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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Godefroy Courtial (ranked 473 p4p, 307 weight class) and Brady Jean Baptiste (ranked 43 p4p, 30 weight class). Jean Baptiste comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Born on the Bayou kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Brady Jean Baptiste has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Brady Jean Baptiste!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jean Baptiste jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Courtial. Those never looked like landing.
Jean Baptiste throws a lazy right hand but Courtial sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jean Baptiste just misses with a punch to the body.
Courtial is looking to counter punch.
Jean Baptiste has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Courtial moves forwards but Jean Baptiste connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jean Baptiste uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Courtial.
Courtial scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Jean Baptiste misses.
Courtial throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jean Baptiste fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Courtial.
Jean Baptiste takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Courtial has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Courtial moves out of range as Jean Baptiste throws a body kick.
Jean Baptiste throws a jab when Courtial was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jean Baptiste slips a jab from Courtial.
The fighters circling - Jean Baptiste throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Courtial was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Courtial.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jean Baptiste manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick from Jean Baptiste, right into the meat of the thigh.
Courtial throws a chopping leg kick but Jean Baptiste manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jean Baptiste looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Jean Baptiste misses.
Courtial throws out a loose jab but Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid it.
Godefroy Courtial seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Courtial steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Courtial fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jean Baptiste on the side of the head.
Jean Baptiste lands a leg kick that knocks Courtial off balance momentarily.
Jean Baptiste keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Courtial manages to avoid it.
Courtial jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice jab there from Jean Baptiste.
A punch lands to the side of Courtial 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A shot to the body from Courtial misses
and Jean Baptiste counters with a stiff right hand.
Jean Baptiste throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jean Baptiste misses with a kick to the body.
Jean Baptiste throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jean Baptiste works the jab nicely.
Jean Baptiste throws an overhand right that lands on Courtial's shoulder, as Courtial tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jean Baptiste lands with a thumping leg kick.
Courtial loads up on a big right hand but Jean Baptiste slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Jean Baptiste on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jean Baptiste scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jean Baptiste looks to score with a jab to the body but Courtial is just out of range.
Jean Baptiste throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jean Baptiste connects with a nice looking jab.
Courtial throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jean Baptiste throws a lazy right hand but Courtial sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Courtial listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jean Baptiste tests Courtial's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Courtial just misses with a punch to the body.
Jean Baptiste throws out a powerful jab.
Jean Baptiste scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook but Courtial avoids it easily.
Courtial dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Courtial ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jean Baptiste throws a big shot that misses.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Courtial throws a head kick that misses.
Courtial dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jean Baptiste connects with a right hand. Courtial shakes it off.
Courtial avoids a kick to the body.
Courtial misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Courtial drops his hands momentarily and Jean Baptiste takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jean Baptiste throws a wild body kick that Courtial sees coming a mile off.
Jean Baptiste takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Courtial throws a chopping leg kick but Jean Baptiste manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Courtial blocks a head kick by Jean Baptiste.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Courtial.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste lands a glancing blow to the side of Courtial's head.
Jean Baptiste jabs Courtial to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Courtial.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a front kick but Courtial steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jean Baptiste swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jean Baptiste connects with a leg kick.
Courtial throws a hook but Jean Baptiste blocks it.
Courtial falls off balance throwing a combination
and Courtial takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Courtial stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Courtial tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Courtial throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jean Baptiste counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jean Baptiste scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste scores with a crisp jab that stopped Courtial in his tracks.
Jean Baptiste fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jean Baptiste throws a push kick but Courtial slaps the foot to one side.
Courtial is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Courtial lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brady Jean Baptiste dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Courtial steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jean Baptiste.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Courtial keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jean Baptiste throws a low kick but Courtial moves out of range easily.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jean Baptiste was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
A big right from Jean Baptiste misses.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a front kick but Courtial steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A counter left hand to the body from Courtial misses its target.
Courtial scores with a punch to the head.
Nice cross by Jean Baptiste.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jean Baptiste. Courtial does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Courtial checks a leg kick.
Courtial misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Courtial just misses with a punch to the body.
Jean Baptiste looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Courtial displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jean Baptiste throws out the jab.
Jean Baptiste walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Courtial checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
As Jean Baptiste backs away, Courtial returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Courtial misses with a lunging right hand
and Jean Baptiste counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Courtial is looking to wear down Jean Baptiste with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste throws a body punch but Courtial moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Jean Baptiste does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jean Baptiste looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Courtial loads up on a big right hand but Jean Baptiste slips the punch.
Courtial misses with a wild body shot.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice leg kick that just misses Courtial's sensitive parts.
Courtial slips a straight right by Jean Baptiste.
Courtial misses with a hook
and Jean Baptiste counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brady Jean Baptiste seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd cheers as Courtial lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jean Baptiste doesn't seem phased though.
A swing and a miss from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial wants to clinch up but Jean Baptiste keeps it at a distance.
Courtial cracks Jean Baptiste with a right hand to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Courtial misses.
Courtial fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Courtial lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Courtial misses with a head kick.
Courtial takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jean Baptiste connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Courtial momentarily.
Jean Baptiste shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jean Baptiste slips under a jab from Courtial.
Courtial takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jean Baptiste cracks Courtial with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jean Baptiste was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jean Baptiste attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
An attempted straight right counter from Courtial misses the target.
Courtial listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Courtial misses with a low kick as Jean Baptiste jumps back.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Courtial might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Courtial takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jean Baptiste throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jean Baptiste scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jean Baptiste has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jean Baptiste avoids the body shot from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Courtial manages to avoid it.
Courtial fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jean Baptiste checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste throws a body kick that misses
and Courtial counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jean Baptiste thinking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Jean Baptiste does a little dance to reset his feet.
Courtial lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Courtial takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jean Baptiste ducks under a wild hook from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste ducks under a wild hook from Courtial.
Courtial has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jean Baptiste misses with a hook.
Jean Baptiste uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Courtial.
Courtial throws out a loose jab but Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Courtial has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jean Baptiste finds it's way round the side to connect with Courtial's head.
Courtial clinches up with Jean Baptiste and pushes him back against the cage.
Courtial looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Courtial misses with some punches.
Courtial lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Courtial will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jean Baptiste tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Courtial's elbow.
Courtial manages to break the clinch.
Courtial wants to clinch up but Jean Baptiste keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jean Baptiste scores with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial looks to score with a jab to the body but Jean Baptiste is just out of range.
Courtial fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Courtial looks to score with a jab to the body but Jean Baptiste is just out of range.
Jean Baptiste dodges the punch combination from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste throws a looping overhand right but Courtial ducks down to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Courtial throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Courtial avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jean Baptiste misses with a wild body shot.
Jean Baptiste takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Courtial throws a hook to the side of Jean Baptiste's head but Jean Baptiste sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Courtial takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Courtial motions for Jean Baptiste to come forward. Courtial throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Jean Baptiste was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jean Baptiste keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Courtial.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Brady Jean Baptiste will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Jean Baptiste displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Courtial throws out the jab.
Donk. Jean Baptiste catches Courtial right on the button with a cross.
Courtial throws a lazy uppercut
letting Jean Baptiste counter with a right hand.
Courtial jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Courtial throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jean Baptiste counters with a right hand to the body.
Courtial throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jean Baptiste keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Courtial.
Courtial loads up on a big right hand but Jean Baptiste slips the punch.
Jean Baptiste throws a lazy right hand but Courtial sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jean Baptiste wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Courtial is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jean Baptiste.
A jab from Jean Baptiste misses.
Courtial is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jean Baptiste. Courtial does a little dance to reset his feet.
Courtial throws an overhand right that lands on Jean Baptiste's shoulder, as Jean Baptiste tries to avoid the shot.
Courtial connects with a jab.
Jean Baptiste with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Courtial.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial moves out of range of the body kick from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial misses the body punch
and Jean Baptiste counters with a two punch combo.
Courtial slips under a jab from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Courtial looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Courtial connects with a crisp jab.
Courtial lands with a right hand.
Jean Baptiste keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Courtial throws a series of punches but Jean Baptiste avoids them all with ease.
Courtial misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial looks to land a left hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Courtial takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Courtial uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jean Baptiste.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jean Baptiste.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jean Baptiste pivots, looking for a leg kick but Courtial is out of range and Jean Baptiste settles back down.
Courtial checks the leg kick.
Jean Baptiste thumps Courtial with a low kick.
Courtial throws a head kick that misses.
Jean Baptiste pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jean Baptiste ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Courtial moves away.
Jean Baptiste swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Courtial looks to throw the jab but Jean Baptiste is out of range.
Nice body kick there by Jean Baptiste.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste tries a quick counter leg kick but Courtial is wise to it.
The fighters circling - Courtial throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Courtial misses with a low kick as Jean Baptiste jumps back.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a body shot but no joy.
Courtial gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jean Baptiste.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jean Baptiste counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Courtial thinking.
Courtial throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Courtial misses with a straight left.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice hook to Courtial's body. Courtial takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Courtial looks to land a right hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range.
Jean Baptiste thuds a left hand into Courtial's body.
Jean Baptiste goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick but Courtial checks it.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
A low kick lands for Courtial.
Jean Baptiste moves away from the strike by Courtial.
Jean Baptiste tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Courtial is able to avoid easily.
Jean Baptiste is looking to land body kicks.
Courtial is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Courtial moves into range and clinches up with Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Courtial goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jean Baptiste lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Courtial backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jean Baptiste has a couple of punches blocked by Courtial.
Courtial misses with a punch on the inside.
Jean Baptiste blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jean Baptiste is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Courtial is defending well for now.
Courtial misses with a punch on the inside.
Courtial swings wildly with an uppercut but Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brady Jean Baptiste is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Courtial misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Courtial lands a right hand.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Courtial tries a body shot but Jean Baptiste blocks it.
Courtial tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brady Jean Baptiste comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jean Baptiste winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brady Jean Baptiste!
A relieved looking Brady Jean Baptiste thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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