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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abel hurricane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerard Salinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salinger has chosen Cancer Bats - Deathsmarch as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Abel hurricane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerard Salinger!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salinger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before hurricane can pounce on him.
Nice body kick from hurricane.
A chopping leg kick lands by hurricane.
hurricane connects with a high kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by hurricane.
Salinger takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
hurricane throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Gerard Salinger has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
hurricane is looking to clinch but Salinger is avoiding it.
hurricane scores with a kick to the midsection.
Salinger looks gassed!
hurricane lands with a slapping head kick.
hurricane shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
hurricane scoring with some ground and pound.
hurricane is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Salinger is rocked!
hurricane advances position into side control!
Check out the look on hurricane's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Salinger is still in real trouble! Can hurricane finish him?
Salinger taking a bit of punishment here - hurricane scoring with strikes.
hurricane wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Salinger, who protects the arm well.
hurricane advances to full mount.
Salinger seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hurricane landing strikes from the mount.
hurricane lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
hurricane has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salinger's face.
Salinger is in a horrible position here. hurricane smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
hurricane lands a nice shot to the head.
Salinger is in all sorts of trouble here.
hurricane pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by hurricane.
hurricane fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Salinger is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hurricane putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Salinger is trying to escape the mount.
hurricane with a couple of short strikes.
hurricane unloading with bombs!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
hurricane working the ground and pound effectively.
hurricane punishing his opponent with strikes.
hurricane scoring with strikes but Salinger is staying in there.
hurricane connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
hurricane working Salinger over with strikes here.
hurricane lands with some strikes.
hurricane breaks from Salinger's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hurricane can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Salinger is looking to escape.
Salinger regains half guard.
Salinger works his way to full guard. Good work.
Salinger wants to sweep here but hurricane controlling him for the moment.
hurricane is working Salinger over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
hurricane stops Salinger from standing up.
hurricane is looking to stand up but Salinger won't let him.
hurricane works over Salinger with some ground and pound from guard.
hurricane distracts Salinger with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
hurricane trying to control but Salinger is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Salinger is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for hurricane.
Salinger moves into the clinch.
hurricane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salinger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
hurricane throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Salinger's head.
Salinger is looking to clinch but hurricane is avoiding it.
hurricane feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Salinger's calf.
Abel hurricane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
hurricane keeps the fight on the outside.
hurricane looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Salinger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from hurricane.
hurricane shoots for a double leg takedown but Salinger sprawls well. He's pushed hurricane's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abel hurricane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerard Salinger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Salinger looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
hurricane works his way to full guard. Good work.
Salinger is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
hurricane manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Salinger manages to get himself to full guard.
hurricane stopping the sweep attempt from Salinger.
hurricane passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
hurricane landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salinger on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Salinger gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salinger wants to get back to full guard.
hurricane winds up and cracks Salinger with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
hurricane frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
hurricane is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns Salinger that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Salinger can't escape the position.
Salinger defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from hurricane.
Salinger tries to hold on but hurricane pushes him away.
Salinger is in all sorts of trouble here.
hurricane working the ground and pound effectively.
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.
hurricane lands a nice shot to the head.
hurricane is landing with some decent strikes but Salinger is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Salinger is in all sorts of trouble here.
Salinger is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
hurricane is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salinger can do to turn this around?
hurricane lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Salinger is wriggling around trying to escape.
hurricane cracks Salinger with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
hurricane lands a nice shot to the head.
hurricane working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
hurricane is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Salinger can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Salinger that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
hurricane in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
hurricane looking to finish Salinger with some ground and pound. This is bad for Salinger!
hurricane sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Salinger really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
hurricane has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
hurricane working the ground and pound effectively.
Abel hurricane overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salinger is trying desperately to improve position.
hurricane postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Salinger looks a forlorn figure.
hurricane with shots to the head and body - Salinger looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Salinger is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Salinger wants to control but hurricane is having none of it.
hurricane landing strikes from the mount.
Salinger flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
hurricane lands a big shot there that rocks Salinger but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
hurricane landing strikes, looking to finish!
hurricane has hold of Salinger's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Salinger manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Salinger takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
hurricane lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Salinger hang on?
Salinger tries to reverse the position but hurricane maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abel hurricane dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gerard Salinger's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
hurricane blocks a head kick by Salinger.
Salinger moves in looking to clinch but hurricane pushes him off.
hurricane scores with a spinning back kick!
hurricane tries for a takedown but Salinger circles away easily
and Salinger counters with a nice double leg into side control. hurricane won't be happy with that.
hurricane dodges the ground and pound from Salinger.
hurricane sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Salinger working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Salinger connects with a nice short shot to hurricane's temple.
hurricane is pressing down on Salinger's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Salinger looking to sit in guard and control but hurricane gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
hurricane tries to free his leg and advance position but Salinger is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salinger striking from the bottom.
hurricane slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salinger tries to improve position but can't.
hurricane landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
hurricane cracks Salinger with a big right hand but Salinger just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Salinger gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Salinger is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
hurricane lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Salinger hang on?
Salinger tries to lock up and control but hurricane gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
hurricane lands a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Salinger is looking to get to half guard.
hurricane looking to finish Salinger with some ground and pound. This is bad for Salinger!
Salinger tries to lock up and control but hurricane gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
hurricane working Salinger over with strikes here.
hurricane looking to finish Salinger with some ground and pound. This is bad for Salinger!
hurricane dominating with strikes here.
Salinger gets back to half guard.
Salinger wants to control but hurricane is keeping busy and won't allow it.
hurricane slips a nice elbow through Salinger's hands, connecting with Salinger's forehead.
Salinger is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of hurricane's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take hurricane's back!
hurricane manages to reverse the position and now he's in Salinger's guard. Nice work there by hurricane.
Salinger seems keen to control hurricane's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salinger not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
hurricane trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Salinger looking for a sweep. Not yet Salinger, not yet.
hurricane working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Salinger 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.
hurricane chips away with some ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salinger takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Salinger closes the distance and pushes hurricane back into the cage.
Salinger prevents a takedown attempt there.
Salinger dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's four 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.
Salinger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of hurricanes head.
hurricane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Salinger has him pressed against the cage.
hurricane missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Salinger.
A right hand to the body from Salinger.
A nice right hand lands inside from Salinger.
Salinger lands a right hand.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
hurricane tries to land a knee to the head but Salinger blocks with his arms.
hurricane misses with a knee strike.
Salinger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
hurricane is looking to break free of the clinch but Salinger has double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salinger.
Salinger has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed hurricane clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Salinger lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Salinger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerard Salinger really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerard Salinger's cut.
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.
hurricane tries for a takedown but Salinger circles away easily
and Salinger counters with a single leg into guard. hurricane didn't expect that.
Salinger wants to control from the top but hurricane keeps moving.
hurricane looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salinger is one step ahead there.
hurricane is working hard here to advance position.
hurricane trying to strike off his back.
Salinger stands up over hurricane, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Salinger pushes down on hurricane's leg and manages to get into half guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
hurricane moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
hurricane keeping moving, preventing Salinger from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hurricane throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
hurricane trying to strike off his back.
hurricane thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Salinger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of hurricane's head.
hurricane throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Salinger stopping the sweep attempt from hurricane.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salinger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before hurricane can pounce on him.
hurricane thows a leg kick but Salinger checks it
and Salinger counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Salinger.
Salinger working some strikes from top position.
hurricane keeping full guard, as Salinger tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salinger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as hurricane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Salinger landing some decent shots from guard.
hurricane has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Salinger has passed into side control.
Salinger stands up and we're back to a striking position.
hurricane feints and then cracks Salinger's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Salinger down.
Salinger closes the distance and clinches.
hurricane throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Salinger on the inside.
Salinger blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salinger stalls.
hurricane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salinger blocks it with crossed arms.
Salinger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Salinger lands a left hand that snaps the head of hurricane backwards.
Salinger has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from hurricane.
Salinger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
hurricane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Salinger digs a right hand underneath hurricane's ribcage. hurricane let out a lung full of air as it connected.
hurricane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Salinger gets through hurricane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
hurricane is trying to stall.
Salinger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
hurricane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salinger.
hurricane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four 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.
hurricane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salinger blocks it with crossed arms.
Salinger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
hurricane drops down looking for an ankle pick but Salinger pulls his leg out and moves away.
Salinger pushes hurricane up against the cage in a clinch.
Salinger lands a takedown into guard.
Salinger won't allow hurricane to sweep him here.
Salinger slips nicely into half guard.
hurricane regains full guard. Nicely done.
hurricane trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
hurricane had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Salinger is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. hurricane Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Salinger's back instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerard Salinger dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Gerard Salinger's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by hurricane.
hurricane connects with a solid leg kick.
Salinger scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
hurricane gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Salinger throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
hurricane wants to control but Salinger is keeping busy.
hurricane looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
hurricane tries to get to full guard but Salinger has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hurricane tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Salinger is looking to take a break and control but hurricane is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
hurricane is trying to stand up here but Salinger is controlling him well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Salinger takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A chopping leg kick lands by hurricane.
hurricane misses with a low kick as Salinger jumps back.
hurricane throws a big shot that misses.
Salinger gets a takedown into half guard.
hurricane is looking for a sweep. Salinger is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salinger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salinger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Salinger is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
hurricane blocking the ground and pound attempt from Salinger.
hurricane is pressing down on Salinger's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Salinger postures up.
hurricane 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.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
hurricane lands a front kick.
hurricane has Salinger up against the cage in a clinch.
Salinger has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed hurricane clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
hurricane manages to reverse the position and now he's in Salinger's guard. Nice work there by hurricane.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hurricane is working Salinger over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Salinger is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst hurricane is controlling him.
Salinger trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
hurricane preventing the sweep.
Salinger looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but hurricane puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Salinger is in trouble now - hurricane has advanced to mount!
Salinger is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
hurricane prevents Salinger from getting the reversal.
Salinger is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
hurricane landing strikes from the mount and Salinger is in trouble!
That's four 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.
hurricane scores with a couple of good head shots there.
hurricane raining down shots from the mount!
Salinger tries to buck hurricane off but he can't manage it.
Salinger is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
hurricane connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Salinger is working to get back to half guard.
hurricane wants to control the pace but Salinger is squirming around nicely.
hurricane landing strikes, looking to finish!
hurricane lands a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerard Salinger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Salinger has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight for Abel hurricane!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Abel hurricane!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Abel hurricane!
Abel hurricane wins by unanimous decision!
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