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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Godefroy Courtial (ranked 981 p4p, 854 weight class) and Tom Bickle (ranked 101 p4p, 91 weight class). 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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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Bickle!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle takes one to the chin there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bickle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Courtial lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Bickle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bickle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bickle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bickle pushes Courtial back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bickle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Courtial in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Courtial.
Bickle misses with the head strike.
Courtial can't find room to land a body shot as Bickle controls the action.
Bickle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bickle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Courtials head.
Bickle landing knees to the head.
It looks like Godefroy Courtial has been cut.
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!
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Courtial breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Courtial has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Deathsquad in the buildup to the fight.
Courtial dips to his left and cracks Bickle with an uppercut!
Courtial with a jab.
Bickle clobbers Courtial with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bickle has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bickle takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle moves into range and clinches up with Courtial.
Bickle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Courtial has a couple of punches blocked by Bickle.
A short right from Bickle on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Courtial.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Courtial.
Courtial lands a nice shot to the body.
Courtial doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Courtial breaks from the clinch.
Courtial has managed to clinch.
Bickle misses with some punches.
Courtial can't find room to land a body shot as Bickle controls the action.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Courtial's elbow.
Courtial lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Courtial lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Courtial blocking some punches.
Bickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Courtial.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bickle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bickle blocks an uppercut.
Courtial tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bickle's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bickle.
Bickle gets through Courtial's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Bickle.
Courtial tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bickle's elbow.
Courtial misses with a hook to the ribs.
Courtial lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Courtial misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Courtial.
Courtial swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Courtial struggles to land a body shot inside as Bickle controls his hands.
Courtial lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Courtial misses with a punch to the body.
Bickle misses with a knee strike.
Bickle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bickle lands an uppercut.
Courtial throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Courtial throws a head punch that misses.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Courtial tries a body shot but Bickle blocks it.
Bickle blocks a body shot from Courtial.
Courtial misses with the head strike.
Bickle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bickle misses with a body punch.
Courtial breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bickle tries to clinch up but Courtial circles away and keeps his distance.
Courtial throws a combination that misses
and Bickle counters with a nice low kick that buckles Courtial's knee momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Bickle misses the target.
Bickle tries to clinch there but Courtial circles away.
Courtial circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Courtial misses the target.
Courtial with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bickle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Courtial moves away.
Courtial just misses with a punch to the body.
Bickle tries to clinch but Courtial is having none of it.
Courtial's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bickle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Courtial scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bickle misses with a hook. Courtial ducked under it nicely.
Courtial throws a jab when Bickle was well out of range.
Courtial swings for the body but Bickle moves out of range.
Bickle scores with a jab. Courtial acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Courtial waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bickle.
Courtial takes a swing at Bickle's ribcage but misses.
Bickle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Courtial.
Bickle looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bickle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Courtial manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Courtial jabs Bickle to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Courtial takes one to the chin there.
Bickle throws a lazy right hand but Courtial sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Courtial's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bickle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Courtial scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bickle with a hook.
Bickle is looking to clinch but Courtial is avoiding it.
Courtial keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Courtial appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Courtial misses with a double jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Godefroy Courtial will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Courtial takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Courtial catches Bickle with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bickle cracks Courtial with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bickle throws a hook but Courtial avoids it easily.
Bickle misses with a left hand
and Courtial counters with a slapping leg kick.
Courtial swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bickle counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Bickle misses the target.
Godefroy Courtial is winning the standup battle so far.
Bickle throws a body punch but Courtial moves out of range.
It looked like Courtial wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bickle is looking to clinch but Courtial is avoiding it.
Courtial swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bickle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jab from Courtial.
Courtial tries to land a leg kick but Bickle saw it coming and moves away.
Bickle now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Courtial throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bickle misses with a few strikes there.
Courtial was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Courtial moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bickle darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Courtial swings for the body but Bickle moves out of range.
Courtial checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial throws a sloppy head kick and Bickle moves out of range easily.
Courtial keeps the fight on the outside.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch but Courtial swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Courtial checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Courtial scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Godefroy Courtial seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bickle is looking to clinch.
Bickle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bickle misses the jab.
Courtial appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Courtial lands a slapping body shot.
Bickle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bickle scores with a jab to the head.
Courtial throws a leg kick but Bickle moved away.
Courtial slips a straight right by Bickle.
Bickle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bickle is looking to clinch.
Bickle looks to throw the jab but Courtial is out of range.
It looked like Courtial wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bickle swings for the body but Courtial moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bickle looks to land a left hand but Courtial moved out of range nicely.
Bickle gets a clinch.
Courtial lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Bickle tries to work over Courtial's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bickle misses with some punches.
Bickle misses with a punch to the body.
Bickle lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bickle's elbow.
Courtial tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bickle's elbow.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial can't break the clinch.
Courtial blocking some punches.
Courtial blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Courtial.
Courtial misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Bickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bickle.
Courtial tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Courtial.
Bickle blocks an uppercut.
Bickle misses with the head strike.
Courtial lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bickle misses with some punches.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Courtial.
Courtial doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle scores with a shoulder strike.
Courtial can't find room to land a body shot as Bickle controls the action.
Courtial swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bickle can't find room to land a body shot as Courtial controls the action.
Courtial's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Courtial misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bickle looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bickle scores with a hook to the body. Courtial takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Courtial stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bickle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Courtial doesn't seem bothered though.
Courtial misses with an uppercut. Bickle saw that one coming.
Nice straight punches there by Courtial. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Courtial.
Courtial throws an off balance right hand
letting Bickle counter with a right hand.
Courtial walks into a jab.
Courtial just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Bickle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Courtial 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.
Courtial throws a jab but it's blocked by Bickle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bickle! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Courtial digs a good body shot into Bickle's ribs.
Courtial moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Courtial lands a jab to Bickle's midsection.
Courtial misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bickle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tom Bickle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bickle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bickle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Bickle blocking some punches.
Courtial tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bickle's elbow.
Bickle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Courtial misses with a hook from the clinch.
Courtial misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bickle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bickle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Courtial uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Courtial fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle blocks an uppercut.
Bickle lands a right hand.
Bickle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Courtial backwards.
Courtial lands with a short shot to the head.
Bickle misses with the head strike.
Courtial digs a right hand into Bickle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bickle's gas tank.
Courtial misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bickle cracks Courtial with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from Courtial.
Courtial pushes Bickle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
Bickle misses with a knee to the head.
Bickle misses with a body punch.
Courtial working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Courtial breaks the clinch.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Courtial paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Courtial slips a jab from Bickle.
Sloppy strikes from Courtial. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle just misses with a punch to the body.
Courtial throws a leg kick that misses.
Bickle uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Courtial has time to react.
Courtial lands the left hand.
Courtial works Bickle's body with a nice hook.
Bickle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bickle feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Courtials jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Courtial lands with a shot to the body.
Bickle throws a shot from downtown. Courtial moves away and avoids it.
Bickle throws a hook but Courtial blocks it.
Courtial moves into range and clinches up with Bickle.
A short left from Courtial.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
Tom Bickle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Courtial doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Courtial struggles to land a body shot inside as Bickle controls his hands.
Bickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Courtial.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Courtial.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
Bickle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bickle blocks a body shot from Courtial.
Courtial breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good work by Bickle as he checks the leg kick.
Courtial looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Courtial uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bickle has time to react.
Courtial tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Courtial throws out a loose jab but Bickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Courtial throws a shot to the body.
Bickle clinches up against the cage.
Bickle lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Courtial fails to land.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Courtial.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial throws a head punch that misses.
Courtial blocks a body shot from Bickle.
Courtial managing to block the knees to the body from Bickle.
Courtial tries to throw a body punch but Bickle avoids it by throwing Courtial back against the cage.
Bickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Courtial.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Courtial lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Courtial fails to land.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Courtial.
Courtial scores with a shoulder strike.
Courtial pushes Bickle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Courtial lands with a left to the head.
Courtial misses with the head strike.
Bickle pushes Courtial back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bickle blocks a body shot from Courtial.
Bickle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bickle.
Courtial takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Courtial manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Godefroy Courtial showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Courtial 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Godefroy Courtial!
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