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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulie Greene (ranked 871 p4p, 1029 weight class) and Godefroy Courtial (ranked 83 p4p, 95 weight class). Greene comes to the cage accompanied by Im Shipping Up To Boston. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulie Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene misses with a looping right.
Courtial fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Greene misses with a head kick.
Courtial takes one to the chin there.
Greene jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Courtial throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Greene walks into a left hand.
A slapping body kick lands there for Greene.
A big left from Greene misses.
Godefroy Courtial seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Courtial there.
Courtial uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greene.
Courtial missing with a left hand there. Greene was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Greene looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greene manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Courtial misses its intended target.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Courtial lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Courtial.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene lands a nice looking kick to the body. Courtial takes a step back to recover.
Courtial throws a hook but Greene blocks it.
Courtial tries to close the distance and clinch but Greene swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Greene moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Greene throws a wild body kick that Courtial sees coming a mile off.
Greene slips a jab from Courtial.
Courtial jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Greene throws a front kick aimed at Courtial's knee but Courtial avoids it well.
Courtial misses with an uppercut.
Courtial steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Greene.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Courtial takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Courtial 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.
Courtial throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Courtial turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Greene misses with a low kick as Courtial jumps back.
Greene jabs Courtial to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Courtial tests Greene's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Courtial walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Greene checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Greene thumps Courtial with a low kick.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Greene lets loose with a powerful body kick. Courtial will feel that in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greene is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick lands for Greene.
Courtial cracks a nice hook into Greene's ribs.
A clash of legs there as Greene blocks the low kick.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greene manages to avoid it.
As Courtial backs away, Greene returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Courtial connects with a single shot there.
Greene takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Greene takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Greene is looking to land body kicks.
Greene moves out of range as Courtial strikes.
Courtial takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Courtial throws a body shot but no joy.
Greene avoids the body shot from Courtial.
Courtial throws a hook to the side of Greene's head but Greene sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Greene tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Courtial was well out of range. Poor timing from Greene.
Greene misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Greene was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
As Courtial backs away, Greene returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Courtial throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Courtial gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.
Courtial lands a hook that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Courtial breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Courtial jabs Greene to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Greene takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Greene punishes Courtial's body with a nice straight punch.
Courtial misses with a head kick.
Greene misses with a looping left.
Courtial unleashes a big counter combination but Greene bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Courtial gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Greene fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Courtial looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Courtial misses with a straight left.
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!
Greene does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Greene explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Courtial has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Greene.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Greene.
Greene takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Courtial lands a leg kick that knocks Greene off balance momentarily.
Greene throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Courtial! But no joy.
Greene misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Courtial.
Courtial doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Courtial takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Greene thows a body kick. Courtial tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Greene misses with the combination.
Greene scores with a nice strike.
Greene moves out of range as Courtial strikes.
As Courtial backs away, Greene returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Courtial scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Courtial throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Greene sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Greene moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Godefroy Courtial will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jab, jab by Courtial - just one landing.
Courtial throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Greene darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Greene checks a leg kick nicely.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Courtial in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Courtial fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Greene is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Greene misses the target.
Greene swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Courtial connects with a nice looking jab.
Greene scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Greene lands with an overhand left.
Greene scores with a jab. Courtial acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Courtial scores with a punch to the head.
Greene slips a jab and a cross from Courtial.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greene attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Courtial throws a quick inside leg kick.
Courtial throws a hook but Greene avoids it easily.
Greene misses with the combination.
Courtial appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Greene looks to throw the jab but Courtial is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene ducks right into an uppercut from Courtial.
Greene slips a straight right by Courtial.
Courtial looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Courtial scores with a punch to the head.
Greene throws a hook but Courtial avoids it easily.
Courtial appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Greene looks to land a combination but Courtial avoids it well.
Greene slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Greene looks to land a left hand but Courtial moved out of range nicely.
Courtial slips under a jab.
Greene avoids the head kick by Courtial.
A slow jab from Courtial misses its intended target.
Greene avoids the body shot from Courtial.
Greene with a nice cross.
Courtial bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Courtial throws a hook but Greene avoids it easily.
Greene throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Courtial cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Courtial throws the kick towards the body but Greene avoids it.
Courtial scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Godefroy Courtial seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Greene.
Courtial slips under a jab from Greene.
Greene misses with a looping right.
Courtial swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Greene scores with a decent looking hook.
Courtial throws a sloppy head kick and Greene moves out of range easily.
Greene slips under a jab.
Courtial throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Greene lands with a good body shot.
Greene throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Courtial paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Greene misses with a straight left.
Greene stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Greene connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Courtial lands the left hand.
Greene moves out of range of the strikes.
Courtial throws an overhand right that lands on Greene's shoulder, as Greene tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Courtial ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Greene moves away.
It appears Greene was looking to counter with a kick there.
Courtial takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Greene was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
A big left from Courtial misses.
Greene throws a chopping leg kick but Courtial manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A good leg kick by Courtial.
Greene scores with a sloppy right hand. Courtial should have avoided that one.
Courtial blocks a low kick nicely.
A nice side step and Courtial releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Courtial throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Courtial misses with a low kick.
Greene uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Courtial.
Courtial dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Courtial paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Greene throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Courtial defending well as Greene loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Greene.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Greene does a little dance to reset his feet.
Greene staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Courtial slips under a jab.
Greene pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Greene works Courtial's body with a nice hook.
Greene throws a head kick that misses.
Courtial misses the shot to the body.
Greene throws out a leg kick but Courtial moves out of range and Greene only half commits.
Courtial cracks a nice hook into Greene's ribs.
Courtial moves out of range as Greene throws a body kick.
Greene moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greene takes one to the chin there.
Greene misses with an uppercut.
Courtial throws a low kick but it's checked well by Greene.
Greene on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Godefroy Courtial will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Courtial clinches up with Greene and pushes him back against the cage.
Greene pushes off an throws an elbow but Courtial leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Greene throws an elbow that misses.
Courtial tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Courtial misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial misses with a punch on the inside.
Greene tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Greene tries to land knees in the clinch but Courtial avoids the damage to the body.
Greene misses with a hook to the ribs.
Greene misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Courtial.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Courtial.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene misses with a punch on the inside.
Courtial can't find room to land a body shot as Greene controls the action.
Courtial lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Courtial creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Greene misses with an elbow strike.
Courtial blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Courtial lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Courtial.
Courtial scores with a hook to the body.
Courtial breaks the clinch.
Greene cracks a nice hook into Courtial's ribs.
Courtial lands a right hook to the body.
Greene throws a sloppy head kick and Courtial moves out of range easily.
Courtial listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A combination from Courtial does no damage.
Courtial scores with a head kick.
Courtial looks to score with a jab to the body but Greene is just out of range.
Courtial throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Greene.
Greene takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Courtial jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Greene lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Courtial comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Courtial throws a lazy right hand but Greene sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paulie Greene has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial digs a good body shot into Greene's ribs.
Greene throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Courtial has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Greene.
A big left from Courtial misses.
Greene does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greene manages to avoid it.
Greene looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Greene scores with a jab. Courtial acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Courtial swings for the body but Greene moves out of range.
Greene misses with a body shot.
Courtial let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Courtial slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Greene on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Greene showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Courtial.
Greene throws a nice outside leg kick.
Greene takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Godefroy Courtial is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial thumps Greene with a low kick.
Greene fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Courtial checks it well.
Courtial lands a body shot.
Courtial scores with a jab. Greene acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Greene looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A chopping leg kick lands by Greene.
Courtial throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Courtial's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Greene connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Courtial scrambles back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Courtial!
Greene throws a lazy right hand but Courtial sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Courtial throws a hook but Greene avoids it easily.
Greene shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Courtial throws out a counter right but Greene avoids it with no problem.
Courtial misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Greene lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Courtial looks to score with a jab to the body but Greene is just out of range.
Greene throws a leg kick but Courtial sees it coming and moves out of range.
Greene takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Courtial misses.
Greene feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Greene looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Courtial lands a slapping body shot.
A jab from Courtial misses.
Courtial keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Courtial misses with a low kick.
Courtial lands a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Courtial.
Greene looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Courtial misses with a wild combination.
Greene looks to land a combination but Courtial avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Courtial! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greene throws a big shot that misses.
Greene misses with a low kick as Courtial jumps back.
Greene throws a wild body kick that Courtial sees coming a mile off.
Courtial connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Greene's hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Godefroy Courtial comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Courtial has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Godefroy Courtial!
In defeat, Paulie Greene stepped up to the mic, saying 'Im Sorry Everyone, I’m Disappointed '.
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