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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Refn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Snoop Dogg - Murder was the Case. Nicolas Refn has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Omar Little's chin.
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178 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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174 lbs
24 - 24 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
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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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nicolas Refn!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Refn misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Refn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nicolas Refn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Refn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Refn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Little has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A left and a right from Refn both land. Nice combination.
Little throws a hook but Refn avoids it easily.
Refn has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Little.
Refn looks to land a combination but Little avoids it well.
Refn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Little swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Refn swinging wildly here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Refn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Little was well out of range. Poor timing from Refn.
Nice defenses there by Little.
Little turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Little has Refn up against the cage in a clinch.
Refn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Refn avoids a wild elbow strike from Little.
Little misses with the head strike.
Little wants a takedown but no success here.
Little prevents Refn from breaking the clinch.
Refn blocks an uppercut.
Little is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Refn tries to break the clinch but Little is controlling the position.
Refn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Refn drags the fight down to the ground.
Little won't allow Refn to get back to his feet.
Refn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Little defends it easily.
Little throwing strikes from guard but Refn blocks nicely.
Little pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Refn is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little trying to control the position from guard on top but Refn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Little pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Refn is keeping the position for now.
Little slips nicely into half guard.
Little looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Refn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Refn blocking the ground and pound attempt from Little.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Refn trying to control but Little postures up.
Refn missing with punches from the bottom.
Refn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Little pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Refn is trying to stand.
Little is looking to take a break and control but Refn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Refn is trying to stand.
Little is nestled in close to Refn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Refn trying to control but Little postures up.
Little is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Little has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nice strikes from Little there.
Refn is trying to maintain the position but Little is very close to passing his half guard.
Little is trying to control. Refn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Little is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Refn!
Little looking to control but Refn is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Refn?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Refn is in all sorts of trouble here.
Little has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Refn's face.
Little pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Little with good strikes from the mount here!
Little landing strikes from the mount and Refn is in trouble!
Little lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Refn is rocked!
Little can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Refn is looking to escape.
Refn is still in real trouble! Can Little finish him?
Little lands a big elbow - Refn is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Refn is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Omar Little!
Omar Little thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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