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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Louvierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Skantze Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louvierre comes to the cage accompanied by Dirty House. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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170 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Louvierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Skantze Jr!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skantze Jr swinging wildly here.
Skantze Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr clobbers Louvierre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Louvierre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Skantze Jr on the side of the head.
Louvierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice combination there by Skantze Jr.
Louvierre dodges the punch combination from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skantze Jr.
No joy there for Louvierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Louvierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Skantze Jr.
Skantze Jr cracks a nice hook into Louvierre's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Skantze Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Skantze Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louvierre.
Skantze Jr misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Louvierre counters with a three punch combo that has Skantze Jr backing up. Skantze Jr nods at Louvierre to acknowledge the strikes.
Louvierre moves away from the strike by Skantze Jr.
Skantze Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Skantze Jr slips a jab and a cross from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr throws a right and a left that Louvierre avoids nicely.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Skantze Jr has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Skantze Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
John Skantze Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Louvierre slips a jab and a cross from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Skantze Jr.
Some wild striking there from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre moves out of range of the strikes.
Skantze Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Louvierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Louvierre misses.
Skantze Jr throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Louvierre counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Skantze Jr avoids them all with ease.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Skantze Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Louvierre misses with a two punch combination.
Louvierre misses with a left hand
and Skantze Jr counters with a left and a right that stings Louvierre.
Skantze Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skantze Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A combination from Skantze Jr does no damage.
Nice body punch from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre lands a nice shot to the body.
Skantze Jr throws a nice looking combination but Louvierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Skantze Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Louvierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Skantze Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Skantze Jr throws a combination that misses
and Louvierre counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Skantze Jr!
Louvierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Louvierre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skantze Jr takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Skantze Jr dodges the punch combination from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Louvierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Skantze Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Louvierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Skantze Jr avoids them all with ease.
Louvierre swinging wildly here.
Skantze Jr cracks Louvierre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louvierre lands with a hook. Skantze Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Skantze Jr dodges the punch combination from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alex Louvierre will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Skantze Jr throws a series of punches but Louvierre avoids them all with ease.
Skantze Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Skantze Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Skantze Jr misses with a looping right.
Louvierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Skantze Jr is just out of range.
Skantze Jr's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Skantze Jr duly obliges.
Louvierre throws a left and a right that both miss
and Louvierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Skantze Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louvierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Jab by Louvierre.
Louvierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Louvierre throws a right hand that Skantze Jr ducks under and follows up with a left that Skantze Jr also avoids with ease.
Louvierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Skantze Jr counter with a right hand.
Skantze Jr throws a nice looking combination but Louvierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Skantze Jr.
Skantze Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Skantze Jr has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Louvierre finds it's way round the side to connect with Skantze Jr's head.
Louvierre misses with a wild combination.
Skantze Jr looks to land a combination but Louvierre avoids it well.
Alex Louvierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louvierre fails to land with a series of punches.
Skantze Jr throws a right hand that Louvierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Louvierre also avoids with ease.
Louvierre lands a two punch combo.
Louvierre scores with a hook to the body. Skantze Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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!
Louvierre looks to land a combination but Skantze Jr avoids it well.
Louvierre looks to land a combination but Skantze Jr avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Skantze Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Skantze Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louvierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Skantze Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Louvierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Louvierre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Skantze Jr counter with a right hand.
Skantze Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Skantze Jr throws a combination. Louvierre tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Skantze Jr is breathing heavily.
Louvierre takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Skantze Jr misses with a left hand
and Louvierre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Louvierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Skantze Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skantze Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louvierre fails to land with a series of punches.
Skantze Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Louvierre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Louvierre swinging wildly here.
Louvierre swinging wildly here.
A nice combination there by Louvierre.
Skantze Jr throws a series of strikes that have Louvierre backpedaling.
Skantze Jr throws a right hand that Louvierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Louvierre also avoids with ease.
Louvierre is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Skantze Jr punishes Louvierre's body with a nice straight punch.
Skantze Jr misses with a double jab
and Louvierre counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skantze Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Skantze Jr throws a hook but Louvierre avoids it easily.
Louvierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Louvierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Skantze Jr.
Louvierre scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Skantze Jr. Louvierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Skantze Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Louvierre under the eye.
A combination from Louvierre does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Louvierre dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Louvierre fails to land with a series of punches.
Louvierre swinging wildly here.
Skantze Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that Skantze Jr avoids nicely.
Louvierre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Some wild striking there from Louvierre.
Sloppy strikes from Louvierre. Those never looked like landing.
Skantze Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louvierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Skantze Jr.
Skantze Jr lands a head shot.
Skantze Jr misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louvierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Skantze Jr misses with a double jab
and Skantze Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Louvierre swinging wildly here.
Louvierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Louvierre takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Skantze Jr avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Skantze Jr misses.
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Skantze Jr moves out of range.
A punch combination from Skantze Jr misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Skantze Jr moves out of range.
Louvierre dodges the punch combination from Skantze Jr.
Alex Louvierre is winning the standup battle so far.
Skantze Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Skantze Jr does no damage.
Skantze Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Skantze Jr connects with a good right hand that stumbles Louvierre. Louvierre circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Skantze Jr moves out of range.
Skantze Jr throws a series of punches but Louvierre moves out of range.
Louvierre misses with a double jab.
Skantze Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Louvierre stalks Skantze Jr and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Skantze Jr's face. Skantze Jr staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skantze Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Skantze Jr falls off balance throwing a combination
and Louvierre counters with a three punch combo that has Skantze Jr backing up. Skantze Jr nods at Louvierre to acknowledge the strikes.
Louvierre lands with a good body shot.
Louvierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Louvierre lands a nice looking body shot.
Skantze Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louvierre.
Skantze Jr throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Louvierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sloppy strikes from Skantze Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Skantze Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre scores with a body shot.
Louvierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Skantze Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Louvierre catches Skantze Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Louvierre scores with a nice strike.
Louvierre throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Louvierre just misses with a punch to the body.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that Skantze Jr avoids nicely.
John Skantze Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Louvierre staying out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louvierre misses with an uppercut. Skantze Jr saw that one coming.
Skantze Jr throws a looping overhand right but Louvierre ducks down to avoid it.
Skantze Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Louvierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Louvierre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Louvierre has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Louvierre!
An out of breath Alex Louvierre thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
John Skantze Jr spoke after the fight, saying 'what happened in there? dont remmeber a thing, '.
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