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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bart Maniac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Courchesne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Courchesne has chosen Lux Aeterna By Clint Mansell as his entrance music. Bart Maniac has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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140 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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177 cm
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148 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bart Maniac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan Courchesne!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maniac throws a chopping leg kick but Courchesne manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Courchesne throws a leg kick but Maniac moved away.
Courchesne shoots for a takedown but Maniac saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Courchesne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Courchesne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Maniac really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Maniac throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Courchesne shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Courchesne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maniac working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Courchesne.
Maniac looking to hit a scissor sweep but Courchesne is one step ahead there.
Courchesne is looking to work some ground and pound but Maniac has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maniac being controlled here, momentarily.
Courchesne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Courchesne has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Courchesne slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Courchesne pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maniac is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maniac keeping moving, preventing Courchesne from controlling successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jonathan Courchesne wasn't active enough on the ground.
Courchesne is looking to slow Maniac down with leg kicks.
Courchesne drives through with a takedown into Maniac's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Courchesne engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Maniac not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Maniac keeping moving, preventing Courchesne from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Courchesne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Maniac works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Maniac tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Courchesne trying to control the position from guard on top but Maniac is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Courchesne showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Maniac moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Courchesne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Courchesne shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Maniac manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maniac controlling Courchesne's posture.
Courchesne is looking to work some ground and pound but Maniac has wrist control.
Maniac looking for a sweep. Not yet Maniac, not yet.
Maniac keeping full guard, as Courchesne tries to pass.
Courchesne is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Courchesne wants to control from the top but Maniac keeps moving.
Courchesne showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Courchesne.
Maniac tries to score with a low kick but Courchesne moves his leg out of the way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Courchesne.
Courchesne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Courchesne misses with a takedown attempt - Maniac sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Courchesne fails to land the takedown.
Bart Maniac has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Courchesne.
A nice leg kick lands there from Courchesne.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Courchesne lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Maniac has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Maniac and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Maniac misses with a leg kick.
Maniac is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Courchesne fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Maniac to the ground. Courchesne is now in Maniac's guard.
Courchesne chips away with some ground and pound.
Maniac keeping moving, preventing Courchesne from controlling successfully.
Maniac looking to hit a scissor sweep but Courchesne is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courchesne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Courchesne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Courchesne preventing the sweep.
Courchesne trying to control the position from guard on top but Maniac is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Courchesne distracts Maniac with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Courchesne with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Courchesne missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Courchesne controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Courchesne lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maniac is trying to control the position but Courchesne postures up.
Courchesne lands a couple of elbows.
Courchesne working some strikes from top position.
Maniac will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Courchesne content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Courchesne dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Courchesne attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Maniac keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Maniac blocks the leg kick.
Courchesne thumps Maniac with a low kick.
Courchesne dives in and scores a takedown into Maniac's guard.
Courchesne postures up and lands a big shot to Maniac's brow.
Courchesne tries to free his leg and advance position but Maniac is retaining full guard.
Courchesne trying to control the position from guard on top but Maniac is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Courchesne working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jonathan Courchesne has got the better of the ground game so far.
Maniac controls Courchesne momentarily but Courchesne frees himself.
Courchesne is working Maniac over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Maniac has momentary wrist control but Courchesne slips an elbow through the middle.
Courchesne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Courchesne pushes down on Maniac's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Courchesne throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maniac looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Maniac trying to control here.
Courchesne working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Maniac wants to control but Courchesne is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Courchesne drops an elbow to the side of Maniac's head.
Maniac has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Courchesne is working away from the top position though.
Maniac keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Courchesne wants to control but Maniac is keeping him busy.
Courchesne wants to pass to mount but Maniac is defending the position.
Courchesne looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Maniac keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courchesne works his way into full mount!
Courchesne with the ground and pound from mount.
Courchesne working the ground and pound effectively.
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!
Courchesne trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Courchesne with good strikes from the mount here!
Courchesne landing shots from mount.
Maniac taking shots to the head.
Maniac is in all sorts of trouble here.
Courchesne scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Courchesne putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Maniac is rocked!
Courchesne landing punches.
Oh Maniac is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courchesne looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Courchesne! Maniac is hurt baaadly! Courchesne is firing away with more strikes - Maniac is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Courchesne!
Jonathan Courchesne seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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