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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Martin Rocher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois La Poulet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm
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192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Rocher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francois La Poulet!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocher changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. La Poulet looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
La Poulet throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Rocher wants to control but La Poulet is keeping him busy.
La Poulet is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
La Poulet gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
La Poulet tries to get to full guard but Rocher has control of the leg.
La Poulet avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rocher.
Rocher is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and La Poulet defends it well.
La Poulet is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
La Poulet moves in looking to clinch but Rocher pushes him off.
La Poulet doesn't manage to clinch there - Rocher circles away.
La Poulet wants to clinch up but Rocher keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocher feints and as La Poulet raises his hands in defense, Rocher changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rocher throwing strikes from guard but La Poulet blocks nicely.
Rocher prevents La Poulet from getting back to his feet.
La Poulet is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rocher slips nicely into half guard.
La Poulet is pressing down on Rocher's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rocher is breathing heavily.
La Poulet looking to control.
Rocher has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rocher has gone for a leg lock! La Poulet slips out almost immediately though and dives into Rocher's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
La Poulet is pushing down on Rocher's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rocher is fighting to maintain full guard but La Poulet has managed to sneak the leg through.
La Poulet is looking for a kimura here.
Rocher is not content to let La Poulet control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocher tries to get to full guard but La Poulet has control of the leg.
Rocher manages to get to full guard.
La Poulet with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rocher has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but La Poulet can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rocher thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
La Poulet landing some decent shots from guard.
La Poulet works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet moves into full mount! Rocher won't be happy about that!
La Poulet with the ground and pound from mount.
La Poulet has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rocher's face.
La Poulet lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rocher is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, La Poulet cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
La Poulet breaks from Rocher's wrist control and lands an elbow.
La Poulet working for a submission but Rocher is keeping him at bay.
Rocher is bucking up trying to escape but La Poulet cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rocher keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rocher tries to lock up and control but La Poulet gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rocher is looking to escape.
Rocher tries to hold on but La Poulet postures up.
Rocher is trying desperately to improve position.
La Poulet lands a big elbow.
La Poulet breaks from Rocher's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rocher is working to get back to half guard.
La Poulet lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rocher really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francois La Poulet dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rocher takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
La Poulet tries to clinch there but Rocher circles away.
Rocher shoots in for a takedown but La Poulet shows good takedown defense.
La Poulet tries to clinch but Rocher is having none of it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
La Poulet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La Poulet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown by La Poulet or perhaps it was just good defense by Rocher which made him look bad.
Rocher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocher shoots in and drives through. La Poulet sprawls well.
La Poulet tries to clinch up but Rocher circles away and keeps his distance.
Rocher doesn't succeed with the takedown
and La Poulet holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin Rocher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from La Poulet.
La Poulet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rocher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La Poulet has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rocher regains guard immediately.
La Poulet looking to pass the guard.
La Poulet advances position into side control!
Rocher is looking to reverse the position.
La Poulet working the head and body with strikes.
Rocher takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
La Poulet landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
La Poulet is looking to take a break and control but Rocher is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rocher sneaks back into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet prevents Rocher from improving his position.
Rocher trying to control but La Poulet postures up.
Rocher taking some punishment here, with La Poulet in his half guard.
La Poulet thows a huge punch but Rocher dodges it nicely.
Rocher is looking for a sweep. La Poulet is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rocher gets caught flat footed, as La Poulet shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rocher looking for subs off his back but La Poulet has passed one foot through into half guard.
Francois La Poulet has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rocher is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but La Poulet pulls his head out easily.
Rocher is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rocher works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rocher wants to sweep but no luck.
La Poulet throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rocher controls La Poulet momentarily but La Poulet frees himself.
Rocher manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rocher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
La Poulet wants to hold on but Rocher pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rocher has control of La Poulet's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and La Poulet regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Rocher lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rocher lands with some vicious ground and pound - can La Poulet hang on?
Rocher with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
La Poulet is looking to improve his position but Rocher isn't that keen on the idea.
Rocher throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rocher thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
La Poulet really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rocher sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francois La Poulet 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. This is the final round!
La Poulet fails with an attempt to clinch.
La Poulet has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rocher tightens his grip and picks La Poulet up, before dumping him to the ground. La Poulet manages to land in guard.
La Poulet throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
La Poulet bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rocher's guard.
La Poulet pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rocher is keeping the position for now.
La Poulet stands up over Rocher, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rocher looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
La Poulet working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rocher is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rocher is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
La Poulet trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocher is looking for a triangle but La Poulet pushes his legs off easily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
La Poulet moves into range and clinches up with Rocher.
Rocher has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. La Poulet is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rocher looking for a takedown.
La Poulet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La Poulet moves into the clinch.
La Poulet changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rocher fights it off and pushes away nicely.
La Poulet scores with a head kick.
La Poulet darts in and clinches Rocher up against the cage.
La Poulet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rocher tries to score a body lock takedown but La Poulet shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin Rocher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Poulet manages to break the clinch.
La Poulet fails with an attempt to clinch.
La Poulet closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La Poulet ducks under a wild hook from Rocher.
Rocher has his takedown stuffed
and La Poulet counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by La Poulet.
Rocher tries to pull guard but La Poulet holds him up against the cage and eventually Rocher drops back down to his feet.
The referee calls for La Poulet to work.
Rocher jumps guard but La Poulet stands there with Rocher around his waist. Rocher gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
La Poulet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
La Poulet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rocher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La Poulet is trying to drag Rocher to the mat but Rocher just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rocher tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. La Poulet smiles and moves away.
La Poulet doesn't manage to clinch there - Rocher circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from La Poulet.
Rocher closes this distance looking for a takedown but La Poulet circles away.
Rocher has his takedown stuffed
and La Poulet counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Martin Rocher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Poulet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rocher shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and La Poulet counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by La Poulet.
Rocher is trying to drag La Poulet to the mat but La Poulet just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
La Poulet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martin Rocher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
La Poulet has taken the fight to the clinch.
La Poulet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rocher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rocher is trying to drag La Poulet to the mat but La Poulet just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
La Poulet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rocher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Martin Rocher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from La Poulet.
Rocher lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rocher stops La Poulet from getting back to his feet.
Rocher trying to control the pace.
Rocher is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rocher is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
La Poulet makes his way to full guard. A much better position for La Poulet.
Rocher trying to control the position from guard on top but La Poulet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Francois La Poulet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La Poulet has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francois La Poulet!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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