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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Castle Irons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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168 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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162 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Castle Irons!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Bourque!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irons misses the jab.
Bourque throws a series of punches but Irons moves out of range.
Irons turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bourque throws a hook but Irons avoids it easily.
Irons forces Bourque back against the cage and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Irons.
Bourque tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bourque blocks an elbow strike.
Irons looking to throw knees to the head but Bourque is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Irons.
Irons keeps control of Bourque as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Irons displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bourque up against the cage.
Irons misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Irons lands a knee to the head.
Irons landing knees to the head.
It looks like Paul Bourque has been cut.
Irons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Irons landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Irons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Irons lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Irons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque is trying to break the clinch but Irons has him pressed against the cage.
Irons keeps control of Bourque as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Irons.
Irons is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Irons lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque wants to break the clinch but can't.
Irons scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bourque blocks an elbow strike.
Bourque has had enough of the clinch but Irons keeps him there for the moment.
Irons connects with a knee to the head.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.
Irons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Irons taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Irons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque can't break the clinch.
Bourque is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Irons misses with a knee to the head.
Irons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The referee calls for Irons to work.
Irons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourque blocks it with crossed arms.
Irons avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons misses with a knee to the head.
Irons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bourque's elbow.
Bourque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Irons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bourque has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Irons fails to land.
A knee to the head by Irons.
Bourque takes a knee right on the jaw!
Irons misses with a punch to the body.
Irons landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Irons with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bourque wants to break the clinch but can't.
Irons throws an elbow but it misses.
Bourque is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bourque is looking to break free of the clinch but Irons has double underhooks.
Irons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Irons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A bit of stalling here from Irons.
Irons keeps control of Bourque as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Irons keeps control of Bourque as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bourque wants to break free but Irons has control.
Irons misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Irons lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bourque wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Irons has him pressed against the cage.
Irons creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bourque's defenses.
Bourque wants to get back to striking at distance but Irons won't allow it.
Irons content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Castle Irons dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Bourque'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.
Bourque throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bourque throws a combination. Irons tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Castle Irons has been cut.
Irons throws a nice head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Irons.
Bourque misses with a two punch combination.
Irons tries to clinch up.
Irons scores with a jab to the body.
Bourque misses with a looping right.
Irons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Irons throws a sloppy head kick and Bourque moves out of range easily.
Bourque swats away the attempt to clinch by Irons.
Irons feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bourque's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons throws a nice head kick!
Bourque misses with a looping right.
Castle Irons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irons takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Irons finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A punch combination from Bourque misses.
Irons looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Irons throws a hook to the side of Bourque's head but Bourque sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bourque misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Irons swings for the body but Bourque moves out of range.
Irons tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bourque paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bourque does it's job there.
Irons throws a hook to the side of Bourque's head but Bourque sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bourque swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Irons clinches with his opponent.
Irons misses with an elbow strike.
Irons lands an elbow inside that Bourque shrugs off.
Irons lands an elbow just above Bourque 's eye.
That has opened up Paul Bourque's cut even more.
Irons with a knee to the head.
Irons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Irons has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bourque wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Irons working aggressively here.
Bourque letting Irons take a breather here.
Irons misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque wants to break free but Irons has control.
Irons trying to land knees to the body.
Bourque wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Irons has him pressed against the cage.
Irons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourque blocks it with crossed arms.
Irons lands an elbow just above Bourque 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Bourque fails to land.
Irons with a knee to the head.
Irons prevents Bourque from breaking the clinch.
Irons scores a nice knee to the body.
Bourque's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Irons landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bourque wants to get back to striking at distance but Irons won't allow it.
Bourque blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Irons lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque avoids a wild elbow strike from Irons.
Irons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Irons using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Irons struggles to land a body shot inside as Bourque controls his hands.
Bourque's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Irons lands a nice knee to the body.
Irons has Bourque pushed against the cage.
Irons gets through Bourque's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Irons tries a body shot but Bourque blocks it.
Bourque blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bourque has had enough of the clinch but Irons keeps him there for the moment.
Irons makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The cut above Paul Bourque's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Irons avoiding damage.
Irons connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Castle Irons dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Irons pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bourque blocks a jab.
Bourque moves out of range as Irons throws a body kick.
Bourque throws a right hand that Irons ducks under and follows up with a left that Irons also avoids with ease.
Bourque looks to land a left hand but Irons moved out of range nicely.
Irons throws a head kick but Bourque moves out of range.
Irons throws a jab but it's blocked by Bourque.
Bourque lands with a straight right. Irons didn't see that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Irons throws a wild body kick that Bourque sees coming a mile off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bourque checks a leg kick.
Irons misses with a low kick.
Irons misses with a jab to the body
letting Bourque counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons looks for the body kick but Bourque saw that one coming.
Bourque lands a head shot.
Bourque lands a jab to the head.
Irons is rocked!
Bourque connects with a stiff jab that staggers Irons - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Paul Bourque!
Paul Bourque is the new lightweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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