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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bittor Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Mcracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier comes into the arena with Jane's Addiction- Mountain Song blaring out of the sound system. Mcracken comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Onra - I Wanna Go Back kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
35 - 33 - 0 |
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187 cm
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187 lbs
22 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
35 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bittor Xavier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phil Mcracken!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Xavier lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mcracken is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Xavier's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Xavier's back!
Xavier just trying to survive but Mcracken is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Xavier is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Xavier is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcracken has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Xavier's body.
Xavier tries to roll but Mcracken sticks to his back.
Xavier trying to control the action but Mcracken just sinks the hooks in.
Xavier is really stuck here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcracken seems like he's trying to stand.
Mcracken has good solid back control here.
Mcracken has Xavier's back but decides to stand back up... Obviously he fancies his chances in the standup department!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcracken changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Xavier looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Xavier is looking for a sweep.
Mcracken wants to stand but Xavier is controlling his arm.
Xavier is looking to reverse the position.
Xavier is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mcracken off and has taken his back!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mcracken is in bad spot here.
Mcracken keeps trying to improve his position.
Xavier looking to break Mcracken's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Mcracken remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Xavier will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Mcracken tries to escape the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Xavier trying to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcracken tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Xavier lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xavier is landing with some decent strikes but Mcracken is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Xavier scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mcracken?
Mcracken is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Mcracken flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Xavier lands a big elbow.
Mcracken really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mcracken is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Mcracken stops Xavier from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mcracken swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Xavier cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Xavier has hold of Mcracken's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Mcracken manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Xavier trying to control but Mcracken is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bittor Xavier dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mcracken fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Xavier to the ground. Mcracken is now in Xavier's guard.
Xavier isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mcracken stacks Xavier on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mcracken!
Xavier is trying to get back to half guard.
Xavier is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Mcracken is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xavier wants to control but Mcracken is having none of it.
Xavier is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcracken wants to get back to his feet but Xavier is holding on tight.
Mcracken sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Xavier is wriggling around trying to escape.
Xavier wants to control but Mcracken is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Xavier tries to reverse the position but Mcracken maintains control.
Mcracken tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Mcracken prevents Xavier from getting the reversal.
Mcracken is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Mcracken controlling from the full mount.
Mcracken get's back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier tries to sprawl but Mcracken drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Mcracken prevents Xavier from improving his position.
Xavier makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Xavier.
Mcracken would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Mcracken won't allow Xavier to sweep him here.
Xavier isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mcracken stacks Xavier on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mcracken!
Mcracken tries to stand but Xavier is controlling his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier is looking to regain half guard here but Mcracken keeps moving and retains side control.
Phil Mcracken has got the better of the ground game so far.
Xavier regains half guard.
Xavier looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mcracken wants to stand up but Xavier is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Mcracken showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Xavier enables Mcracken to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Xavier manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Mcracken wants to stand but Xavier has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Xavier working a defensive guard but Mcracken manages to pass into side control anyway.
Xavier manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Xavier is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xavier wants to get back to full guard but Mcracken has mounted him!
Mcracken prevents Xavier from getting the reversal.
Mcracken wants to get back to his feet but Xavier is holding on tight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcracken tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Xavier is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mcracken content just to control the position here.
Xavier is trying to escape the mount.
Xavier gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcracken wants to stand but Xavier has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Xavier wants to get back to full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Xavier looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Xavier actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Xavier is looking to improve his position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mcracken closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Xavier to the mat! Xavier manages to get full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier trying to control the position.
Mcracken wants to stand but Xavier is controlling his posture from full guard.
Xavier isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mcracken stacks Xavier on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mcracken!
Xavier is looking to regain half guard here but Mcracken keeps moving and retains side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Xavier wants to control but Mcracken postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Mcracken comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mcracken has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Mcracken!
A less than humble Phil Mcracken misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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hype
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pop
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