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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gauthier St. Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges and Dante Esposito . St. Georges comes to the ring accompanied by Jiu Jitsu. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gauthier St. Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dante Esposito !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito takes a swing at St. Georges's ribcage but misses.
St. Georges stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Esposito .
An inside leg kick from Esposito misses.
St. Georges tries to clinch but Esposito moves out of range.
St. Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Esposito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice side step and Esposito releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A looping hook to the body misses from St. Georges. Esposito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Esposito stuns St. Georges with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St. Georges takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Esposito is looking to slow St. Georges down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Esposito changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
St. Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Esposito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Esposito throws a wild body kick that St. Georges sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Esposito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An attempted straight right counter from St. Georges misses the target.
Esposito throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Esposito has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
St. Georges tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Esposito misses with a leg kick
and St. Georges counters with a nice uppercut.
Esposito finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A big left from St. Georges misses.
Esposito only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Esposito . St. Georges does a little dance to reset his feet.
St. Georges rushes Esposito and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
St. Georges pushes off an throws an elbow but Esposito leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
St. Georges prevents a body shot from Esposito .
Esposito tries to circle away but St. Georges has him pinned against the ropes.
Esposito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Esposito throws a head kick that misses.
Esposito lands a head kick. St. Georges smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Gauthier St. Georges has been cut.
Esposito connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Esposito throws a half hearted mid kick.
St. Georges wants to clinch.
Esposito connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed St. Georges momentarily.
Esposito throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice takedown defense from Esposito . No joy for St. Georges on that attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges takes a shot right to the bread basket.
St. Georges thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Esposito if he has to take too many more of those.
Esposito misses with the combination.
Esposito throws a lazy body kick
and St. Georges counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St. Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Esposito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Esposito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Esposito misses the jab.
Dante Esposito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Esposito throws a jab but it's blocked by St. Georges.
St. Georges looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
St. Georges tries to clinch up but Esposito circles away and keeps his distance.
Esposito doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Esposito thumps St. Georges with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Esposito lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
St. Georges misses with a body kick.
Esposito with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Esposito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for St. Georges.
Esposito misses with a head kick.
Esposito throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
St. Georges tries to close the distance and clinch but Esposito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Esposito moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Esposito tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St. Georges lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Esposito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gauthier St. Georges's cut.
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.
Esposito slips a jab from St. Georges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Esposito . St. Georges does a little dance to reset his feet.
Esposito has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St. Georges misses with a hook
and Esposito counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Esposito dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Esposito is looking to land body kicks.
St. Georges shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Esposito manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Esposito wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and St. Georges manages to pass to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
St. Georges takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito wants to improve his position but St. Georges is controlling well.
St. Georges performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
St. Georges is thwarting Esposito 's attempts to control the position.
Esposito wants to get back to full guard.
St. Georges takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Esposito tries to roll over but St. Georges keeps him under control.
Esposito keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's two 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.
St. Georges slows the pace down in half guard.
St. Georges moves nicely into side control.
Esposito is looking to regain half guard here but St. Georges keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Esposito 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no St. Georges has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Esposito wants to get back to his feet but St. Georges is dominant here and he's now got Esposito 's back!
I would not like to be Esposito right now.
Esposito is in bad spot here.
Esposito trying to control the position but St. Georges manages to sink in the hooks.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges is hanging on to Esposito 's back as he tries to escape.
St. Georges controlling from the back.
Esposito trying to control the action but St. Georges just sinks the hooks in.
Esposito is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but St. Georges is staying active.
What can Esposito do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Esposito trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gauthier St. Georges dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gauthier St. Georges's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
St. Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Esposito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That kick from Esposito tenderised St. Georges's leg. St. Georges is trying to keep his angry face on.
Esposito drops his hands momentarily and St. Georges takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
St. Georges takes the fight into the clinch.
St. Georges's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Esposito .
A short uppercut from Esposito .
St. Georges misses with an elbow strike.
St. Georges doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St. Georges pushes off an throws an elbow but Esposito leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, St. Georges throws an elbow but misses.
St. Georges looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Esposito swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
St. Georges pushes off an throws an elbow but Esposito leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Esposito 's brow.
Esposito lands a hook that snaps the head of St. Georges backwards.
St. Georges is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Esposito scores with a hook to the body.
Esposito lands a right hand that snaps the head of St. Georges backwards.
Esposito blocks an elbow strike from St. Georges.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Esposito 's brow.
St. Georges blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Esposito .
St. Georges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Esposito as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Esposito .
Dante Esposito seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Esposito - that landed with a thud.
Esposito manages to break the clinch.
St. Georges takes a shot right to the bread basket.
St. Georges takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Esposito throws an overhand right that lands on St. Georges's shoulder, as St. Georges tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from St. Georges misses the target.
Esposito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St. Georges.
Gauthier St. Georges has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dante Esposito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Esposito feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St. Georges's calf.
St. Georges throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Esposito avoids the head kick by St. Georges.
St. Georges is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Esposito throws a sloppy head kick
and St. Georges counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice inside leg kick there by Esposito . That's going to slow St. Georges down.
Esposito circles away from the clinch attempt.
Esposito lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
St. Georges chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Esposito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St. Georges was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Esposito .
Esposito throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Esposito misses with a body kick.
Esposito avoids the head kick by St. Georges.
St. Georges lands with a hook. Esposito tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
St. Georges turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Esposito throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
St. Georges is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Esposito .
St. Georges misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Esposito .
Esposito scoring well with a low kick there.
Esposito throws a big shot that misses.
Esposito throws a head kick but St. Georges moves out of range.
St. Georges is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St. Georges misses with a body shot.
Esposito thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on St. Georges if he has to take too many more of those.
Esposito throws a sloppy head kick and St. Georges moves out of range easily.
St. Georges moves out of range of the body kick from Esposito .
Esposito is looking to chop away at St. Georges's legs.
St. Georges takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Esposito throws a leg kick which misses St. Georges's front leg but catches the back leg as St. Georges tries to avoid it.
Esposito lets loose with a powerful body kick. St. Georges will feel that in the morning.
St. Georges tries to clinch but Esposito moves away
and Esposito counters with a good low kick that St. Georges was not able to check.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! St. Georges crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Esposito - the referee stops the clock and St. Georges gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Esposito . St. Georges manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Esposito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Esposito 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Dante Esposito !
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Dante Esposito !
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Dante Esposito !
Dante Esposito wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Dante Esposito thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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