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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Bearer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harvey Dent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dent has chosen tim finnegans as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
12 - 16 - 0 |
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180 lbs
26 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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
12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Bearer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harvey Dent!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bearer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dent counters with a two punch combo.
Bearer clinches.
Dent is pressed up against the cage. Bearer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dent down to the mat. Dent avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bearer closes the distance and clinches.
Dent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bearer gets through Dent's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bearer works on Dent's body with a couple of short punches.
Bearer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bearer lands a hook that snaps the head of Dent backwards.
Bearer is struggling to control the position.
Bearer has Dent pushed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Bearer for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Dent is trying to break the clinch but Bearer has him pressed against the cage.
Bearer controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Bearer.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paul Bearer.
Bearer has a takedown stuffed.
Bearer throws a hook to the side of Dent's head but Dent sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Despite the aggression on Dent's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Bearer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dent is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bearer throws a one two combo.
Dent misses with a series of wild punches.
Bearer half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bearer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bearer taking a breather.
Bearer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dent avoids it.
Bearer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Dent.
Bearer drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dent pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Bearer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dent throws a series of punches but Bearer moves out of range.
Bearer clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dent working hard to break the clinch.
Bearer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bearer managing to block the knees to the body from Dent.
Dent can't break the clinch.
Bearer looking to throw knees to the head but Dent is blocking nicely.
Dent letting Bearer take a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bearer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bearer throws a sloppy head kick and Dent moves out of range easily.
Dent swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bearer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dent keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bearer.
Dent throws a right hand that Bearer ducks under and follows up with a left that Bearer also avoids with ease.
Bearer tries a low kick but Dent avoids it.
Dent is looking to clinch.
Bearer looking to score a takedown here. Dent is defending well but Bearer drives through and ends up in Dent's guard.
Dent is looking to stand up but Bearer isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bearer looking to sit in guard and control but Dent gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bearer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dent gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dent wants to get up but he can't break Bearer's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bearer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dent doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dent manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bearer is trying to keep Dent in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Bearer dominated that round.
That's time! Bearer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bearer clinches with his opponent.
Paul Bearer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bearer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dent fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Paul Bearer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bearer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dent paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bearer misses with the combination.
Dent misses with a takedown attempt - Bearer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bearer is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dent sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dent lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bearer closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bearer landing knees to the head.
Bearer misses with a knee to the head.
Dent tries to break the clinch but Bearer is controlling the position.
Dent tries to stall but Bearer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dent managing to block the knees to the body from Bearer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent has had enough of the clinch but Bearer keeps him there for the moment.
Bearer breaks the clinch.
Dent wants to clinch up but Bearer keeps it at a distance.
Bearer gets a clinch.
Dent prevents a body shot from Bearer.
Bearer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bearer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dent can do to turn this around?
Dent throws a nice looking combination but Bearer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bearer rushes Dent and presses him up against the cage.
Bearer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dent has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dent avoiding damage as Bearer throws knees to the body.
Dent breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dent stuffs the takedown attempt from Bearer. Bearer gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Bearer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bearer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bearer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dent throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bearer.
Dent dips to his left and cracks Bearer with an uppercut!
Dent takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bearer works the jab nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bearer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bearer is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bearer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dent lands with a nice body punch.
Harvey Dent seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bearer with a poor takedown
and Dent counters with a series of strikes. Bearer will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bearer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Paul Bearer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dent throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dent rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bearer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bearer shoots in and gets a takedown into Dent's guard.
Bearer engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dent wants to stand and escape but Bearer is having none of it.
Dent has Bearer pulled in close to control his posture.
Bearer throwing strikes but missing.
Dent wants to get back to his feet but Bearer is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bearer trying to control but Dent is working from the bottom.
Dent looking to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dent leaves Bearer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dent is looking to clinch.
Dent steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bearer.
Dent gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bearer counters with a series of strikes. Dent will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bearer looks for a takedown but Dent sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Bearer dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Bearer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dent in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Bearer.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bearer.
Dent scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Paul Bearer has been cut.
Bearer gets a clinch.
Dent lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bearer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bearer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bearer as Dent tries to tie him up.
Bearer connects with a knee to the head.
Bearer has hold of one of Dent's legs. Dent is fighting the takedown attempt but Bearer gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bearer slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bearer prevents Dent from getting back to his feet.
Bearer trying to control but Dent is working from the bottom.
Dent working a defensive guard here.
Dent working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bearer.
Bearer throws a big elbow that misses.
Dent utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bearer is looking to clinch but Dent is avoiding it.
Bearer connects with the punch.
Dent works over Bearer's head and body with a nice combination.
Bearer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dent counters with a two punch combo.
Bearer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dent swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bearer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dent tries to avoid it but Bearer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dent to the ground. Dent escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bearer stuffs the takedown.
Bearer clinches up against the cage.
Bearer stalls.
Dent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bearer wants a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bearer misses with a knee to the head.
Bearer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bearer tries to clinch there but Dent circles away.
Bearer has closed the distance and engaged Dent in a clinch.
Dent pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Dent, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dent misses with a double jab.
It looked like Bearer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bearer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bearer throws a series of strikes that have Dent backpedaling.
A combination from Bearer does no damage.
Bearer looks to land a body kick but Dent moved away.
Dent scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bearer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dent circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bearer slips a jab and a cross from Dent.
Bearer drives through and clinches with Dent against the cage.
Bearer lands a shot to the body.
Bearer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paul Bearer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dent tries to break free but Bearer pushes him back against the cage.
Bearer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bearer lands a right hand.
Dent working hard to break the clinch.
Bearer landing knees to the head.
Bearer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dent fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Bearer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Bearer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Bearer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bearer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Bearer!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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