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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felix St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paha Aasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aasi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Aphrodite & Mickey Finn - Bad Ass kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Felix St Pierre is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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167 cm
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148 lbs
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160 cm
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138 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix St Pierre! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paha Aasi! The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Aasi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
St Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss! Aasi moves out of range of the strikes. St Pierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it. St Pierre misses with a wild body shot. The fighters circling - Aasi throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Aasi drops St Pierre with a left and a right! Oh, St Pierre is hurt - Aasi dives into side control looking to finish!
St Pierre is rocked!
It looks like Felix St Pierre has been cut. St Pierre being controlled for a moment. Oh St Pierre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Aasi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but St Pierre is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now. St Pierre tries to buck Aasi off but Aasi is having none of it. Aasi wants to control but St Pierre is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round. St Pierre is trying to improve his position. Aasi trying to control the position but St Pierre is working away. Aasi tries for a kimura but St Pierre is defending well. St Pierre is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Aasi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. St Pierre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Aasi circles away. St Pierre closes the distance and clinches. Aasi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Aasi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Aasi swinging wilding here.
St Pierre looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. St Pierre works his way into side control. St Pierre tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. St Pierre is breathing heavily. St Pierre working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Aasi is trying to control St Pierre's posture but St Pierre avoids it. Aasi prevents St Pierre from improving position. St Pierre goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Aasi rolls with the submission and now he's on top in St Pierre's guard! Nice work there by Aasi!
That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Aasi trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Aasi wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position. St Pierre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Aasi trying to move into half guard but instead St Pierre has managed to sweep! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paha Aasi dominated that round. The cut man is working on Felix St Pierre's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
St Pierre drives through with a takedown into guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. St Pierre is looking to advance position but Aasi has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Aasi tries to control but St Pierre wriggling away. St Pierre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Aasi looking for a guillotine from mount but St Pierre is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round. St Pierre tries to reverse the position but Aasi maintains control. Aasi looking for a guillotine from mount but St Pierre is having none of it. St Pierre gets back to half guard. Aasi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. St Pierre is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Aasi jumps into side control! St Pierre manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. St Pierre is trying to get back to full guard. Aasi is tying to control. St Pierre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Aasi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. St Pierre is working hard here to advance position. St Pierre works his way to full guard. Good work. St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Aasi passes into side control.
Aasi tries to advance to mount but can't. St Pierre gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Aasi is working for a guillotine from mount but St Pierre frees his head quite easily.
Aasi wants to control the pace but St Pierre is squirming around nicely. St Pierre really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix St Pierre dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Felix St Pierre's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
St Pierre throws a hook but Aasi avoids it easily. Aasi scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Aasi throws a right hand that St Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that St Pierre also avoids with ease. St Pierre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Aasi looks to land a right hand but St Pierre moved out of range. Aasi takes a shot right to the bread basket. St Pierre slips a jab and a cross from Aasi.
St Pierre seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Aasi shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! St Pierre is backing up but Aasi catches him with a final right hook that drops him! St Pierre covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Aasi Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paha Aasi!
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hype
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