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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gregorio Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Chat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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160 cm
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gregorio Fitzgerald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, El Chat!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chat throws a sloppy body shot
and Fitzgerald moves into the clinch.
Chat looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Chat has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fitzgerald blocks an elbow strike.
Chat is trying to maintain a safe position but Fitzgerald gets an underhook and turns Chat into the cage.
Chat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fitzgerald avoids it.
Chat is trying to break free.
Chat letting Fitzgerald take a breather here.
Fitzgerald taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzgerald stalling against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chat has Fitzgerald pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Chat pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Fitzgerald tumbling to the mat - Chat dives into Fitzgerald's guard.
Fitzgerald looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chat is one step ahead there.
Fitzgerald pulls Chat in close to prevent any damage.
Fitzgerald is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald throws his legs up looking for a submission but Chat uses it to pass to side control.
Chat tries for a kimura but Fitzgerald is defending well.
Fitzgerald is looking to reverse the position.
Chat creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Fitzgerald sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Chat looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fitzgerald manages to work his way to half guard, despite Chat's best efforts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chat is looking to take a break and control but Fitzgerald is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fitzgerald is positioning himself well to prevent Chat advancing to mount.
Fitzgerald is pressing down on Chat's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fitzgerald looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Chat looking to sit in guard and control but Fitzgerald gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fitzgerald connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fitzgerald has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fitzgerald is in close to Chat's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fitzgerald lands a couple of digs.
Fitzgerald scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fitzgerald lands a couple of elbows.
Fitzgerald postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fitzgerald distracts Chat with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fitzgerald content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fitzgerald knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chat on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fitzgerald lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fitzgerald with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregorio Fitzgerald dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fitzgerald closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fitzgerald lands some shots froms side control.
Fitzgerald working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fitzgerald working the head with strikes.
Fitzgerald stands up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzgerald takes the fight into the clinch.
Chat is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald is struggling to control the position.
Fitzgerald stalling in the clinch.
Chat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fitzgerald slowing the pace effectively.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fitzgerald really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Chat tries to circle away but Fitzgerald has him pinned against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A bit of stalling here from Fitzgerald.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gregorio Fitzgerald.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fitzgerald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chat instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Chat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chat jumps guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald distracts Chat with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fitzgerald landing some decent shots from guard.
Fitzgerald is in close to Chat's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fitzgerald decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Chat throws a poor cross that misses
and Fitzgerald counters by moving into the clinch.
Fitzgerald leaning against his opponent.
Fitzgerald is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald lands a damaging elbow.
Chat has clasped his hands together around Fitzgerald's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Chat wants to stand but Fitzgerald has his arm trapped.
Fitzgerald tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fitzgerald sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregorio Fitzgerald dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Chat feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fitzgerald looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fitzgerald throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fitzgerald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chat can do to turn this around?
Fitzgerald keeping moving, preventing Chat from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chat won't allow Fitzgerald to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald keeping moving, preventing Chat from controlling successfully.
Chat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fitzgerald working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Chat.
Fitzgerald looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chat is one step ahead there.
Fitzgerald striking from the bottom here.
Chat wants to control from the top but Fitzgerald keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Chat tries to keep at a distance but Fitzgerald has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Chat turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Fitzgerald is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Chat throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fitzgerald landing rabbit punches to the side of Chat's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Fitzgerald manages to get to full guard.
Fitzgerald manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Chat manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald stands up and waves to Chat to follow him.
Fitzgerald moves into the clinch.
Fitzgerald stalling against the cage.
Fitzgerald is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's four 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.
Chat has picked Fitzgerald up - he's going for a ride! Chat dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Fitzgerald is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to El Chat.
Well Fitzgerald 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregorio Fitzgerald!
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FIGHT
RATING
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