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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johny Chambers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raoul Clavette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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153 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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150 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johny Chambers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raoul Clavette!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chambers closes the distance and clinches.
Clavette lands with a right to the head.
Clavette misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chambers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Clavette is trying to pull guard but Chambers has him pressed against the cage.
Chambers lands with a left to the head.
Clavette takes a shot to the head.
Chambers lands an uppercut.
Chambers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chambers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
I was talking to Chambers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right hand to the body from Chambers.
Clavette fails to pull guard.
Clavette escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot by Chambers.
Clavette moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chambers jabs Clavette right on the nose. Clavette blinks but takes it well.
Clavette fails with the takedown.
Johny Chambers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raoul Clavette.
Chambers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clavette misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chambers.
A little feinted left hand from Chambers on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Clavette doesn't manage to clinch there - Chambers circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chambers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chambers takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chambers gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Clavette regains guard.
Chambers preventing the sweep.
Clavette is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Chambers tries to free his leg and advance position but Clavette is retaining full guard.
Clavette has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chambers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Chambers scoring with some ground and pound.
Chambers content to stall in guard here.
Chambers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chambers is working Clavette over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Chambers trying to control the position from guard on top but Clavette is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clavette is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Clavette has momentary wrist control but Chambers slips an elbow through the middle.
Clavette wants to hit a switch here but Chambers passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Clavette there!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clavette tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chambers lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clavette slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clavette regains full guard. Nicely done.
Clavette has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Chambers has passed into side control.
Check out the look on Chambers's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clavette takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Clavette looks to move to half guard but instead Chambers has passed into mount! Damn!
Clavette is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chambers tries to control but Clavette wriggling away.
Chambers is landing with some decent strikes but Clavette is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Clavette tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chambers looking to control but Clavette is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Clavette manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nice strikes from Chambers there.
Chambers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clavette with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chambers lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chambers lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chambers lands with a punch from half guard.
Clavette taking some punishment here, with Chambers in his half guard.
Clavette is trying to get back to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clavette on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Clavette moves into full guard.
Chambers lands a couple of digs.
Chambers might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Chambers wants to control from the top but Clavette keeps moving.
Chambers is in close to Clavette's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Chambers won't allow Clavette to sweep him here.
Clavette is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Chambers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Clavette.
Clavette is looking to advance position but Chambers won't allow it.
Clavette wants to work for an arm triangle but Chambers is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johny Chambers dominated that 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.
Chambers connects with the punch.
Clavette walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
It looks like Raoul Clavette has been cut.
Raoul Clavette is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chambers with a jab.
Chambers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clavette drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Chambers defends it well.
Chambers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clavette can do to turn this around?
Clavette moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Chambers tries to close the distance and clinch but Clavette swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clavette fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Chambers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Clavette stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Clavette fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Chambers scores with a sloppy right hand. Clavette should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clavette throws a series of punches but Chambers avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Clavette, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Clavette steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chambers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clavette swinging wildly here.
Clavette is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chambers doesn't manage to clinch there - Clavette circles away.
Clavette takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chambers darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Clavette gets back to full guard.
Chambers connects with a couple of short punches.
Chambers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Clavette looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Clavette is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chambers defends well.
Clavette wants to sweep here but Chambers controlling him for the moment.
Johny Chambers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chambers with a nice head shot there.
Chambers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clavette looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Chambers is in close to Clavette's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clavette is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Chambers is aware though and is defending well.
Chambers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clavette is looking to sweep but instead, Chambers has passed into half guard.
Chambers trying to control from half guard but Clavette is working away.
Clavette on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chambers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Clavette is refusing to be controlled, as Chambers sits in half guard.
Clavette is looking for a sweep. Chambers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chambers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chambers lands with a punch from half guard.
Clavette is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Clavette looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Chambers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clavette with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Clavette tries to get to full guard but Chambers has control of the leg.
Chambers is nestled in close to Clavette, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Clavette gets full guard.
Chambers trying to control but Clavette is working from the bottom.
Clavette wants to sweep but no luck.
Chambers works over Clavette with some ground and pound from guard.
Chambers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Clavette's head.
Clavette looking for a sweep. Not yet Clavette, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chambers sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Chambers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Chambers stands up over Clavette, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Chambers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Chambers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Clavette is rocked!
Chambers distracts Clavette with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Clavette is still in real trouble! Can Chambers finish him?
Chambers postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clavette tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Chambers postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Clavette covers up, he's hurt! Chambers keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Chambers and the ref steps in to end the fight! Chambers can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johny Chambers!
Johny Chambers retains his featherweight title!
Johny Chambers decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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