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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cearul Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Rover. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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236 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
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232 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cearul Ysengrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Joseph!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph throws out a powerful jab.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Ysengrin is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Ysengrin misses its target.
Ysengrin slips under a jab.
Joseph connects with a right hand. Ysengrin shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Joseph misses the target.
Joseph moves out of range as Ysengrin throws a body kick.
Joseph fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Ysengrin scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Cearul Ysengrin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ysengrin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Joseph tries to land a front kick but Ysengrin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ysengrin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joseph checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ysengrin fails to land with a series of punches.
Ysengrin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ysengrin gets a double leg takedown into Joseph's guard.
Joseph looking for a sweep. Not yet Joseph, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph is adopting a defensive guard.
Ysengrin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin looking to pass the guard.
Ysengrin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ysengrin looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ysengrin throws an elbow that misses. Joseph uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ysengrin's guard. Nice move by Joseph!
Ysengrin has his hands on Joseph's head, controlling the position.
Joseph won't allow Ysengrin to sweep him here.
Joseph sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ysengrin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ysengrin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ysengrin looking for a sweep. Not yet Ysengrin, not yet.
Joseph is fighting to break Ysengrin's control of his arms but Ysengrin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Joseph thumps Ysengrin with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Ysengrin.
Joseph has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joseph there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Ysengrin.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ysengrin, as that shot connected.
Joseph feints and then cracks Ysengrin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ysengrin down.
Ysengrin connects with a solid leg kick.
Joseph blocks a jab.
Joseph moves out of range as Ysengrin strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Ysengrin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ysengrin scores with a punch to the head.
Ysengrin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Joseph scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin misses the shot to the body.
Joseph was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Joseph misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ysengrin shoots in and drives through. Joseph sprawls well.
Ysengrin scores with a spinning back kick!
Joseph throws a low kick but Ysengrin avoids it.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Ysengrin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joseph throws the kick towards the body but Ysengrin avoids it.
Joseph throws the kick towards the body but Ysengrin avoids it.
And Ysengrin counters with a quick kick to the body but Joseph blocks it.
Ysengrin throws a front kick that sends Joseph stumbling back into the cage.
Ysengrin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joseph has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joseph throws a leg kick
and Ysengrin counters with a nice uppercut.
Ysengrin misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cearul Ysengrin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Joseph throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ysengrin delivers a nice body kick.
Joseph moves out of range of the strikes.
Joseph looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Joseph in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ysengrin shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ysengrin showed some decent athleticism there.
Ysengrin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Joseph does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ysengrin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph tries to roll over but Ysengrin keeps him under control.
Ysengrin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is staying active underneath Ysengrin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ysengrin controlling the pace.
Joseph is pressing down on Ysengrin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Joseph trying to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ysengrin slips a jab from Joseph.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ysengrin. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ysengrin fails with the takedown.
A good leg kick by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin tries to clinch up.
Joseph chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ysengrin can pounce on him.
Joseph keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph throws a leg kick which misses Ysengrin's front leg but catches the back leg as Ysengrin tries to avoid it.
Joseph drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ysengrin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joseph slips under a jab.
Ysengrin moves out of range as Joseph strikes.
Cearul Ysengrin is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin works the jab nicely.
Joseph scores with a leg kick.
Joseph blocks the body kick.
Ysengrin misses with a body shot.
Joseph swings widly with a right hand
and Ysengrin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joseph with a hook.
Joseph walks into a left hand.
Joseph connects with an inside leg kick.
Ysengrin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joseph was well out of range. Poor timing from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Joseph stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Joseph misses with a hook.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Ysengrin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ysengrin.
Anthony Joseph is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Joseph misses with a hook. Ysengrin ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Ysengrin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joseph checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ysengrin throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ysengrin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Joseph's head backwards.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Ysengrin is just out of range.
Ysengrin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joseph lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ysengrin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ysengrin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joseph looks to land a right hand but Ysengrin moved out of range.
Ysengrin throws a poor cross that misses
and Joseph counters with a low kick, right behind Ysengrin 's knee.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ysengrin punishes Joseph's body with a nice straight punch.
Ysengrin ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
Ysengrin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joseph counters with a body kick.
Ysengrin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ysengrin takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
Joseph takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cearul Ysengrin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Joseph checks a low kick from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ysengrin's corner calls for a 1-2. Ysengrin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ysengrin defending well as Joseph loads up on a big left hand.
A clash of legs there as Ysengrin blocks the low kick.
Ysengrin digs a good body shot into Joseph's ribs.
Ysengrin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Ysengrin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Joseph momentarily.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ysengrin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ysengrin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is trying to keep Ysengrin in close.
Ysengrin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Joseph looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Anthony Joseph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Joseph looking to control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd cheers as Joseph lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ysengrin doesn't seem phased though.
Ysengrin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ysengrin slips under a jab from Joseph.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joseph.
Joseph scoring well with a low kick there.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joseph.
Joseph paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ysengrin lands a nice shot to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Joseph crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ysengrin - the referee stops the clock and Joseph gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ysengrin. Joseph manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Joseph takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joseph.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ysengrin tries to clinch there but Joseph circles away.
Ysengrin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ysengrin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ysengrin has closed the distance and engaged Joseph in a clinch.
Ysengrin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ysengrin blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ysengrin misses with a punch on the inside.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ysengrin tries to land knees in the clinch but Joseph avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ysengrin.
Joseph has a couple of punches blocked by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ysengrin's elbow.
Ysengrin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin working Joseph over with knees to the body.
Ysengrin presses Joseph against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ysengrin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Joseph takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ysengrin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ysengrin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Joseph lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ysengrin connects with a knee to the head.
Ysengrin lands a knee to the body.
Ysengrin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ysengrin digs a right hand into Joseph's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Joseph's gas tank.
Ysengrin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ysengrin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Joseph avoids it.
Ysengrin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Ysengrin.
A shot in the inside from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Joseph can't fight it off and eventually Ysengrin manages to take the fight to the floor. Joseph looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cearul Ysengrin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ysengrin cracks Joseph with a solid left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cearul Ysengrin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ysengrin 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cearul Ysengrin!
An out of breath and clearly excited Cearul Ysengrin thanked Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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