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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamish Gaffney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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182 lbs
8 - 9 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Hamish Gaffney!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaffney throws a series of punches but St Pierre avoids them all with ease.
St Pierre clinches up with Gaffney and pushes him back against the ropes.
St Pierre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gaffney is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Gaffney ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gaffney no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaffney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Pierre sitting in guard, not really doing much.
St Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gaffney is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to control but Gaffney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gaffney trying to pass the guard but St Pierre defending well.
Gaffney thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Pierre's head.
Gaffney is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gaffney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gaffney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gaffney is keen to just control but St Pierre is a slippery customer.
Gaffney prevents St Pierre from standing back up.
Gaffney wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre taking some punishment here, with Gaffney in his half guard.
Gaffney has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gaffney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Pierre defending well though.
Gaffney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ground and pound from Gaffney.
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!
Gaffney looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gaffney takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gaffney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gaffney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Pierre defending well though.
St Pierre wants to control but Gaffney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
St Pierre wants to get back to full guard.
St Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gaffney.
Gaffney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to stand.
Gaffney working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Pierre trying to hold on to Gaffney's head to control him but Gaffney postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gaffney is keen to just control but St Pierre is a slippery customer.
Gaffney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Pierre defending well though.
Gaffney wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
Gaffney working St Pierre over with strikes.
St Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gaffney.
St Pierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if St Pierre tries to get out of the position.
St Pierre is trying to stand up here but Gaffney is controlling him well.
Gaffney prevents St Pierre from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaffney passes to full mount!
Gaffney working St Pierre over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaffney avoids the attempt from St Pierre to control.
Gaffney is landing with some decent strikes but St Pierre is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
St Pierre takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Gaffney's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hamish Gaffney!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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