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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mac Paining (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Rity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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172 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mac Paining!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Rity!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rity shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Paining as he avoids it easily.
Paining with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rity counters with a two punch combo.
Paining shoots in and bounces Rity off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Paining stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rity swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rity not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paining makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rity working a defensive guard here.
Paining trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Paining won't allow Rity to sweep him here.
Paining trying to control the position from guard on top but Rity is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paining tries to free his leg and advance position but Rity is retaining full guard.
Rity utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paining looking to sit in guard and control but Rity gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rity wants to control from the top but Paining keeps moving.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Paining shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rity counters by moving into the clinch.
Rity pulls guard successfully.
Paining showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Paining throwing strikes from guard but Rity blocks nicely.
Rity trying to control the position.
Rity wants to sweep here but Paining controlling him for the moment.
Rity is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Paining cracks Rity with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paining passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rity takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rity is not content to let Paining control the position.
Rity takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Paining in the domination position with Rity hanging on.
You can see the frustration on Rity's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Paining creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Paining wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rity keeps working.
Paining landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rity is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Rity looks gassed!
Check out the look on Paining's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rity is working to avoid the ground and pound but Paining connects with a decent elbow.
Rity tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Paining wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Paining content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Rity wants to get back to his feet.
Paining working the head with strikes.
Rity is working to avoid the ground and pound but Paining connects with a decent elbow.
Rity is letting Paining control him for a moment.
Paining lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paining working the head with strikes.
Check out the look on Paining's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Paining just content to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rity is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Paining's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Paining controlling the action here.
Rity has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Paining is working away from the top position though.
Rity regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rity is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Paining dominated that round.
That's time! Paining's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rity fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paining has his takedown stuffed
and Rity counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rity is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Paining on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Paining tries to get out of the position.
Paining is trying desperately to improve position.
Paining is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Paining taking shots to the head.
Paining is desperately trying to improve his position but Rity has a good base and remains in mount.
Mac Paining overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rity with good strikes from the mount here!
Rity trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rity is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Paining can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Paining wants to control but Rity is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rity looking to control but Paining is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Paining has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rity controlling the pace for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Rity there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rity trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rity might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Paining kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Paining is trying desperately to improve position.
Rity scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rity trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Paining is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rity looking to control but Paining is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paining is looking to get to half guard.
Paining is working hard here to advance position.
Paining slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Paining keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Paining tries to roll over but Rity keeps him under control.
Paining misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Paining is trying to maintain the position but Rity is very close to passing his half guard.
Paining moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Paining wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Paining controls Rity momentarily but Rity frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paining manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rity manages to get himself to full guard.
Paining stands up over Rity, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Paining controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Paining is in close to Rity's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Paining controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Paining stopping the sweep attempt from Rity.
Paining controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Paining trying to control but Rity is working from the bottom.
Rity looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paining stays in close to Rity's body and controls the position.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Mac Paining just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Paining shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rity's guard.
Paining controls from within his opponent's guard.
Paining passes Rity's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Paining wants to control but Rity is keeping him busy.
Paining moves into full mount! Rity won't be happy about that!
Paining dominating with strikes here.
It looks like Mike Rity has been cut.
Paining lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rity is in a horrible position here. Paining smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rity is rocked!
Paining connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rity is still in real trouble! Can Paining finish him?
That has opened up Mike Rity's cut even more.
Paining unloads with some shots from mount but Rity bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Paining dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Rity's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Paining with a lazy takedown attempt
and Paining takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Paining shoots in but Rity avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Horrible takedown by Paining or perhaps it was just good defense by Rity which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Paining. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paining fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Paining throws a hook to the side of Rity's head but Rity sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paining fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Paining tries for a takedown but Rity sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Paining closes the distance and clinches up with Rity, looking for a takedown. Paining pushes Rity against the cage but Rity circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rity stuffs the takedown.
Paining shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rity pinned against the cage. Rity gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Paining shoots in looking for a takedown. Rity tries to sprawl out of it but Paining keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rity manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mac Paining seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paining fails to land the takedown.
Rity seems to have recovered his senses.
Rity looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rity is looking to take a break and control but Paining is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Paining is looking to improve his position.
Paining is positioning himself well to prevent Rity advancing to mount.
Rity is keen to just control but Paining is a slippery customer.
Paining manages to get to full guard.
Paining working a defensive guard here.
Rity must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rity wanted to stand there but Paining had control of the position.
Paining lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rity!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Paining working the ground and pound effectively.
Rity really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Paining working Rity over with strikes here.
Rity is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Paining working for a submission but Rity is keeping him at bay.
Paining working Rity over with strikes here.
Paining landing shots from mount.
Rity is trying desperately to improve position.
Rity is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rity is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paining scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rity is looking to get to half guard.
Paining goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rity turns into him and now he's in Paining's guard.
Rity trying to control but Paining is working from the bottom.
Rity won't allow Paining to sweep him here.
Paining seems keen to control Rity's posture.
Paining can't keep his opponent in guard - Rity advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rity decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Rity wants to clinch up but Paining keeps it at a distance.
Rity will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Paining doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rity counters with a nice kick to the body.
Paining changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rity looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rity can't do much from the bottom here.
Paining trying to control the action but Rity is working from the bottom.
Paining controls the position from side control.
Rity manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Mike Rity has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paining seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mike Rity.
I think Paining has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mac Paining!
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energy
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pop
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