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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marc Sommer (ranked 3078 p4p, 4775 weight class) and Joel McQuaid (ranked 399 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marc Sommer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joel McQuaid!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McQuaid lands a body shot.
McQuaid misses with a wild combination.
McQuaid connects with a right hand. Sommer shakes it off.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch up but McQuaid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McQuaid jabs at Sommer's body.
McQuaid scores with a jab to the head.
Sommer pushes McQuaid up against the cage in a clinch.
Sommer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McQuaid dips to his left and cracks Sommer with an uppercut!
Sommer tries to clinch up.
McQuaid's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sommer under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McQuaid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McQuaid throws a series of punches but Sommer moves out of range.
Sommer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McQuaid to score with a decent uppercut.
Sommer fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from McQuaid misses its intended target.
Sommer fails with an attempt to clinch.
McQuaid now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sommer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McQuaid fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McQuaid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McQuaid misses with a straight left.
McQuaid jabs at Sommer's body.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid is having none of it.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid moves out of range.
Sommer scores with a crisp jab that stopped McQuaid in his tracks.
A left and a right from McQuaid both land. Nice combination.
McQuaid scores with a jab. Sommer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McQuaid throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sommer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McQuaid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sommer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sommer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQuaid throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slow jab from McQuaid misses its intended target.
McQuaid jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sommer throws a series of punches but McQuaid avoids them all with ease.
Sommer slips under a jab from McQuaid.
McQuaid misses with a body shot.
Sommer defending well as McQuaid loads up on a big left hand.
Sommer lands a jab-cross combination.
Sommer throws a combination that misses
and McQuaid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sommer looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Sommer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sommer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McQuaid throws out a counter right but Sommer avoids it with no problem.
Sommer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McQuaid misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McQuaid takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sommer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Donk. McQuaid catches Sommer right on the button with a cross.
Sommer is looking to clinch but McQuaid is avoiding it.
Sommer fails in his attempt to clinch.
McQuaid looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McQuaid misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Sommer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid moves out of range.
Sommer moves in looking to clinch but McQuaid pushes him off.
McQuaid connects with a body shot.
Sommer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch but McQuaid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from McQuaid misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sommer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McQuaid misses with an uppercut. Sommer saw that one coming.
McQuaid circles away from the clinch attempt.
McQuaid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch but McQuaid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sommer fails in his attempt to clinch.
McQuaid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McQuaid scores with a hook.
McQuaid throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sommer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut lands for McQuaid. That snapped Sommer's head back.
McQuaid is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sommer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sommer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McQuaid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sommer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sommer thuds a left hand into McQuaid's body.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch up but McQuaid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sommer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McQuaid counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel McQuaid dominated that round.
That's time! Sommer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sommer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McQuaid scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circle momentarily. McQuaid darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sommer moves to clinch but McQuaid breaks away
and McQuaid counters with a straight right hand.
McQuaid lands a slapping body shot.
Sommer lands the left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Sommer. That snapped McQuaid's head back.
McQuaid throws a hook but Sommer blocks it.
Sommer fails in his attempt to clinch.
McQuaid connects with a crisp jab.
Sommer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McQuaid counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid is having none of it.
McQuaid keeps the fight on the outside.
Joel McQuaid seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sommer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McQuaid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McQuaid is looking for the big counter here.
McQuaid throws a looping overhand right but Sommer ducks down to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from McQuaid.
Sommer ducks under a wild hook from McQuaid.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sommer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McQuaid now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McQuaid throws a right hand that Sommer ducks under and follows up with a left that Sommer also avoids with ease.
A little feinted left hand from Sommer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sommer is looking to clinch.
McQuaid looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McQuaid looks to score with a jab to the body but Sommer is just out of range.
McQuaid shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sommer eats them both and turns towards McQuaid to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sommer misses with a double jab.
Sommer tries to clinch there but McQuaid circles away.
Sommer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McQuaid throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sommer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sommer pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces McQuaid back to the cage. Sommer follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McQuaid scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sommer in his tracks.
Sommer lands with a thumping leg kick.
McQuaid misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McQuaid is breathing heavily.
Sommer misses with a double jab.
Sommer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sommer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sommer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sommer moves in looking to clinch but McQuaid pushes him off.
McQuaid throws the left hand but Sommer avoids the punch easily.
McQuaid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sommer manages to avoid it.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid moves out of range.
Sommer tries to clinch there but McQuaid circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McQuaid circles away from the clinch attempt.
McQuaid has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab from McQuaid does it's job there.
McQuaid lands with a nice body punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sommer lets loose with a powerful body kick. McQuaid will feel that in the morning.
Sommer lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from McQuaid misses.
McQuaid circles away from the clinch attempt
and McQuaid counters with a left and a right that stings Sommer.
McQuaid clobbers Sommer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sommer staying out of range there.
Marc Sommer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sommer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McQuaid at a distance.
McQuaid keeps the fight on the outside.
McQuaid now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McQuaid throws out a loose jab but Sommer uses good head movement to avoid it.
McQuaid misses with an uppercut.
Sommer throws a quick counter kick to the body but McQuaid avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McQuaid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sommer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McQuaid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McQuaid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sommer scores with a sloppy right hand. McQuaid should have avoided that one.
Sommer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like McQuaid was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McQuaid swats away the attempt to clinch by Sommer.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch up but McQuaid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sommer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by McQuaid.
Sommer tries to clinch
and McQuaid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McQuaid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sommer moves away.
McQuaid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sommer wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel McQuaid showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
McQuaid misses with a hook.
Sommer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sommer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sommer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McQuaid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McQuaid circles away from the clinch attempt.
McQuaid scores with a jab to the body.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid is having none of it.
Sommer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sommer moves in looking to clinch but McQuaid pushes him off.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sommer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McQuaid scores with a jab.
McQuaid takes a swing at Sommer's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from McQuaid misses.
Sommer tries to clinch there but McQuaid circles away.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch up but McQuaid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McQuaid misses with a straight left.
McQuaid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sommer was well out of range. Poor timing from McQuaid.
McQuaid keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab from McQuaid.
McQuaid takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sommer tries to clinch up but McQuaid circles away and keeps his distance.
Sommer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McQuaid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Sommer.
Jab, jab by McQuaid - just one landing.
McQuaid circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sommer scores with a kick to the body.
McQuaid digs a good hook to Sommer's body.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid is having none of it.
As Sommer backs off McQuaid throws a huge counter combo but Sommer manages to avoid it all.
McQuaid is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sommer.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQuaid keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sommer doesn't manage to clinch there - McQuaid circles away.
McQuaid doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sommer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McQuaid throws a hook to the side of Sommer's head but Sommer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sommer is looking to clinch.
McQuaid keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McQuaid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McQuaid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from McQuaid on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McQuaid misses with a few strikes there.
McQuaid throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McQuaid misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sommer.
McQuaid misses with a few strikes there.
Sommer fails in his attempt to clinch.
McQuaid is looking for the big counter here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sommer feints and then cracks McQuaid's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McQuaid down.
McQuaid 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.
McQuaid throws a shot to the body.
Sommer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
McQuaid lands a nice shot to the body.
Sommer lands a jab.
Sommer tries to close the distance and clinch up but McQuaid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sommer moves in looking to clinch but McQuaid pushes him off.
Sommer moves in looking to clinch but McQuaid pushes him off.
Sommer tries to clinch up but McQuaid circles away and keeps his distance.
McQuaid swats away the attempt to clinch by Sommer.
Sommer is looking to clinch.
McQuaid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sommer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sommer is looking to clinch but McQuaid is avoiding it.
Sommer tries to clinch there but McQuaid circles away.
McQuaid circles away from the clinch attempt
and McQuaid counters with a left and a right that stings Sommer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sommer swinging wildly here.
Joel McQuaid is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sommer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sommer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McQuaid.
Sommer is looking to counter punch.
Sommer tries to clinch but McQuaid is having none of it.
Marc Sommer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McQuaid lands with a good body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joel McQuaid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McQuaid 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joel McQuaid!
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