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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Craig Clendennon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Witt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Clendennon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to LoFidelity Allstars - Battleflag. Witt has chosen Animal by Disturbed as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Aaron Witt was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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155 lbs
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157 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Clendennon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Witt!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Witt missing with a left hand there. Clendennon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clendennon works over Witt's head and body with a nice combination.
Clendennon wants to slow Witt down by chopping away at his legs.
Clendennon lands a body shot.
We've been told by Clendennon's head coaches at AD Sparstars Inc. that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Clendennon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clendennon swings for the body but Witt moves out of range.
Witt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Witt avoids the head kick by Clendennon.
Clendennon misses the shot to the body.
Witt scores with a nice head shot.
Clendennon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Witt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Witt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Clendennon's hands.
Clendennon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Witt.
Clendennon throws a body shot but no joy.
Witt connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Witt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt scores with a jab to the head.
Witt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Clendennon gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Witt to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Witt trying to control but Clendennon is working from the bottom.
Witt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Clendennon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Witt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Witt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Witt throws an elbow that misses. Clendennon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Witt's guard. Nice move by Clendennon!
Witt has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Clendennon can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Witt is trying to keep Clendennon in close.
Clendennon won't allow Witt to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witt keeps trying to improve his position.
Clendennon slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Witt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Craig Clendennon just wasn't active enough.
Witt misses with an uppercut. Clendennon saw that one coming.
Clendennon ducks under a wild hook from Witt.
Witt connects with a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Witt checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon throws a head kick but Witt moves out of range.
Clendennon throws a low kick but Witt avoids it.
Witt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Witt with a jab.
Witt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Witt misses the shot to the body.
Witt loads up on a big right hand but Clendennon slips the punch.
Clendennon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Witt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clendennon moves out of range as Witt strikes.
Clendennon gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clendennon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Clendennon.
Witt lands a hook that snaps the head of Clendennon backwards.
Witt managing to block the knees to the body from Clendennon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Witt dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A jab from Clendennon misses.
Clendennon throws a body punch but Witt moves out of range.
Witt might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Clendennon misses with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Witt.
Clendennon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Clendennon misses with a body kick.
Clendennon feints and then cracks Witt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Witt down.
Witt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Witt throws a hook but Clendennon blocks it.
Clendennon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clendennon misses with a low kick.
Witt loads up on a big right hand but Clendennon slips the punch.
Witt with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clendennon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Witt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Clendennon at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clendennon clinches.
Clendennon lands an elbow just above Witt 's eye.
Witt can't find room to land a body shot as Clendennon controls the action.
Witt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Witt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
Witt breaks the clinch.
Craig Clendennon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Witt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clendennon manages to avoid it.
Witt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clendennon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Witt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Witt looks to score with a jab to the body but Clendennon is just out of range.
Aaron Witt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clendennon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice body kick there by Clendennon.
Clendennon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Witt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clendennon throws a leg kick but Witt sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon looks to throw the jab but Witt is out of range.
Clendennon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Witt misses with a looping right.
Clendennon doesn't manage to clinch there - Witt circles away.
Clendennon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Witt, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Witt avoids it.
Clendennon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Clendennon fails to land.
Clendennon tries to throw a body punch but Witt avoids it by throwing Clendennon back against the cage.
Witt lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Witt is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Witt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Witt looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Witt controlling the pace.
Clendennon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Witt.
Witt 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.
Witt perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Witt is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Clendennon tries to get to full guard but Witt has control of the leg.
Clendennon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Witt scores with a couple of nice shots.
Witt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Witt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Witt is trying to control the action in half guard but Clendennon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Witt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Clendennon is looking to score with low kicks.
Witt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clendennon.
Clendennon wants to clinch up but Witt keeps it at a distance.
Clendennon has managed to clinch.
Clendennon lands a good knee to the midsection. Witt won't want to take too many of those.
Witt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Clendennon tries a body shot but Witt blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Clendennon.
Witt prevents a body shot from Clendennon.
Witt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Clendennon is keeping busy.
Witt lands a hook that snaps the head of Clendennon backwards.
Clendennon misses with the head strike.
Witt throws a head punch that misses.
Clendennon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clendennon tries to work over Witt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clendennon lands with a right to the head.
Clendennon tries to work over Witt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clendennon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clendennon.
Witt working aggressively here.
Clendennon blocks an uppercut.
Clendennon blocks a body shot from Witt.
Witt breaks the clinch.
Witt avoids the head kick by Clendennon.
Horrible takedown attempt by Witt or perhaps it was just good defense by Clendennon, which made it look bad.
Clendennon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Witt decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Clendennon's guard.
Witt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Witt stays in close to Clendennon's body and controls the position.
Witt throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Witt cracks Clendennon with a solid left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Witt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Craig Clendennon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clendennon trying to control the position here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Witt with a nice head shot there.
Witt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witt throws a big elbow that misses.
Witt trying to control the position from guard on top but Clendennon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clendennon is pulling down on Witt's head. It's preventing any offense from Witt, at least for the moment.
Aaron Witt is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Craig Clendennon wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Clendennon looks to land a left hand but Witt moved out of range nicely.
Witt swings for the body but Clendennon moves out of range.
Witt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clendennon. Clendennon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Witt scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Witt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Craig Clendennon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Witt.
Witt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clendennon.
Clendennon misses with a low kick.
Witt lands with a good body shot.
Witt takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Aaron Witt has been cut.
Witt tests Clendennon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Witt blocks a low kick nicely.
Clendennon throws a leg kick which misses Witt's front leg but catches the back leg as Witt tries to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clendennon throws an off balance right hand
and Witt counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Witt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Clendennon looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aaron Witt.
I've got Witt winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Witt!
Aaron Witt managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry, into his post fight interview.
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