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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arlington Beech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Cider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beech comes to the cage accompanied by You Know My Name. Cider comes into a darkened arena with his song building. My Sacrifice kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Arlington Beech has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arlington Beech!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Cider !
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cider bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beech misses with a right hand
and Cider counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot lands for Cider .
Cider throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beech moves away from the strike by Cider .
Beech takes one to the side of the head.
Cider avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beech looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Beech keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cider .
Beech ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cider moves away.
Beech misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cider .
A little jabbing left from Cider on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Beech throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cider lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cider throws a hook but Beech avoids it easily.
Beech misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cider .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beech missing with a left hand there. Cider was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beech walks into a stiff left hand from Cider .
Cider throws a head kick but Beech moves out of range.
Beech chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cider can pounce on him.
Beech misses the shot to the body.
Cider let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Beech throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Beech has closed the distance and engaged Cider in a clinch.
Cider content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Beech misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cider lands a body punch.
We've been informed that Cider 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.
Beech takes a knee right on the jaw!
Beech lands an uppercut.
Beech blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beech fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cider lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beech backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beech has Cider pressed against the cage, preventing Cider from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Cider .
Beech blocks an uppercut.
Cider tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beech tries a body shot but Cider blocks it.
Beech misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beech tries a body shot but Cider blocks it.
Cider with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Beech scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cider throws a punch but it's blocked by Beech.
Cider with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beech keeps control of Cider as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cider pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beech scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cider doesn't seem bothered though.
Cider throws a head kick but Beech moves out of range.
Beech tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beech backing away here, and Cider unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Beech swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beech throws the left hand but Cider avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cider ! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beech throws a looping overhand right but Cider ducks down to avoid it.
Beech fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cider manages to avoid it.
Beech tests Cider 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cider uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beech.
Beech keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arlington Beech seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beech feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cider s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Beech steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cider .
Beech motions for Cider to come forward. Beech throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beech moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cider keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Beech needs to keep his hands up - Cider had a free shot at his head there.
Beech looks to land a right hand but Cider moved out of range.
Cider scores with a nice strike.
Cider moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beech misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cider .
Beech takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cider lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Beech lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Beech avoids a kick to the body.
Beech blocks a head kick by Cider .
A telegraphed right hand from Beech misses the target.
Cider clinches with his opponent.
Cider misses with a body punch.
Beech scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cider misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cider working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cider with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cider can't find room to land a body shot as Beech controls the action.
Cider misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Cider dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cider ducks under a wild hook from Beech.
Cider bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cider tries a low kick but Beech avoids it.
Beech takes a swing at Cider 's ribcage but misses.
Beech throws a looping overhand right but Cider ducks down to avoid it.
Cider misses with a body shot.
Cider has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Beech throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Cider . Those never looked like landing.
Justin Cider seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cider .
Nice uppercut there from Beech.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cider misses the shot to the body.
Cider misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beech.
Cider throws a wild body kick that Beech sees coming a mile off.
Beech lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beech misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cider unleashes a big counter combination but Beech bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cider looks to score with a jab to the body but Beech is just out of range.
Beech tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cider swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beech tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cider ducks under a wild hook from Beech.
Beech pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beech lands a lovely overhand right.
Beech throws a body punch but Cider moves out of range.
Beech throws the left hand but Cider avoids the punch easily.
Beech looks to score with a jab to the body but Cider is just out of range.
Cider appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Beech tries to clinch but Cider moves out of range.
Beech throws a body shot but no joy.
Beech moves out of range of the body kick.
Beech has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Beech misses with a right hand
enabling Cider to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Cider .
Beech misses with a shot to the body
and Cider counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cider cracks Beech with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cider paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beech.
Nice uppercut lands for Cider . That snapped Beech's head back.
Beech on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cider connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beech. Cider does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Beech backs off Cider throws a huge counter combo but Beech manages to avoid it all.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cider . Beech shrugs it off though.
Beech wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beech dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cider . That did some damage!
Cider dodges the punch combination from Beech.
Cider lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Beech pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cider ! But no joy.
Beech misses with a left hand
and Cider counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beech is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cider misses with a low kick.
Cider on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cider connects with a crisp jab.
Beech's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Beech duly obliges.
Cider misses with a body kick.
Beech lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Beech connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cider momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Beech blocks the leg kick.
Beech misses with a body shot.
Cider scores with a head kick. Beech tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Beech throws a series of punches but Cider avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Cider on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cider looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cider looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cider swings widly with a right hand
and Beech counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A leg kick checked by Cider .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Justin Cider will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Cider .
Beech tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cider manages to circle out of the way.
Beech tries to clinch but Cider moves out of range.
Cider avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beech misses with a left hand
and Cider counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beech is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beech scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cider doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cider lands with an uppercut that bounces Beech off the cage and back into range.
Beech throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Beech wants to clinch but Cider slips to the side
and Cider counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cider ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beech throws a leg kick which misses Cider 's front leg but catches the back leg as Cider tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cider slips a jab and a cross from Beech.
Cider swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cider walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Beech throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beech tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beech swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cider takes a swing at Beech's ribcage but misses.
Beech was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Beech fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beech avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cider throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beech throwing a counter right hand but Cider manages to avoid it.
Beech throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick lands from Beech.
Beech dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cider gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Beech tries to land a leg kick but Cider saw it coming and moves away.
Beech keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cider jabs at Beech's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beech swings widly with a right hand
letting Cider counter with a right hand.
Beech loads up on a big right hand but Cider slips the punch.
Cider walks into a jab.
A clash of legs there as Beech blocks the low kick.
Cider delivers a nice body kick.
Beech avoids the head kick by Cider .
Cider gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beech.
Beech has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cider .
Cider dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beech looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cider keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beech.
Beech misses with a lunging right hand
and Cider counters with a left to the body.
Beech slips under a jab.
Beech fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cider just manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Cider .
Beech avoids the head kick by Cider .
Beech throws a body punch but Cider moves out of range.
Cider just misses with a punch to the body.
Cider jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beech misses with a hook
and Cider counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Beech.
Beech misses with a hook to the body
and Beech takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beech cracks Cider with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Cider .
Beech lands with a cross.
Cider slips a jab and a cross from Beech.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beech needs to keep his hands up - Cider had a free shot at his head there.
Beech closes the distance and clinches.
Beech misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cider misses with some punches.
Cider stalling in the clinch but Beech improves position.
A short right from Beech.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cider .
A knee to the head by Cider .
A nice right hand lands inside from Cider .
Cider is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beech is defending well for now.
Cider throws a punch but it's blocked by Beech.
Cider trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Cider really 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.
Beech tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cider was well out of range. Poor timing from Beech.
Cider now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Beech works the jab nicely.
Beech blocks a head kick by Cider .
Beech swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Beech throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beech. Cider does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Beech.
Beech takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cider 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cider misses with a leg kick
and Beech counters with a good low kick that Cider was not able to check.
Beech misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Cider .
Cider tries to land a front kick but Beech steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beech closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cider cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beech misses with a straight left.
Beech takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cider bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Beech misses the target.
Beech throws a body punch but Cider moves out of range.
Beech lands a head shot.
Beech throws a body punch but Cider moves out of range.
It seemed like Cider was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cider displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beech throws out the jab.
Cider scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beech scoring well with a low kick there.
Cider throws the kick towards the body but Beech avoids it.
Good exchange - Beech coming out on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beech misses with a combination
enabling Cider to counter with a crisp jab.
Cider chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cider bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beech's head.
Cider walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cider misses with a kick to the body.
Beech throws a nice inside leg kick.
Beech is looking to clinch but Cider is avoiding it.
Nice uppercut lands for Cider . That snapped Beech's head back.
Cider lands a jab to the nose.
Beech has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Beech there as he acknowledges the shot.
Beech is rocked!
Cider scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oh Beech is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cider scores with a punch to the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Beech.
Cider drops Beech with a naaaaasty hook - Beech is in real trouble here! Cider dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Cider !
Justin Cider is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Justin Cider made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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