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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donovan Rudy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rudy comes to the cage accompanied by Kick In The Door. James is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tuesday's Gone. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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32
217 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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25
206 lbs
9 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donovan Rudy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy James!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Rudy there.
James moves into the clinch.
James is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rudy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
James tries to score a body lock takedown but Rudy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rudy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but James has him pressed against the cage.
James is looking to take this one to the mat.
Donovan Rudy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy James.
Rudy stops a takedown attempt from James.
James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rudy's sensitive parts.
James slips a jab from Rudy.
Rudy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rudy throws a lazy right hand but James sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rudy swings widly with a right hand
and James counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Rudy keeping full guard, as James tries to pass.
Rudy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for James on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
James throwing strikes from guard but Rudy blocks nicely.
Rudy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
James wants to control from the top but Rudy keeps moving.
James throwing strikes from guard but Rudy blocks nicely.
James with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rudy keeping moving, preventing James from controlling successfully.
Rudy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rudy tries to get out of the position.
James is looking to work some ground and pound but Rudy has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudy keeping moving, preventing James from controlling successfully.
James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as James accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
James works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rudy is staying active underneath James, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
James has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
James throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rudy tries to hold on but James postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James lands a heavy elbow.
James putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
James controlling the position easily from mount.
James with the ground and pound from mount.
James lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James lands with some strikes.
It looks like Donovan Rudy has been cut.
James unloading with bombs!
James looking to control but Rudy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rudy can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rudy is rocked!
Donovan Rudy's cut is getting worse.
James scoring with strikes but Rudy is staying in there.
James loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Rudy scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from James land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. James stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy James!
Tommy James made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I want to thank all you fans for coming out tonight, Kaiser and Backyard Fighting for helping me look so good, my team at Hey Steve's Fight Shack, all of my loved ones back home and Corwin Anstey for letting me fight here in the CEFC!! Thank you!'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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