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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin St Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peppu Reiska MacDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Andre comes to the cage accompanied by When the Saints Go Marching In. The crowd seem to be enjoying MacDonald's choice of entrance music: Placebo - Pure Morning. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
27 - 10 - 0 |
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179 cm
32
169 lbs
28 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin St Andre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peppu Reiska MacDonald!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacDonald digs a good hook to St Andre's body.
St Andre fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches MacDonald on the side of the head.
St Andre throws a chopping leg kick but MacDonald manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
MacDonald pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Andre looks to score with a jab to the body but MacDonald is just out of range.
St Andre throws a right hand that misses
and St Andre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
MacDonald misses with a body shot.
MacDonald misses with a body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by St Andre.
A looping hook to the body misses from MacDonald. St Andre does a little dance to reset his feet.
MacDonald misses with a jab to the body
and St Andre counters with a thumping low kick.
St Andre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but MacDonald manages to avoid it.
St Andre seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
MacDonald lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
St Andre throws a low kick but MacDonald moves out of range easily.
MacDonald scores with a shot to the body.
MacDonald lands the left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Andre with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
MacDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacDonald scores with a jab to the body.
We've been informed that MacDonald has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
MacDonald shoots in and gets a takedown into St Andre's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
MacDonald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
St Andre has his foot on MacDonald's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. MacDonald works his way back into a safe position though.
St Andre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
MacDonald throwing strikes but missing.
St Andre has his foot on MacDonald's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. MacDonald works his way back into a safe position though.
MacDonald works a leg free and moves into half guard.
St Andre trying to control from the bottom.
MacDonald not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
St Andre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. MacDonald lands a nice short elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Andre wants to control but MacDonald is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from MacDonald.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Andre is staying active underneath MacDonald, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
MacDonald working St Andre over with strikes.
MacDonald is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
St Andre has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. MacDonald is working away from the top position though.
MacDonald throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
MacDonald lands strikes from half guard.
MacDonald wants to lay and pray for a moment but St Andre keeps working.
MacDonald thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Andre's head.
MacDonald missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
St Andre wants to improve his position but MacDonald is controlling well.
MacDonald landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Andre looking for submissions off his back.
St Andre is staying active underneath MacDonald, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
MacDonald winds up and cracks St Andre with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
MacDonald prevents St Andre from improving his position.
St Andre wants to control but MacDonald is keeping busy.
MacDonald tries to pass to full mount but St Andre defends it.
MacDonald has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can St Andre defend it? MacDonald steps over the head and cranks it - St Andre is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for MacDonald!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Peppu Reiska MacDonald!
An out of breath and clearly excited Peppu Reiska MacDonald thanked Milwaukee's Best 160 for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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