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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jude St Pierre (ranked 3997 p4p, 4238 weight class) and Khabib Singleton (ranked 389 p4p, 400 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jude St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khabib Singleton!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singleton throws a series of punches but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Singleton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Singleton connects with a right hand. St Pierre shakes it off.
St Pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Singleton is fending him off so far but St Pierre persists. Nope, Singleton circles away and we're back to standing.
Singleton drops St Pierre with a right and a left! Singleton comes rushing in but St Pierre regains his composure and manages to keep Singleton in guard.
It looks like Jude St Pierre has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre is adopting a defensive guard.
Singleton wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
St Pierre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Singleton trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singleton looking to pass the guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Singleton trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
St Pierre looks to land a combination. Singleton sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches.
Singleton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
St Pierre gets underhooks to prevent Singleton's takedown attempt.
St Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singleton wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Pierre can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jude St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Singleton changes levels and goes for a takedown here. St Pierre fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Singleton throws a body punch but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Singleton circles away and keeps his distance.
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singleton.
St Pierre seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
St Pierre dives in and scores a takedown into Singleton's guard.
Singleton controlling St Pierre's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to stand but Singleton has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Singleton is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre manages to get to full guard.
Singleton looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Singleton trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Singleton works over St Pierre with some ground and pound from guard.
Singleton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Singleton has gone for a leg lock! St Pierre slips out almost immediately though and dives into Singleton's guard.
Singleton had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. St Pierre defends it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Khabib Singleton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jude St Pierre's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
St Pierre ducks right into an uppercut from Singleton.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Singleton napping and manages to drive through into side control!
St Pierre working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singleton tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but St Pierre wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Singleton is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Singleton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singleton is trying to control but can't.
St Pierre is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Singleton moves into full guard.
Singleton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Singleton moves out of range of the body kick.
Singleton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Singleton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Singleton pushes him off.
Jude St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Singleton goes for a double leg but St Pierre avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as St Pierre continues to drive forward.
St Pierre went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses.
Singleton throws a body shot but no joy.
Singleton is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in St Pierre's half guard.
St Pierre pushes Singleton off but Singleton dives into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre sneaks back into half guard.
St Pierre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Singleton scores with a couple of nice shots.
St Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
St Pierre wants to improve his position but Singleton is controlling well.
Singleton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks St Pierre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to improve his position but Singleton is controlling well.
Jude St Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Singleton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Singleton lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt St Pierre quite badly. St Pierre pulls Singleton in close trying to recover. Singleton postures up and lands two really hard shots that put St Pierre on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but St Pierre doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khabib Singleton!
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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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