Normally on a Friday evening, you’ve both, each, or generally all the following choices in the case of viewing fight sports activities:
A UFC weigh-in (ceremonial and/or official)
A boxing occasion
An area MMA present
This explicit weekend in MMA was a uncommon bye week within the UFC as Dana White and his employees prepare for 3 occasions in September, starting this coming Saturday evening on the UFC Apex in Enterprise, NV for UFC Battle Evening on ESPN+. Different weeks might need a ONE Championship card within the night hours inside the USA and Canada on Amazon Prime Video.
Whereas ONE 168 occurs on Friday evening in Denver, the evening of Aug. 30 was one for Canadian MMA. For the third time since becoming a member of the UFC Battle Go lineup this previous February, Montreal-based Samourai MMA had the highlight with Samourai MMA Chapter 11 from La Tohu.
Lack of Dwell Stream in Prelims Can’t Deter Superb Evening of MMA in Quebec Friday Evening
All instructed, the ultimate bout order of Samourai MMA Chapter 11 featured seven bouts contained in the cage from La Tohu. The night started with a two-fight undercard at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT on the UFC social media feeds.
Although Samourai MMA’s social feeds indicated within the ultimate days main as much as the present this weekend that Friday’s prelims had been to have been streamed on social media platforms, reminiscent of Fb and YouTube, no livestream of the undercard was out there on the Web.
Final time that Samourai MMA was scheduled to carry a card, June 21 throughout Samourai MMA Chapter 10 from Laval, the UFC Battle Go YouTube channel streamed that night’s undercard as scheduled.
As somebody who likes to make a full day or night of it when a fight sports activities card comes round, it was just a little bit disappointing not to have the ability to watch the prelims as they occurred stay this previous Friday. Typically, the prelims have one of the best contests of the whole night.
Electrifying Show in Foremost Occasion
Although the prelims on the cardboard went unaired, every part that the followers received to see by tuning into the stay stream on UFC Battle Go amounted to an superior show. Your major occasion of the night on Friday evening was a battle for the Samourai MMA Featherweight Championship between incumbent titleholder Frederik Dupras (8-1 MMA, 6-0 Samourai) and Jesse Arnett (20-11 MMA, 0-1 Samourai.)
This bout was initially presupposed to have occurred earlier in the summertime. Throughout Samourai MMA Chapter 10 this previous June, Dupras and Arnett had been booked to battle for the 145-lb. title. On the day of the battle, nonetheless, Arnett withdrew from the competition as a consequence of taking ailing.
The rebooking of the battle was greater than well worth the watch for Dupras and his camp. Throughout the second spherical of an marketed 5, after Dupras sustained an inadvertent eye poke in spherical one of many contest, he scored with a clear leg kick earlier than taking Arnett all the way down to the mat.
Whereas the latter briefly assumed high mat, Frederik Dupras reminded Jesse Arnett “That is my world. You’re simply residing in it,” shortly reversing place and locking up a guillotine choke in 40 seconds to defend the title.
Dupras is UFC-Prepared
In so doing, Dupras scored his eighth win by submission in his skilled MMA profession. He hasn’t bested an opponent by some other methodology since turning professional in September of 2017.
After the battle, the followers in attendance at La Tohu chanted “UFC! UFC! UFC!” These spectators who paid the cash to observe Dupras efficiently defend his crown are positively onto one thing. Right here’s a person who’s been professional for nearly eight years as of press time.
He’s gained eight out of his first 9 skilled MMA fights by means of submission and has a championship to show it. With no UFC occasion to divert his consideration away from Samourai MMA Chapter 11 over the prolonged vacation weekend, if he hasn’t finished so already, Dana White ought to take a while out to take a look at the tape of Friday evening’s major occasion and watch Dupras sink within the guillotine choke.
As soon as White will get again to the workplace on Tuesday morning, amongst his first phone calls must be to Dupras, providing him a UFC deal. He’s conquered the Canadian MMA scene. Now, it must be time to see what he can do on a world stage.
Closing Ideas: An Spectacular Product in Quebec
Regardless of being a part of the UFC Battle Go lineup for less than about seven months, Samourai MMA is aware of tips on how to placed on good reveals. They’ve received a fantastic factor going up there.
Friday evening’s present was a fantastic case research on tips on how to maintain an exquisite present. One ultimate phrase: Though Samourai MMA has but to formally reveal the precise day and date for its subsequent card, when such information is revealed, circle the date in your calendar or make a remark of it in your mobile phone.
If Samourai MMA Chapter 12 is nearly as good as Chapter 11 was this previous weekend, you aren’t going to need to miss the subsequent present.
