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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephane Ouelet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes into the arena with Blue clear sky blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ouelet's choice of entrance music: Chien Fou . Stephane Ouelet has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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165 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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World class MT
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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
23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Stephane Ouelet!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouelet looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Ouelet scores with a nice head shot.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Ouelet throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anderson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ouelet has control of Anderson's left arm, preventing Anderson from doing any damage.
Anderson throws a big right hand that misses.
Anderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Ouelet is retaining full guard.
Ouelet keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouelet looking to control.
Anderson trying to control but Ouelet is working from the bottom.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Ouelet is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ouelet keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ouelet stuns Anderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ouelet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ouelet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Sparky Anderson has been cut.
Ouelet misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ouelet throws an elbow but misses.
Ouelet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ouelet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Ouelet.
Ouelet throws an elbow but it misses.
A knee to the head by Ouelet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Ouelet.
Anderson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are battling for position here. Ouelet manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ouelet working a defensive guard here.
Anderson trying to control but Ouelet is working from the bottom.
Ouelet bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Anderson's guard.
Ouelet seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Anderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouelet trying to control but Anderson postures up.
Anderson is trying to control. Ouelet wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Anderson wants to pass to mount but Ouelet is defending the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ouelet works his way to full guard. Good work.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.
Anderson being controlled here momentarily.
Ouelet wants to sweep here but Anderson controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ouelet keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ouelet dives on top into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Anderson is on top in guard.
Anderson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ouelet wants to sweep but no luck.
Ouelet manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anderson manages to get himself to full guard.
Ouelet working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Anderson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ouelet defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Stephane Ouelet will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sparky Anderson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ouelet moves into the clinch.
Ouelet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ouelet misses with a body punch.
Ouelet lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ouelet tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouelet looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ouelet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ouelet working aggressively here.
Ouelet looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Ouelet throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouelet lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson avoiding damage as Ouelet throws knees to the body.
Anderson can't get the takedown.
Ouelet prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sparky Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ouelet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ouelet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Ouelet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ouelet is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ouelet stops a takedown attempt from Anderson.
Ouelet lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Ouelet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ouelet lands a nice elbow.
Ouelet gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Anderson.
Anderson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ouelet gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouelet creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anderson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouelet tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.
Anderson is looking for submissions but instead, Ouelet has regained full guard.
Ouelet 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.
Ouelet looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Anderson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Anderson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Anderson being controlled here momentarily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ouelet is on top in guard.
Ouelet must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Anderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ouelet connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Anderson wants to sweep here but Ouelet controlling him for the moment.
Ouelet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sparky Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anderson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ouelet manages to get himself to full guard.
Ouelet has his hands on Anderson's head, controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ouelet keeping full guard, as Anderson tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephane Ouelet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sparky Anderson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Ouelet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sparky Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ouelet wants to clinch.
Ouelet misses with a looping left.
Ouelet throws an off balance right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ouelet keeping hold of Anderson's head, controlling as best he can.
Ouelet felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ouelet doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Anderson.
Ouelet works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouelet manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anderson manages to get himself to full guard.
Anderson trying to control the position.
Ouelet trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ouelet trying to stand up but can't free himself from Anderson's guard.
Ouelet is working Anderson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ouelet accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Anderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ouelet.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
Ouelet working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ouelet postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ouelet slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ouelet stopping the sweep attempt from Anderson.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Stephane Ouelet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouelet just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouelet throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson drives through with a takedown into Ouelet's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Anderson throws a big right hand that misses.
Ouelet has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Anderson has passed into side control.
Anderson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ouelet knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Anderson trying to control the action but Ouelet is working from the bottom.
Stephane Ouelet is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouelet trying his best to control but Anderson has mounted him.
Ouelet is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Anderson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ouelet defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Anderson.
Anderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ouelet is looking to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Sparky Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ouelet has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephane Ouelet!
A relieved looking Stephane Ouelet thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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