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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ted Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Basilan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Grant!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Basilan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Basilan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Basilan misses with a kick to the body.
Basilan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grant has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fighters circling - Basilan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grant thows a body shot but no joy.
Grant blocks a head kick by Basilan.
Nice straight punches there by Grant. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Grant.
It looks like Felix Basilan has been cut.
Grant avoids a punch combination nicely.
Basilan avoids the head kick by Grant.
Basilan throws a sloppy head kick and Grant moves out of range easily.
Basilan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Grant.
Grant moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Grant.
Grant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Basilan connects with a leg kick. Grant looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Basilan is looking to slow Grant down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Basilan tenderised Grant's leg. Grant is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice straight punches there by Basilan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Basilan.
Grant scores with a jab to the head.
Basilan dips to his left and cracks Grant with an uppercut!
Grant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Basilan.
Grant takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Basilan wants to clinch.
Grant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Basilan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick and Basilan moves out of range easily.
Basilan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Grant is breathing heavily.
Basilan tries to clinch up but Grant circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Basilan.
Basilan throws out a leg kick but Grant moves out of range and Basilan only half commits.
Grant tries to bum rush Basilan with a series of wild strikes but Basilan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant feints a jab promting Basilan to slip. Grant then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Basilan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Basilan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Grant's calf.
Basilan lands with a straight right. Grant didn't see that one coming.
Basilan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grant.
Basilan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Basilan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Basilan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Basilan wants to control from the top but Grant keeps moving.
Basilan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felix Basilan has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Grant. Those never looked like landing.
Grant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Basilan moves away.
A punch combination from Grant misses.
Grant thows a body shot but no joy.
Grant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Basilan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Grant counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Basilan thinking.
Basilan rushes Grant and presses him up against the cage.
Basilan misses with a knee strike.
Basilan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Basilan is trying to maintain a safe position but Grant gets an underhook and turns Basilan into the cage.
Basilan pushes Grant back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Basilan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Basilan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Basilan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grant's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Basilan landing knees to the head.
Grant is rocked!
Basilan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Grant is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Basilan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grant's face.
Grant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Basilan circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Grant to the canvas! Grant doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Basilan keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Basilan!
Felix Basilan is the new welterweight champion!
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