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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stafford Shire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaiser Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stafford Shire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaiser Soze!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shire tries to bum rush Soze with a series of wild strikes but Soze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shire throws a series of punches but Soze moves out of range.
Shire wants to clinch.
Soze throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Soze lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
No joy there for Soze, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Soze keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A slapping leg kick lands for Soze.
Shire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soze misses with a jab, cross combination.
Soze throws a series of punches but Shire avoids them all with ease.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shire prevents Soze from breaking the clinch.
Soze wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shire has him pressed against the cage.
Soze lands a knee to the body.
Soze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shire's defenses.
It looks like Stafford Shire has been cut.
Shire tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Soze just stands there and leans against the cage.
Shire tries to land knees in the clinch but Soze avoids the damage to the body.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Shire is blocking nicely.
Shire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Shire is breathing heavily.
Soze misses with an elbow over the top.
Soze breaks the clinch.
A head kick from Soze lands but Shire takes it in his stride.
Stafford Shire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shire doesn't manage to clinch there - Soze circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shire. Shire circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Soze scores with a leg kick.
Soze forces Shire back against the cage and clinches.
Soze wants to break free but Shire has control.
Soze wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Kaiser Soze has been cut.
Soze wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shire leaning against his opponent.
Shire scores a nice knee to the body.
Shire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soze misses with an elbow strike.
Shire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Soze landing knees to the head.
Soze missing with knees to the body.
Soze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Soze is trying to break the clinch but Shire has him pressed against the cage.
Shire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soze.
Soze is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Soze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shire blocks it with crossed arms.
Soze wants to break free but Shire has control.
Shire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Soze tries to land knees in the clinch but Shire avoids the damage to the body.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shire is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shire.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shire changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Soze fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stafford Shire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Soze sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Shire fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shire.
Soze circles away from the clinch attempt
and Soze counters with a good low kick that Shire was not able to check.
Soze fails to land with a series of punches.
Shire throws a left and a right that both miss
and Soze connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soze looks to throw the jab but Shire is out of range.
Soze swats away the attempt to clinch by Shire.
Shire scores with a takedown into Soze's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soze looking for a sweep. Not yet Soze, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shire trying to control the position from guard on top but Soze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shire looking to sit in guard and control but Soze gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shire looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Shire preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Shire working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Soze doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Soze manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Soze stopping the sweep attempt from Shire.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Soze trying to control the position from guard on top but Shire is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Shire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Soze.
Soze lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Shire tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shire will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Soze swats away the attempt to clinch by Shire.
Shire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaiser Soze dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Soze lands with a kick to the temple. Shire shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Soze tests Shire's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Soze throws a sloppy head kick and Shire moves out of range easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shire.
Shire fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shire shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Soze throws a nice looking combination but Shire bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shire tries to clinch up.
Soze has closed the distance and engaged Shire in a clinch.
Soze tries a knee to the head but Shire blocks it.
Shire lands a nice elbow.
Soze managing to block the knees to the body from Shire.
Soze managing to block the knees to the body from Shire.
Soze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shire jumps guard but Soze stands there with Shire around his waist. Shire gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soze wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shire has him pressed against the cage.
Soze lands a knee to the body.
Shire breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Soze.
Stafford Shire is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Soze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Soze misses with a wild combination.
A slapping body kick lands there for Shire.
Shire tries to clinch but Soze moves out of range.
Soze keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Soze.
Shire looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shire swinging wilding here.
Soze plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Soze throws a sloppy head kick and Shire moves out of range easily.
Shire tries to clinch up but Soze circles away and keeps his distance.
Soze throws a head kick that misses.
Soze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze throws a series of punches but Shire avoids them all with ease.
Soze dodges the punch combination from Shire.
Shire bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Soze's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Shire prevents Soze from escaping the position.
Soze is looking to reverse the position.
Shire wants to control but Soze is keeping him busy.
Shire tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Soze stops Shire from passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shire working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Soze's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Soze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shire looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stafford Shire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shire looks for a takedown but Soze sprawls well.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's four 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.
Shire tries to land knees in the clinch but Soze avoids the damage to the body.
Soze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shire misses with an elbow strike.
Soze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soze wants to get back to striking at distance but Shire won't allow it.
Soze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shire misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Soze scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Soze lets loose with a powerful body kick. Shire will feel that in the morning.
Shire takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Soze lands a with a good body shot.
Soze throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shire fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Soze, right into the meat.
No joy there for Soze, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Soze!
Soze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Soze fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaiser Soze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Soze throws a one two combo.
Soze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Soze scores with a knee to the head.
Shire gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Soze is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Shire gets to his feet - Soze follows without any prompting.
Shire shoots for a double leg takedown but Soze sprawls well. He's pushed Shire's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Shire takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Soze goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Soze shoots in looking for a takedown. Shire tries to sprawl out of it but Soze keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Shire manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Soze cracks the inside of Shire's front leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shire.
A good leg kick by Soze.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shire slips a jab and a cross from Soze.
Shire throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Soze's waist but Soze gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Shire off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stafford Shire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shire throws a lazy head kick
and Soze counters with a one-two to the body.
Shire throws a leg kick
and Soze counters with a nice low kick that buckles Shire's knee momentarily.
Soze lands with a nice body kick.
Shire misses with a combination
and Soze counters with a nice low kick that buckles Shire's knee momentarily.
Shire takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Shire shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Soze pinned against the cage. Soze gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Shire tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Soze connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Soze throws a body kick that misses.
Shire closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shire is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Soze gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shire lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Soze breaks the clinch.
Shire darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Shire working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Soze's thigh. Soze counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Shire tries to free his leg and advance position but Soze is retaining full guard.
Shire wanted to stand there but Soze had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze wants to sweep but no luck.
Shire is looking to stand up but Soze won't let him.
Soze tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Soze is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Shire throws a strike from the bottom but Soze passes into side control!
Soze working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Shire is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's four 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.
Soze is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Shire!
Shire is desperately trying to improve his position but Soze has a good base and remains in mount.
Shire tries to hold on but Soze pushes him away.
Shire is desperately trying to improve his position but Soze has a good base and remains in mount.
Kaiser Soze is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shire throwing hammer fists to the chest of Soze. What's that going to do exactly?
Shire really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Shire tries to hold on but Soze pushes him away.
Stafford Shire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kaiser Soze.
I've got Soze winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaiser Soze!
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