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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malik Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mykal Zulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zulu has chosen Shyne ft. Barrington Levy - Bad Boyz as his entrance music. Mykal Zulu struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malik Francis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mykal Zulu!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francis tries to move into range but Zulu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zulu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zulu throws a shot from downtown. Francis moves away and avoids it.
Francis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Zulu is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Francis off and has taken his back!
You can see the frustration on Francis's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zulu trying to control.
Francis tries to escape the position.
Francis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zulu on the ground.
Zulu is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Francis is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis trying to control the hands but Zulu won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
I really don't envy Francis right now.
Francis is breathing heavily.
Francis is working hard here to advance position.
Zulu is looking for the choke from the back position but Francis is controlling his hands well.
Zulu controlling well, preventing Francis from escaping the position.
Francis prevents Zulu from getting a body triangle.
Francis tries to escape but Zulu has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Francis trying to control the hands but Zulu breaks the grip.
Francis breaks Zulu's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zulu is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Zulu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Francis is defending against the submission attempts here by Zulu.
Francis wants to get back to full guard.
Francis missing with punches from the bottom.
Zulu blocks the strikes from Francis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu works his way into side control.
Zulu happy to just control the position for now.
Francis is trying to improve his position.
Zulu tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Zulu trying to control the position but Francis is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Francis manages to work his way to half guard, despite Zulu's best efforts.
Zulu on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zulu tries to get out of the position.
Francis is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Zulu jumps into side control!
Francis struggling a bit here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Francis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mykal Zulu dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Francis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zulu lands a front kick.
Zulu scores with a leg kick.
Zulu fails to land with a series of punches.
Francis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zulu scores with a decent looking hook.
Francis moves out of range as Zulu strikes.
Francis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zulu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Francis blocks a low kick nicely.
Some wild striking there from Francis.
Francis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Francis blocks the leg kick.
Francis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zulu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Francis misses with a double jab.
Zulu scores with a nice strike.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zulu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Francis.
Zulu cracks Francis with an open hand slap.
Francis throws a series of punches but Zulu moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Zulu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zulu misses with a body kick.
Zulu dodges the punch combination from Francis.
Malik Francis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Francis shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Zulu's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis looking to pass the guard.
Francis postures up.
Zulu looking for a guillotine here but Francis defends easily.
Zulu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zulu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Francis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Francis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Zulu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Francis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Francis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Francis with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Zulu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Francis.
Francis fails with the takedown.
Zulu throws an overhand right that lands on Francis's shoulder, as Francis tries to avoid the shot.
Zulu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Francis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mykal Zulu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zulu takes one to the chin there.
Mykal Zulu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zulu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zulu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Francis throws a right hand that Zulu ducks under and follows up with a left that Zulu also avoids with ease.
Zulu looks to land a right hand but Francis moved out of range.
Zulu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Francis looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Zulu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zulu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zulu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zulu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Francis.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Francis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malik Francis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Francis misses.
Francis loads up on a big right hand but Zulu slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu moves out of range of the strikes.
Francis throws a jab but it's blocked by Zulu.
Francis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zulu. Zulu obviously looking to wear him down.
A left and a right from Zulu both land. Nice combination.
Zulu lands with a shot to the body.
Francis tries for a takedown but Zulu sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zulu swings for the body but Francis moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zulu, right into the meat.
Nice defenses there by Zulu.
Zulu scores with a jab. Francis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zulu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Francis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Zulu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Francis checks it well.
A swing and a miss from Francis.
Zulu is looking to slow Francis down with leg kicks.
Zulu looks to land a combination. Francis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Good standup being displayed there by Zulu as he connects with a hook.
Zulu connects with a single shot there.
Zulu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zulu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zulu slips a jab and a cross from Francis.
Zulu throws a leg kick but Francis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zulu throws a jab when Francis was well out of range.
Francis misses with a double jab.
Zulu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Francis misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Francis.
Francis misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francis misses with a few strikes there.
Francis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Francis missing with a left hand there. Zulu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Francis defending well as Zulu loads up on a big left hand.
Francis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Francis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zulu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Zulu wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Zulu working for a triangle but Francis defends it easily.
Francis thows a big elbow that misses.
Zulu has his hands on Francis's head, controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mykal Zulu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Zulu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Francis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Zulu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Francis throws out the jab.
Francis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Zulu but Zulu pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zulu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Horrible takedown by Francis or perhaps it was just good defense by Zulu which made him look bad.
Francis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zulu.
Zulu clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zulu.
Zulu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Francis backwards.
Francis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zulu.
Zulu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zulu.
Zulu lands a body shot.
Francis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zulu misses with the head strike.
Francis managing to block the knees to the body from Zulu.
Francis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Francis struggles to land a body shot inside as Zulu controls his hands.
Zulu prevents a body shot from Francis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Francis.
Francis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zulu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Francis moves away.
Nice cross by Zulu.
Zulu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice body kick there by Zulu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu misses with a left hand
and Francis counters with a straight right hand.
Francis fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malik Francis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zulu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Francis misses with the combination.
Francis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Francis moves out of range of the strikes.
Zulu throws a leg kick which misses Francis's front leg but catches the back leg as Francis tries to avoid it.
Francis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Francis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Zulu lands a slapping body shot.
Zulu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Francis lands with a nice body punch.
Zulu cracks Francis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zulu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Zulu finds it's way through Francis's defenses.
Francis slips a jab and a cross from Zulu.
Francis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A leg kick checked by Francis.
Zulu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Francis.
Francis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Francis defending well as Zulu loads up on a big left hand.
Zulu throws a poor cross that misses
and Francis counters with a two punch combo.
Francis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zulu throws an overhand right that lands on Francis's shoulder, as Francis tries to avoid the shot.
Francis dodges the punch combination from Zulu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Zulu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Francis misses the jab.
Francis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zulu works the jab nicely.
Zulu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Francis.
Zulu defending well as Francis loads up on a big left hand.
Zulu throws a body kick that misses.
Francis avoids a kick to the body.
Zulu just misses with a punch to the body.
Francis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A choreographed right hand from Zulu misses the target.
Zulu misses with a looping left.
Francis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zulu.
A combination from Zulu does no damage.
Zulu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zulu throws a series of punches but Francis moves out of range.
Francis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zulu lands a nice looking body shot.
Francis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Francis scores with a takedown into Zulu's guard.
Francis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Francis looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu looking for a guillotine here but Francis defends easily.
Francis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zulu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Francis stands up over Zulu, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zulu trying to keep a closed guard but Francis is proving a slippery customer.
Francis scoring with some ground and pound.
Zulu working a defensive guard but Francis manages to pass into side control anyway.
Zulu avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Francis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zulu wants to control but Francis postures up.
Zulu sneaks back into half guard.
Zulu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zulu makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Zulu.
Zulu trying to control the position.
Malik Francis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Francis trying to control the position from guard on top but Zulu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mykal Zulu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Zulu winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mykal Zulu!
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hype
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