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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samir Lemaitre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brewer has chosen Gangster's Paradise as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samir Lemaitre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Brewer!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brewer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lemaitre checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lemaitre pushes Brewer up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Brewer.
Brewer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lemaitre tries to work over Brewer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Lemaitre fails to land.
Lemaitre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brewer blocks it with crossed arms.
Lemaitre blocks a body shot from Brewer.
Lemaitre prevents a body shot from Brewer.
Brewer lands a body shot.
We've been hearing reports that Lemaitre has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lemaitre tries a knee to the head but Brewer blocks it.
Lemaitre misses with a punch to the body.
Brewer has Lemaitre pushed against the cage.
Brewer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Brewer.
Lemaitre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brewer lands a nice uppercut.
Lemaitre has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brewer avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Brewer tries to work over Lemaitre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaitre misses with a punch on the inside.
Lemaitre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Brewer.
Lemaitre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brewer prevents a body shot from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre tries to work over Brewer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemaitre tries a body shot but Brewer blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaitre.
Brewer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brewer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brewer slips under a jab.
Lemaitre instigates a clinch.
Lemaitre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lemaitre has a couple of punches blocked by Brewer.
Brewer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brewer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lemaitre has him pressed against the cage.
Brewer breaks the clinch.
Brewer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lemaitre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brewer's waist but Brewer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lemaitre off to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer throws a leg kick
and Lemaitre counters with a shoot takedown. Brewer fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brewer trying to control the position.
Brewer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lemaitre.
Brewer wants to sweep here but Lemaitre controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lemaitre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lemaitre throwing strikes from guard but Brewer blocks nicely.
Brewer wants to sweep here but Lemaitre controlling him for the moment.
Lemaitre throws a big elbow that misses.
Lemaitre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lemaitre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lemaitre throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre looking to pass the guard.
Brewer looking for a sweep. Not yet Brewer, not yet.
Lemaitre throwing strikes from guard but Brewer blocks nicely.
Lemaitre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brewer's head.
Lemaitre throwing strikes from guard but Brewer blocks nicely.
Lemaitre 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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lemaitre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lemaitre stopping the sweep attempt from Brewer.
Lemaitre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lemaitre looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lemaitre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brewer looking for a sweep. Not yet Brewer, not yet.
Lemaitre drops back looking for a leg! Brewer is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Brewer manages to kick Lemaitre off! Lemaitre jumps back into Brewer's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre throws a big right hand that misses.
Lemaitre postures up.
Lemaitre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brewer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lemaitre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Brewer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lemaitre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lemaitre is looking to work some ground and pound but Brewer has wrist control.
Lemaitre scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samir Lemaitre dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Brewer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An attempted straight right counter from Lemaitre misses the target.
Lemaitre throws a shot from downtown. Brewer moves away and avoids it.
Brewer let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Brewer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lemaitre scores with a nice head shot.
Lemaitre bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Samir Lemaitre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lemaitre steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brewer. That one must have hurt.
Lemaitre scores with the left hand. Brewer knows he should have avoided that one.
Lemaitre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brewer counters with a solid body kick.
Lemaitre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaitre has closed the distance and engaged Brewer in a clinch.
Lemaitre lands a right hand.
Brewer has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lemaitre seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Brewer can turn it around.
Lemaitre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brewer's elbow.
Lemaitre drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brewer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Samir Lemaitre has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Still in the clinch, Brewer scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lemaitre.
Lemaitre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brewer is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Lemaitre.
Brewer misses with a body punch.
Lemaitre misses with the head strike.
Brewer working aggressively here.
Lemaitre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brewer can't find room to land a body shot as Lemaitre controls the action.
Brewer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Brewer as the two fighters clinch.
Lemaitre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lemaitre.
Brewer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lemaitre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brewer scores with a shoulder strike.
Brewer misses with a punch to the body.
Brewer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Lemaitre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre can't find room to land a body shot as Brewer controls the action.
Brewer blocks a body shot from Lemaitre.
Brewer taking a breather.
Lemaitre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lemaitre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brewer is fighting off a takedown attempt but Lemaitre is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Brewer to the mat. Brewer regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Brewer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brewer might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Lemaitre haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Lemaitre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brewer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lemaitre wants to control but Brewer is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brewer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lemaitre won't allow Brewer to pass to mount.
Still in half guard, Brewer seems content to control.
Brewer trying to mount his opponent but Lemaitre defends it.
Brewer stops Lemaitre from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Brewer is thwarting Lemaitre's attempts to control the position.
Lemaitre wants to get back to full guard.
Brewer performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Brewer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lemaitre knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samir Lemaitre dominated that second round.
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!
Lemaitre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brewer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lemaitre.
Brewer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lemaitre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lemaitre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lemaitre throws a big right hand that misses.
Brewer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lemaitre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lemaitre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lemaitre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaitre throws a big right hand that misses.
Lemaitre postures up and lands a big shot to Brewer's brow.
Samir Lemaitre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lemaitre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brewer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lemaitre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brewer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lemaitre lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaitre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lemaitre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lemaitre cracks Brewer with a solid left hand.
Lemaitre throws a big right hand that misses.
Lemaitre lands a couple of elbows.
Lemaitre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lemaitre throws an elbow that misses. Brewer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lemaitre's guard. Nice move by Brewer!
Brewer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lemaitre is keeping the position for now.
Lemaitre controls Brewer momentarily but Brewer frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Frank Brewer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lemaitre pulls Brewer in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lemaitre pulls Brewer in to control the position.
Brewer content to stall in guard here.
Brewer wants to control from the top but Lemaitre keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lemaitre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brewer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brewer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lemaitre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brewer can do to turn this around?
Lemaitre closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brewer counters with a good low kick that Lemaitre was not able to check.
Brewer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frank Brewer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brewer misses with a low kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lemaitre shoots in looking for a takedown. Brewer tries to sprawl out of it but Lemaitre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Brewer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Samir Lemaitre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lemaitre, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samir Lemaitre!
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