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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kimble Cho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 16 FEVER kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kimble Cho is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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183 lbs
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185 lbs
28 - 8 - 3 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kimble Cho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cho misses with a wild body shot.
Cho misses with a hook
and St Pierre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by St Pierre.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cho has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cho keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre throws a big right hand that misses.
Cho keeping full guard, as St Pierre tries to pass.
Cho can't keep his opponent in guard - St Pierre advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cho is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
St Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Cho is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
St Pierre is just content to waste time from the top position. Cho takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Cho has control of St Pierre's left arm, preventing St Pierre from doing any damage.
Cho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
St Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Cho blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cho keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
Cho manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre is looking to get to half guard.
Cho wants to control the pace but St Pierre is squirming around nicely.
Cho avoids the attempt from St Pierre to control.
Cho tries to control but St Pierre wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre manages to get to full guard.
St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cho doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cho manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cho stands up and waves to St Pierre to follow him.
St Pierre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cho.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cho.
Cho thows a leg kick but St Pierre checks it
and St Pierre counters with a good low kick that Cho was not able to check.
A cross from Cho lands.
Cho thows a leg kick but St Pierre checks it
and St Pierre makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cho.
Cho walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. St Pierre checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cho moves out of range of the body kick from St Pierre.
Cho jabs St Pierre to the body, keeping him at a distance.
St Pierre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cho.
St Pierre lands a nice looking body kick.
Cho throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from St Pierre misses.
Cho looks for the body kick but St Pierre saw that one coming.
Cho misses with a low kick.
St Pierre keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lance St Pierre will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cho feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St Pierre's calf.
St Pierre lands with a nice body kick.
St Pierre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St Pierre misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from Cho.
Cho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
St Pierre is looking to chop away at Cho's legs.
Cho tried to score with a low kick but St Pierre checks it.
St Pierre moves out of range as Cho throws a body kick.
St Pierre throws a jab when Cho was well out of range.
A slow jab from St Pierre misses its intended target.
St Pierre avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
St Pierre lands a front kick.
Cho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. St Pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cho moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Cho.
Cho throws a leg kick but St Pierre moved away.
Decent striking displayed by St Pierre there.
Cho takes a swing at St Pierre's ribcage but misses.
Cho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Pierre moves away.
A head kick misses from Cho.
St Pierre throws a hook to the side of Cho's head but Cho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cho tries to clinch up.
Cho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cho fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cho's waist but Cho gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
Cho fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but St Pierre is out of range.
Cho fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. St Pierre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Some bone on bone action there as St Pierre checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St Pierre misses with a body shot.
St Pierre connects with a leg kick. Cho looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cho misses with a low kick.
St Pierre lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cho walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. St Pierre checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from St Pierre, right into the meat.
St Pierre darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
St Pierre moves away from the strike by Cho.
A nice combination there by Cho.
St Pierre throws a right and a left that Cho avoids nicely.
Kimble Cho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre lands with a nice combination. Cho backs away looking to recover.
Cho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Pierre moves away.
Cho fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. St Pierre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Cho shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
St Pierre throws a nice looking combination but Cho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cho connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed St Pierre momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Cho misses.
St Pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kimble Cho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance St Pierre.
Cho moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cho moves into range and clinches up with St Pierre.
Cho pushes St Pierre back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cho scores with a hook to the body.
Cho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cho blocks an uppercut.
St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cho is out of range and St Pierre settles back down.
Cho tries to land a leg kick but St Pierre saw it coming and moves away.
St Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Cho.
St Pierre throws a shot to the body.
Cho listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cho tests St Pierre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St Pierre closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - St Pierre lands in his opponent's guard.
Cho manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. St Pierre manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre trying to keep a closed guard but Cho is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kimble Cho will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Cho connects with a looping right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cho.
Cho throws a quick head kick that skims the top of St Pierre's head.
Cho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cho with a hook.
St Pierre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cho just misses with a punch to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by St Pierre!
St Pierre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
St Pierre shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cho. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Cho.
Cho is looking to wear down St Pierre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cho blocks a head kick by St Pierre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
St Pierre misses with a leg kick.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
St Pierre checks a leg kick.
St Pierre jabs Cho right on the nose. Cho blinks but takes it well.
St Pierre lands a body shot.
Cho scores with a crisp jab that stopped St Pierre in his tracks.
Cho throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck St Pierre on the side of the head.
Kimble Cho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good work by St Pierre as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cho. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cho misses with a leg kick
and St Pierre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cho tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cho throws a leg kick but St Pierre checks it.
Cho misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cho misses with a wild body shot.
St Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cho.
St Pierre takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. St Pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cho fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Cho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cho gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cho keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
Cho is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cho is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because St Pierre is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Kimble Cho just wasn't active enough.
Cho throws a solid leg kick but St Pierre takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cho.
Cho lands a nice hook to St Pierre's body. St Pierre takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A big right from Cho misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre keeps Cho at a distance using the push kick.
St Pierre works Cho's body with a nice hook.
Cho tries to land a leg kick but St Pierre saw it coming and moves away.
Kimble Cho is winning the standup battle so far.
Cho tries to land a leg kick but St Pierre saw it coming and moves away.
St Pierre misses with a looping left.
Cho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cho pivots, looking for a leg kick but St Pierre is out of range and Cho settles back down.
Cho tries to work over St Pierre's front leg with a kick but St Pierre checks it.
St Pierre misses with a body shot.
Cho takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cho misses with an uppercut. St Pierre saw that one coming.
Cho is looking to slow St Pierre down with leg kicks.
St Pierre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cho. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cho.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kimble Cho showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cho has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kimble Cho!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Kimble Cho made sure he mentioned Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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