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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Mica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mica's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Remember the name by Fort Minor. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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167 lbs
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173 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Mica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Jordan does no damage.
Mica throws a sloppy head kick and Jordan moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Jordan.
Jordan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jordan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jordan wants to clinch up but Mica keeps it at a distance.
Mica stuffs the takedown attempt from Jordan. Jordan gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mica misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Mica as Jordan shoots in.
Jordan closes the distance and clinches up with Mica, looking for a takedown. Jordan pushes Mica against the cage but Mica circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Josh Mica has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Jordan.
Mica tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
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.
Mica keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mica.
Mica keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mica throws a sloppy head kick and Jordan moves out of range easily.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mica paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mica.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mica throws a head kick that half lands.
Jordan tries to clinch there but Mica circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mica.
Jordan misses with a combination
and Mica makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mica lands a head kick!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jordan.
Jordan is looking to clinch but Mica is avoiding it.
Josh Mica is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mica looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Mica dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mica fails to land with a series of punches.
Mica scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mica looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mica fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jordan throws a combination that misses
and Mica counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jordan throws a combination that misses
and Mica counters with a big head kick but Jordan shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan misses with a combination
and Mica counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A head kick misses from Mica.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mica tries a head kick but it misses.
Mica with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jordan to score with a decent uppercut.
Jordan fails with the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mica showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jordan.
Jordan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mica misses with a combination
and Jordan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan looking to pass the guard.
Jordan 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.
Jordan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jordan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jordan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mica knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jordan on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mica preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mica is working an open guard so Jordan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jordan is looking to clinch.
Mica throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jordan fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mica keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Jordan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Nice sprawl there from Mica as Jordan shoots in.
Jordan wants to clinch up but Mica keeps it at a distance.
Mica looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jordan gets a takedown into half guard.
Jordan drops an elbow to the side of Mica's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jordan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jordan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Mica blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jordan.
That's two 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.
Jordan works his way into full mount!
Jordan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jordan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mica?
Jordan content just to control the position here.
Jordan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jordan controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee warns Mica that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jordan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mica takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jordan landing strikes from the mount and Mica is in trouble!
Jordan controlling his opponent.
Despite being in the dominant position, Luke Jordan just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jordan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mica but Mica pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Jordan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jordan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Jordan!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
17% |
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