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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rene Espinoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges Georges will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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178 lbs
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184 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rene Espinoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges Georges!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Georges showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Espinoza.
Georges looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Georges with a lazy takedown attempt
and Espinoza moves into the clinch.
Espinoza lands an elbow inside.
Espinoza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Espinoza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Georges has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Espinoza stalling.
Espinoza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Georges backwards.
Espinoza lands a good knee to the midsection. Georges won't want to take too many of those.
Espinoza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Georges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Espinoza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Georges has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Georges takes an elbow to the temple.
Espinoza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Espinoza scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Georges takes an elbow to the forehead.
Espinoza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espinoza lands a shoulder strike.
Georges takes an elbow to the temple.
Espinoza lands with a light punch inside.
Georges takes an elbow to the forehead.
Espinoza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Georges blocks it with crossed arms.
Espinoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espinoza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Georges gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Espinoza counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Espinoza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Georges looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Espinoza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Georges misses with a leg kick
and Espinoza counters by clinching up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espinoza leaning against his opponent.
Espinoza's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nice elbow from Espinoza.
Georges blocks an elbow strike from Espinoza.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Espinoza lands with a right to the head.
Espinoza lands a left hand.
Espinoza lands a right hand.
Georges is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Espinoza pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rene Espinoza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georges Georges.
Espinoza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Espinoza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Espinoza.
Espinoza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Georges's defenses.
Espinoza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Georgess head.
Espinoza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espinoza lands a body punch in the clinch.
Espinoza landing knees to the head.
Espinoza lands with a right to the head.
Espinoza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Espinoza lands a knee to the head.
Georges is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Espinoza to keep the fight standing.
Georges takes an elbow to the forehead.
Espinoza lands a nice elbow.
Espinoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Georges Georges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Espinoza looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Georges has closed the distance and engaged Espinoza in a clinch.
Espinoza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Georges misses with a takedown
and Espinoza counters by clinching up.
Espinoza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Georges's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Espinoza lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Espinoza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Georges avoids the elbow strike from Espinoza, against the cage.
Espinoza breaks the clinch.
Georges closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right from Espinoza on the inside.
Georges takes an elbow to the temple.
Espinoza avoiding damage.
Georges avoids the elbow strike from Espinoza, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rene Espinoza dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Espinoza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Georges swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Espinoza counters by clinching up.
Georges is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Georges tries to break the clinch but Espinoza is controlling the position.
The referee calls for Espinoza to work.
Georges letting Espinoza take a breather here.
Espinoza stalls.
Georges is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Espinoza lands with a short shot to the head.
Espinoza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Georges.
Espinoza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Georges lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Espinoza connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espinoza manages to break the clinch.
Georges misses with a takedown
and Espinoza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Espinoza lands an elbow inside.
Espinoza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Espinoza lands an uppercut.
Espinoza lands an elbow that stopped Georges in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Espinoza.
Espinoza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Georges backwards.
Espinoza lands an elbow inside.
Espinoza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Georges takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Espinoza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Georges with a poor takedown
and Espinoza moves into the clinch.
Espinoza lands an elbow just above Georges 's eye.
Espinoza lands a knee to the head.
Espinoza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Espinoza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Georges avoiding damage as Espinoza throws knees to the body.
Georges avoids a wild elbow strike from Espinoza.
Espinoza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rene Espinoza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Espinoza misses with a knee strike.
Georges is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Espinoza gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rene Espinoza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georges Georges.
Espinoza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Georges gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Espinoza moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espinoza connects with a knee to the head.
Espinoza lands an elbow inside.
Espinoza misses with an elbow strike.
Georges trying to stall but Espinoza improves his position.
Georges avoiding damage as Espinoza throws knees to the body.
Espinoza manages to break the clinch.
Georges shoots for a takedown but Espinoza saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Espinoza is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Georges.
Georges misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like Espinoza was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Georges throws a combination that misses
and Espinoza counters by clinching up.
Georges takes an elbow to the forehead.
Espinoza lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Espinoza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Georges can do to turn this around?
A knee to the head by Espinoza.
With the fighters up against the cage, Espinoza throws an elbow but misses.
Espinoza lands a left hand.
Espinoza throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Georges fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Espinoza leaning his opponent against the cage.
Espinoza scores with a shot to the side of Georges's head.
Georges is trying to push Espinoza away but Espinoza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Espinoza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rene Espinoza 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!
Georges fails with a takedown attempt.
Espinoza went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Espinoza throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Georges's head.
Georges takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Georges shoots in for a takedown but Espinoza shows good takedown defense.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Espinoza closes the distance and pushes Georges back into the cage.
A knee to the head by Espinoza.
Espinoza scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espinoza lands a nice elbow.
Espinoza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Georges tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Espinoza avoids it.
Espinoza slows down the pace here.
Espinoza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Espinoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espinoza drives through and clinches with Georges against the cage.
Espinoza scores with a knee to the head.
Espinoza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Espinoza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Espinoza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Georges backwards.
Espinoza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Georges backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Espinoza.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Espinoza slows down the pace here.
Still in the clinch, Espinoza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Espinoza lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Espinoza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Espinoza lands a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Espinoza.
Espinoza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Georges's defenses.
Espinoza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Georges's defenses.
Espinoza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Georges shoots and misses
and Espinoza counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Espinoza.
Rene Espinoza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georges Georges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Espinoza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espinoza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Georges's defenses.
Espinoza scores with a knee to the head.
Espinoza misses with an elbow strike.
Espinoza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Georges on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Georges is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Georges looking to stall.
Espinoza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Espinoza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Espinoza misses with an elbow over the top.
Georges wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Espinoza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Espinoza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Georges takes a shot to the head.
Espinoza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Espinoza tries to land a knee to the head but Georges blocks with his arms.
Georges blocks a body shot from Espinoza.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Georges.
Espinoza breaks from the clinch.
Rene Espinoza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Georges throws the kick towards the body but Espinoza avoids it.
Espinoza moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Espinoza scores with a shot to the side of Georges's head.
Espinoza scores with a knee to the head.
Espinoza has Georges pressed against the cage, preventing Georges from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Georges Georges has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rene Espinoza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice right hand lands inside from Espinoza.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rene Espinoza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Espinoza has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:24
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rene Espinoza!
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