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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Youssef Hadji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hadji comes to the cage accompanied by The National Anthem of Morocco. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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182 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Youssef Hadji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David King!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King dodges the punch combination from Hadji.
Hadji scores with a crisp jab that stopped King in his tracks.
Hadji ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
Hadji avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
King misses the jab.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Hadji.
Hadji walks into a jab.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King throws a hook to the side of Hadji's head but Hadji sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hadji thows a body shot but no joy.
David King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hadji slips a straight right by King.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
King lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
King scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hadji lands with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hadji drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks King right on the button. King goes down! Hadji follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Hadji gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Youssef Hadji!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Zizzmen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sanitha Muralitharan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muralitharan has chosen The Sri Lankan National Anthem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Zizzmen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sanitha Muralitharan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zizzmen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Muralitharan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Muralitharan wants to pass the guard but Zizzmen is keeping the position.
Muralitharan gets to his feet - Zizzmen follows without any prompting.
Muralitharan throws a series of punches but Zizzmen moves out of range.
Zizzmen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zizzmen scores with a jab to the head.
Zizzmen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Sanitha Muralitharan has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zizzmen throws a series of punches but Muralitharan moves out of range.
Muralitharan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Zizzmen swivels and escapes.
A left and a right from Muralitharan both land. Nice combination.
Zizzmen dodges the punch combination from Muralitharan.
Muralitharan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zizzmen has time to react.
Muralitharan misses with a series of wild punches.
Muralitharan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zizzmen misses with a body shot.
Muralitharan tries to bum rush Zizzmen with a series of wild strikes but Zizzmen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Muralitharan throws the left hand but Zizzmen avoids the punch easily.
Zizzmen takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zizzmen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zizzmen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zizzmen digs a right hand underneath Muralitharan's ribcage. Muralitharan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zizzmen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Muralitharan looks gassed!
Good body shot from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen is leaning against Muralitharan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
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!
A body shot lands from Zizzmen.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zizzmen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zizzmen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zizzmen scores with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen is working Muralitharan over against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Muralitharans head.
Zizzmen is working Muralitharan over against the cage.
Muralitharan takes a shot to the head.
Muralitharan takes a shot to the head.
Zizzmen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zizzmen lands a shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen cracks Muralitharan with a nice body shot.
Zizzmen lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a body shot.
Zizzmen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muralitharan backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Zizzmen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen digs a right hand underneath Muralitharan's ribcage. Muralitharan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zizzmen lands a left hand.
A short body shot lands from Zizzmen as the two fighters clinch.
Zizzmen presses Muralitharan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands an uppercut.
Zizzmen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zizzmen pushes Muralitharan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zizzmen cracks Muralitharan with a nice body shot.
Zizzmen is working Muralitharan over against the cage.
Zizzmen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Muralitharan.
Zizzmen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Muralitharans head.
A left hand lands to the body for Zizzmen.
Zizzmen is working Muralitharan over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Zizzmen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen lands a body punch in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zizzmen lands with a right to the head.
Zizzmen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Muralitharan.
Zizzmen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zizzmen lands a body shot.
Zizzmen digs a right hand underneath Muralitharan's ribcage. Muralitharan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zizzmen lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Zizzmen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zizzmen lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zizzmen scores with a hook to the body.
Zizzmen scores with a hook to the body.
Zizzmen works on Muralitharan's body with a couple of short punches.
Zizzmen lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Zizzmen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sanitha Muralitharan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zizzmen fails to land with a series of punches.
Zizzmen scores with a one two! Muralitharan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Zizzmen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Muralitharan moves out of range of the strikes.
Muralitharan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muralitharan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Muralitharan misses with a double jab
and Zizzmen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zizzmen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Muralitharan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Muralitharan connects with a single shot there.
Zizzmen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Muralitharan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muralitharan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Muralitharan shoots for a double leg takedown but Zizzmen sprawls well. He's pushed Muralitharan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Joey Zizzmen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sanitha Muralitharan.
Muralitharan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zizzmen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zizzmen has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen pushes Muralitharan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zizzmen gets through Muralitharan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zizzmen presses Muralitharan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zizzmen lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Zizzmen.
Joey Zizzmen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Still in the clinch, Zizzmen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zizzmen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zizzmen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Muralitharan or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Zizzmen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zizzmen presses Muralitharan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Muralitharan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zizzmen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zizzmen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zizzmen lands a hook that snaps the head of Muralitharan backwards.
Zizzmen lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Muralitharan or not.
Zizzmen works on Muralitharan's body with a couple of short punches.
Zizzmen presses Muralitharan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zizzmen presses Muralitharan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zizzmen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zizzmen lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen scores with a shoulder strike.
Zizzmen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Muralitharan backwards.
Zizzmen lands a body punch.
Zizzmen works on Muralitharan's body with a couple of short punches.
Zizzmen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Muralitharan backwards.
Zizzmen lands with a left to the head.
Zizzmen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muralitharan can do to turn this around?
A right hand to the body from Zizzmen.
Good body shot from Zizzmen.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands with a left to the head.
Zizzmen scores with a hook to the body.
Zizzmen digs a right hand into Muralitharan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Muralitharan's gas tank.
Zizzmen lands a body punch.
Zizzmen lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muralitharan takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Zizzmen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zizzmen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Muralitharan backwards.
Zizzmen lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen scores with a hook to the body.
Zizzmen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Muralitharan backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A hook to the body from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a body shot.
A right hand to the body from Zizzmen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Zizzmen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sanitha Muralitharan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Zizzmen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zizzmen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Muralitharans head.
Nice body punch from Zizzmen.
Muralitharan has had enough of the clinch but Zizzmen keeps him there for the moment.
A short uppercut from Zizzmen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zizzmen.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zizzmen.
Muralitharan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zizzmen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zizzmen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Zizzmen.
Zizzmen digs a right hand into Muralitharan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Muralitharan's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zizzmen lands an uppercut.
Zizzmen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Muralitharan backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zizzmen works on Muralitharan's body with a couple of short punches.
Zizzmen pushes Muralitharan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Zizzmen - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Zizzmen.
A short body shot lands from Zizzmen as the two fighters clinch.
Zizzmen is leaning against Muralitharan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zizzmen is working Muralitharan over against the cage.
Muralitharan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zizzmen prevents it.
A right hook to the body lands for Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a shoulder strike.
Zizzmen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Muralitharan or not.
Zizzmen scores with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands with a short shot to the head.
Zizzmen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Zizzmen.
A nice left hand lands by Zizzmen.
Zizzmen digs a right hand underneath Muralitharan's ribcage. Muralitharan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zizzmen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Muralitharan or not.
A short body shot lands from Zizzmen as the two fighters clinch.
Zizzmen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Muralitharan or not.
Zizzmen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Muralitharan.
Zizzmen scores with a shoulder strike.
Zizzmen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zizzmen lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zizzmen gets through Muralitharan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands with a right to the head.
Zizzmen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zizzmen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zizzmen lands a shoulder strike.
Joey Zizzmen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zizzmen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zizzmen lands a hook that snaps the head of Muralitharan backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Muralitharan.
Sanitha Muralitharan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Zizzmen.
Zizzmen lands a body punch.
Zizzmen scores with a shoulder strike.
Zizzmen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zizzmen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zizzmen scores with a hook to the body.
Zizzmen is working Muralitharan over against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Zizzmen as the two fighters clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zizzmen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zizzmen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zizzmen digs a right hand into Muralitharan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Muralitharan's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Zizzmen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zizzmen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Zizzmen!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Softy McSofterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Softy McSofterson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fighters circle momentarily. McSofterson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Nick Morris has been cut.
Morris has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheers as McSofterson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morris doesn't seem phased though.
Morris lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McSofterson scores with the left hand. Morris knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab from McSofterson finds it's way through Morris's defenses.
Nick Morris's cut is getting worse.
Nice jab there from McSofterson.
Some wild striking there from McSofterson.
McSofterson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McSofterson swinging wilding here.
Morris shoots in for a takedown but McSofterson shows good takedown defense.
McSofterson throws a right and a left that Morris avoids nicely.
Morris misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McSofterson circles away from the clinch attempt.
McSofterson misses with a double jab.
McSofterson misses with a series of wild punches.
McSofterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Softy McSofterson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morris avoids the body shot from McSofterson.
Morris throws a series of punches but McSofterson moves out of range.
Morris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McSofterson counters with a three punch combo that has Morris backing up. Morris nods at McSofterson to acknowledge the strikes.
McSofterson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Morris swings away with a body shot that misses
and McSofterson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morris lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Morris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Morris.
Morris slips a jab and a cross from McSofterson.
McSofterson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McSofterson misses with a looping left.
Nick Morris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by McSofterson.
Nick Morris's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Morris lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McSofterson throws a series of punches but Morris moves out of range.
McSofterson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Nice defenses there by Morris.
McSofterson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morris counters with an outside leg kick.
McSofterson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morris counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Morris.
McSofterson looks gassed!
Morris lands a nice leg kick that just misses McSofterson's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSofterson blocks a head kick by Morris.
Morris drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The strikes coming from Morris are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Morris in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Morris throwing shots but missing, from side control.
You can see the frustration on McSofterson's face as Morris controls the position.
The strikes coming from Morris are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Morris throws a strike aimed at the side of McSofterson's head but McSofterson avoids it well.
McSofterson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Morris 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris wants to lay and pray for a moment but McSofterson keeps working.
McSofterson dodges the ground and pound from Morris.
Morris wants to control but McSofterson is keeping him busy.
Morris postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McSofterson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morris wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
McSofterson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Morris is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Softy McSofterson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Morris's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Morris looks to land a combination but McSofterson avoids it well.
McSofterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morris thows a left - swing and a miss!
McSofterson walks into a jab.
Morris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McSofterson.
McSofterson walks into a stiff left hand from Morris.
Morris throws a combination that misses
and McSofterson moves into the clinch.
Morris tries a knee to the head but McSofterson blocks it.
McSofterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Morris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morris tries to pull guard but McSofterson holds him up against the cage and eventually Morris drops back down to his feet.
Morris pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McSofterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morris swinging wilding here.
Softy McSofterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McSofterson.
Nick Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McSofterson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McSofterson takes a kick to the side of the head.
McSofterson misses with a combination
and Morris counters with a slapping leg kick.
Morris throws a quick head kick that skims the top of McSofterson's head.
Morris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McSofterson counters with a left and a right that stings Morris.
Morris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McSofterson's calf.
Morris tries a head kick but it misses.
Morris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McSofterson's waist but McSofterson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morris off to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries for a takedown but McSofterson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McSofterson is looking to clinch.
McSofterson misses with a wild body shot.
Morris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and McSofterson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morris moves away from the strike by McSofterson.
McSofterson looks to land a combination but Morris avoids it well.
Morris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morris jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McSofterson walks away with a smile on his face. Morris gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Decent striking displayed by McSofterson there.
Morris lands a jab to the head.
Morris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McSofterson misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris falls off balance throwing a combination
and McSofterson counters with a three punch combo that has Morris backing up. Morris nods at McSofterson to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morris gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jeez, Nick Morris's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
McSofterson throws a shot from downtown. Morris moves away and avoids it.
McSofterson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
McSofterson circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling McSofterson to counter with a crisp jab.
McSofterson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morris counters with a stiff right hand.
McSofterson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morris tries to close the distance and clinch but McSofterson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and McSofterson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morris fails to land with a series of punches.
McSofterson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nick Morris's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Softy McSofterson!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nigel McGuiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masahiko Kimura (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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265 lbs
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268 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nigel McGuiness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Masahiko Kimura!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura avoids a punch combination nicely.
McGuiness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McGuiness swings for the body but Kimura moves out of range.
Kimura looks to land a right hand but McGuiness moved out of range.
McGuiness swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGuiness uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kimura.
McGuiness tries to clinch up but Kimura circles away and keeps his distance.
Kimura scores with a takedown into McGuiness's guard.
Kimura working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kimura is in close to McGuiness's body, working some short punches and elbows.
It looks like Nigel McGuiness has been cut.
Kimura thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kimura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McGuiness works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McGuiness knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kimura on the ground.
McGuiness keeping full guard, as Kimura tries to pass.
McGuiness is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura prevents McGuiness from getting back to his feet.
McGuiness scrambles and gets back to his feet.
McGuiness throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kimura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big left from Kimura misses.
Kimura slips a jab and a cross from McGuiness.
McGuiness throws a right and a left that Kimura avoids nicely.
McGuiness displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kimura throws out the jab.
McGuiness is looking to clinch.
McGuiness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McGuiness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kimura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGuiness throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kimura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kimura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGuiness is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kimura lands a lovely overhand right.
Nigel McGuiness's cut is getting worse.
McGuiness displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kimura throws out the jab.
Kimura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGuiness sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kimura throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McGuiness stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kimura cracks McGuiness with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Kimura has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning McGuiness to stand back up!
McGuiness is rocked!
Kimura darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! McGuiness's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Kimura before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Masahiko Kimura!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dork Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dork Fish has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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202 lbs
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dork Fish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harry Balls!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish misses with a straight left.
Fish thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fish wants to clinch.
Fish scores with a nice head shot.
Fish checks a leg kick.
Fish tries to close the distance and clinch but Balls swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balls with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fish to score with a decent uppercut.
Fish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Balls paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fish misses with a wild body shot.
Balls getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fish tries to close the distance and clinch but Balls swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Fish misses.
Fish drops Balls with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Balls! Fish dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dork Fish!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Shadows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quer Tajik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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180 lbs
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Shadows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Quer Tajik!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shadows dodges the punch combination from Tajik.
Tajik wants to clinch.
Shadows looks to land a left hand but Tajik moved out of range nicely.
Tajik takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Shadows really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tajik ducks right into an uppercut from Shadows.
Nice straight punches there by Shadows. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shadows.
A jab from Tajik misses.
Tajik shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shadows scores with a body shot.
Shadows throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shadows lands a body shot.
Tajik walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shadows misses with a combination
and Tajik makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tajik has Shadows up against the cage in a clinch.
Tajik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shadows avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shadows throws a hook but Tajik avoids it easily.
Tajik misses with a jab to the body
and Shadows counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadows lands with a cross.
Tajik bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Shadows wants to get back to his feet.
Shadows parries the strikes from Tajik easily there. Tajik is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shadows to escape.
Tajik throws an elbow but Shadows slips to the side and avoids it well.
Shadows tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tajik trying to control the position but Shadows is working away.
Tajik cracks Shadows with a big right hand but Shadows just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Shadows tries to escape but Tajik is in control.
Shadows is not content to let Tajik control the position.
Tajik is trying to ground and pound but Shadows uses the momentary lack of control by Tajik to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tajik is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Shadows reverses the position - he's now on top in Tajik's guard.
Shadows passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Shadows trying to control from half guard but Tajik is working away.
Shadows stands up and beckons Tajik to join him on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tajik ducks under a wild hook from Shadows.
Shadows misses with a low kick.
Tajik avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tajik shoots in for a double leg but Shadows sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Shadows scores with a jab to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shadows.
Tajik moves out of range as Shadows strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Shadows 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Shadows misses with a wild body shot.
Shadows getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tajik walks into a stiff left hand from Shadows.
Tajik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shadows shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tajik connects with a jab.
Tajik throws a series of punches but Shadows moves out of range.
Shadows with a jab.
Shadows misses with a double jab
and Tajik counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shadows thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shadows throws a shot to the body.
Tajik ducks right into an uppercut from Shadows.
Shadows cracks Tajik with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Shadows misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tajik.
Tajik swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tajik lands an overhand right.
Tajik fails with a takedown attempt.
Shadows lands a head shot.
Shadows moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tajik has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
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!
Tajik lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Shadows backs up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shadows lands a head shot.
Max Shadows seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Shadows there.
Shadows moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Shadows bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tajik's head.
Shadows takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Shadows dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Shadows smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shadows stalks Tajik and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tajik's face. Tajik staggers backwards, shaken.
Shadows blocks a jab.
Max Shadows is winning the standup battle so far.
Tajik moves out of range as Shadows strikes.
Tajik misses with a low kick.
Tajik shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Shadows trying to hold on to Tajik's head to control him but Tajik postures up.
Shadows is pressing down on Tajik's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Shadows is looking to stand up but Tajik isn't so interested in that idea.
Tajik thows a big elbow that misses.
Shadows will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tajik landing with the ground and pound.
Tajik throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shadows works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tajik works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tajik throwing shots but Shadows is blocking nicely.
Tajik lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tajik misses with a head shot. Shadows uses the momentum to regain guard.
Tajik controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shadows has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Tajik off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Shadows ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shadows missing with a left hand there. Tajik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tajik avoids the head kick by Shadows.
Tajik looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Shadows connects with a nice looking jab.
Shadows lands with a right hand.
Shadows throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shadows throws an overhand right that lands on Tajik's shoulder, as Tajik tries to avoid the shot.
Shadows avoids the body shot from Tajik.
Max Shadows is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shadows lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Max Shadows is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shadows scores with a decent looking hook.
Tajik takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tajik gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shadows.
Shadows throws a hook but Tajik blocks it.
Shadows misses with a two punch combination.
Tajik walks into a stiff left hand from Shadows.
Shadows works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice cross by Shadows.
Shadows swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tajik slips under a jab from Shadows.
Shadows misses with a body shot.
Shadows swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tajik.
No joy there for Shadows, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tajik scores with a one two! Shadows had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Shadows throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tajik.
Tajik lands a jab to the nose.
Shadows scores with a sloppy right hand. Tajik should have avoided that one.
A big left from Tajik misses.
Shadows misses with a combination
and Tajik counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shadows.
Tajik tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shadows swivels and escapes.
Shadows throws a one two combo.
Shadows fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tajik on the side of the head.
Shadows is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Tajik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Shadows. No joy for Tajik on that attempt.
Max Shadows has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quer Tajik.
Tajik tries to clinch but Shadows moves out of range.
Shadows connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tajik closes the distance and clinches up with Shadows, looking for a takedown. Tajik pushes Shadows against the cage but Shadows circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tajik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shadows.
Shadows scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shadows moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shadows swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tajik counters with a two punch combo.
Shadows throws out a powerful jab.
Shadows scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shadows fails to land with a series of punches.
Tajik slips a jab and a cross from Shadows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Shadows dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Shadows throws the left hand but Tajik avoids the punch easily.
Tajik misses with the combination.
Tajik looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Shadows is looking for a sweep. Tajik is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tajik wants to free his trapped foot but Shadows is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Shadows pushes Tajik off and gets back to his feet.
Tajik shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Tajik throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Tajik breaks from Shadows's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Shadows blocking the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tajik fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tajik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tajik with good strikes from the mount here!
Shadows regains half guard.
Tajik landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tajik thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Shadows trying to hold on to Tajik's head to control him but Tajik postures up.
Tajik thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shadows's head.
Shadows is looking to escape.
Ground and pound from Tajik.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tajik is just content to waste time from the top position. Shadows takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Tajik in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tajik working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tajik lands a couple of digs.
Shadows is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tajik scoring with some ground and pound.
Tajik loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tajik won't allow Shadows to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tajik lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shadows tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tajik throws a big right hand that misses.
Tajik distracts Shadows with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tajik wants to pass the guard but Shadows is keeping the position.
Tajik postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tajik content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tajik cracks Shadows with a solid left hand.
Tajik postures up in Shadows's guard and throws a big left but Shadows blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tajik is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Shadows is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Shadows has escaped and now he's on top!
Shadows would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tajik not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Quer Tajik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tajik throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Quer Tajik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shadows 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Shadows!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre St Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asher Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Georges kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sandsnake by Skream & Cluekid. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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24
180 lbs
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182 lbs
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Asher Morris!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Georges fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morris fails to land the takedown.
Morris swats away the attempt to clinch by St Georges.
Morris defending well as St Georges loads up on a big left hand.
St Georges tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
St Georges tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morris fails with the takedown.
St Georges doesn't manage to clinch there - Morris circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Georges throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St Georges tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
Morris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
St Georges tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Georges misses with a series of wild punches.
St Georges fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morris looks gassed!
Morris fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pierre St Georges has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Asher Morris.
St Georges is looking to clinch but Morris is avoiding it.
St Georges closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
St Georges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St Georges is looking to clinch but Morris is avoiding it.
St Georges fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morris shoots in looking for a takedown. St Georges tries to sprawl out of it but Morris keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. St Georges manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pierre St Georges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morris circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Georges tries to clinch up but Morris circles away and keeps his distance.
St Georges has closed the distance and engaged Morris in a clinch.
St Georges effectively controlling the action here.
St Georges lands with a right to the head.
St Georges breaks from the clinch.
Morris dodges the punch combination from St Georges.
St Georges wants to clinch.
Morris tries for a takedown but St Georges sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Georges tries to clinch up but Morris circles away and keeps his distance.
Morris circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Georges tries to clinch up.
St Georges drives through and clinches with Morris against the cage.
St Georges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morris looking for a takedown.
St Georges lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morris backwards.
St Georges lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morris or not.
St Georges taking a breather.
St Georges lands a left hand.
It looks like Asher Morris has been cut.
St Georges lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Georges lands an uppercut.
St Georges lands with a light punch inside.
St Georges scores with a shot to the side of Morris's head.
St Georges is pressed up against the cage. Morris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag St Georges down to the mat. St Georges avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
St Georges is looking to clinch.
Pierre St Georges is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Georges tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Morris.
St Georges forces Morris back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from St Georges.
Morris can't get the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Georges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Georges doesn't manage to clinch there - Morris circles away.
St Georges scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morris doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Georges is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre St Georges dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Asher Morris's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
St Georges wants to clinch.
Pierre St Georges is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Georges is looking to clinch but Morris is avoiding it.
St Georges tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
St Georges tries to clinch there but Morris circles away.
St Georges keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morris circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Georges tries to close the distance and clinch but Morris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Georges wants to clinch up but Morris keeps it at a distance.
St Georges fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Georges is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Georges fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morris swats away the attempt to clinch by St Georges.
St Georges stuns Morris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St Georges is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morris swats away the attempt to clinch by St Georges.
St Georges tries to clinch there but Morris circles away.
St Georges moves into the clinch.
St Georges presses Morris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morris is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Georges is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morris tries for a takedown. No joy.
St Georges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Georges wants to clinch up but Morris keeps it at a distance.
St Georges tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
St Georges misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morris.
St Georges lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
No joy there for St Georges, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Georges tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St Georges tries to clinch there but Morris circles away.
St Georges is looking to clinch but Morris is avoiding it.
St Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. St Georges looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
St Georges is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
St Georges wants to control but Morris is keeping busy.
Morris is looking for a kimura here.
St Georges wants to get back to his feet.
Morris wants to stand but St Georges has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
St Georges makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
St Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Georges misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris swats away the attempt to clinch by St Georges.
St Georges throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morris avoids the body shot from St Georges.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Morris.
Pierre St Georges has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Asher Morris.
St Georges throws a hook to the side of Morris's head but Morris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Georges has closed the distance and engaged Morris in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by St Georges.
St Georges breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Morris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre St Georges dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Asher Morris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
St Georges tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
Morris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Morris stopping the sweep attempt from St Georges.
St Georges is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
St Georges is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Morris is squirming around, avoiding St Georges's attempts to control the action.
St Georges controlling from mount.
Morris is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris gets back to half guard.
St Georges is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Morris has managed to free his arm - good work.
Morris with the active half guard here but St Georges passes nicely into side control.
Morris takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Georges working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
St Georges decides to stand back up. St Georges steps back and let's Morris get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris slips a jab and a cross from St Georges.
St Georges fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morris misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pierre St Georges has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Asher Morris.
Morris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Georges.
Pierre St Georges is winning the standup battle so far.
St Georges tries to clinch up but Morris circles away and keeps his distance.
St Georges tries to clinch up but Morris circles away and keeps his distance.
St Georges tries to clinch up.
St Georges wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morris fails with the takedown.
St Georges tries to clinch up but Morris circles away and keeps his distance.
Morris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Georges.
Morris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St Georges tries to avoid it but Morris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St Georges to the ground. St Georges escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St Georges takes the fight into the clinch.
St Georges manages to break the clinch.
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.
St Georges wants to clinch.
St Georges fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Georges tries to close the distance and clinch but Morris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
St Georges 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.
St Georges is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morris is controlling him.
Asher Morris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St Georges lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morris!
Pierre St Georges is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre St Georges showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for St Georges, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre St Georges!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kaz Shiroma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Zero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shiroma comes into the arena with Red Warrior blaring out of the sound system. Kaz Shiroma could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Abel Zero's chin.
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195 lbs
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaz Shiroma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Abel Zero!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shiroma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zero.
Nice uppercut lands for Shiroma. That snapped Zero's head back.
A head kick misses from Zero.
Zero chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shiroma misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Shiroma knocks Zero out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kaz Shiroma!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ilari Hurma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Kazama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hurma's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Yello - Oh Yeah. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ilari Hurma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Akira Kazama!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazama shoots in but no luck this time.
Hurma misses with a body shot.
Kazama scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kazama wants to pass the guard but Hurma is defending well.
Hurma keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hurma keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Kazama has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hurma is looking to escape.
Kazama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kazama moves into full mount! Hurma won't be happy about that!
Hurma on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hurma tries to get out of the position.
Kazama lands a heavy elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurma is trying desperately to improve position.
Kazama in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kazama thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kazama lands a heavy elbow.
Kazama cracks Hurma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kazama throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kazama thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kazama cracks Hurma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Poor strikes thrown by Kazama there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kazama throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hurma because Kazama loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazama throws some wild stikes that Hurma manages to avoid easily.
Kazama looking to finish with strikes here!
Kazama misses with some ground and pound and Hurma recovers position to half guard.
Hurma knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kazama on the ground.
Kazama tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hurma knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ground and pound from Kazama.
Kazama winds up and cracks Hurma with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kazama is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hurma!
Hurma squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazama pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hurma wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kazama.
Kazama punching from mount but Hurma doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kazama misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hurma can't escape the position.
Kazama throws some wild stikes that Hurma manages to avoid easily.
Kazama throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kazama thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hurma wants to try and get back to his feet.
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.
Kazama working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kazama prevents Hurma from getting the reversal.
Kazama thowing shots but they're missing.
Hurma holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kazama tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hurma is looking to improve his position but Kazama isn't that keen on the idea.
Kazama unloads with some shots from mount but Hurma bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hurma's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akira Kazama dominated that round.
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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hurma.
Hurma doesn't manage to clinch there - Kazama circles away.
Hurma misses with a series of wild punches.
Hurma lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Kazama sprawling to the canvas. Hurma follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Kazama hang on?
Kazama is rocked!
It looks like Akira Kazama has been cut.
Hurma tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Kazama misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hurma wants to control but Kazama is keeping him busy.
Kazama makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kazama.
Kazama looking for a sweep. Not yet Kazama, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurma has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kazama manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kazama is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kazama throwing strikes here but Hurma is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kazama throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kazama misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hurma wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Kazama looking to finish Hurma with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hurma!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurma is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kazama throwing strikes here but Hurma is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kazama working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kazama scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hurma?
Hurma avoids a strike by Kazama and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Kazama's guard! Fantastic escape!
Kazama tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kazama looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hurma passes into half guard.
Kazama is breathing heavily.
Hurma prevents Kazama from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurma is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kazama!
Kazama really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kazama is squirming around, avoiding Hurma's attempts to control the action.
Hurma controlling the position easily from mount.
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.
Kazama really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kazama is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kazama tries to lock up and control but Hurma gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hurma content just to control the position here.
Kazama is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ilari Hurma dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Akira Kazama's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Hurma throws a series of punches but Kazama avoids them all with ease.
Hurma wants to clinch up but Kazama keeps it at a distance.
Hurma throws a body punch but Kazama moves out of range.
Hurma waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Kazama.
Hurma lands with an overhand left.
Hurma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hurma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hurma darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fighters circling - Hurma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kazama takes one to the chin there.
Kazama ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hurma cracks Kazama with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Kazama falls to his knees and Hurma doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilari Hurma!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jafar Agrabah (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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160 lbs
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KO power |
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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
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leonard Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jafar Agrabah!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Agrabah throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Khan.
Agrabah circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Khan drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Agrabah follows Khan to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jafar Agrabah!
Jafar Agrabah is the new lightweight champion!
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