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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Franky Bouthillette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage has chosen Mother - Danzig as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
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190 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franky Bouthillette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Savage!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bouthillette fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Savage, pushing him back against the cage.
Savage is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Savage prevents the takedown attempt.
Bouthillette tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bouthillette has Savage pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Savage manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franky Bouthillette. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bouthillette is working for takedown but Savage is calmly controlling the position for now.
Savage looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Savage.
Savage lands a hook that snaps the head of Bouthillette backwards.
Savage scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Savage.
Savage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Savage jabs at Bouthillette's body.
Savage connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Franky Bouthillette has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bouthillette changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Savage tries to avoid it but Bouthillette manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Savage to the ground. Savage escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bouthillette changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Savage looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bouthillette advances to mount.
Savage tries to lock up and control but Bouthillette gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouthillette looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bouthillette is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Savage can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bouthillette with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Savage that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bouthillette lands a couple of good shots and Savage has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Bouthillette misses with a punch to the head.
Savage is trying to break free.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savage showing good submission defense here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savage covering up well and avoiding damage.
Bouthillette not allowing Savage to control his hands.
Bouthillette lands a shot to the body.
Bouthillette throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Bouthillette missing with strikes from the back.
Bouthillette scores with punches and elbows.
Bouthillette really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Savage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette looking for the choke but no joy.
Bouthillette looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Bouthillette just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Bouthillette trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Bouthillette is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Savage defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bouthillette missing with strikes.
Bouthillette looking for the choke but no joy.
Savage is trying to remain composed but Bouthillette is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Savage trying to control the hands but Bouthillette won't let him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bouthillette looking for the choke from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franky Bouthillette dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Franky Bouthillette's cut.
That's time! Bouthillette's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bouthillette is looking to clinch.
Savage scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bouthillette takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bouthillette takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Savage bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bouthillette's head.
Bouthillette shoots in for a takedown but Savage shows good takedown defense.
Bouthillette takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bouthillette drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savage connects with a single shot there.
Bouthillette scores with a takedown into Savage's guard.
Bouthillette trying to control but Savage is working from the bottom.
Bouthillette throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bouthillette pushing down on Savage's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bouthillette passes to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouthillette tries to control but Savage wriggling away.
Savage is in a horrible position here. Bouthillette smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bouthillette working for a guillotine from mount but Savage is in no mood to give up.
Bouthillette throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bouthillette wants to control the pace but Savage is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bouthillette working Savage over with strikes here.
Bouthillette dominating with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bouthillette controlling from mount.
Bouthillette thowing shots but they're missing.
Bouthillette moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Savage has worked his arm free - good work by Savage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bouthillette looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bouthillette tries to move to mount but Savage blocks the move with his legs.
Bouthillette working the ground and pound.
Franky Bouthillette overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage is not content to let Bouthillette control the position.
Bouthillette throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bouthillette looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bouthillette trying to control the position but Savage is working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bouthillette thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franky Bouthillette dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Franky Bouthillette's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Bouthillette's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Savage connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bouthillette scrambles back to his feet.
Savage connects with a body shot.
Savage lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bouthillette shoots in but Savage avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Franky Bouthillette is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Savage stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Savage wants it to stay on the feet.
Bouthillette fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franky Bouthillette. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Savage lunges at Bouthillette with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bouthillette's hand.
Savage clobbers Bouthillette with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bouthillette has time to react.
Savage lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bouthillette backs up against the cage.
Bouthillette darts in trying to clinch
and Savage counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bouthillette takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Savage.
Savage connects with a body shot.
Savage punishes Bouthillette's body with a nice straight punch.
Horrible takedown by Bouthillette or perhaps it was just good defense by Savage which made him look bad.
Good exchange - Savage coming out on top.
Savage lands a nice hook to Bouthillette's body. Bouthillette takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Savage swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bouthillette.
Randy Savage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Savage lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bouthillette misses with a takedown
and Savage counters with a nice body shot.
Savage connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bouthillette takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Savage connects with the punch.
Bouthillette walks into a left hand.
Savage thuds his right hand into Bouthillette's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Savage swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bouthillette.
Bouthillette is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bouthillette at a distance.
Bouthillette takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oh Bouthillette is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Savage connects with a nice looking jab.
Bouthillette seems to have got his legs back now.
Savage punishes Bouthillette's body with a nice straight punch.
Randy Savage seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Savage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Savage has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Savage scores with a hook.
Bouthillette shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Savage sprawls well. Savage wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bouthillette gets slowly back to his feet.
Savage lands a nice looking body shot.
Randy Savage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Savage comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bouthillette takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Savage works Bouthillette's body with a nice hook.
Bouthillette takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Savage paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Savage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage lands a leg kick that knocks Bouthillette off balance momentarily.
Nice jab there from Savage.
Savage scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Savage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Savage lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Savage works over Bouthillette's head and body with a nice combination.
Bouthillette takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bouthillette takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bouthillette misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Savage paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bouthillette tries to clinch but Savage moves away
and Savage counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bouthillette misses with a takedown attempt - Savage sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Savage lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Savage sends Bouthillette crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Savage is motioning to the referee to let Bouthillette up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage cracks Bouthillette with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Bouthillette falls to his knees and Savage doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Savage!
After winning the bout, Randy Savage thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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