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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Baly (ranked 7389 p4p, 452 weight class) and Theodore Nouveau (ranked 4196 p4p, 374 weight class). Mohammed Baly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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141 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mohammed Baly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Theodore Nouveau!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baly shoots in for a takedown but Nouveau shows good takedown defense.
Nouveau drives through and clinches with Baly against the cage.
Nouveau stalling in the clinch.
Baly drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nouveau gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Baly tries for a takedown but Nouveau manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammed Baly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nouveau is trying to trip Baly. He has hold of a leg but Baly is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Nouveau persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Nouveau scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nouveau drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Baly manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Nouveau has Baly in his guard.
Nouveau is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Baly defends well.
Nouveau looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baly not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Baly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Baly lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nouveau keeping moving, preventing Baly from controlling successfully.
Nouveau looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Baly cracks Nouveau with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Baly is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nouveau is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Baly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nouveau throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Nouveau wants to sweep but no luck.
Baly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nouveau works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Baly is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Nouveau keeping moving, preventing Baly from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Nouveau is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nouveau strikes from his own guard.
Baly trying to control the position from guard on top but Nouveau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Baly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nouveau misses with a takedown attempt - Baly sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nouveau gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Baly manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nouveau trying to control but Baly is working from the bottom.
Nouveau won't allow Baly to sweep him here.
Nouveau postures up.
Baly keeping full guard, as Nouveau tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nouveau won't allow Baly to sweep him here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Baly has a closed guard, preventing Nouveau from standing up.
Baly keeping moving, preventing Nouveau from controlling successfully.
Baly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theodore Nouveau dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nouveau shoots in but Baly avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nouveau looking to score a takedown here. Baly is defending well but Nouveau drives through and ends up in Baly's guard.
Nouveau postures up.
Nouveau has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Temp Spar Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Nouveau wants to pass the guard but Baly is keeping the position.
Nouveau throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Baly holds on and takes a little breather.
Nouveau has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nouveau with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nouveau working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nouveau trying to control but Baly is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baly 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.
Baly is working hard here to advance position.
Baly looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Baly is trying to control the position but Nouveau postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Baly looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mohammed Baly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nouveau shoots in and bounces Baly off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nouveau.
Nouveau chips away with some ground and pound.
Baly looking to control.
Nouveau looking to sit in guard and control but Baly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nouveau wants to sweep here but Baly controlling him for the moment.
Baly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nouveau has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Baly won't allow Nouveau to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baly is looking to work some ground and pound but Nouveau has wrist control.
Nouveau preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nouveau 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.
Nouveau wants to control but Baly passes easily into half guard.
Nouveau on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Baly passes into side control, despite Nouveau's attempt to control the position.
Nouveau is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nouveau sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Nouveau wants to get back to full guard.
Baly is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nouveau misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Baly looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nouveau looking for submissions off his back.
Nouveau is trying to control but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nouveau looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Baly prevents Nouveau from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theodore Nouveau showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Baly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nouveau circles away.
Baly misses with a takedown
and Nouveau counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nouveau.
Baly is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nouveau gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammed Baly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nouveau is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nouveau tries to score a body lock takedown but Baly shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nouveau decides to pull guard.
Baly has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Baly looking to pass the guard.
Nouveau has his foot on Baly's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Baly works his way back into a safe position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baly throwing strikes from guard but Nouveau blocks nicely.
Baly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nouveau throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Nouveau not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nouveau working for submissions but it's allowed Baly to get to half guard.
Nouveau is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Baly pulls his head out easily.
Baly drops an elbow to the side of Nouveau's head.
Nouveau has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Baly is working away from the top position though.
Baly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two 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.
Nouveau is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Baly scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nouveau is trying to control but can't.
Baly scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nouveau wants to get back to full guard.
Baly is trying to control the action in half guard but Nouveau is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Baly takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nouveau trying to control from the bottom.
Baly controlling the action here.
Nouveau is staying active underneath Baly, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baly slaps away a takedown attempt from Nouveau, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nouveau dives in and scores a takedown into Baly's guard.
Baly keeping moving, preventing Nouveau from controlling successfully.
Baly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Theodore Nouveau has got the better of the ground game so far.
Baly working a defensive guard but Nouveau manages to pass into side control anyway.
Nouveau is looking to take a break and control but Baly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Theodore Nouveau is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baly can't do much from the bottom here.
Nouveau trying to control the action but Baly is working from the bottom.
Baly trying to remain calm as Nouveau controls from the top position.
Baly dodges the ground and pound from Nouveau.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nouveau is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Baly has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nouveau tries to advance to mount but Baly denies him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Theodore Nouveau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nouveau 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theodore Nouveau!
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RATING
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