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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rick Greaves (ranked 4677 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eobard Vikkus (ranked 21341 p4p, 0 weight class). Eobard Vikkus will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rick Greaves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eobard Vikkus!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vikkus avoids the body shot from Greaves.
Vikkus moves into the clinch successfully.
Vikkus stalling against the cage.
Greaves is looking to take this one to the mat.
Greaves drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vikkus gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Greaves breaks from the clinch.
Greaves bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Vikkus bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vikkus tries to sprawl but Greaves drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Vikkus pushes Greaves off and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vikkus shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greaves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vikkus sprawls well. Vikkus wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Greaves gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Greaves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Greaves lands a right hook to the body.
Vikkus throws a sloppy head kick and Greaves moves out of range easily.
Greaves darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Vikkus is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Greaves's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Greaves's back!
Greaves is breathing heavily.
Vikkus keeps control of the position easily here as Greaves tries to buck him off.
Vikkus is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vikkus punches the canvas rather than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greaves wants to get back to his feet.
Vikkus has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Greaves's body.
Vikkus is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Greaves defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Greaves is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vikkus has good solid back control here.
Greaves manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
Greaves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vikkus.
Vikkus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Greaves.
Vikkus clinches.
Greaves trying to control the position but instead, Vikkus has worked for underhooks and has pushed Greaves into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greaves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Greaves misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vikkus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vikkus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Greaves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rick Greaves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vikkus leaves Greaves with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eobard Vikkus dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Greaves fails with a takedown attempt.
Vikkus shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Greaves as he avoids it easily.
Greaves closes the distance and pushes Vikkus back into the cage.
Vikkus jumps guard but Greaves turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Greaves looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Greaves breaks from the clinch.
Greaves pushes Vikkus up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vikkus avoids the elbow strike from Greaves, against the cage.
Vikkus pulls Greaves into guard.
Greaves wants to control from the top but Vikkus keeps moving.
Vikkus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greaves throwing strikes but missing.
Greaves throwing strikes from guard but Vikkus blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vikkus will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Greaves decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Vikkus, up you get!
Vikkus rushes Greaves and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vikkus ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Vikkus no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Greaves stops Vikkus from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vikkus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Vikkus is trying to keep Greaves in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vikkus is breathing heavily.
Greaves trying to control the position from guard on top but Vikkus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vikkus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vikkus thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vikkus throwing short punches from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Greaves leaves Vikkus with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
As Vikkus looks to move away, Greaves throws a big counter combo but Vikkus just gets out of the way.
Rick Greaves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eobard Vikkus.
Greaves drives through and clinches with Vikkus against the cage.
Vikkus drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Greaves is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vikkus keeps control of Greaves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
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.
Greaves misses with some punches.
Greaves tries to break the clinch but Vikkus is controlling the position.
Vikkus manages to break the clinch.
Greaves shoots in and gets a takedown into Vikkus's guard.
Greaves sitting in guard here, content to control.
Greaves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vikkus wants to get back to his feet but Greaves passes into half guard.
Vikkus scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Greaves manages to mount him!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Greaves raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Greaves dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Vikkus shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Greaves defends it nicely.
Greaves throws a nice looking combination but Vikkus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Greaves throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Vikkus.
Greaves is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vikkus's half guard.
Greaves looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greaves throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vikkus is pressing down on Greaves's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Vikkus is trying to control the position but Greaves postures up.
Vikkus had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Greaves defends it easily.
Vikkus keeping full guard, as Greaves tries to pass.
Greaves controls from within his opponent's guard.
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.
Vikkus has Greaves pulled in close to control his posture.
Greaves wants to control from the top but Vikkus keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Greaves defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vikkus.
Vikkus tries to clinch
and Greaves counters with a one-two to the body.
Greaves looking to score a takedown here. Vikkus is defending well but Greaves drives through and ends up in Vikkus's guard.
Vikkus kicks Greaves off and gets to his feet.
Greaves shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vikkus pinned against the cage. Vikkus gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vikkus is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vikkus shoots for a takedown but Greaves saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rick Greaves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eobard Vikkus.
Greaves changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vikkus shoots in for a takedown but Greaves shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Vikkus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Greaves drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Greaves wants to control from the top but Vikkus keeps moving.
Vikkus manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Greaves manages to get himself to full guard.
Greaves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vikkus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vikkus stands up from Greaves's guard - Vikkus perhaps looking for a knockout.
Vikkus fails with a takedown attempt.
Greaves feints a jab promting Vikkus to slip. Greaves then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Vikkus slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Greaves leaves Vikkus with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
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!
Greaves digs a good body shot into Vikkus's ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Greaves showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Greaves has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Greaves!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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