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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan McEvoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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169 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan McEvoy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Saunders!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McEvoy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Saunders checks it well.
Jab by Saunders.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from McEvoy. Saunders shrugs it off though.
McEvoy throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like John Saunders has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Saunders.
Saunders rushes McEvoy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McEvoy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Saunders takes a knee to the side of the body.
McEvoy tries to land a knee to the head but Saunders blocks with his arms.
Saunders misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saunders is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McEvoy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McEvoy dodges an elbow strike from Saunders.
McEvoy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McEvoy dodges an elbow strike from Saunders.
McEvoy leaning against his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saunders.
Still in the clinch, Saunders scores with a nice short uppercut.
Saunders being controlled against the cage.
Saunders lands a right hand that snaps the head of McEvoy backwards.
Saunders misses with a body punch.
McEvoy scores a nice knee to the body.
Saunders wants to get back to striking at distance but McEvoy won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Saunders lands a nice elbow.
McEvoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Saunders.
Knees in the clinch landing for McEvoy.
McEvoy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saunders avoids it.
McEvoy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McEvoy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Saunders takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saunders managing to block the knees to the body from McEvoy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Saunders takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Saunders.
McEvoy managing to block the knees to the body from Saunders.
McEvoy lands a nice knee to the body.
Saunders blocks an elbow strike.
McEvoy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McEvoy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McEvoy is stalling here.
McEvoy misses with a knee to the head.
Saunders is trying to stall.
A right hook to the body lands for McEvoy.
McEvoy can't find room to land a body shot as Saunders controls the action.
Saunders is trying to push McEvoy away but McEvoy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Saunders fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Saunders being controlled against the cage.
McEvoy throws a knee to the head but misses.
McEvoy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McEvoy taking a breather.
McEvoy working Saunders over with knees to the body.
McEvoy lands a knee to the head.
McEvoy tries to land a knee to the head but Saunders blocks with his arms.
McEvoy tries to land knees in the clinch but Saunders avoids the damage to the body.
Saunders looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McEvoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saunders has a couple of punches blocked by McEvoy.
McEvoy blocks an elbow strike.
McEvoy lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up John Saunders's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders is struggling to control the position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Saunders lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McEvoy backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McEvoy lands a good knee to the midsection. Saunders won't want to take too many of those.
Saunders misses with a punch on the inside.
McEvoy throws a knee to the head but misses.
McEvoy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saunders.
Saunders is trying to stall.
McEvoy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Saunders on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saunders pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McEvoy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McEvoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Saunders.
McEvoy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Saunders on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan McEvoy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Saunders's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
McEvoy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McEvoy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McEvoy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saunders throws out the jab.
Saunders throws an overhand right that lands on McEvoy's shoulder, as McEvoy tries to avoid the shot.
Saunders defending well as McEvoy loads up on a big left hand.
McEvoy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saunders can pounce on him.
McEvoy connects with a solid leg kick.
Saunders throws a series of punches but McEvoy avoids them all with ease.
McEvoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Saunders.
McEvoy cracks the inside of Saunders's front leg.
Saunders avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McEvoy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Saunders.
McEvoy looks to score with a jab to the body but Saunders is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McEvoy lands with a kick to the temple. Saunders shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Saunders misses with a body shot.
McEvoy blocks a low kick nicely.
Saunders checks a leg kick.
McEvoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saunders was well out of range. Poor timing from McEvoy.
Saunders throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Saunders throws a front kick that sends McEvoy stumbling back into the cage.
Saunders jabs at McEvoy's body.
McEvoy tries to bum rush Saunders with a series of wild strikes but Saunders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McEvoy throws a head kick that Saunders semi-blocks.
McEvoy takes a jab right on the kisser.
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!
McEvoy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
No joy there for Saunders, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders thuds a left hand into McEvoy's body.
McEvoy throws a poor cross that misses
and McEvoy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McEvoy is rocked!
McEvoy tries to land a body kick
and Saunders counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oh McEvoy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McEvoy bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Saunders comes at him with an uppercut from hell! McEvoy falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! McEvoy was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Saunders!
John Saunders is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking John Saunders thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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