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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ole Hurjjan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armstrong comes to the cage accompanied by Western by Roni Size. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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275 lbs
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264 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ole Hurjjan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Armstrong.
Hurjjan sneaks out the side door and pushes Armstrong away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Armstrong.
Hurjjan lands a decent little punch to the body.
Hurjjan is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Armstrong asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Armstrong is chipping away with strikes.
Hurjjan dodges the ground and pound from Armstrong.
Sloppy strikes there by Armstrong.
Hurjjan defending against the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hurjjan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Armstrong connects with a decent elbow.
Armstrong 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.
Armstrong advances nicely into full mount.
Armstrong is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hurjjan can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Armstrong lands a heavy elbow.
Armstrong landing strikes from the mount and Hurjjan is in trouble!
Armstrong working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hurjjan tries to hold on but Armstrong postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
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!
The referee warns Hurjjan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Armstrong looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Armstrong looking to finish Hurjjan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hurjjan!
BOOM! Armstrong connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hurjjan is rocked!
Hurjjan manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hurjjan looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hurjjan!
Armstrong cracks Hurjjan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Armstrong postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hurjjan looks a forlorn figure.
Armstrong landing strikes, looking to finish!
Armstrong with a couple of short strikes.
Armstrong breaks from Hurjjan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hurjjan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Armstrong. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Armstrong has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hurjjan's face.
Hurjjan is still in real trouble! Can Armstrong finish him?
Armstrong cracks Hurjjan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Armstrong wants to finish this one by submission but Hurjjan is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Armstrong.
Hurjjan seems to have recovered his senses.
Armstrong looking for a guillotine from mount but Hurjjan is having none of it.
Hurjjan is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Armstrong is working for a guillotine from mount but Hurjjan frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Armstrong dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hurjjan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Armstrong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hurjjan tries to clinch but Armstrong is having none of it.
Armstrong drives through with a takedown into guard.
Armstrong trying to control the position from guard on top but Hurjjan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Armstrong throws a big right hand that misses.
Armstrong keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hurjjan's head.
Armstrong throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hurjjan is breathing heavily.
Armstrong keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hurjjan's head.
Armstrong scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong throws a strike but Hurjjan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Armstrong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hurjjan manages to get himself to full guard.
Armstrong sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hurjjan's guard.
Armstrong trying to mount his opponent but Hurjjan defends it.
Armstrong working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Armstrong looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Armstrong there.
Armstrong drops an elbow to the side of Hurjjan's head.
Hurjjan is not content to let Armstrong control the position.
Armstrong lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong passes to side control.
Armstrong scoring with punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Armstrong's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Check out the look on Armstrong's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Armstrong tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Armstrong goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Hurjjan rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Armstrong's guard! Nice work there by Hurjjan!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Armstrong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hurjjan manages to get himself to full guard.
Craig Armstrong overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hurjjan keeping moving, preventing Armstrong from controlling successfully.
Armstrong showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Armstrong dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Armstrong.
Armstrong keeps the fight on the outside.
Hurjjan tries to clinch up but Armstrong circles away and keeps his distance.
Hurjjan tries to clinch up but Armstrong circles away and keeps his distance.
Ole Hurjjan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hurjjan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Armstrong counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hurjjan won't be happy with that.
Armstrong wants to control but Hurjjan is keeping him busy.
Armstrong cracks Hurjjan with a big right hand but Hurjjan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hurjjan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Armstrong in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Armstrong scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hurjjan to see if he's OK.
Armstrong is putting a hurting on Hurjjan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hurjjan is not content to let Armstrong control the position.
Armstrong moves into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurjjan taking shots to the head.
Armstrong with the ground and pound from mount.
Armstrong unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Hurjjan wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Armstrong celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Craig Armstrong!
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