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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jecko Macapagal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ness has chosen 2Pac - Untouchable/Paper Airplanes Remix as his entrance music. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jecko Macapagal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Larry Ness!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ness clinches up against the cage.
Ness slows down the pace here.
Ness gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ness looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ness is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Macapagal defends it well.
Ness is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ness missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Macapagal knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ness on the ground.
Macapagal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Macapagal is pressing down on Ness's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ness accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ness is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Macapagal really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ness trying to control the position from guard on top but Macapagal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Macapagal tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ness throwing strikes but missing.
Ness is looking to work some ground and pound but Macapagal has wrist control.
Ness landing some decent shots from guard.
Macapagal trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ness with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ness scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ness sitting in guard here, content to control.
Macapagal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macapagal keeping moving, preventing Ness from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Macapagal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jecko Macapagal.
Macapagal scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ness is positioning himself well to prevent Macapagal advancing to mount.
Ness's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness is pressing down on Macapagal's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ness pulls Macapagal in close to prevent any damage.
That's four 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.
Macapagal has gone for a leg lock! Ness slips out almost immediately though and dives into Macapagal's guard.
Ness stands up over Macapagal, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ness is in close to Macapagal's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Macapagal will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ness missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Macapagal is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ness accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Macapagal on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Macapagal tries to get out of the position.
Ness cracks Macapagal with a solid left hand.
Ness with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ness scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ness passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Larry Ness dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ness has closed the distance and engaged Macapagal in a clinch.
Ness drops down looking for an ankle pick but Macapagal pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ness rushes Macapagal and presses him up against the cage.
Macapagal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ness lands with a nice combination. Macapagal backs away looking to recover.
Ness fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ness swinging wildly here.
Ness rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Macapagal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ness lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Macapagal backs up against the cage.
Ness closes the distance but Macapagal moves to the side
and Macapagal counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ness is adopting a defensive guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macapagal trying to control the position from guard on top but Ness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ness pulls Macapagal in close to his closed guard and prevents Macapagal from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ness utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two 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.
Ness seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We're going to have a standup here because Jecko Macapagal wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ness fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Macapagal, pushing him back against the cage.
Macapagal manages to pull guard.
Ness is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Macapagal is looking to stand up but Ness isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ness scoring with some ground and pound.
Ness stands and throws Macapagal's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ness has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ness landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Macapagal's face as Ness controls the position.
Ness lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Macapagal down.
Larry Ness has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ness is looking to take a break and control but Macapagal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ness tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ness has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ness works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Macapagal taking a bit of punishment here - Ness scoring with strikes.
Ness tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ness is looking to take a break and control but Macapagal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness cracks Macapagal with a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
You can see the frustration on Macapagal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ness tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ness has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ness advances to full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Larry Ness showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ness throws a combination. Macapagal tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ness clinches.
Ness has picked Macapagal up - he's going for a ride! Ness dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ness working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ness seems to be working for a kimura but Macapagal defends the submission attempt.
Macapagal keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Ness working Macapagal over with strikes.
Macapagal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ness is nestled in close to Macapagal, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ness is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ness winds up and cracks Macapagal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Macapagal is concentrating on defense, preventing Ness from advancing position.
Ness lands with a punch from half guard.
Ness is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ness scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Ness there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ness is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ness wants to control but Macapagal is keeping him busy.
Ness looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Macapagal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ness trying to control the action but Macapagal is working from the bottom.
Ness working over Macapagal with some ground and pound. Macapagal looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Ness there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ness has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice strikes from Ness there.
Macapagal is defending against the submission attempts here by Ness.
Macapagal wants to improve his position but Ness is controlling well.
Ness is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ness lands strikes from half guard.
Ness is trying to work for a kimura but Macapagal is defending well.
Ness is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Larry Ness is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Larry Ness comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ness has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Larry Ness!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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