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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kain Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint comes to the cage accompanied by Be Aggresive by Faith No More. James has chosen Tuesday's Gone as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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210 lbs
33 - 19 - 0 |
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189 cm
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206 lbs
15 - 12 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Kain Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy James!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Saint.
James scores with a takedown into Saint's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Saint looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
James trying to control the position from guard on top but Saint is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saint has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Saint isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. James stacks Saint on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by James!
Saint is trying to improve his position.
James in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
James scoring with punches and elbows.
Saint is letting James control him for a moment.
Saint is not content to let James control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saint keeps working.
Saint tries to improve position but can't.
James wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saint keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint is looking for a sweep.
James working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Saint manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Saint wants to improve his position but James is controlling well.
James not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Saint is trying to get back to full guard.
James is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
James looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
James is trying to control. Saint wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint taking some punishment here, with James in his half guard.
James is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Saint sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
James lands strikes from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saint is looking for a sweep. James is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Saint looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Saint is not content to let James control the position.
James passes to full mount!
Saint slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Saint is looking to control James's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Saint avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to control the action in half guard but Saint is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
James working the head and body with strikes.
James missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
James is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ground and pound from James.
Saint blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.
James controlling the action here.
James working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Saint on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Saint regains full guard. Nicely done.
James looking to pass the guard.
Saint looking for a sweep. Not yet Saint, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James postures up in Saint's guard and throws a big left but Saint blocks it.
James stands up over Saint, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
James is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as James accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
James missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Saint 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.
James wants to pass the guard but Saint is keeping the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
James avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy James dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
James with a poor takedown
and Saint counters with a left and a right that stings James.
Saint looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Saint lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Saint throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and James counters with a nice double leg into side control. Saint won't be happy with that.
Saint can't do much from the bottom here.
James scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James working the head with strikes.
James slows the pace down.
Saint is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Saint tries to roll over but James keeps him under control.
James wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saint keeps working.
James missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James working Saint over with strikes.
Saint is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
James looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Saint with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
James lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Saint tries to kick James off but James keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Saint looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
James slows the pace down in half guard.
Saint avoiding damage under a succession of punches from James.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James drops an elbow to the side of Saint's head.
James is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Saint moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Saint is trying to keep James in close.
James throwing strikes but missing.
James trying to control but Saint is working from the bottom.
James is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
James won't allow Saint to sweep him here.
Saint has his foot on James's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. James works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James stopping the sweep attempt from Saint.
James scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
James wants to control from the top but Saint keeps moving.
James slips nicely into half guard.
James missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saint is refusing to be controlled, as James sits in half guard.
Saint moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
James trying to control but Saint is working from the bottom.
James loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tommy James has got the better of the ground game so far.
Saint looking to hit a scissor sweep but James is one step ahead there.
Saint is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! James rolls with it to try and escape but Saint cranks on the arm and James is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kain Saint!
An intense looking Kain Saint took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'i want JOHNNY BLAZE!'.
The defeated Tommy James had this to say: 'I want to thank all you fans for coming out tonight,Backyard Fighting for helping me look so good,Fury for helping me be strong, my team at Hey Steve's Fight Shack, all of my loved ones back home, and Kyle F for letting me fight here in Hardcore Montreal Fighting League...really wanted the win toni'.
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