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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Noonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noonan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 3DD - Kryptonite. Lesnar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Requiem For A Dream. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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240 lbs
25 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Noonan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brock Lesnar !
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Noonan counters with a thumping low kick.
Lesnar gets a takedown into half guard.
Noonan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Noonan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lesnar 's guard.
Lesnar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Noonan passes Lesnar 's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lesnar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Noonan wants to pass the guard but Lesnar is defending well.
Noonan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lesnar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lesnar is trying to stand.
Noonan is looking for a kimura but Lesnar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Noonan to get the leverage.
Lesnar 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.
Noonan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Noonan drops an elbow to the side of Lesnar 's head.
Noonan is looking for a kimura but Lesnar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Noonan to get the leverage.
Noonan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lesnar defends it well.
Noonan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lesnar defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar kicks off Noonan and gets to his feet.
Lesnar drives through with a takedown into guard.
Noonan 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.
Noonan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Noonan wants to hit a switch here but Lesnar passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Noonan there!
Noonan is looking to improve his position but Lesnar isn't that keen on the idea.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lesnar unloading with bombs!
It looks like Michael Noonan has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar landing strikes from the mount and Noonan is in trouble!
Noonan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Lesnar stands up and beckons Noonan to join him on the feet.
Lesnar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Noonan pinned against the cage. Noonan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lesnar misses with a few strikes there.
Lesnar tries to clinch there but Noonan circles away.
Noonan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Lesnar !
Noonan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Noonan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lesnar has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lesnar parries the strikes from Noonan easily there. Noonan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lesnar to escape.
Lesnar is pushing Noonan's head away, looking to escape. Noonan manages to hold on to the position though.
Lesnar is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Lesnar defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Michael Noonan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Noonan's cut.
That's time! Noonan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lesnar dives in for a single leg takedown but Noonan sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Lesnar shoots in for a takedown but Noonan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Noonan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Noonan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Noonan wants it to stay on the feet.
Michael Noonan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesnar .
Noonan connects with an inside leg kick.
Lesnar has his takedown stuffed
and Noonan counters with a good low kick that Lesnar was not able to check.
Noonan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Noonan scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noonan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lesnar .
Noonan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lesnar .
Noonan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar shoots in for a takedown but Noonan shows good takedown defense.
Noonan changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Lesnar dives in and scores a takedown into Noonan's guard.
Brock Lesnar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Noonan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lesnar postures up in Noonan's guard and throws a big left but Noonan blocks it.
Noonan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lesnar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Noonan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lesnar stopping the sweep attempt from Noonan.
Lesnar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Noonan's head.
Michael Noonan's cut is getting worse.
Lesnar throws an elbow that misses. Noonan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lesnar 's guard. Nice move by Noonan!
Noonan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Noonan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lesnar is looking to stand up but Noonan isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Noonan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Noonan stops Lesnar from standing up.
Noonan stands up over Lesnar , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Noonan working some strikes from top position.
Noonan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lesnar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar wants to stand up but Noonan is controlling him.
Noonan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lesnar can do to turn this around?
Noonan throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Noonan scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Noonan is defended easily by Lesnar .
Lesnar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Noonan's waist but Noonan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lesnar off to one side.
Noonan throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Noonan but Noonan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lesnar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Noonan manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Lesnar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Noonan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Noonan.
Lesnar working some strikes from top position.
Lesnar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Noonan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lesnar puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Noonan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lesnar throwing shots but Noonan is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Noonan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Noonan's cut.
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.
Lesnar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Lesnar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Noonan is looking for a sweep.
Lesnar working the ground and pound but Noonan is defending the strikes.
Lesnar throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Noonan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Lesnar 's best efforts.
Noonan wants to improve his position but Lesnar is controlling well.
Noonan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lesnar winds up and cracks Noonan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Noonan manages to get to full guard.
Noonan pulls Lesnar in close to his closed guard and prevents Lesnar from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lesnar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lesnar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Noonan is trying to keep Lesnar in close.
Noonan wants to sweep but no luck.
Lesnar stays in close to Noonan's body and controls the position.
Lesnar stopping the sweep attempt from Noonan.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lesnar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lesnar won't allow Noonan to sweep him here.
Noonan being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lesnar shoots in and drives through. Noonan sprawls well.
Lesnar tries for a takedown but Noonan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lesnar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Noonan.
Lesnar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Noonan defends it nicely.
Noonan half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Michael Noonan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesnar .
Lesnar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Noonan lands a head kick. Lesnar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lesnar misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Noonan.
And Lesnar tries to counter it with a takedown but Noonan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Noonan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lesnar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Noonan gets caught napping as Lesnar dives in and scores a takedown. Noonan manages to retain guard.
Noonan is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Lesnar frees his head nicely. Oh but Noonan has switched to an armbar! Lesnar is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Michael Noonan!
Michael Noonan retains his heavyweight title!
Michael Noonan really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Modern Wear Apparel & Laundry Services 80% LAUNDRY logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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