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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antoine De La Morte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Alfredsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Morte comes to the cage accompanied by The Prodigy - Spitfire . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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203 cm
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185 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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180 cm
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181 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antoine De La Morte! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Alfredsson! The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! De La Morte throws a poor cross that misses
and Alfredsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. De La Morte throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Nice shot by Alfredsson. De La Morte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alfredsson circles away quickly and effectively. A good leg kick by Alfredsson. Alfredsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Alfredsson misses with an uppercut. Alfredsson slips under a jab from De La Morte. De La Morte avoids the head kick by Alfredsson.
De La Morte stalks Alfredsson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Alfredsson's face. Alfredsson staggers backwards, shaken. Alfredsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. De La Morte looks to land a right hand but Alfredsson moved out of range. Alfredsson throws a looping overhand right but De La Morte ducks down to avoid it. De La Morte throws a big counter combination but Alfredsson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. We've been informed that Alfredsson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Alfredsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Alfredsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Alfredsson connects with a solid leg kick. De La Morte misses with a straight right. De La Morte slips under a jab from Alfredsson. De La Morte was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. De La Morte just misses with a punch to the body.
A left lands for Alfredsson.
That's one minute gone in the round. Alfredsson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. De La Morte checks the leg kick. A cross from Alfredsson lands. Alfredsson connects with a looping right hand.
De La Morte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Alfredsson thows a leg kick but De La Morte checks it and De La Morte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alfredsson is rocked! Alfredsson moves out of range as De La Morte strikes. Alfredsson is still on wobbly legs! Can De La Morte finish him? Alfredsson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Alfredsson seems to have recovered his senses. De La Morte is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alfredsson is aware though and is defending well. Alfredsson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De La Morte is keeping the position for now. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Alfredsson keeps trying to improve his position. Alfredsson content to stall in guard here. De La Morte is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round. De La Morte wants to sweep but no luck. Alfredsson stands and throws De La Morte's legs to the side, diving into side control. De La Morte is looking for a sweep. De La Morte is trying to control Alfredsson's posture but Alfredsson avoids it. De La Morte tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Alfredsson presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount! De La Morte is in all sorts of trouble here.
Alfredsson wants to finish this one by submission but De La Morte is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Alfredsson. De La Morte is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. De La Morte is working hard here to advance position. Alfredsson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. De La Morte can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
De La Morte bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! De La Morte looking to sit in guard and control but Alfredsson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
De La Morte looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
De La Morte looking to control.
De La Morte keeping moving, preventing Alfredsson from controlling successfully. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Alfredsson controlling from the top position. De La Morte throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
De La Morte has his foot on Alfredsson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Alfredsson works his way back into a safe position though. Alfredsson trying to control the position from guard on top but De La Morte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Alfredsson sitting in guard here, content to control. De La Morte looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
De La Morte keeping moving, preventing Alfredsson from controlling successfully. Alfredsson stays in close to De La Morte's body and controls the position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Alfredsson dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Alfredsson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De La Morte looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. De La Morte misses with a straight right. De La Morte connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alfredsson. Alfredsson circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Alfredsson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alfredsson there as he acknowledges the shot. Alfredsson lands a high kick!
Alfredsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Alfredsson moves away from the strike by De La Morte. Alfredsson lands with a nice body punch. Daniel Alfredsson seems to be getting the better of the standup. De La Morte throws an off balance right hand
and Alfredsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Antoine De La Morte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. De La Morte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alfredsson. A looping hook to the body misses from De La Morte. Alfredsson does a little dance to reset his feet. De La Morte avoids the body shot from Alfredsson.
Alfredsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Alfredsson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
De La Morte throws a nice looking combination but Alfredsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Alfredsson throws a hook but De La Morte blocks it. A little feinted left hand from De La Morte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Alfredsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. De La Morte throws a lazy uppercut
and Alfredsson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in De La Morte's guard. De La Morte keeping moving, preventing Alfredsson from controlling successfully. De La Morte trying to keep a closed guard but Alfredsson is proving a slippery customer.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as De La Morte holds on and takes a little breather. Alfredsson advances position into side control! De La Morte sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard. De La Morte wants to control but Alfredsson is keeping busy.
Alfredsson content to control rather than advance. Alfredsson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for De La Morte!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Alfredsson looking to secure an arm triangle but De La Morte defends it well. Alfredsson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Alfredsson forces the positional change into back control. Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground! De La Morte can't escape the position.
Alfredsson looking for the RNC. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Alfredsson is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and De La Morte taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Alfredsson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Daniel Alfredsson! Daniel Alfredsson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed. Antoine De La Morte spoke after the fight, saying 'Ce soir, j'ai rencontré un meilleur combattant tout en tous. J'ai essayé de mon mieux mais ce n'était pas assez bon. Je m'excuse auprès de tous mes fans pour ma performance ce soir.
And to my opponent; Congratulations man. It was a nice fight.'.
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