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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Melo Bearbeater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bearbeater's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Light em up. Brian King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Melo Bearbeater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian King!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bearbeater cracks a nice hook into King's ribs.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King throws a right and a left that Bearbeater avoids nicely.
Brian King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King looks to land a combination but Bearbeater avoids it well.
King defending well as Bearbeater loads up on a big left hand.
Bearbeater keeps the fight on the outside.
Bearbeater instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Bearbeater.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bearbeater.
King avoids the elbow strike from Bearbeater, against the cage.
King tries to break free but Bearbeater pushes him back against the cage.
King is defending well against a takedown attempt.
King takes a shot to the head.
Bearbeater landing knees to the body.
King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bearbeater counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bearbeater throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
Bearbeater clinches.
Bearbeater breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King looks winded!
King wants to clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by King.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
King wants to stand but Bearbeater has his arm trapped.
King working away.
King decides to stand back up.
King takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bearbeater lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bearbeater.
Bearbeater shoots in for a takedown but King shows good takedown defense.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bearbeater connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between King's hands.
Bearbeater moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bearbeater clinches with his opponent.
King wants to break free but Bearbeater has control.
Bearbeater has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. King is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Melo Bearbeater. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bearbeater breaks from the clinch.
King tries to keep at a distance but Bearbeater has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bearbeater breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bearbeater wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bearbeater doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
A left lands for Bearbeater.
Bearbeater listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
King closes the distance and clinches.
King wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bearbeater has him pressed against the cage.
King blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bearbeater presses King against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
King stops a takedown attempt from Bearbeater.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bearbeater's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bearbeater. That's going to slow King down.
Bearbeater closes the distance and clinches.
King is trying to break the clinch but Bearbeater has him pressed against the cage.
King is trying to break free.
Bearbeater pushes off an throws an elbow but King leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
King tries to break the clinch but Bearbeater is controlling the position.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bearbeater!
King shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
It looks like King is going to stand back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bearbeater wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
King wants to stand up but Bearbeater is controlling the position.
Bearbeater missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bearbeater wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
King wants to stand up but Bearbeater is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melo Bearbeater dominated that round.
That's time! Bearbeater's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
King fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bearbeater shoots in but no luck this time.
Bearbeater tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bearbeater tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Bearbeater throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Bearbeater.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
Bearbeater swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by King.
Bearbeater pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bearbeater tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Bearbeater swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King is breathing heavily.
King wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bearbeater lands a jab.
King fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bearbeater tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Bearbeater throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bearbeater swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bearbeater connects with a jab.
Bearbeater keeps the fight on the outside.
King is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bearbeater tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bearbeater, right into the meat.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King dives in and grabs Bearbeater's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bearbeater pushes down on King's head and hops out.
Melo Bearbeater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian King.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bearbeater is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Melo Bearbeater is winning the standup battle so far.
Bearbeater tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
King walks into a jab.
King clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bearbeater throws an elbow but misses.
King tries to break free but Bearbeater pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bearbeater breaks the clinch.
King throws a right hand that Bearbeater ducks under and follows up with a left that Bearbeater also avoids with ease.
Bearbeater moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bearbeater.
Bearbeater shoots in and drives through. King sprawls well.
King avoids a punch combination nicely.
Melo Bearbeater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bearbeater avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bearbeater throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bearbeater lands a front kick.
Bearbeater fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from King misses.
Bearbeater lands a nice shot that snaps King's head back.
Bearbeater pushes King up against the cage in a clinch.
Bearbeater doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bearbeater keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
King working hard to break the clinch.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Bearbeater won't allow it.
Bearbeater lands with a right to the head.
King avoids the elbow strike from Bearbeater, against the cage.
Bearbeater working aggressively here.
Bearbeater trying to land knees to the body.
Bearbeater has King pressed against the cage, preventing King from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bearbeater manages to break the clinch.
Bearbeater wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bearbeater tries to clinch up.
Bearbeater throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
Bearbeater shoots in and drives through. King sprawls well.
King moves into the clinch.
King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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!
King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bearbeater sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bearbeater takes the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bearbeater is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.
King avoids the elbow strike from Bearbeater, against the cage.
King breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melo Bearbeater dominated that second round.
That's time! Bearbeater's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Bearbeater tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bearbeater moves into range and clinches up with King.
Bearbeater using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King breaks from the clinch.
Bearbeater clinches up against the cage.
King has Bearbeater pressed against the cage, preventing Bearbeater from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bearbeater with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Melo Bearbeater has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bearbeater.
King has Bearbeater pressed against the cage, preventing Bearbeater from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bearbeater keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bearbeater is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King closes the distance and clinches.
King breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bearbeater. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bearbeater tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bearbeater scores with a sloppy right hand. King should have avoided that one.
King gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Bearbeater won't allow it.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bearbeater drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bearbeater trying to stall but King improves his position.
Bearbeater misses with an elbow strike.
King is trying to break the clinch but Bearbeater is controlling him.
Bearbeater pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bearbeater as he avoids it easily.
Bearbeater throws a head kick that misses.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bearbeater avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Some wild striking there from Bearbeater.
Bearbeater throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
King changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bearbeater tries to avoid it but King manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bearbeater to the ground. Bearbeater escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Melo Bearbeater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian King.
King tries to keep at a distance but Bearbeater has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bearbeater scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bearbeater is trying to break free.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Bearbeater throws an elbow but misses.
Bearbeater throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Bearbeater tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the cage.
Bearbeater trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bearbeater into the cage.
King is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King breaks from the clinch.
Bearbeater gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows King to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bearbeater is working an open guard so King takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Bearbeater circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bearbeater moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bearbeater takes the fight into the clinch.
King breaks the clinch.
King tries to clinch but Bearbeater is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bearbeater gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bearbeater lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bearbeater lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Melo Bearbeater is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bearbeater lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King manages to break the clinch.
King blocks a head kick by Bearbeater.
King moves into the clinch.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King tries to clinch but Bearbeater moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King misses with a takedown attempt - Bearbeater sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bearbeater is looking to clinch.
Brian King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
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 Melo Bearbeater.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bearbeater, 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Melo Bearbeater!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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