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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Acero Puno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin LaFleche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Acero Puno has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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176 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Acero Puno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin LaFleche!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puno throws and low kick but LaFleche moves out of range easily.
Puno pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Puno tries to clinch up but LaFleche circles away and keeps his distance.
LaFleche tries to keep at a distance but Puno has taken the fight into the clinch.
Puno stalling the fight.
LaFleche dodges an elbow strike from Puno.
Puno misses with a body punch.
LaFleche blocks an elbow strike from Puno.
Puno has had enough of the clinch but LaFleche keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puno pulls LaFleche into guard.
LaFleche looking to pass the guard.
Puno has his hands on LaFleche's head, controlling the position.
Puno not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puno preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
LaFleche pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Puno is keeping the position for now.
LaFleche trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Puno is trying to control the position but LaFleche postures up.
LaFleche not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Puno fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Puno pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Puno tries to clinch there but LaFleche circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Puno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Puno clinches with his opponent.
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.
LaFleche jumps guard but Puno stands there with LaFleche around his waist. LaFleche gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Puno wants to break the clinch but can't.
LaFleche is stalling here.
Puno is trying to break free.
Puno scores with a knee to the head.
Puno tries to break the clinch but LaFleche is controlling the position.
Puno is trying to work for a single leg takedown but LaFleche pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Puno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
LaFleche misses with a wild body shot.
LaFleche tries to clinch but Puno is having none of it.
LaFleche misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - LaFleche scores with a four punch combination!
LaFleche moves into the clinch.
Puno is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from LaFleche.
LaFleche is trying to break free.
LaFleche looking to stall.
LaFleche is trying to break free.
Puno is trying to break free.
Puno could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
LaFleche stalling against the cage.
Puno breaks from the clinch.
Puno looks to clinch
and LaFleche moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puno misses with a body punch.
LaFleche stalling the fight.
Puno tries a knee to the head but LaFleche blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Puno.
Puno fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Acero Puno. That's going to take a lot out of him.
LaFleche prevents Puno from breaking the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Puno wants to get back to striking at distance but LaFleche won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Puno pulls guard.
Puno can't keep his opponent in guard - LaFleche advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Martin LaFleche will probably get the nod.
That's time! Puno's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
LaFleche wants to clinch up but Puno keeps it at a distance.
Puno tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and LaFleche cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Puno chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Puno looks to clinch
and LaFleche moves into the clinch.
LaFleche avoiding damage.
Puno fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Puno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LaFleche is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Puno is keeping busy.
LaFleche prevents a body shot from Puno.
Puno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puno is stalling here.
LaFleche wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Puno has him pressed against the cage.
Puno lands a nice knee to the body.
LaFleche blocks a body shot from Puno.
Puno wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but LaFleche has him pressed against the cage.
LaFleche just leaning against Puno, taking a breather.
Puno misses with a knee to the head.
Puno misses with a knee to the head.
LaFleche drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Puno gets the underhooks and prevents it.
LaFleche is breathing heavily.
That's two 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.
Puno stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
LaFleche leaning against his opponent.
Puno wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but LaFleche has him pressed against the cage.
Puno wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
LaFleche blocks a punch to the side of the head.
LaFleche wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Puno.
LaFleche is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
LaFleche wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Puno.
Puno misses with some punches.
Puno misses with the head strike.
LaFleche stalls.
Puno manages to break the clinch.
Puno tries to bum rush LaFleche with a series of wild strikes but LaFleche uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Puno looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Puno stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. LaFleche swivels though and keeps the full guard.
LaFleche looking to hit a scissor sweep but Puno is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LaFleche trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
LaFleche has control of Puno's left arm, preventing Puno from doing any damage.
LaFleche wants to sweep here but Puno controlling him for the moment.
Puno trying to control the position from guard on top but LaFleche is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
LaFleche working a defensive guard here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
LaFleche shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Puno as he avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
LaFleche misses with a takedown attempt - Puno sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Acero Puno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin LaFleche.
LaFleche gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Acero Puno dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Jab by LaFleche.
Puno blocks a jab.
Puno drives through and clinches with LaFleche against the cage.
Puno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Puno is leaning against LaFleche and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The referee calls for LaFleche to work.
LaFleche receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Puno tries to land a knee to the head but LaFleche blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Come on LaFleche - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Puno on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LaFleche stalling in the clinch but Puno improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martin LaFleche.
Puno rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but LaFleche moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
LaFleche thows a left - swing and a miss!
LaFleche misses with a body kick.
Puno tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and LaFleche counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by LaFleche.
LaFleche pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Puno is keeping the position for now.
LaFleche has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
LaFleche passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Puno's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
LaFleche looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Puno is avoiding damage well.
Puno struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puno is looking for a sweep.
Puno is not content to let LaFleche control the position.
LaFleche in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
LaFleche lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Puno down.
LaFleche is chipping away with strikes.
LaFleche throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
LaFleche works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
A lull in the action here.
Puno prevents LaFleche from moving into mount.
Puno struggling a bit here.
Puno is not content to let LaFleche control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
LaFleche working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puno defending against the ground and pound.
Puno is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
LaFleche advances to mount.
Puno working to try and regain half guard.
Puno is in a horrible position here. LaFleche smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Puno is rocked!
LaFleche lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Puno is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice elbow there by LaFleche.
LaFleche is in the full mount, landing strikes.
LaFleche looking to finish Puno with some ground and pound. This is bad for Puno!
LaFleche landing punches.
It looks like Acero Puno has been cut.
LaFleche scoring with strikes but Puno is staying in there.
LaFleche unloading with bombs!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puno taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LaFleche landing shots from mount.
LaFleche is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! LaFleche extends the arm and Puno is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Martin LaFleche!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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