throws a body kick that misses.
Goolay moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Goolay gets a clinch.
Francis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Goolay gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Goolay manages to break the clinch.
Francis drops his hands momentarily and Goolay takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Francis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Francis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Francis stops Goolay from getting back to his feet.
Francis wants to control but Goolay is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goolay taking some punishment here, with Francis in his half guard.
Francis drops an elbow to the side of Goolay's head.
Francis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Goolay pushes Francis off looking to stand but Francis dives back in and keeps control.
Francis is tying to control. Goolay wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Francis throwing shots but Goolay is blocking nicely.
Francis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Francis stops Goolay from getting back to his feet.
Francis trying to pass the guard but Goolay defending well.
Goolay taking some punishment here, with Francis in his half guard.
Goolay wants to get back to his feet.
Goolay has hold of Francis's hands but Francis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Francis wants to pass to mount but Goolay is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francis is tying to control. Goolay wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Goolay is defending against the submission attempts here by Francis.
Goolay is trying to stand up here but Francis is controlling him well.
Francis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Francis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Goolay tries to kick Francis off but Francis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Francis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Goolay with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Francis prevents Goolay from standing back up.
Goolay manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Francis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Goolay throws a wild body kick that Francis sees coming a mile off.
Francis scores with a takedown into Goolay's guard.
Francis lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Francis dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Francis closes the distance looking for a takedown. Francis picks Goolay up and slams him brutally to the floor. Goolay is out! He's out cold! Wow, you don't see a finish like that every day!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Steve Francis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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