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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abe Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adelard Desormeaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Desormeaux comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ça va venir découragez-vous pas ♫ kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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179 lbs
15 - 12 - 0 |
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186 lbs
10 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abe Jefferson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adelard Desormeaux!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Desormeaux shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jefferson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jefferson keeping moving, preventing Desormeaux from controlling successfully.
Desormeaux is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Desormeaux wants to control from the top but Jefferson keeps moving.
Jefferson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jefferson has a closed guard, preventing Desormeaux from standing up.
Desormeaux postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Desormeaux trying to control the position from guard on top but Jefferson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Desormeaux working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jefferson's head.
Desormeaux trying to control the position from guard on top but Jefferson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Desormeaux is in close to Jefferson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Desormeaux postures up and lands a big shot to Jefferson's brow.
Desormeaux wants to get up but he can't break Jefferson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Desormeaux trying to control but Jefferson is working from the bottom.
Desormeaux is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Desormeaux passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Desormeaux misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Desormeaux scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jefferson to see if he's OK.
Desormeaux lands an elbow.
Desormeaux fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Desormeaux prevents Jefferson from escaping the position.
Desormeaux working the head and body with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Desormeaux lands some shots froms side control.
Desormeaux grinds an elbow into Jefferson's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desormeaux cracks Jefferson with a big elbow.
Desormeaux cracks Jefferson with a big right hand but Jefferson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Desormeaux tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jefferson is trying to control Desormeaux's posture but Desormeaux avoids it.
Desormeaux creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Desormeaux working the head and body with strikes.
Desormeaux landing strikes.
Desormeaux is trying to get an arm triangle but Jefferson is defending well.
Desormeaux working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Desormeaux working the ground and pound but Jefferson is defending the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desormeaux tries for a kimura but Jefferson is defending well.
Desormeaux throws an elbow but Jefferson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Desormeaux is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jefferson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Desormeaux wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jefferson, who protects the arm well.
Desormeaux wants to stand but Jefferson is controlling his arm.
Desormeaux is chipping away with strikes.
Jefferson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Desormeaux sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jefferson defending well though.
Desormeaux is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desormeaux lands with a punch from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Desormeaux throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Desormeaux has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Desormeaux landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Desormeaux is keen to just control but Jefferson is a slippery customer.
Desormeaux is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jefferson defends it well.
Desormeaux sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jefferson defending well though.
Still in half guard, Desormeaux seems content to control.
Jefferson is trying to maintain the position but Desormeaux is very close to passing his half guard.
Jefferson is not content to let Desormeaux control the position.
Jefferson is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Desormeaux scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Desormeaux 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adelard Desormeaux dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Desormeaux lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Desormeaux throws a right and a left that Jefferson avoids nicely.
Desormeaux has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jefferson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Desormeaux.
Adelard Desormeaux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jefferson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Desormeaux looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jefferson wants to pass to mount but Desormeaux is defending the position.
Desormeaux looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Desormeaux moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Desormeaux is looking to cinch up a triangle. Jefferson throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Desormeaux's body to avoid the submission. Desormeaux has instead reached around Jefferson's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Desormeaux arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Adelard Desormeaux!
Adelard Desormeaux 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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