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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed al Hadj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Grand Jacques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Hadj comes to the cage accompanied by Lebanon. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mohamed al Hadj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gilbert Grand Jacques!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by al Hadj.
al Hadj gets tackled into the cage by Grand Jacques. Grand Jacques maintains the clinch.
al Hadj makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grand Jacques's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Grand Jacques shrugs off.
al Hadj misses with a knee strike.
al Hadj landing knees to the head.
al Hadj blocks a body shot from Grand Jacques.
al Hadj using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grand Jacques in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grand Jacques looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grand Jacques's face.
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Grand Jacques using the Thai plumb to throw knees but al Hadj has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Grand Jacques takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands a shoulder strike.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grand Jacques's defenses.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Grand Jacques shrugs off.
al Hadj landing some nice looking knees to the body.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grand Jacques's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
Grand Jacques throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but al Hadj blocks it with crossed arms.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grand Jacques's defenses.
Knees to the body from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grand Jacques letting al Hadj take a breather here.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grand Jacques in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grand Jacques takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grand Jacques's defenses.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Grand Jacques shrugs off.
Grand Jacques jumps guard but al Hadj stands there with Grand Jacques around his waist. Grand Jacques gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj avoiding damage.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Grand Jacques in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grand Jacques's defenses.
al Hadj softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grand Jacques swings wildly with an uppercut but al Hadj uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grand Jacques creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grand Jacques using the Thai plumb to throw knees but al Hadj has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj scores with a shoulder strike.
al Hadj scores with a knee to the head.
Grand Jacques throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but al Hadj blocks it with crossed arms.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands with a short shot to the head.
al Hadj putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grand Jacques in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Grand Jacques in his tracks for a moment.
Grand Jacques drops down looking for an ankle pick but al Hadj pulls his leg out and moves away.
al Hadj connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grand Jacques stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from al Hadj.
al Hadj looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
al Hadj throws a good cross that connects.
al Hadj throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from al Hadj.
al Hadj fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grand Jacques.
al Hadj throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Grand Jacques.
A kick lands to the mid section there for al Hadj.
al Hadj connects with a leg kick. Grand Jacques looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj lands a nice looking body shot.
al Hadj gets a clinch.
al Hadj connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grand Jacques's face.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grand Jacques's defenses.
al Hadj works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj keeps control of Grand Jacques as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
al Hadj lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
al Hadj scores with a knee to the head.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
Grand Jacques has had enough of the clinch but al Hadj keeps him there for the moment.
Grand Jacques is trying to work for a single leg takedown but al Hadj pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mohamed al Hadj has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilbert Grand Jacques.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
al Hadj is pushing Grand Jacques up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Grand Jacques is trying to break the clinch but al Hadj has him pressed against the cage.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohamed al Hadj dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
al Hadj connects with a high kick.
Gilbert Grand Jacques is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
al Hadj just misses with a punch to the body.
al Hadj slaps away a takedown attempt from Grand Jacques, before circling back to the center of the mat.
al Hadj lands with a kick to the ribs.
al Hadj is looking to slow Grand Jacques down with leg kicks.
Grand Jacques has taken the fight to the clinch.
Grand Jacques working aggressively here.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, al Hadj creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj just leaning against Grand Jacques, taking a breather.
Grand Jacques throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but al Hadj blocks it with crossed arms.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Grand Jacques in his tracks for a moment.
Grand Jacques has a couple of punches blocked by al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Grand Jacques in his tracks for a moment.
Mohamed al Hadj has scored more points in the clinch so far.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Grand Jacques shrugs off.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grand Jacques tries to land knees in the clinch but al Hadj avoids the damage to the body.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Grand Jacques tries for a takedown but al Hadj manages to get underhooks.
Grand Jacques is trying to break the clinch but al Hadj has him pressed against the cage.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands a nice knee to the body.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Grand Jacques shrugs off.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
Grand Jacques has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. al Hadj is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mohamed al Hadj has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilbert Grand Jacques.
al Hadj scores with a knee to the head.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Grand Jacques in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
Grand Jacques tries for a takedown. No joy.
al Hadj lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
al Hadj is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grand Jacques goes for a takedown in the clinch but al Hadj prevents it.
Grand Jacques misses with an elbow strike.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grand Jacques lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on al Hadj - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands a nice knee to the body.
al Hadj lands an uppercut.
al Hadj keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grand Jacques's efforts to push away.
Grand Jacques drops to a knee looking for a takedown but al Hadj gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Come on al Hadj - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
al Hadj pushes Grand Jacques back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grand Jacques is trying to drag al Hadj to the mat but al Hadj just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grand Jacques throws an elbow but it misses.
Grand Jacques breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grand Jacques gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grand Jacques creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Grand Jacques shrugs off.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grand Jacques throws a punch but it's blocked by al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Grand Jacques shrugs off.
al Hadj just leaning against Grand Jacques, taking a breather.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A head punch on the inside from Grand Jacques fails to land.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
Grand Jacques throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
The referee calls for al Hadj to work.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Grand Jacques is trying to work for a single leg takedown but al Hadj pulls him back up using the underhooks.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Grand Jacques wants to break free but al Hadj has control.
al Hadj scores with a shoulder strike.
Grand Jacques throws an elbow that misses.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Grand Jacques in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
Grand Jacques tries to break the clinch but al Hadj is controlling the position.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Grand Jacques in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grand Jacques tries to pull guard but al Hadj won't allow it.
al Hadj digs a right hand underneath Grand Jacques's ribcage. Grand Jacques let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Grand Jacques throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
al Hadj putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grand Jacques in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grand Jacques working aggressively here.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grand Jacques tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grand Jacques is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grand Jacques throws a head punch that misses.
al Hadj crunches a lovely knee into Grand Jacques's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohamed al Hadj dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
al Hadj cracks Grand Jacques with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
al Hadj throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grand Jacques counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Grand Jacques.
Grand Jacques must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Grand Jacques wanted to stand there but al Hadj had control of the position.
al Hadj has his hands on Grand Jacques's head, controlling the position.
al Hadj has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grand Jacques stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. al Hadj swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Grand Jacques working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grand Jacques won't allow al Hadj to sweep him here.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mohamed al Hadj wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Grand Jacques drives through and clinches with al Hadj against the cage.
Grand Jacques is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Grand Jacques misses with a hook from the clinch.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grand Jacques's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
al Hadj with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grand Jacques's defenses.
al Hadj scores with a knee to the head.
al Hadj scores with an uppercut up the middle.
al Hadj blocks an elbow strike from Grand Jacques.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grand Jacques tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. al Hadj obliges.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Grand Jacques in his tracks for a moment.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands a left hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
A quick uppercut on the inside from al Hadj.
Grand Jacques tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grand Jacques pushes off an throws an elbow but al Hadj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gilbert Grand Jacques has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grand Jacques tries for a takedown but al Hadj manages to get underhooks.
Grand Jacques is trying to break the clinch but al Hadj has him pressed against the cage.
al Hadj lands a nice knee to the body.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grand Jacques throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grand Jacques tries to pull guard but al Hadj holds him up against the cage and eventually Grand Jacques drops back down to his feet.
Mohamed al Hadj has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilbert Grand Jacques.
al Hadj lands a good knee to the midsection. Grand Jacques won't want to take too many of those.
al Hadj scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grand Jacques looks to throw an elbow but misses.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grand Jacques misses with a punch on the inside.
Grand Jacques pushes off an throws an elbow but al Hadj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grand Jacques's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grand Jacques blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
al Hadj misses with an elbow strike.
Grand Jacques tries to score a body lock takedown but al Hadj shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Grand Jacques 's eye.
Grand Jacques lands a nice elbow.
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a knee to the body.
Grand Jacques has a couple of punches blocked by al Hadj.
Grand Jacques throws an elbow that misses.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grand Jacques can do to turn this around?
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a hook that snaps the head of Grand Jacques backwards.
Grand Jacques drops to a knee looking for a takedown but al Hadj gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Grand Jacques throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grand Jacques looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Grand Jacques misses with the head strike.
al Hadj stalls.
Grand Jacques takes an elbow to the temple.
Grand Jacques is working for takedown but al Hadj is calmly controlling the position for now.
al Hadj's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mohamed al Hadj showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for al Hadj, 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohamed al Hadj!
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