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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Mcarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Radcliffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Mcarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Radcliffe!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcarthy shoots in and bounces Radcliffe off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mcarthy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mcarthy could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Radcliffe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mcarthy won't allow Radcliffe to get back to his feet.
Mcarthy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Radcliffe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mcarthy is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Radcliffe is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Radcliffe has escaped and now he's on top!
Mcarthy will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Mcarthy working for a triangle but Radcliffe defends it easily.
Mcarthy striking off his back but it's not causing Radcliffe any problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcarthy wants to sweep here but Radcliffe controlling him for the moment.
Radcliffe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mcarthy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Radcliffe has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mcarthy is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcarthy looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Radcliffe passes into half guard.
Mcarthy punching from the bottom.
Mcarthy wants to get back to full guard.
Mcarthy throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mcarthy actively working from the bottom here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mcarthy shoots for a double leg takedown but Radcliffe sprawls well. He's pushed Mcarthy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mcarthy is breathing heavily.
Mcarthy scores a takedown into full mount!
Mcarthy sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Radcliffe's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Radcliffe wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mcarthy.
Radcliffe defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Mcarthy.
Mcarthy goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Radcliffe turns into him and now he's in Mcarthy's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radcliffe wants to stand but Mcarthy is controlling his posture from full guard.
Mcarthy thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Radcliffe wants to stand but Mcarthy is controlling his posture from full guard.
Mcarthy is looking for a triangle but Radcliffe pushes his legs off easily.
Mcarthy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Radcliffe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mcarthy looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Radcliffe passes into half guard.
Radcliffe prevents Mcarthy from improving his position.
Radcliffe with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mcarthy looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Mcarthy dominated that round.
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.
Radcliffe throws a combination. Mcarthy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Blake Radcliffe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Radcliffe cracks Mcarthy with an open hand slap.
Radcliffe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mcarthy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Radcliffe pinned against the cage. Radcliffe gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Radcliffe with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mcarthy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Radcliffe sprawls well. Radcliffe wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mcarthy gets slowly back to his feet.
Mcarthy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Radcliffe's waist but Radcliffe gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mcarthy off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Mcarthy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Radcliffe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Good leg kick by Radcliffe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A leg kick checked by Mcarthy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Radcliffe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mcarthy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Radcliffe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Radcliffe misses.
Mcarthy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Radcliffe but Radcliffe pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ryan Mcarthy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mcarthy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mcarthy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A punch combination from Radcliffe misses.
Radcliffe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Radcliffe connects with a single shot there.
Radcliffe scoring well with a low kick there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Radcliffe.
Mcarthy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mcarthy is rocked!
Radcliffe is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Mcarthy hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Blake Radcliffe!
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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