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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Island Guy (ranked 3329 p4p, 3055 weight class) and Randall Cunningham (ranked 357 p4p, 339 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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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 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Randall Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cunningham throws a hook but Guy avoids it easily.
Guy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cunningham.
Guy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Randall Cunningham has been cut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cunningham darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Guy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cunningham looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jab from Guy.
Guy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad The Island in the buildup to the fight.
Cunningham is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Guy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cunningham pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cunningham throws a lazy body kick
and Guy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cunningham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cunningham tries to land a body kick
and Guy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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!
Decent striking displayed by Guy there.
Cunningham ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy slips a straight right by Cunningham.
Cunningham tried to score with a low kick but Guy checks it.
Randall Cunningham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cunningham throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cunningham throws a push kick but Guy slaps the foot to one side.
Guy slips under a jab.
Guy is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Cunningham.
Cunningham misses with a body kick.
Cunningham stuns Guy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cunningham moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Guy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A cross from Cunningham lands.
Cunningham misses with a series of wild punches.
Guy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cunningham tries to clinch up.
Cunningham throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Guy counters with a left and a right that stings Cunningham.
Cunningham throws a leg kick which misses Guy's front leg but catches the back leg as Guy tries to avoid it.
Cunningham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cunningham swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cunningham throws a jab but it's blocked by Guy.
Guy throwing a counter right hand but Cunningham manages to avoid it.
Cunningham misses with a double jab
and Guy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Guy just leaning against Cunningham, taking a breather.
Cunningham just leaning against Guy, taking a breather.
Guy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cunningham slows down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a body punch.
Cunningham lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Guy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cunningham prevents a body shot from Guy.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cunningham as Guy tries to tie him up.
Guy breaks from the clinch.
Guy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cunningham connects with a single shot there.
Guy throws the left hand but Cunningham avoids the punch easily.
Cunningham turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Cunningham is predictable there
and Guy counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Cunningham.
Guy moves forwards but Cunningham connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cunningham misses with a body kick.
Cunningham drops Guy with a beautiful combination! Guy stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cunningham is looking for the KO!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cunningham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guy.
A little jabbing left from Cunningham on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cunningham swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Cunningham, right into the meat of the thigh.
Guy swings for the body but Cunningham moves out of range.
Cunningham is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Guy with a body shot.
Cunningham tries to clinch up.
Guy scores with a nice right hand.
Cunningham lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Guy at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cunningham at a distance.
Cunningham cracks Guy with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Randall Cunningham will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Randall Cunningham's cut.
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.
A swing and a miss from Guy.
Cunningham avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cunningham throws a body kick that misses.
Cunningham looks to land a body kick but Guy moved away.
Sloppy strikes from Guy. Those never looked like landing.
Guy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Cunningham moves away and avoids it.
Cunningham jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy connects with a looping right hand.
Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cunningham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cunningham scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cunningham misses with a lunging right hand
and Guy counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunningham throws a lazy uppercut
and Guy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cunningham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
Guy misses the shot to the body.
Cunningham thumps Guy with a low kick.
A punch combination from Guy misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cunningham.
Cunningham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guy tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cunningham manages to circle out of the way.
Cunningham throws a jab when Guy was well out of range.
As Cunningham looks to move away, Guy throws a big counter combo but Cunningham just gets out of the way.
Cunningham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
As Cunningham looks to move away, Guy throws a big counter combo but Cunningham just gets out of the way.
Cunningham connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cunningham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Guy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A combination from Cunningham does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guy's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Guy duly obliges.
Cunningham tries to clinch but Guy is having none of it.
Cunningham misses with a straight left.
Cunningham avoids the body shot from Guy.
A punch combination from Cunningham misses.
Guy stalks Cunningham and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cunningham's face. Cunningham staggers backwards, shaken.
Guy just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body kick from Cunningham.
Guy moves out of range of the body kick from Cunningham.
Cunningham keeps the fight on the outside.
Guy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cunningham rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Guy counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy looks to land a right hand but Cunningham moved out of range.
Guy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Guy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Guy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cunningham.
Nice cross by Cunningham.
Cunningham buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Guy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cunningham counters with a stiff right hand.
Cunningham scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cunningham thuds a left hand into Guy's body.
Cunningham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Guy went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
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!
Good leg kick by Cunningham.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice shot lands for Cunningham.
Cunningham gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Guy looking to slow down the pace here.
Cunningham gets through Guy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cunningham misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guy trying to stall but Cunningham improves his position.
Cunningham lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cunningham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cunningham sends Guy crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Cunningham is motioning to the referee to let Guy up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Guy is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cunningham lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Guy head around and knocks him out cold! Cunningham hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Randall Cunningham!
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FIGHT
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