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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross has chosen Slaughterhouse-Sound Off as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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160 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronnie Ross!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Young takes the fight into the clinch.
Ross manages to break the clinch.
Young has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ross breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young stalks Ross and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ross's face. Ross staggers backwards, shaken.
Young closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ross tries to escape but Young is in control.
Young decides to stand back up. Young steps back and let's Ross get back to his feet.
Young closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Young lands in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young is stalling in the full guard.
Young trying to control but Ross is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ross looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ross looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ross!
Young is looking to regain half guard here but Ross keeps moving and retains side control.
Ross decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two 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.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt
and Young counters with a takedown into side control.
Young has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Young instigates a clinch.
Ross with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ross turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Young is trying to improve his position.
Young is working hard here to advance position.
Young is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross tries to stand but Young is controlling his head.
Young tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Young tries to strike but it doesn't land.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Young closes the distance and clinches up with Ross, looking for a takedown. Young pushes Ross against the cage but Ross circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ross closes the distance looking to clinch
and Young counters with a shoot takedown. Ross fights it but they end up in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
Ross wants to stand and escape but Young is having none of it.
Ross being controlled here, momentarily.
Young wants to pass the guard but Ross is keeping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Young dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ross throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ross avoids the head kick by Young.
Ross tries to clinch up
and Young counters with a shoot takedown. Ross fights it but they end up in guard.
James Young overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Young is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Ross is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Ross has escaped and now he's on top!
Young is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Ross rolls with it to try and escape but Young cranks on the arm and Ross is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Young!
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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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