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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Noah Kant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus Fergus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Noah Kant has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good 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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Noah Kant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seamus Fergus!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kant throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Fergus counter with a right hand.
Fergus gets a clinch.
Fergus gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Fergus landing with the ground and pound.
Fergus tries to free his leg and advance position but Kant is retaining full guard.
Fergus chips away with some ground and pound.
Fergus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fergus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fergus looking to pass the guard.
Fergus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fergus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fergus landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fergus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fergus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fergus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fergus with a nice head shot there.
Fergus makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fergus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kant is breathing heavily.
Fergus postures up and lands a big shot to Kant's brow.
Fergus connects with a couple of short punches.
Fergus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fergus pushes down on Kant's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Fergus is trying to control. Kant wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from Fergus there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kant is refusing to be controlled, as Fergus sits in half guard.
Fergus drops an elbow to the side of Kant's head.
Fergus is controlling the pace.
Fergus working Kant over with strikes.
Fergus slips a nice elbow through Kant's hands, connecting with Kant's forehead.
Fergus controlling the pace.
Fergus landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fergus wants to take a breather but Kant is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fergus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fergus working Kant over with strikes.
Fergus slips a nice elbow through Kant's hands, connecting with Kant's forehead.
Fergus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kant on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kant tries to get out of the position.
Fergus perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Fergus is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fergus connects with a nice short shot to Kant's temple.
Ground and pound from Fergus.
Fergus moves nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fergus is working Kant over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fergus creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fergus working the ground and pound from side control.
Fergus lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kant is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fergus working the ground and pound.
Kant takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kant knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fergus on the ground.
Fergus lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fergus working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kant is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fergus lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus Fergus dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A telegraphed right hand from Fergus misses the target.
Kant misses with a double jab.
Fergus tries to close the distance and clinch but Kant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Fergus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kant doesn't seem phased though.
Fergus lunges at Kant with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kant's hand.
Fergus scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kant in his tracks.
A jab from Fergus misses.
The crowd cheers as Fergus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kant doesn't seem phased though.
Kant throws an overhand right that lands on Fergus's shoulder, as Fergus tries to avoid the shot.
Fergus misses with a looping left.
Kant misses with a hook to the body
and Fergus counters with a straight right hand.
Kant swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fergus counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fergus slips a nice elbow through Kant's hands, connecting with Kant's forehead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fergus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice strikes from Fergus there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fergus slips a nice elbow through Kant's hands, connecting with Kant's forehead.
Fergus is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fergus lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fergus is nestled in close to Kant, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fergus drops an elbow to the side of Kant's head.
Fergus lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fergus looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kant with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fergus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fergus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fergus is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fergus working over Kant with some ground and pound. Kant looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kant on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fergus working Kant over with strikes.
Fergus is nestled in close to Kant, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Seamus Fergus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fergus working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kant is staying active underneath Fergus, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Fergus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fergus looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kant with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fergus lands strikes from half guard.
Fergus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fergus slips a nice elbow through Kant's hands, connecting with Kant's forehead.
Kant is in trouble now - Fergus has advanced to mount!
Fergus looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fergus is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fergus cracks Kant with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fergus lands with some strikes.
Fergus landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fergus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kant takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fergus punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kant is rocked!
Fergus landing punches.
Oh Kant is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fergus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fergus with the ground and pound from mount.
Fergus is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fergus scoring with strikes but Kant is staying in there.
Fergus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fergus postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Kant in real trouble here! The ref calls for Kant to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seamus Fergus!
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FIGHT
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