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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Poulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bad Company - Holy Water. Jensen Saint is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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186 lbs
36 - 19 - 1 |
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201 lbs
41 - 25 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 19 - 1, fighting out of London, Paul Poulter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jensen Saint!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poulter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poulter stuffs the takedown attempt from Saint. Saint gets slowly back to his feet.
Saint fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Poulter manages to avoid it.
Saint scores with a jab.
Saint attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Poulter appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint closes the distance and clinches up with Poulter, looking for a takedown. Saint pushes Poulter against the cage but Poulter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Poulter is looking for a counter combo.
Saint closes this distance looking for a takedown but Poulter circles away.
Paul Poulter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jensen Saint.
Saint takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Poulter tries to avoid it but Saint manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Poulter to the ground. Poulter escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Poulter tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poulter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Poulter avoids the head kick by Saint.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poulter avoids the head kick by Saint.
A swing and a miss from Saint.
Poulter seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Poulter rushes Saint and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poulter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Poulter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saint is defending well for now.
Poulter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Saint pulls guard successfully.
Our spies down at at Malicious Intent Gym inform us that Saint has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Saint is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Saint looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Poulter wants to control from the top but Saint keeps moving.
Saint can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Poulter controls the pace.
Saint looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Poulter can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Poulter postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Saint is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Poulter, into his guard.
Poulter wants to get back to his feet but Saint is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Saint is looking to work some ground and pound but Poulter has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Poulter keeping moving, preventing Saint from controlling successfully.
Saint is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Saint sitting in guard here, content to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saint is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Poulter is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Poulter has escaped and now he's on top!
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 Paul Poulter will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Saint misses the jab.
Saint throws a hook to the side of Poulter's head but Poulter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick from Saint misses.
Poulter has Saint up against the cage in a clinch.
Poulter tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Poulter has double underhooks.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Poulter is keeping busy.
Poulter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saint's elbow.
Saint breaks the clinch.
Saint lands a two punch combo.
We've been told by Poulter's head coaches at X Training Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter moves away from the strike by Saint.
Poulter lands with a straight right. Saint didn't see that one coming.
Saint throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saint throws a shot to the body.
Saint misses with a straight right.
Saint looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saint accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint trying to control but Poulter is working from the bottom.
Saint is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Poulter keeping full guard, as Saint tries to pass.
Saint throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Saint falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Poulter to counter with a crisp jab.
Paul Poulter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saint misses with a few strikes there.
A swing and a miss from Saint.
Poulter seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jensen Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saint lands a body shot.
Donk. Saint catches Poulter right on the button with a cross.
Saint moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint misses with an uppercut. Poulter saw that one coming.
Poulter moves into the clinch successfully.
Saint tries a body shot but Poulter blocks it.
Saint tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saint tries for a takedown. No joy.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Saint tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poulter's elbow.
Poulter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Saint is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Poulter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poulter.
Saint ducks right into an uppercut from Poulter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jensen Saint showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Poulter wants to clinch up but Saint keeps it at a distance.
A shot to the body from Saint misses
and Poulter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Saint rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Poulter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Saint misses with a straight left.
Poulter is looking to counter punch.
Jensen Saint seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poulter tries to clinch up.
Poulter is looking to clinch but Saint is avoiding it.
Saint has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint misses with a hook
and Poulter counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Saint's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Saint duly obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter tries to clinch but Saint is having none of it.
Saint swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Saint is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Saint throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Poulter counters with a two punch combo.
Poulter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poulter tries to clinch
and Saint counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Poulter scores with a sloppy right hand. Saint should have avoided that one.
Saint lands a head kick!
Poulter misses with a double jab.
Saint appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Saint misses with a body punch
and Poulter counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saint throws a body punch but Poulter moves out of range.
Poulter avoids the head kick by Saint.
Poulter takes a kick to the side of the head.
Saint swings widly with a right hand
and Poulter counters with a left and a right that stings Saint.
Poulter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saint misses with a hook
and Poulter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint misses with a hook
and Poulter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Saint.
Poulter seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Poulter tries to clinch there but Saint circles away.
Poulter slips under a jab from Saint.
Poulter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saint swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Poulter doesn't manage to clinch there - Saint circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Saint.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saint misses with a hook
and Poulter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Poulter lands a nice hook to Saint's body. Saint takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saint closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice defenses there by Poulter.
Poulter thinks about countering with a head kick.
Paul Poulter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poulter cracks Saint with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Poulter looks to clinch
and Saint counters with a three punch combo that has Poulter backing up. Poulter nods at Saint to acknowledge the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Saint.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jensen Saint.
I think Saint has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Paul Poulter!
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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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