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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cecil Peoples (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Flare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peoples's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Party People by Nelly Featuring Fergie. Flare has chosen Also Sprach Zarathustra as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
21 - 14 - 1 |
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180 lbs
31 - 26 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Cecil Peoples!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rick Flare!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peoples has managed to clinch.
Flare lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Flare working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Peoples will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Flare up against the cage.
Peoples scores with a shoulder strike.
Peoples scores with a knee to the head.
Peoples blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Peoples leaning his opponent against the cage.
Flare avoids a wild elbow strike from Peoples.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Flare as Peoples tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flare on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peoples lands a left hand that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
Flare prevents Peoples from breaking the clinch.
Flare avoids the elbow strike from Peoples, against the cage.
Peoples can't find room to land a body shot as Flare controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peoples'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.
Peoples misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peoples lands an elbow inside that Flare shrugs off.
Flare misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flare working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Flare fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peoples stalls.
Peoples misses with the head strike.
Flare misses with a punch on the inside.
Flare fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flare misses with the head strike.
Peoples swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peoples pressing his opponent against the cage.
Peoples is working Flare over against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flare misses with the head strike.
Flare lands an uppercut.
Peoples stalling.
Peoples wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peoples tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Flare wants to take the fight to the mat but Peoples manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Peoples.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Flare.
Peoples lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Peoples.
Peoples manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Flare is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Peoples prevents a body shot from Flare.
Peoples misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flare struggles to land a body shot inside as Peoples controls his hands.
Peoples stalling.
Peoples lands an elbow inside.
Peoples leaning his opponent against the cage.
Peoples displaying some good clinch control by pressing Flare up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Flare.
Flare misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peoples blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Peoples.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by Peoples.
Flare blocks an elbow strike from Peoples.
Peoples wants to stall.
Peoples's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flare lands a body shot.
Flare blocks the elbow strike.
Peoples lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Flare doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peoples will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Flare up against the cage.
Peoples lands with a short shot to the head.
Flare pushes Peoples back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Peoples gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peoples is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A bit of stalling here from Peoples.
Peoples lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peoples lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flare throws a punch but it's blocked by Peoples.
Flare throws a punch but it's blocked by Peoples.
Peoples is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cecil Peoples dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Peoples has taken the fight to the clinch.
Flare misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flare managing to block the knees to the body from Peoples.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peoples.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Flare lands a nice shot to the body.
Flare wants to stall.
Flare softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Peoples has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Flare working aggressively here.
Flare misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Flare lands an uppercut.
Flare misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peoples misses with a body punch.
Flare looking to stall.
Flare lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Peoples scores with a nice short uppercut.
Peoples is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right handed body shot lands from Flare.
Peoples tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flare avoids it.
Flare swings wildly with an uppercut but Peoples uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flare dodges an elbow strike from Peoples.
Peoples is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Flare can do to turn this around?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Flare.
Peoples tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flare's elbow.
Flare struggles to land a body shot inside as Peoples controls his hands.
Flare avoiding damage as Peoples throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Flare to work.
Flare misses with some punches.
Peoples being controlled against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peoples lands a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Flare as Peoples tries to tie him up.
Peoples scores with a nice hook to the head.
Flare lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Flare misses with a punch on the inside.
Peoples unloads a knee to the mid-section. Flare lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Peoples.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flare will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Peoples up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cecil Peoples has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Peoples.
The referee calls for Peoples to work.
Peoples pushes off an throws an elbow but Flare leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peoples tries to land knees in the clinch but Flare avoids the damage to the body.
Flare lands with a left to the head.
Flare tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Peoples displaying some good clinch control by pressing Flare up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Flare.
Flare misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peoples looking to stall.
Peoples is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Flare is keeping busy.
Peoples throws an elbow but it misses.
Flare swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Flare.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flare misses with the head strike.
Peoples struggles to land a body shot inside as Flare controls his hands.
Peoples lands a good knee to the midsection. Flare won't want to take too many of those.
Peoples slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flare.
Peoples is pressed up against the cage. Flare has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Peoples down to the mat. Peoples avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Peoples closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Peoples.
Peoples's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peoples has closed the distance and engaged Flare in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flare throws a head punch that misses.
Flare lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by Peoples.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Peoples breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cecil Peoples will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Flare looks to land a combination but Peoples avoids it well.
Peoples pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peoples misses with a kick to the body
and Flare counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Flare tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Peoples swivels and escapes.
Peoples gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Peoples blocks a body shot from Flare.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Peoples.
Flare fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peoples trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flare is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Peoples leaning his opponent against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peoples looking to throw knees to the head but Flare is blocking nicely.
Peoples pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peoples moves in looking to clinch but Flare pushes him off.
Flare swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Peoples tries to land a front kick but Flare steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Peoples tries to clinch but Flare moves out of range.
Flare with the counter takedown but Peoples avoids it easily.
Peoples tries to close the distance and clinch but Flare swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flare shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Peoples defends it nicely.
Cecil Peoples has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Flare.
Peoples lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flare gets the takedown into side control.
Peoples wants to get back to his feet but Flare drags him back down.
Flare in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Flare in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Flare sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Peoples is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Peoples is pushing Flare's head away, looking to escape. Flare manages to hold on to the position though.
Flare has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Flare is looking to take a break and control but Peoples is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rick Flare has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peoples on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Flare working the head and body with strikes.
Flare is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Peoples knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Peoples stops Flare from passing to mount.
Cecil Peoples is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Flare throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peoples is not content to let Flare control the position.
Flare working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Peoples dodges the ground and pound from Flare.
Peoples wants to get back to his feet.
Flare misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flare tries to move to mount but Peoples blocks the move with his legs.
Flare throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Flare comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Peoples has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cecil Peoples!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Cecil Peoples made sure he mentioned Kemists ↑™ 5x160Q - $149-199, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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