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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Poisson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele comes into the arena with The Terminator Theme blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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179 cm
18
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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176 cm
20
173 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Steele! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josh Poisson! The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Poisson throws a push kick but Steele slaps the foot to one side. Steele slips under a jab. Steele takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Steele shoots in for a double leg but Poisson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Poisson has managed to clinch.
Steele drops down looking for an ankle pick but Poisson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Poisson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Josh Poisson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Steele takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Poisson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Steele tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Steele. That's going to take a lot out of him. Poisson scores with a hook to the body. This has been an exciting period of action! Poisson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Steele is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Poisson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steeles head. Poisson works on Steele's body with a couple of short punches. Poisson lands an elbow inside that Steele shrugs off. Poisson cracks Steele with a nice body shot. Steele is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Poisson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Poisson lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Poisson on the inside. Poisson gets through Steele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Poisson lands with a short shot to the head. Poisson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Poisson lands with a left to the head. Poisson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A nice right hand lands inside from Poisson. Poisson lands a hook to the side of the head. Poisson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Steele up against the cage. Steele is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Poisson is keeping busy. Good body shot from Poisson.
Still in the clinch, Poisson scores with a nice short uppercut. Poisson lands an elbow inside that Steele shrugs off. Poisson lands on the inside with an uppercut. Poisson taking a breather. Poisson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steele lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Poisson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. A shot in the inside from Poisson. The is referee keeping an eye on Poisson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Good body shot from Poisson.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Poisson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Poisson digs a right hand into Steele's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Steele's gas tank. Poisson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Poisson lands with a short head shot on the inside. Poisson is pushing Steele up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Poisson digs a right hand underneath Steele's ribcage. Steele let out a lung full of air as it connected. Poisson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards. Poisson lands a left hand.
Poisson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Poisson cracks Steele with a nice body shot. Poisson stalling in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Poisson as the two fighters clinch.
Poisson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Poisson.
Poisson scores with an uppercut up the middle. A short uppercut from Poisson. A quick uppercut on the inside from Poisson. Poisson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards. Poisson scores with a hook to the body. Steele is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Poisson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A right handed body shot lands from Poisson.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Poisson presses Steele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Nice body punch from Poisson - that landed with a thud.
Poisson lands a hook to the side of the head. Poisson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Poisson lands a hook to the side of the head. Poisson lands a nice shot to the body. Poisson pushes Steele back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Poisson presses Steele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Poisson presses Steele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. A hook to the body from Poisson.
Poisson lands a shoulder strike. Steele is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Poisson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. A short uppercut from Poisson. A short body shot lands from Poisson as the two fighters clinch.
Poisson lands an elbow just above Steele 's eye. Poisson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steeles head. Poisson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steele lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Poisson presses Steele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Poisson lands on the inside with an uppercut. Poisson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Poisson lands with a right to the head. A short uppercut from Poisson. Nice body punch from Poisson.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Poisson lands a hook that snaps the head of Steele backwards. Good body shot from Poisson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poisson. Poisson lands with a light punch inside. Poisson scores with a shoulder strike. Poisson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Poisson lands with a short head shot on the inside. Poisson lands with a right to the head.
Steele is rocked! Poisson lands a body punch in the clinch. Poisson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steeles head. Oh Steele is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Poisson lands with a light punch inside. Poisson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Poisson lands a hook to the side of the head. A short right from Poisson. Poisson lands with a right to the head. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Poisson. A body shot lands from Poisson.
Steele takes an elbow to the temple. A shot in the inside from Poisson. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A nice left hand lands by Poisson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Poisson.
A short uppercut from Poisson. Poisson stalling the fight.
Poisson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steele's defenses. Poisson stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Poisson dominated that round. 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.
Poisson closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Steele! Poisson dives in looking to finish! Steele is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Poisson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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