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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eugene Judd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judd comes to the cage accompanied by I take it up the ass - by lil wayne. Lemieux has chosen Sliwa as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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135 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eugene Judd!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ron Lemieux!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemieux scores with a nice right hand.
Judd takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lemieux scores with a shot to the body.
Judd throws a jab when Lemieux was well out of range.
Judd doesn't manage to clinch there - Lemieux circles away.
Lemieux displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judd throws out the jab.
Lemieux drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Judd defends it well.
Lemieux pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Judd has managed to clinch.
Judd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lemieux backwards.
Judd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judd blocks a body shot from Lemieux.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lemieux.
Judd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
Lemieux is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Judd misses with a punch on the inside.
Lemieux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judd misses with a punch on the inside.
Lemieux throws an elbow but it misses.
Judd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux lands a shoulder strike.
Judd misses with the head strike.
Lemieux tries to work over Judd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judd blocking some punches.
Judd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemieux pulls guard.
Judd tries to free his leg and advance position but Lemieux is retaining full guard.
Lemieux is trying to control the position but Judd postures up.
Lemieux looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Lemieux is trying to control the position but Judd postures up.
Lemieux tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lemieux looking to control.
Judd throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux looking for a sweep. Not yet Lemieux, not yet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Lemieux chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Judd missing with a left hand there. Lemieux was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good exchange - Judd coming out on top.
Lemieux throws a push kick but Judd slaps the foot to one side.
Lemieux getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lemieux blocks the body kick.
And Lemieux tries to counter it with a takedown but Judd pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Judd feints and then cracks Lemieux's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lemieux down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Judd lands a jab.
Eugene Judd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judd takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lemieux throws a nice outside leg kick.
Judd looks to land a right hand but Lemieux moved out of range.
Judd throws a shot from downtown. Lemieux moves away and avoids it.
Lemieux throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Judd counters with a good, hard body kick but Lemieux shrugs it off.
Lemieux tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lemieux darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Judd lands a head shot.
Judd moves out of range of the body kick.
Judd jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Lemieux slips a straight right by Judd.
Lemieux changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Judd fakes the leg kick and cracks Lemieux in the body.
Lemieux is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Judd ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Lemieux.
Judd moves out of range as Lemieux throws a body kick.
Judd misses with a looping right.
Lemieux keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judd.
Lemieux connects with a body shot that sends Judd's belly button to the back.
Judd takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Judd looks to throw the jab but Lemieux is out of range.
Lemieux swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Lemieux.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Judd.
Lemieux looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lemieux fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Judd throws a wild body kick that Lemieux sees coming a mile off.
Judd misses with an uppercut. Lemieux saw that one coming.
Lemieux is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Judd looks to score with a jab to the body but Lemieux is just out of range.
Lemieux has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Judd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lemieux.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lemieux.
Eugene Judd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Lemieux.
Lemieux swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lemieux.
A jab from Judd misses.
And Lemieux tries to counter it with a takedown but Judd pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lemieux.
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 Eugene Judd will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lemieux cracks the inside of Judd's front leg.
Judd keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lemieux dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Judd pushes Lemieux up against the cage in a clinch.
Judd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lemieux tries to work over Judd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lemieux backwards.
Lemieux works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lemieux misses with a body punch.
Judd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lemieux - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lemieux blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemieux is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Judd is keeping busy.
Judd misses with a body punch.
Lemieux blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lemieux tries to pull guard but Judd won't allow it.
Lemieux stalling the fight.
Judd tries a body shot but Lemieux blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judd scores with a nice hook to the head.
Judd swings wildly with an uppercut but Lemieux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lemieux is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A hook to the body from Lemieux.
Judd being controlled against the cage.
Lemieux trying to stall but Judd improves his position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Judd.
Lemieux can't find room to land a body shot as Judd controls the action.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Lemieux.
Lemieux goes for a takedown attempt but Judd pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lemieux decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lemieux tries to pass the half guard into mount. Judd knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judd wants to control but Lemieux is keeping busy.
Lemieux landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Judd regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lemieux lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lemieux trying to control the position from guard on top but Judd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Judd working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lemieux doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lemieux manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Judd wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lemieux passes Judd's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lemieux working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Lemieux seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lemieux thows a huge punch but Judd dodges it nicely.
Judd trying to control but Lemieux postures up.
Lemieux is looking to pass Judd's guard but actually Judd recovers to full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Judd on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Judd ducks under a wild hook from Lemieux.
Lemieux moves out of range of the body kick.
Judd scores with a push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Judd!
Judd misses with a looping right.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Judd.
Judd connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Judd looks to land a body kick but Lemieux moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Judd.
Judd slaps away a takedown attempt from Lemieux, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Eugene Judd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Lemieux.
Judd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lemieux.
Judd clinches up with Lemieux and pushes him back against the cage.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Judd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lemieux lands with a light punch inside.
Judd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judd throws a punch but it's blocked by Lemieux.
Lemieux leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eugene Judd dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lemieux.
Judd throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lemieux with the counter takedown but Judd avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Judd. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Judd.
Judd moves in looking to clinch but Lemieux pushes him off.
Lemieux slips under a jab.
Judd jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lemieux scores with a decent looking hook.
Judd throws a head kick that misses.
Lemieux changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Judd tries to avoid it but Lemieux manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Judd to the ground. Judd escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Judd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lemieux.
Judd is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judd will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Judd throws a low kick but Lemieux avoids it.
Lemieux avoids the body shot from Judd.
Lemieux misses with a low kick as Judd jumps back.
Lemieux lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux checks a leg kick nicely.
Lemieux misses with a hook. Judd ducked under it nicely.
Lemieux takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Judd throws a lazy right hand but Lemieux sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lemieux jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Judd throws a hook but Lemieux avoids it easily.
Judd tries to close the distance and clinch but Lemieux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Judd throws a jab when Lemieux was well out of range.
Lemieux misses with a low kick.
Judd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lemieux.
Judd swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Judd cracks Lemieux with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Judd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lemieux drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Judd defends it well.
Judd takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Judd. Lemieux shrugs it off though.
Lemieux looks to throw the jab but Judd is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judd looks to throw the jab but Lemieux is out of range.
Judd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big right from Judd misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lemieux ducks under a wild hook from Judd.
Lemieux misses with a low kick.
Lemieux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Judd misses.
Lemieux tried to score with a low kick but Judd checks it.
Lemieux throws a lazy right hand but Judd sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lemieux moves out of range as Judd strikes.
Judd is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Lemieux's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lemieux misses with a body shot.
Lemieux moves out of range of the body kick from Judd.
A swing and a miss from Judd.
Judd wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Judd will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lemieux steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Judd.
Lemieux fails to land the takedown.
An inside leg kick from Lemieux misses.
Judd throws an overhand right that lands on Lemieux's shoulder, as Lemieux tries to avoid the shot.
Lemieux connects with a body shot.
Lemieux misses with a takedown attempt - Judd sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Eugene Judd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Lemieux.
Judd misses with a wild body shot.
Lemieux is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Judd throws a head kick that misses.
Eugene Judd is winning the standup battle so far.
Lemieux closes the distance and clinches up with Judd, looking for a takedown. Lemieux pushes Judd against the cage but Judd circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judd throws a wild body kick that Lemieux sees coming a mile off.
Lemieux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Judd was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lemieux throws a shot from downtown. Judd moves away and avoids it.
Judd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lemieux.
Judd looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Judd tries a head kick but it misses.
Judd lands with a nice body kick.
Judd tries to score with a low kick but Lemieux moves his leg out of the way.
Lemieux with the counter takedown but Judd avoids it easily.
Lemieux moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judd takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lemieux is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Judd looks to land a left hand but Lemieux moved out of range nicely.
And Lemieux tries to counter it with a takedown but Judd pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Judd motions for Lemieux to come forward. Judd throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Judd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lemieux jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Judd throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Eugene Judd did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.
Lemieux tries to score with a low kick but Judd moves his leg out of the way.
A little feinted left hand from Judd on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Judd lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lemieux has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lemieux and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lemieux blocks a jab.
Lemieux uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Judd.
Lemieux lands a lovely overhand right.
Judd throws a push kick but Lemieux slaps the foot to one side.
Lemieux connects with a solid leg kick.
Lemieux throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lemieux wants to land a leg kick but Judd is out of range.
Judd is looking to counter punch.
Judd takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judd throws a body punch but Lemieux moves out of range.
Judd throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lemieux counters with a takedown into side control.
Judd is trying to get back to half guard.
Lemieux is looking to take a break and control but Judd is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judd might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Judd is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lemieux working the head with strikes.
Lemieux takes a little break here. Judd wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Judd is looking for a sweep.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
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.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Lemieux bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Judd manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Lemieux is trying to maintain the position but Judd is very close to passing his half guard.
Lemieux works his way to full guard. Good work.
Judd content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lemieux looking for a guillotine here but Judd defends easily.
Lemieux trying to keep a closed guard but Judd is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judd stopping the sweep attempt from Lemieux.
Judd makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lemieux trying to control the position here.
Judd tries to free his leg and advance position but Lemieux is retaining full guard.
Judd trying to control but Lemieux is working from the bottom.
Judd postures up in Lemieux's guard and throws a big left but Lemieux blocks it.
Judd stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lemieux swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lemieux is adopting a defensive guard.
Lemieux working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Judd doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Lemieux is tightening it up a little... Judd has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Judd reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Judd taps out! Nice BJJ there by Lemieux!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ron Lemieux!
Ron Lemieux is the new bantamweight champion!
Ron Lemieux very nearly forgot to thank VIRAL COMBAT amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
The defeated Eugene Judd had this to say: 'I guess I fucked up huh. Much respect to vesa! Go make us proud and kill someone from ams fc. Ill be waiting for you.'.
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