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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Armando Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ming McMahon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salazar comes into the arena with Blue Flowers blaring out of the sound system. Armando Salazar has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Armando Salazar!
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, Ming McMahon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salazar throws a sloppy body shot
and McMahon counters with a slapping leg kick.
A good leg kick by McMahon.
Salazar throws a sloppy body shot
and McMahon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Salazar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Salazar scores with the left hand. McMahon knows he should have avoided that one.
Salazar throws a left and a right that both miss
and McMahon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Salazar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McMahon counters with a body kick that stops Salazar in his tracks momentarily.
Salazar throws a low kick but McMahon avoids it.
McMahon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Armando Salazar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McMahon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Salazar takes a swing at McMahon's ribcage but misses.
Salazar misses with a right hand
and McMahon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. McMahon defends it nicely.
Ming McMahon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Salazar tries to close the distance and clinch up but McMahon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McMahon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salazar.
Salazar misses with a body shot
and McMahon counters with an outside leg kick.
Salazar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salazar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McMahon throws a leg kick but Salazar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Salazar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Salazar.
Salazar misses with a body shot
and McMahon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salazar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McMahon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the body from Salazar misses
and McMahon counters with a nice leg kick.
McMahon throws a wild body kick that Salazar sees coming a mile off.
Salazar misses with a series of wild punches.
Salazar throws a right hand that misses
enabling McMahon to counter with a crisp jab.
Salazar misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling McMahon to counter with a crisp jab.
Salazar is looking to wear down McMahon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Salazar thows a leg kick but McMahon checks it
and Salazar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Salazar takes a swing at McMahon's ribcage but misses.
McMahon is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Salazar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McMahon finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
McMahon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armando Salazar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar swings widly with a right hand
and McMahon counters with a slapping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McMahon lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Salazar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Salazar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McMahon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Salazar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Salazar misses with a lunging right hand
and McMahon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Salazar's knee momentarily.
Salazar misses with a body punch
and McMahon counters with a slapping leg kick.
Salazar tries to clinch but McMahon is having none of it.
Salazar throws a sloppy body shot
and McMahon counters with a low kick, right behind Salazar 's knee.
Nice sprawl there from McMahon as Salazar shoots in.
McMahon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McMahon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Salazar throws a predictable looking body shot
and McMahon counters with a solid body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salazar misses with a body punch
and McMahon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Salazar avoids a kick to the body.
Salazar throws a left and a right that both miss
and McMahon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McMahon lands with a nice body kick.
Salazar is really struggling to find his range with his punches. McMahon's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Salazar throws a series of punches but McMahon avoids them all with ease.
McMahon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Salazar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Salazar throws a lazy uppercut
letting McMahon counter with a right hand.
Salazar tries to clinch up but McMahon circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab from Salazar.
McMahon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salazar throws a predictable looking body shot
and McMahon counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Salazar misses with a hook to the body
and McMahon counters with a straight right hand.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Salazar throws a predictable looking body shot
and McMahon counters with a body kick.
Salazar shoots in for a takedown but McMahon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
McMahon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salazar is looking to clinch but McMahon is avoiding it.
Salazar misses with a jab to the body
and McMahon finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Salazar misses with a jab to the body
and McMahon counters with a slapping leg kick.
Salazar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McMahon was well out of range. Poor timing from Salazar.
Salazar moves out of range as McMahon throws a body kick.
McMahon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Salazar.
Salazar misses with a hook to the body
and McMahon counters with a head kick.
Salazar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling McMahon to counter with a crisp jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Salazar fails with a takedown attempt.
Salazar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Salazar swings away with a body shot that misses
and McMahon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Salazar cracks the inside of McMahon's front leg.
McMahon keeps the fight on the outside.
McMahon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salazar.
A shot to the body from Salazar misses
and McMahon counters with a stiff right hand.
Salazar shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McMahon but McMahon pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Salazar fails to land the takedown.
No luck for Salazar with that takedown attempt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Salazar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McMahon was well out of range. Poor timing from Salazar.
Salazar looks to land a left hand but McMahon moved out of range nicely.
Salazar misses with a body punch
and McMahon counters with an outside leg kick.
Salazar misses with a shot to the body
and McMahon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Salazar will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
McMahon throws a body kick that misses.
McMahon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salazar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McMahon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salazar.
Salazar misses the body punch
and McMahon counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Salazar swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Salazar is looking to clinch but McMahon is avoiding it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Salazar.
Salazar misses the body punch
and McMahon counters with a flying knee. Nice.
McMahon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Salazar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salazar misses with a hook to the body
and McMahon counters with a nice body kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Salazar.
Salazar working the ground and pound from side control.
Salazar controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salazar is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. McMahon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Salazar working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Salazar is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. McMahon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armando Salazar dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Salazar throws a leg kick that is checked
and McMahon counters with a thumping low kick.
Salazar misses with a jab to the body
and McMahon counters with a nice body kick.
Salazar thows a body shot but no joy.
Salazar shoots in but McMahon avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McMahon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salazar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Salazar misses with a hook to the body
and McMahon counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Salazar misses with a looping left.
Some wild striking there from Salazar.
Salazar throws a wild body kick that McMahon sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar misses with a left hand
and Salazar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the body from Salazar misses
and McMahon counters with a body kick that stops Salazar in his tracks momentarily.
Salazar falls off balance throwing a combination
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and McMahon counters with a slapping leg kick.
Salazar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McMahon throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Salazar misses with a body punch
and McMahon counters with a solid body kick.
Salazar throws a right hand that misses
and McMahon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salazar tries to clinch but McMahon moves out of range.
McMahon slips a jab and a cross from Salazar.
McMahon avoids a punch combination nicely.
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.
Salazar fails in his attempt to clinch.
McMahon lands a nice looking kick to the body. Salazar takes a step back to recover.
Salazar looks to score with a jab to the body but McMahon is just out of range.
Salazar swings away with a body shot that misses
and McMahon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Salazar throws a big shot that misses.
McMahon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Salazar.
McMahon is looking to chop away at Salazar's legs.
Salazar misses with a body punch
and McMahon counters with a body kick.
McMahon connects with a right hand. Salazar shakes it off.
Salazar tries to clinch but McMahon is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McMahon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McMahon keeps the fight on the outside.
Salazar shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McMahon as he avoids it easily.
Salazar tried to score with a low kick but McMahon checks it.
Both fighters circling a little - McMahon finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Salazar looks for a takedown but McMahon sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armando Salazar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Salazar or perhaps it was just good defense by McMahon which made him look bad.
Salazar swings away with a body shot that misses
and McMahon counters with an outside leg kick.
Salazar misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Salazar fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McMahon circles away from the clinch attempt.
McMahon digs a good body shot into Salazar's ribs.
Salazar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McMahon counters with a nice uppercut.
Salazar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McMahon staying out of range there.
Salazar misses with a body punch
and McMahon counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Salazar misses with a left hand
and McMahon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McMahon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salazar's head.
McMahon throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Salazar takes a swing at McMahon's ribcage but misses.
Salazar tries to clinch up.
McMahon throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
McMahon lands with a kick to the ribs.
Salazar throws a sloppy body shot
and McMahon counters with a body kick.
A good leg kick by McMahon.
A shot to the body from Salazar misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Salazar misses with a left hand
and McMahon counters with a thumping low kick.
Salazar falls off balance throwing a combination
and McMahon counters with a body kick that stops Salazar in his tracks momentarily.
Salazar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McMahon makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McMahon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McMahon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salazar lands a nice hook to McMahon's body. McMahon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Salazar takes a swing at McMahon's ribcage but misses.
McMahon keeps the fight on the outside.
Ming McMahon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salazar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McMahon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McMahon lands the left hand.
Good work by McMahon as he checks the leg kick.
Salazar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McMahon manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salazar. McMahon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salazar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Salazar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McMahon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Salazar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Salazar misses with a left hand
and McMahon counters with a stiff right hand.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Salazar is looking to clinch.
A shot to the body from Salazar misses
and McMahon counters with a body kick that stops Salazar in his tracks momentarily.
McMahon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salazar throws a sloppy body shot
and McMahon counters with a head kick. That will keep Salazar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Salazar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Salazar misses with a shot to the body
and McMahon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McMahon swats away the attempt to clinch by Salazar.
Salazar misses the body punch
and McMahon counters with an inside leg kick.
Salazar misses with a jab to the body
and McMahon counters with a nice leg kick.
Salazar misses with a shot to the body
and McMahon counters with a solid body kick.
Salazar swings away with a body shot that misses
and McMahon makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Salazar really felt that one!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Salazar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salazar misses with a body shot.
Salazar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McMahon moves away.
Salazar misses with a body punch
and McMahon counters with a nice body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Salazar crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McMahon - the referee stops the clock and Salazar gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McMahon. Salazar manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Salazar swings widly with a right hand
and McMahon counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Salazar thows a leg kick but McMahon checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Salazar is looking to clinch but McMahon is avoiding it.
Salazar misses with a jab to the body
and McMahon makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Salazar really felt that one!
Salazar misses with a body shot
letting McMahon counter with a right hand.
Salazar looks to throw a body kick
and McMahon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Salazar's knee momentarily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Salazar swings widly with a right hand
and McMahon counters with a nice body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Salazar.
Salazar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McMahon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Salazar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McMahon counters with a big head kick but Salazar shrugs it off.
Salazar swings away with a body shot that misses
and McMahon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Salazar misses with a double jab
and McMahon counters with a nice leg kick.
Salazar throws a predictable looking body shot
and McMahon counters with a low kick, right behind Salazar 's knee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salazar misses the body punch
and McMahon makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Salazar really felt that one!
A low kick from Salazar misses
and McMahon counters with a nice kick to the body.
McMahon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Salazar's sensitive parts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ming McMahon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Armando Salazar!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Armando Salazar!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Armando Salazar!
Armando Salazar wins by unanimous decision!
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