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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Christianson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Coach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christianson comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Legacy. Gabe Christianson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Coach's chin.
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
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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
19 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabe Christianson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Coach!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christianson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Christianson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Christianson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Christianson checks a low kick from Coach.
Christianson lands a jab to the nose.
Coach thows a leg kick but Christianson checks it
and Christianson moves into the clinch.
Coach has had enough of the clinch but Christianson keeps him there for the moment.
Coach manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christianson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Christianson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Coach.
Coach finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Coach misses with a hook to the body
and Christianson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Coach is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Christianson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Coach told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Gabe Christianson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Coach.
Coach is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Christianson is keeping busy.
Christianson has a couple of punches blocked by Coach.
Coach tries to circle away but Christianson has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christianson throws a punch but it's blocked by Coach.
Coach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Christianson fails to land.
Christianson lands a hook that snaps the head of Coach backwards.
Christianson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Christianson takes an elbow to the temple.
Christianson misses with the head strike.
Christianson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coach blocking some punches.
Coach misses with an elbow over the top.
Coach tries for a takedown but Christianson manages to get underhooks.
Christianson misses with the head strike.
Christianson working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coach.
Christianson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Christianson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christianson.
A shot in the inside from Christianson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christianson working aggressively here.
Christianson works on Coach's body with a couple of short punches.
Christianson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christianson swings wildly with an uppercut but Coach uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coach pushes off an throws an elbow but Christianson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Christianson swings wildly with an uppercut but Coach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Christianson lands a nice uppercut.
Christianson misses with a punch on the inside.
Christianson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Christianson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christianson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Christianson has a couple of punches blocked by Coach.
Christianson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coach manages to break the clinch.
Coach checks the leg kick.
Christianson tries to score with a low kick but Coach moves his leg out of the way.
Gabe Christianson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christianson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coach.
Coach misses with a hook.
Christianson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Coach is out of range and Christianson settles back down.
The fighters circling - Christianson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Coach is looking to score with low kicks.
Christianson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A good leg kick by Christianson.
Coach falls off balance throwing a combination
and Christianson counters by clinching up.
A short uppercut from Christianson.
Coach blocks an uppercut.
Christianson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Coach wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christianson has him pressed against the cage.
Christianson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christianson throws a punch but it's blocked by Coach.
Coach blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Coach.
Coach is trying to force a seperation but Christianson has the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christianson working aggressively here.
Christianson avoids the elbow strike from Coach, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coach.
Christianson has a couple of punches blocked by Coach.
Christianson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Christianson.
Coach wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coach.
Christianson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Christianson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christianson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Coach backwards.
Coach is rocked!
Coach blocks an uppercut.
Coach crunches a lovely knee into Christianson's ribcage.
Christianson misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabe Christianson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Coach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christianson moves away.
Christianson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Christianson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Christianson tries to close the distance and clinch but Coach swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James Coach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Coach, as that shot connected.
Coach misses the shot to the body.
Christianson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Coach takes one to the side of the head.
Coach has closed the distance and engaged Christianson in a clinch.
Christianson prevents Coach from breaking the clinch.
Christianson lands with a light punch inside.
Coach misses with an elbow strike.
Coach blocks an uppercut.
Christianson pushes Coach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like James Coach has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christianson misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Coach just misses with a elbow thrown towards Christianson's brow.
Gabe Christianson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christianson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Coach working hard to break the clinch.
Christianson working aggressively here.
Christianson blocks a body shot from Coach.
Coach manages to break the clinch.
Coach lands a lovely overhand right.
Christianson slaps away a takedown attempt from Coach, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Christianson.
Coach tries to clinch but Christianson moves out of range.
Gabe Christianson is winning the standup battle so far.
Coach misses with an uppercut. Christianson saw that one coming.
Christianson is looking to slow Coach down with leg kicks.
Christianson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Coach misses with a looping right.
Coach jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christianson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Coach.
Coach is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Christianson.
Christianson misses with an uppercut
and Coach connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Christianson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Coach shoots for a takedown but Christianson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Christianson connects with a leg kick. Coach looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Christianson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Christianson cracks Coach with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Coach is still on wobbly legs! Can Christianson finish him?
Christianson slips a jab from Coach.
Coach seems to have recovered his senses.
Christianson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Coach's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Coach chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Christianson can pounce on him.
Christianson cracks Coach with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Christianson has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Coach to stand back up!
Christianson walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Coach drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Christianson swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Coach's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabe Christianson!
An intense looking Gabe Christianson took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Farewell to UPG. Randall, you did a great job with the organization and good luck at Ascension, but I think it's time I sailed to greener pastures wherever that may be. '.
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hype
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