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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yrjo Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Frazier acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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183 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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178 cm
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197 lbs
6 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yrjo Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Frazier!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frazier swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Frazier.
Pierre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Frazier can pounce on him.
Pierre tries to clinch up but Frazier circles away and keeps his distance.
Frazier drops Pierre with a right and a left! Frazier comes rushing in but Pierre regains his composure and manages to keep Frazier in guard.
Pierre is rocked!
It looks like Yrjo Pierre has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frazier advances to half guard.
Oh Pierre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Frazier looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Frazier takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
I looks like Frazier might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Frazier trying to advance position but Pierre counters by regaining guard.
Frazier is looking to work some ground and pound but Pierre has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier trying to control but Pierre is working from the bottom.
Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Frazier defends easily.
Frazier sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Pierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Frazier is looking to work some ground and pound but Pierre has wrist control.
Pierre has his foot on Frazier's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Frazier works his way back into a safe position though.
Frazier postures up in Pierre's guard and throws a big left but Pierre blocks it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Frazier misses with a wild body shot.
That's two 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.
Pierre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Frazier.
Pierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pierre is breathing heavily.
Frazier misses with a wild combination.
Pierre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Frazier swivels and escapes.
Pierre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Frazier pinned against the cage. Frazier gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yrjo Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frazier tries to clinch but Pierre moves out of range.
Frazier darts in and clinches Pierre up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Frazier being controlled against the cage.
Frazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Frazier tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pierre counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Frazier stuffs the takedown attempt from Pierre. Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Frazier fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pierre, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre is fighting off a takedown attempt but Frazier is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Pierre to the mat. Pierre regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Frazier advances position into side control!
Pierre is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Frazier is nestled in close to Pierre, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Frazier perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Frazier lands strikes from half guard.
Frazier throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Frazier missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierre is in trouble now - Frazier has advanced to mount!
Frazier tries to control but Pierre wriggling away.
Frazier lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Frazier dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yrjo 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.
Frazier wants to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Pierre or perhaps it was just good defense by Frazier which made him look bad.
Pierre shoots for a takedown but Frazier saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Frazier tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pierre moves away from the strike by Frazier.
Frazier looks to clinch
and Pierre counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Frazier pulls Pierre in close to prevent any damage.
Frazier keeping moving, preventing Pierre from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Frazier is on top in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pierre's head.
Frazier pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pierre is keeping the position for now.
Frazier trying to control the position from guard on top but Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Frazier passes Pierre's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Frazier stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Frazier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frazier throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier tries to close the distance and clinch but Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pierre lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A punch combination from Pierre misses.
Frazier lands with a thumping leg kick.
Frazier moves into range and clinches up with Pierre.
Pierre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Frazier pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yrjo Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frazier.
A slow jab from Frazier misses its intended target.
Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Frazier.
Frazier is looking to clinch.
Pierre closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier closes the distance but Pierre moves to the side
and Pierre counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Frazier doesn't manage to clinch there - Pierre circles away.
Pierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frazier throws a nice looking combination but Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pierre lands a high kick!
Frazier fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Frazier's waist but Frazier gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pierre off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yrjo Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frazier closes the distance and clinches.
Frazier manages to break the clinch.
Frazier moves into the clinch.
Come on Frazier - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frazier throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pierre fails to land the takedown.
Frazier takes the fight into the clinch.
Frazier gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Pierre wants to control but Frazier is keeping busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
Frazier performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Frazier showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yrjo Pierre's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Frazier.
Frazier wants to clinch up but Pierre keeps it at a distance.
Frazier misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pierre darts in and clinches Frazier up against the cage.
Frazier is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pierre pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Frazier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Frazier forces Pierre back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Frazier breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier closes the distance but Pierre moves to the side
and Pierre counters with a one-two to the body.
Frazier throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jimmy Frazier seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Frazier moves in looking to clinch but Pierre pushes him off.
Frazier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Frazier as he avoids it easily.
Frazier misses with an uppercut.
Frazier tries to clinch
and Pierre counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Frazier.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Frazier can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre looking to pass the guard.
Frazier lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pierre!
Frazier with good strikes from the mount here!
Frazier dominating with strikes here.
Frazier cracks Pierre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pierre is looking to improve his position but Frazier isn't that keen on the idea.
Frazier has control of Pierre's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Pierre regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pierre holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Frazier tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jimmy Frazier is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Frazier content just to control the position here.
Pierre's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Jimmy Frazier has got the better of the ground game so far.
A nice elbow there by Frazier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Frazier takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Frazier has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pierre's face.
Yrjo Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frazier tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Yrjo Pierre.
Well Frazier has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Frazier!
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