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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Otis Gein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Folignus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Folignus's choice of entrance music: Laces Out. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
40 - 23 - 2, fighting out of New York, Otis Gein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Folignus!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Gein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gein throws a head punch that misses.
Gein working aggressively here.
Folignus is trying to stall.
Folignus drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Folignus.
Gein's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gein swings wildly with an uppercut but Folignus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gein scores with a shoulder strike.
Folignus lands with a short shot to the head.
Folignus wants to stall.
Gein misses with a short punch on the inside.
Folignus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Folignus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gein managing to block the knees to the body from Folignus.
Gein is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Folignus is keeping busy.
Folignus misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Folignus.
Folignus trying to control the position but instead, Gein has worked for underhooks and has pushed Folignus into the cage.
Gein prevents a takedown attempt there.
Folignus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Folignus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gein's face.
Folignus tries a knee to the head but Gein blocks it.
Gein working aggressively here.
Gein taking a breather.
Folignus tries for a takedown. No joy.
Otis Gein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Folignus.
Folignus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Folignus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gein.
Folignus blocking some punches.
Folignus changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gein fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gein steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Folignus. That one must have hurt.
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!
Folignus lands a really nice looking cross but Gein seems unphased.
Folignus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gein clinches up against the cage.
Gein letting Folignus take a breather here.
Folignus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gein misses with a hook from the clinch.
Folignus stalling in the clinch.
Folignus looking to stall.
Folignus stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nick Folignus.
Folignus throws a low kick, looking for Gein's leg but Gein calmly moves out of range.
Gein takes the fight into the clinch.
Folignus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gein working aggressively here.
Folignus tries to land a knee to the head but Gein blocks with his arms.
Folignus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gein's face.
Gein misses with a short punch on the inside.
Folignus goes for a takedown attempt but Gein pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Folignus, right into the meat.
Gein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Folignus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gein.
Gein gets a double leg takedown into Folignus's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Folignus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Folignus is looking for a kimura here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Folignus is working for a kimura but Gein is defending it quite comfortably.
Gein gets full guard.
Folignus preventing the sweep.
Gein is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Folignus is aware though and is defending well.
Gein had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Folignus defends it easily.
Folignus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gein is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Folignus stopping the sweep attempt from Gein.
Folignus looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Folignus dominated that round.
That's time! Gein's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice takedown defense from Folignus. No joy for Gein on that attempt.
Gein takes the fight into the clinch.
Folignus stalling in the clinch but Gein improves position.
Folignus is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gein doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Folignus misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Come on Folignus - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gein throws a punch but it's blocked by Folignus.
Gein stalls.
Folignus tries a body shot but Gein blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Folignus has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gein avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gein throws a punch but it's blocked by Folignus.
Gein gets through Folignus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gein misses with a short punch on the inside.
Folignus lands a right hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gein throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gein.
Gein scores with a shot to the side of Folignus's head.
Folignus ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Folignus no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We've been informed that Folignus has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Folignus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Folignus looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gein with a nice head shot there.
Folignus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gein postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gein being controlled here momentarily.
Gein missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Folignus is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Folignus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gein postures up.
Gein passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Folignus tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gein working the ground and pound from side control.
Gein throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gein is trying to get an arm triangle but Folignus is defending well.
Folignus can't do much from the bottom here.
Gein tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Gein working the ground and pound but Folignus is defending the strikes.
Gein is working Folignus over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gein sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Folignus is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Folignus is looking to regain half guard here but Gein keeps moving and retains side control.
Folignus takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Folignus taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gein in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gein lands a nice forearm strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Gein in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Otis Gein overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gein scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Folignus to see if he's OK.
Folignus manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Folignus is looking to improve his position.
Gein seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gein is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Folignus sees it coming and defends easily.
Gein is working for a kimura but Folignus is defending it quite comfortably.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gein working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otis Gein dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Gein shoots in for a takedown but Folignus shows good takedown defense.
Gein moves into the clinch.
Gein gets through Folignus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Folignus's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Folignus swings wildly with an uppercut but Gein uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Folignus.
Folignus is trying to pull guard but Gein has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gein.
Folignus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Folignus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Folignus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gein softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Folignus - that landed with a thud.
Folignus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Folignus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gein.
Gein lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Folignus misses with a knee to the head.
Gein lands a right hand.
Folignus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Gein fails to land.
Folignus tries to throw a body punch but Gein avoids it by throwing Folignus back against the cage.
Gein misses with a short punch on the inside.
Folignus landing knees to the head.
Gein swings wildly with an uppercut but Folignus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gein misses with some punches.
Gein's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Folignus tries a knee to the head but Gein blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gein misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Gein.
Gein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Folignus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Folignus cracks the inside of Gein's front leg.
Folignus connects with a solid leg kick.
Gein rushes Folignus and presses him up against the cage.
Gein is fighting off a takedown attempt but Folignus is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Gein to the mat. Gein regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Gein looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Folignus prevents Gein from getting back to his feet.
Gein had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Folignus defends it easily.
Folignus looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Folignus prevents Gein from getting back to his feet.
Gein keeping moving, preventing Folignus from controlling successfully.
Folignus wants to pass the guard but Gein is keeping the position.
Gein keeping moving, preventing Folignus from controlling successfully.
Folignus passes Gein's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Gein looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gein is looking to improve his position.
Gein looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gein is in trouble now - Folignus has advanced to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Folignus takes Gein's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Gein is in trouble.
Gein is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Gein tries to break free.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gein is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Folignus is trying to stick to Gein's back but Gein is turning into Folignus. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Folignus's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Gein.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gein is in close to Folignus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nick Folignus.
I think Folignus has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Folignus!
After the big win, Nick Folignus made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fury Nutrition Inc. and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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hype
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