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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Parnell Calhoun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calhoun's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Big Pimpin" by Jay Z. Mack has chosen Hard Sun as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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214 lbs
2 - 1 - 1 |
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205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Parnell Calhoun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Mack!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calhoun avoids a punch combination nicely.
Calhoun drops Mack with a beautiful combination! Mack stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Calhoun is looking for the KO!
Calhoun cracks Mack with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Mack looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Calhoun finish him?
Mack is rocked!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mack, right into the meat.
Mack is still on wobbly legs! Can Calhoun finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Calhoun paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mack seems to have recovered his senses.
Calhoun fails to land with a series of punches.
Mack tries to clinch up.
Mack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Calhoun is looking to clinch.
Calhoun closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Calhoun lands in his opponent's guard.
Mack looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Calhoun tries to free his leg and advance position but Mack is retaining full guard.
Calhoun preventing the sweep.
Mack working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Calhoun.
Calhoun won't allow Mack to get back to his feet.
Mack wants to sweep but no luck.
Mack has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Calhoun can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack wriggles free and stands up.
Calhoun lands a jab-cross combination.
Calhoun has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mack scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mack fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Calhoun.
Calhoun takes a jab right on the kisser.
Calhoun takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mack throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calhoun lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mack misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A solid body kick from Mack.
Calhoun is breathing heavily.
Mack looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mack misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Calhoun misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mack.
Mack misses with a double jab.
Mack throws a combination that misses
and Calhoun counters with a shoot takedown. Mack fights it but they end up in guard.
Mack wants to get back to his feet but Calhoun is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mack is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Calhoun wants to control from the top but Mack keeps moving.
Mack is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mack wants to stand but Calhoun has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Mack is keen to just control but Calhoun is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mack looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Calhoun is looking to improve his position.
Mack is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Mack passes to side control.
Mack decides to stand back up. Mack steps back and let's Calhoun get back to his feet.
Mack bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Johnny Mack is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Calhoun ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Calhoun.
Mack pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mack looks to score with a jab to the body but Calhoun is just out of range.
Mack tries to land a front kick but Calhoun steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Calhoun wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack slaps away a takedown attempt from Calhoun, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mack rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Calhoun moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mack looks for the body kick but Calhoun saw that one coming.
Mack scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mack looks to land a right hand but Calhoun moved out of range.
Mack looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mack tries to bum rush Calhoun with a series of wild strikes but Calhoun uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mack scores with a head kick.
Mack fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mack connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mack keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Parnell Calhoun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mack swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mack throws a body kick that misses.
Mack throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Johnny Mack will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mack throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Horrible takedown by Calhoun or perhaps it was just good defense by Mack which made him look bad.
Mack lands a head kick!
Calhoun uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mack.
Mack misses with a wild combination.
Mack throws a leg kick but Calhoun checks it.
Mack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mack breaks the clinch.
Mack throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mack tries a head kick but it misses.
Mack throws a right hand that Calhoun ducks under and follows up with a left that Calhoun also avoids with ease.
Calhoun looks for a takedown but Mack sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Calhoun.
Mack connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Calhoun.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Parnell Calhoun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mack buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mack misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mack throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mack takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Calhoun takes one to the side of the head.
Mack throws a head kick but Calhoun moves out of range.
Johnny Mack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calhoun shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mack but Mack pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johnny Mack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mack misses with a body kick.
Calhoun takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mack connects with a high kick.
Calhoun takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Some wild striking there from Mack.
No joy there for Mack, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mack is looking to land body kicks.
Mack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Calhoun lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mack tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Calhoun is able to avoid easily.
Calhoun dives in and grabs Mack's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mack pushes down on Calhoun's head and hops out.
Mack scores with a head kick.
Mack lands a head kick!
Mack clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Calhoun with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mack to score with a decent uppercut.
Mack throws a head kick but Calhoun moves out of range.
Calhoun works the jab nicely.
Calhoun scores with a one two! Mack had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mack bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Calhoun's head backwards.
Mack misses the jab.
Mack throws a quick inside leg kick.
Calhoun drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun is looking to work some ground and pound but Mack has wrist control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mack is on top in guard.
Mack is looking to stand up but Calhoun won't let him.
Mack wants to control from the top but Calhoun keeps moving.
Mack has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Calhoun is proving hard to escape from.
Mack stopping the sweep attempt from Calhoun.
Calhoun throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Mack gets to his feet. Calhoun looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Calhoun is defended easily by Mack.
Calhoun gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack clinches up with Calhoun and pushes him back against the cage.
Mack lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mack misses with a double jab.
Mack throws a right hand that Calhoun ducks under and follows up with a left that Calhoun also avoids with ease.
Mack works over Calhoun's head and body with a nice combination.
Calhoun blocks a jab.
Calhoun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mack throws the kick towards the body but Calhoun avoids it.
Calhoun throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Calhoun looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Calhoun fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mack avoids it really well and circles away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mack.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Mack showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Mack lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Calhoun throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mack's waist but Mack gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Calhoun off to one side.
Calhoun avoids a punch combination nicely.
Calhoun misses with a wild body shot.
Calhoun moves out of range as Mack throws a body kick.
Mack misses with an uppercut. Calhoun saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Mack.
Parnell Calhoun is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mack throws a right hand that Calhoun ducks under and follows up with a left that Calhoun also avoids with ease.
Mack loads up on a big right hand but Calhoun slips the punch.
Calhoun looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mack throws a combination that misses
and Calhoun counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Calhoun has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Mack to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Calhoun is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Mack pulls down on the head and he's put Calhoun to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Johnny Mack!
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