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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Saint Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Korek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint Louis comes to the cage accompanied by Nique La Police. Korek has chosen Touch me - Samantha Fox as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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145 lbs
38 - 8 - 1 |
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161 lbs
17 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Saint Louis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michal Korek!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint Louis moves into the clinch.
Saint Louis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Korek blocking some punches.
Saint Louis misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Saint Louis.
Korek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Saint Louis taking a breather.
Korek scores with a hook to the body.
Saint Louis blocks a body shot from Korek.
Saint Louis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saint Louis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Korek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Korek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saint Louiss head.
Saint Louis works on Korek's body with a couple of short punches.
Saint Louis digs a right hand into Korek's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Korek's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Korek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Korek letting Saint Louis take a breather here.
Korek misses with a punch to the body.
Korek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Saint Louis.
Saint Louis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Saint Louis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Louis lands a right hand.
Saint Louis tries to work over Korek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saint Louis jumps guard but Korek stands there with Saint Louis around his waist. Saint Louis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Korek swings wildly with an uppercut but Saint Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Korek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Korek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saint Louis lands a shot to the body.
Korek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saint Louis.
Korek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saint Louis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saint Louis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Saint Louis blocks a body shot from Korek.
Saint Louis blocks an uppercut.
Korek throws an elbow but it misses.
Saint Louis tries to work over Korek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Korek throws a punch but it's blocked by Saint Louis.
Korek lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saint Louis or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis blocks an uppercut.
Saint Louis dodges an elbow strike from Korek.
Korek gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint Louis tries to throw a body punch but Korek avoids it by throwing Saint Louis back against the cage.
Korek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saint Louis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Saint Louis misses with a body punch.
Saint Louis digs a right hand underneath Korek's ribcage. Korek let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Korek lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saint Louis backwards.
Saint Louis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Saint Louis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Korek comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Still in the clinch, Saint Louis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Saint Louis lands a body punch.
Saint Louis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Saint Louis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Saint Louis avoids the elbow strike from Korek, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A body shot lands from Saint Louis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korek tries to work over Saint Louis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Korek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Korek on the inside.
Saint Louis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Korek misses with a punch to the body.
Korek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saint Louis lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Korek as Saint Louis tries to tie him up.
Saint Louis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Koreks head.
Saint Louis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Korek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saint Louis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saint Louis.
Korek pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Saint Louis tries to work over Korek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saint Louis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saint Louis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Korek lands a damaging elbow.
Saint Louis lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saint Louis lands with a light punch inside.
Korek content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis working aggressively here.
Korek lands a body punch.
Korek lands an uppercut.
Saint Louis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Korek lands a nice uppercut.
Korek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saint Louis blocks an uppercut.
Saint Louis has a couple of punches blocked by Korek.
A short left from Saint Louis.
Saint Louis lands with a right to the head.
Korek lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saint Louis or not.
Saint Louis throws a head punch that misses.
Korek throws a head punch that misses.
Saint Louis lands a shoulder strike.
Saint Louis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint Louis works on Korek's body with a couple of short punches.
Saint Louis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saint Louis lands a shoulder strike.
Saint Louis is trying to stall.
Korek lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Saint Louis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Saint Louis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Korek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Korek is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Saint Louis with a body shot.
Saint Louis misses with a looping left.
Saint Louis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saint Louis is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Korek.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Saint Louis here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Good leg kick by Saint Louis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Korek wants to clinch up but Saint Louis keeps it at a distance.
Korek throws a hook to the side of Saint Louis's head but Saint Louis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Korek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Korek ducks under a wild hook from Saint Louis.
Korek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saint Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Korek.
Saint Louis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Saint Louis wants to clinch up but Korek keeps it at a distance.
Saint Louis lands with a shot to the body.
Saint Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saint Louis sets himself, and Korek steps forward looking for the clinch! Saint Louis avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint Louis misses with a body shot.
Korek misses with a left hand
and Saint Louis counters with a solid body kick.
Saint Louis throws out a loose jab but Korek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Korek gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Korek throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saint Louis slips under a jab from Korek.
Saint Louis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martin Saint Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Korek.
Saint Louis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Saint Louis checks a leg kick nicely.
Saint Louis swings for the body but Korek moves out of range.
Saint Louis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Koreks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Saint Louis defending well as Korek loads up on a big left hand.
Saint Louis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Korek can do to turn this around?
Saint Louis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Korek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Saint Louis.
Saint Louis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Saint Louis throws a body punch but Korek moves out of range.
Saint Louis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Korek throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Saint Louis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Korek's head.
Saint Louis misses with an uppercut. Korek saw that one coming.
Saint Louis takes a swing at Korek's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Saint Louis tries to clinch there but Korek circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Korek moves out of range of the leg kick from Saint Louis.
Korek wants to counter with a clinch but Saint Louis pushes him away.
Saint Louis misses with a straight right.
Saint Louis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big left from Saint Louis misses.
Saint Louis pushes Korek up against the cage in a clinch.
Saint Louis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Saint Louis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Korek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saint Louis blocking some punches.
Saint Louis breaks from the clinch.
Saint Louis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Korek.
Korek takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Saint Louis is looking to slow Korek down with leg kicks.
Saint Louis throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korek misses with a looping left.
Saint Louis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Saint Louis slips a jab and a cross from Korek.
Nice cross by Korek.
Saint Louis lands a lovely overhand right.
Korek pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Saint Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saint Louis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Korek checks it well.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Korek fails to land.
Korek swings wildly with an uppercut but Saint Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint Louis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Korek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Korek misses with the head strike.
Saint Louis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Korek has a couple of punches blocked by Saint Louis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Korek.
Korek tries a body shot but Saint Louis blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Korek scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Saint Louis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Saint Louis.
Korek can't find room to land a body shot as Saint Louis controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Korek fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Saint Louis.
Korek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Korek.
Saint Louis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saint Louis manages to break the clinch.
Saint Louis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Korek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Korek will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saint Louis misses with an uppercut
and Korek counters with a straight right hand.
Martin Saint Louis is winning the standup battle so far.
Korek blocks a low kick nicely.
Korek on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Saint Louis moves away from the strike by Korek.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Saint Louis dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Korek wants to slow Saint Louis down by chopping away at his legs.
Saint Louis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Korek keeps the fight on the outside.
Saint Louis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Korek takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Saint Louis is looking to clinch but Korek is avoiding it.
Crunch! Korek slams his shin into Saint Louis's torso.
Saint Louis moves out of range of the body kick from Korek.
Saint Louis cracks Korek with an open hand slap.
Korek on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Saint Louis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint Louis avoids the body shot from Korek.
Saint Louis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Korek gets tackled into the cage by Saint Louis. Saint Louis maintains the clinch.
A short uppercut from Saint Louis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saint Louis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saint Louis scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korek swings wildly with an uppercut but Saint Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Korek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Saint Louis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Korek is rocked!
Korek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saint Louis's elbow.
Korek is still on wobbly legs! Can Saint Louis finish him?
Saint Louis presses Korek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Korek seems to have recovered his senses.
Martin Saint Louis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Korek swings wildly with an uppercut but Saint Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint Louis tries a body shot but Korek blocks it.
Korek lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Saint Louis as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Korek.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Korek just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saint Louis's brow.
Korek swings wildly with an uppercut but Saint Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Saint Louis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Korek blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Korek.
Saint Louis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Korek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saint Louis lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint Louis blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Korek.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saint Louis.
Saint Louis is trying to maintain a safe position but Korek gets an underhook and turns Saint Louis into the cage.
Saint Louis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saint Louis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Korek can't find room to land a body shot as Saint Louis controls the action.
Saint Louis lands a right hand.
Korek blocks a body shot from Saint Louis.
Korek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Korek tries to throw a body punch but Saint Louis avoids it by throwing Korek back against the cage.
Saint Louis lands a shoulder strike.
Saint Louis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Korek lands an uppercut.
Saint Louis blocks a body shot from Korek.
Saint Louis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Saint Louis misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis presses Korek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Saint Louis misses with some punches.
Saint Louis cracks Korek with a nice body shot.
Korek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Saint Louis tries a body shot but Korek blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Korek just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saint Louis's brow.
Korek prevents a body shot from Saint Louis.
Korek throws a punch but it's blocked by Saint Louis.
Saint Louis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Koreks head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Saint Louis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saint Louis throws a punch but it's blocked by Korek.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Korek.
Saint Louis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Korek can't find room to land a body shot as Saint Louis controls the action.
Korek swings wildly with an uppercut but Saint Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint Louis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Saint Louis can't find room to land a body shot as Korek controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis tries to pull guard but Korek won't allow it.
Korek just leaning against Saint Louis, taking a breather.
Korek working aggressively here.
Saint Louis digs a right hand into Korek's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Korek's gas tank.
Korek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saint Louis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Korek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saint Louiss head.
Saint Louis pushes Korek back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saint Louis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Koreks head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saint Louis.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Korek.
Korek tries to throw a body punch but Saint Louis avoids it by throwing Korek back against the cage.
Korek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Korek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saint Louis's elbow.
Saint Louis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Saint Louis as the two fighters clinch.
Saint Louis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saint Louis blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Saint Louis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Saint Louis clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Korek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saint Louis misses with a looping right.
Korek with a jab.
Korek throws a nice looking combination but Saint Louis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saint Louis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Korek throws out the jab.
Korek misses with a looping left.
Korek moves away from the strike by Saint Louis.
Korek chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saint Louis can pounce on him.
Saint Louis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Saint Louis throws a wild body kick that Korek sees coming a mile off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint Louis cracks Korek with a good jab.
Saint Louis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Korek misses with a straight right.
Korek throws a lazy right hand but Saint Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saint Louis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Korek throws out a counter right but Saint Louis avoids it with no problem.
Korek moves out of range as Saint Louis throws a body kick.
Saint Louis clinches up with Korek and pushes him back against the cage.
Saint Louis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Korek misses with a punch on the inside.
Saint Louis tries to pull guard but Korek holds him up against the cage and eventually Saint Louis drops back down to his feet.
Korek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Korek misses with the head strike.
Saint Louis lands an uppercut.
Saint Louis jumps guard.
Saint Louis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Saint Louis looking for a guillotine here but Korek defends easily.
Korek wants to control from the top but Saint Louis keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korek avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Saint Louis looking to control.
Korek stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Saint Louis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korek would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Korek wants to control from the top but Saint Louis keeps moving.
Saint Louis working a defensive guard here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Saint Louis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Korek doesn't seem bothered though.
Saint Louis lands with a nice body kick.
Korek takes one on the button.
Saint Louis takes a swing at Korek's ribcage but misses.
A left lands for Saint Louis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Saint Louis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saint Louis jabs Korek right on the nose. Korek blinks but takes it well.
Saint Louis is looking to score with low kicks.
Saint Louis throws a front kick aimed at Korek's knee but Korek avoids it well.
Korek looks for the body kick but Saint Louis saw that one coming.
Korek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Korek throws an overhand right that lands on Saint Louis's shoulder, as Saint Louis tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Saint Louis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Saint Louis feints and then cracks Korek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Korek down.
Korek attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint Louis thumps Korek with a low kick.
The crowd cheers as Korek lands an impressive looking overhand right. Saint Louis doesn't seem phased though.
Saint Louis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Korek clinches up against the cage.
Korek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Korek lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Saint Louis had his way with Michal Korek in that round.
That's time! Saint Louis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Korek ducks under a wild hook from Saint Louis.
Korek uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A left lands for Saint Louis.
Saint Louis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Korek's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Saint Louis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Korek.
Korek tries to counter with a clinch but Saint Louis shakes him off and moves away.
Korek missing with a left hand there. Saint Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Korek lands a nice looking body shot.
Saint Louis misses with a hook.
Korek raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Saint Louis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Saint Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saint Louis moves into range and clinches up with Korek.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Saint Louis.
Korek presses Saint Louis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Saint Louis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice body punch from Korek.
Korek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saint Louis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Korek is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Korek lands a nice elbow.
Korek lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Korek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saint Louis misses with a body punch.
Saint Louis misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Korek.
Korek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saint Louis blocks an uppercut.
Korek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saint Louis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Saint Louis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Saint Louis keeping moving, preventing Korek from controlling successfully.
Korek postures up.
Michal Korek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martin Saint Louis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis is adopting a defensive guard.
Korek must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Korek pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Saint Louis is keeping the position for now.
Saint Louis trying to keep a closed guard but Korek is proving a slippery customer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis takes one on the button.
Saint Louis cracks a nice hook into Korek's ribs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Saint Louis.
An inside leg kick lands from Saint Louis.
Korek pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Korek takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Korek tries to clinch there but Saint Louis circles away.
Saint Louis takes the fight into the clinch.
Korek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Korek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Korek throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Korek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Korek lands an elbow inside that Saint Louis shrugs off.
Korek letting Saint Louis take a breather here.
A short left from Korek.
Korek swings wildly with an uppercut but Saint Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint Louis takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint Louis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Korek misses with some punches.
Korek misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Michal Korek.
Well Saint Louis 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 49:46
Judge William Gold scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Saint Louis!
Martin Saint Louis retains his lightweight title!
After winning the bout, Martin Saint Louis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Michal Korek stepped up to the mic, saying 'I would like to apologise to my manager for letting him down. A dominating win would have matched hes heart of gold and kindness, He truly is the most humble man alive. Please forgive me'.
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