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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocket Bob Frankels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre St. Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges. Frankels comes to the cage accompanied by Dawn....Summer Solstice... . The crowd seem to be enjoying St. Georges's choice of entrance music: Jiu Jitsu. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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265 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight 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 Las Vegas, Rocket Bob Frankels!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St. Georges!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St. Georges swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St. Georges pushes Frankels up against the cage in a clinch.
St. Georges lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Frankels scores with a nice short uppercut.
St. Georges digs a right hand underneath Frankels's ribcage. Frankels let out a lung full of air as it connected.
St. Georges misses with a punch to the body.
St. Georges throws a punch but it's blocked by Frankels.
Frankels tries to throw a body punch but St. Georges avoids it by throwing Frankels back against the cage.
Frankels blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St. Georges has a couple of punches blocked by Frankels.
St. Georges tries to work over Frankels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St. Georges scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Frankels.
St. Georges gets through Frankels's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Frankels is pushing St. Georges up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Frankels throws a punch but it's blocked by St. Georges.
St. Georges swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St. Georges digs a right hand into Frankels's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Frankels's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St. Georges digs a right hand into Frankels's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Frankels's gas tank.
I was talking to Frankels's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Frankels is breathing heavily.
St. Georges prevents a body shot from Frankels.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Georges lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from St. Georges.
Frankels tries to throw a body punch but St. Georges avoids it by throwing Frankels back against the cage.
St. Georges goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
St. Georges has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Frankels seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if St. Georges can turn it around.
St. Georges scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St. Georges creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
St. Georges stalling in the clinch.
St. Georges throws a head punch that misses.
Frankels misses with the head strike.
Frankels struggles to land a body shot inside as St. Georges controls his hands.
St. Georges misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St. Georges scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St. Georges.
Frankels prevents a body shot from St. Georges.
St. Georges tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from St. Georges as the two fighters clinch.
Frankels misses with a punch on the inside.
St. Georges cracks Frankels with a nice body shot.
Frankels is looking for a takedown up against the cage. St. Georges gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
St. Georges struggles to land a body shot inside as Frankels controls his hands.
St. Georges stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St. Georges misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges swings wildly with an uppercut but Frankels uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for St. Georges.
Frankels blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Frankels working aggressively here.
St. Georges lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short uppercut from St. Georges.
St. Georges gets through Frankels's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Frankels prevents a body shot from St. Georges.
St. Georges trying to stall but Frankels improves his position.
St. Georges misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Frankels fails to land.
St. Georges prevents a body shot from Frankels.
St. Georges slowing the pace effectively.
St. Georges scores with a hook to the body.
Frankels tries a body shot but St. Georges blocks it.
St. Georges misses with some punches.
St. Georges lands with a short head shot on the inside.
St. Georges tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Georges pushes Frankels back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
St. Georges tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Frankels's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frankels blocks a body shot from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Frankels.
A short uppercut from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with a short punch on the inside.
St. Georges throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a hook that snaps the head of Frankels backwards.
St. Georges lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from St. Georges.
A right handed body shot lands from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Frankels blocks an uppercut.
St. Georges pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St. Georges tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St. Georges tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Frankels manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frankels walks into a straight right hand from St. Georges.
St. Georges has closed the distance and engaged Frankels in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St. Georges lands a nice uppercut.
Frankels misses with a body punch.
St. Georges tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Frankels's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges lands a nice uppercut.
St. Georges can't find room to land a body shot as Frankels controls the action.
St. Georges prevents a body shot from Frankels.
Frankels lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from St. Georges.
A short left from St. Georges.
Frankels taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from St. Georges.
Frankels prevents a body shot from St. Georges.
Frankels tries to work over St. Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St. Georges pushes Frankels back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St. Georges lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
St. Georges lands a right hand.
St. Georges lands with a short punch from the clinch.
St. Georges misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from St. Georges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St. Georges blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St. Georges lands a nice uppercut.
St. Georges stalling in the clinch but Frankels improves position.
St. Georges breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frankels scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre St. Georges dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Frankels takes one on the button.
St. Georges lands a left and a right that send Frankels crashing to the mat, dazed. St. Georges thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Frankels is rocked!
It looks like Rocket Bob Frankels has been cut.
Frankels walks straight into a right hand from St. Georges - that's dropped him! St. Georges jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Frankels from any more punishment! Frankels complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pierre St. Georges!
Pierre St. Georges is the new heavyweight champion!
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