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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Audet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Richlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Audet might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Eyed Peas - Pump it. This should be fireworks!
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167 lbs
8 - 8 - 1 |
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165 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power |
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Audet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Richlin!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Audet closes the distance but Richlin moves to the side
and Audet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Audet moves to clinch but Richlin breaks away
and Richlin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Richlin breaks the clinch.
Audet tries to clinch
and Richlin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Audet tries to clinch but Richlin moves away
and Richlin counters with an inside leg kick.
Audet closes the distance looking to clinch
and Richlin counters with a nice body shot.
Audet wants to clinch
and Richlin counters with a nice body kick.
Audet darts in trying to clinch
and Richlin counters with a single leg into guard. Audet didn't expect that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richlin is looking to work some ground and pound but Audet has wrist control.
Richlin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Audet working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Richlin.
Richlin distracts Audet with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Richlin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Richlin throwing strikes from guard but Audet blocks nicely.
Audet can't keep his opponent in guard - Richlin advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richlin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Richlin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Audet is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Richlin pulls his head out easily.
Richlin scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Audet blocking the ground and pound attempt from Richlin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Richlin throws a big right hand that misses.
Richlin landing some decent shots from guard.
Richlin throwing strikes from guard but Audet blocks nicely.
Richlin with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richlin looking to sit in guard and control but Audet gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Richlin has his hands on Audet's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Richlin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Audet is controlling him.
Audet is looking to stand up but Richlin won't let him.
Audet trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Audet missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Richlin has his feet on Audet's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Audet tries to clinch up
and Richlin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Audet's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Richlin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Audet wants to clinch but Richlin slips to the side
and Richlin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Richlin.
Audet pushes off an throws an elbow but Richlin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Audet unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A hook to the body from Richlin.
Richlin avoiding damage as Audet throws knees to the body.
Audet looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Audet lands a good knee to the midsection. Richlin won't want to take too many of those.
A frustrated look appears on Richlin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Richlin wants to get back to striking at distance but Audet won't allow it.
Richlin lands a right hand.
Richlin tries to score a body lock takedown but Audet shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Audet creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Audet tries to stall but Richlin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Audet lands a nice elbow.
Audet pushes off an throws an elbow but Richlin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Richlin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Richlin breaks the clinch.
Audet tries to clinch up
and Richlin counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richlin breaks the clinch.
Richlin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Richlin counters with an outside leg kick.
Richlin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Richlin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Audet closes the distance looking to clinch
and Audet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Audet tries to clinch but Richlin moves away
and Richlin counters by clinching up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Audet connects with a knee to the head.
Richlin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Audet wants to clinch but Richlin slips to the side
and Richlin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Audet closes the distance looking to clinch
and Richlin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Audet closes the distance but Richlin moves to the side
and Richlin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Audet moves to clinch but Richlin breaks away
and Richlin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Audet looks to clinch
and Richlin counters with a left to the body.
Richlin lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet darts in trying to clinch
and Richlin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Audet looks to clinch
and Audet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nathan Audet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Audet tries to clinch up
and Richlin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Richlin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Richlin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Richlin wants to pass the guard but Audet is keeping the position.
Richlin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richlin throwing strikes but missing.
Audet looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Richlin wants to control from the top but Audet keeps moving.
Richlin throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Richlin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Audet darts in trying to clinch
and Richlin counters with a stiff right hand.
Audet moves to clinch but Richlin breaks away
and Richlin counters with a straight right hand.
Audet tries to clinch
and Richlin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Audet darts in trying to clinch
and Richlin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richlin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Richlin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Audet tries to clinch but Richlin moves away
and Richlin counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Audet working for a triangle but Richlin defends it easily.
Richlin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Richlin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Richlin stands up from Audet's guard - Richlin perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nathan Audet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Audet wants to clinch
and Richlin counters with an inside leg kick.
Nathan Audet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frank Richlin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richlin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Richlin counters with a two punch combo.
Audet looks to clinch
and Richlin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Audet tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Richlin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Audet tries to clinch but Richlin moves away
and Richlin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richlin is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Frank Richlin was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Audet tries to clinch up
and Richlin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Audet connects with a knee to the head.
That's four 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.
Richlin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Richlin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Audet tries to land a knee to the head but Richlin blocks with his arms.
Audet scores a nice knee to the body.
Audet pushes off an throws an elbow but Richlin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Richlin managing to block the knees to the body from Audet.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Audet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richlin blocks it with crossed arms.
Audet tries to land knees in the clinch but Richlin avoids the damage to the body.
Audet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Audet trying to land knees to the body.
Richlin avoids the elbow strike from Audet, against the ropes.
Audet pushes off an throws an elbow but Richlin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Richlin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Richlin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Richlin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Richlin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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