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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Remi Daucourt (ranked 2386 p4p, 236 weight class) and Swagga Beats (ranked 2112 p4p, 220 weight class). 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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168 cm
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148 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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165 cm
27
147 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Remi Daucourt! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Swagga Beats! The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Darius Henderson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Beats looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Daucourt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Beats blocks a jab. Good exchange - Daucourt coming out on top. Nice shot by Daucourt. Beats with a lazy takedown attempt and Daucourt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Beats throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Daucourt to counter with a crisp jab. Daucourt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beats with the counter takedown but Daucourt avoids it easily. Beats shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Daucourt's guard. Beats must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Daucourt is looking for a triangle here but Beats uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Daucourt wants to control but Beats postures up. Daucourt manages to get back to half guard. Daucourt wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Daucourt regains full guard. Nicely done. Beats wants to control from the top but Daucourt keeps moving. Beats throws a big right hand that misses. Beats trying to control the position from guard on top but Daucourt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Beats looking to pass the guard. Beats trying to control but Daucourt is working from the bottom. Daucourt 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. Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it. Daucourt keeping moving, preventing Beats from controlling successfully. Daucourt is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Daucourt is working for a submission of some sort.
Beats moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Daucourt controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Beats keeping full guard, as Daucourt tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Daucourt showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Beats tries to land a sweep but no joy. Daucourt engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. Beats looking to hit a scissor sweep but Daucourt is one step ahead there. Daucourt advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Beats is looking to regain half guard here but Daucourt keeps moving and retains side control. Beats can't do much from the bottom here. Beats manages to work his way to half guard, despite Daucourt's best efforts. Beats tries to get to full guard but Daucourt has control of the leg. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Daucourt is trying to control the action in half guard but Beats is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Daucourt trying to mount his opponent but Beats defends it. Beats has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Daucourt is working away from the top position though. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Remi Daucourt dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Beats takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Daucourt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beats bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Beats changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Beats closes the distance and clinches up with Daucourt, looking for a takedown. Beats pushes Daucourt against the cage but Daucourt circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Daucourt looks to score with a jab to the body but Beats is just out of range. Beats uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daucourt. Beats fails with a takedown attempt. Daucourt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daucourt throws a big shot that misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Daucourt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Remi Daucourt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Swagga Beats. Daucourt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Daucourt throws a hook to the side of Beats's head but Beats sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round. Beats throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Daucourt's waist but Daucourt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Beats off to one side. Jab, jab by Daucourt - just one landing. Swagga Beats is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Beats tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Beats has a takedown stuffed. Daucourt loads up on a big right hand but Beats slips the punch. Daucourt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Daucourt misses with a looping right. Beats shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Daucourt napping and manages to drive through into side control! Daucourt is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Daucourt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beats can do to turn this around? Beats looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Daucourt is avoiding damage well.
Daucourt managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Beats.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Daucourt can't do much from the bottom here. Both fighters take a look at the clock. Daucourt can't do much from the bottom here. Daucourt gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. Beats seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Daucourt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Daucourt keeping control of the position. Beats seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Daucourt regains full guard. Nicely done. Daucourt keeping moving, preventing Beats from controlling successfully. Beats preventing the sweep. Beats trying to control the position from guard on top but Daucourt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Daucourt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Beats manages to get himself to full guard.
Daucourt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Daucourt trying to control but Beats is working from the bottom. Daucourt content to stall in guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Beats wants to control position but Daucourt is using a can opener to pass guard... He's turned it into a full on guillotine from mount now! Big trouble for Beats here! He's turning a lovely shade of purple and yep! He's tapping out! I would say world class Jiu Jitsu but is it really? It was nice but let's not get silly about it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Remi Daucourt!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
35% |
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