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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sal Langreck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxwell Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Langreck kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Setting Sail, Coming Home - Darren Korb. The key to victory for Sal Langreck has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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190 cm
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219 lbs
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187 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sal Langreck! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxwell Price! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Price lands a jab to the nose. Price wants to clinch. Langreck misses with a body shot.
Langreck stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Langreck wants it to stay on the feet. Price scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Langreck throws a lazy right hand but Price sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Price scores with a jab to the head.
Sal Langreck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Langreck works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Langreck throws a looping overhand right but Price ducks down to avoid it. Langreck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Price. Langreck throws a body punch but Price moves out of range. Langreck moves forwards but Price connects with a nice, crisp jab. Langreck will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Langreck looks to throw the jab but Price is out of range. Sal Langreck is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round. Langreck throws a body punch but Price moves out of range. Langreck misses with a shot to the body and Price counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Price. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Price scoring with punches to the head and body. Price working some strikes from top position. Langreck had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Price defends it easily. Price is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. Langreck looking to hit a scissor sweep but Price is one step ahead there. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Hammerfist, elbow! yells Price's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Price in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Price wants to control from the top but Langreck keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Price with a flurry of punches that miss. Price is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Price throwing strikes from guard but Langreck blocks nicely. Price trying to control the position from guard on top but Langreck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Price lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Price postures up in Langreck's guard and throws a big left but Langreck blocks it. Langreck avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Price throws a big elbow that misses. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Price accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Price passes easily into side control. Nice work. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Langreck wants to control but Price postures up. Price lands a decent elbow from side control. You can see the frustration on Langreck's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Price looks up at the clock and then as Langreck takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Price smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Price is looking to take a break and control but Langreck is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Price scores with a couple of short elbows.
It looks like Sal Langreck has been cut. Langreck takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Price misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Price landing a few strikes. Langreck tries to get back to half guard but can't. Price lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Price creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Price landing strikes.
Langreck is rocked! Langreck can't do much from the bottom here. Langreck is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Price landing a few strikes. Oh Langreck is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sal Langreck's cut is getting worse. Price working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Price is working Langreck over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sal Langreck's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sal Langreck's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Maxwell Price! Maxwell Price is the new light heavyweight champion! Maxwell Price 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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