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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Noz Gurreff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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169 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noz Gurreff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Hall!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gurreff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gurreff lands with a right hand.
Gurreff darts in trying to clinch
and Hall counters with a stiff right hand.
Gurreff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Gurreff lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gurreff thuds his right hand into Hall's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gurreff lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hall at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gurreff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Gurreff misses with a looping left.
Gurreff tries to clinch but Hall moves away
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gurreff throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gurreff definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurreff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Noz Gurreff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall walks into a left hand.
Gurreff lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hall at a distance.
Hall has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gurreff finds it's way round the side to connect with Hall's head.
Gurreff misses with a body shot.
Hall gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall gets through Gurreff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hall fails to land.
Gurreff lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hall lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gurreff backwards.
Hall breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hall wants to clinch up but Gurreff keeps it at a distance.
Hall misses with an uppercut. Gurreff saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands with a straight right. Gurreff didn't see that one coming.
Gurreff lands a nice looking body shot.
Gurreff lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hall tries to move into range but Gurreff moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hall doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gurreff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gurreff throws out a powerful jab.
Hall looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gurreff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gurreff wants to clinch.
Gurreff just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurreff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gurreff throws a right hand that misses
and Hall counters with a nice body shot.
Hall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gurreff.
Gurreff throws a hook to the side of Hall's head but Hall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gurreff fails to land.
Gurreff trying to control the position but instead, Hall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gurreff into the cage.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Gurreff misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gurreff can't break the clinch.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Gurreff.
Gurreff misses with a body punch.
Gurreff blocks an uppercut.
Gurreff is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hall is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gurreff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
Gurreff circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gurreff thuds a left hand into Hall's body.
Gurreff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gurreff tests Hall's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gurreff is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gurreff scores with a nice strike.
Hall forces Gurreff back against the cage and clinches.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Gurreff uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gurreff.
Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noz Gurreff dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gurreff takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
Hall takes one to the chin there.
Hall walks into a left hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gurreff darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gurreff.
Gurreff connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hall's hands.
Hall staying out of range there.
A left lands for Gurreff.
Gurreff takes one on the button.
Hall slips a straight right by Gurreff.
Hall takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gurreff lunges at Hall with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hall's hand.
Gurreff misses with a hook
and Hall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurreff throws a body shot but no joy.
Gurreff keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hall.
Gurreff takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gurreff misses with a body shot.
Gurreff throws a jab but it's blocked by Hall.
Hall connects with an inside leg kick.
Gurreff throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hall lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gurreff has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gurreff and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gurreff.
Hall walks into a left hand.
Gurreff lands with a shot to the body.
Gurreff throws a nice looking combination but Hall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hall throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gurreff connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hall walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Gurreff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gurreff throws a right and a left that Hall avoids nicely.
Gurreff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hall.
Hall on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hall on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gurreff misses the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Gurreff misses the target.
Gurreff throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurreff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Hall.
Gurreff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gurreff connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Noz Gurreff is winning the standup battle so far.
Hall takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gurreff doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
Gurreff lands a glancing blow to the side of Hall's head.
Gurreff lands a slapping body shot.
Hall has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice cross by Gurreff.
Gurreff tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
Gurreff darts in trying to clinch
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gurreff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gurreff.
Gurreff throws a hook but Hall avoids it easily.
Hall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gurreff wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.
Hall misses with a looping right.
Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gurreff looks to land a right hand but Hall moved out of range.
Gurreff loads up on a big right hand but Hall slips the punch.
Gurreff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noz Gurreff dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Gurreff fails to land with a series of punches.
Gurreff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gurreff comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hall slips under a jab.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gurreff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hall moves into range and clinches up with Gurreff.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hall gets through Gurreff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gurreff blocking some punches.
Hall working aggressively here.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Gurreff.
Gurreff misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall has Gurreff pressed against the cage, preventing Gurreff from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gurreff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab from Gurreff.
Gurreff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gurreff doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
Gurreff fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gurreff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gurreff misses the jab.
Gurreff checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab from Gurreff does it's job there.
Gurreff fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gurreff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Gurreff.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurreff rushes Hall and presses him up against the cage.
Hall gets through Gurreff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hall lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gurreff backwards.
Gurreff pushes Hall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gurreff backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hall.
Gurreff has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Hall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gurreff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Hall.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gurreff is trying to maintain a safe position but Hall gets an underhook and turns Gurreff into the cage.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gurreff backwards.
Hall lands with a left to the head.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Hall lands an uppercut.
Hall lands a hook that snaps the head of Gurreff backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Hall gets through Gurreff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gurreff tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Gurreff back against the cage.
Hall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gurreff misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Noz Gurreff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hall scores with a shot to the side of Gurreff's head.
Gurreff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gurreff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gurreff takes a shot to the head.
Hall lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Hall.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Gurreff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gurreff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hall as Gurreff tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gurreff.
A head punch on the inside from Hall fails to land.
Chris Hall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gurreff swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chris Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gurreff throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Hall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gurreff has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noz Gurreff!
A very excited looking Noz Gurreff made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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