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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Juan Carlos Papadopolous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph McLain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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 Hilo, Juan Carlos Papadopolous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joseph McLain!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLain dives in and grabs Papadopolous's left leg, looking for a takedown. Papadopolous pushes down on McLain's head and hops out.
McLain has managed to clinch.
Papadopolous lands a left hand.
Papadopolous lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McLain.
Papadopolous works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Papadopolous is looking to work some ground and pound but McLain has wrist control.
Papadopolous with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Papadopolous postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! McLain is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Papadopolous, into his guard.
Papadopolous keeping moving, preventing McLain from controlling successfully.
Papadopolous scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLain shoots for a takedown but Papadopolous saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Papadopolous scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Papadopolous thows a huge punch but McLain dodges it nicely.
Papadopolous throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing McLain to regain full guard.
McLain preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Papadopolous postures up in McLain's guard and throws a big left but McLain blocks it.
Papadopolous scoring with some ground and pound.
Papadopolous missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McLain avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Papadopolous throws a big elbow that misses.
Papadopolous working some strikes from top position.
McLain looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadopolous is in close to McLain's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopolous loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Papadopolous lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Papadopolous slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
McLain prevents Papadopolous from moving into mount.
Papadopolous tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Papadopolous has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Papadopolous working the ground and pound.
Papadopolous swings around for an armbar but McLain sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Papadopolous's guard.
Papadopolous is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLain trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McLain is looking to stand up but Papadopolous won't let him.
Papadopolous wants to stand and escape but McLain is having none of it.
Papadopolous has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Papadopolous wants to stand but McLain is controlling the position.
Papadopolous wants to improve his position but instead McLain has moved into half guard.
McLain trying to control from half guard but Papadopolous is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopolous pushes McLain off looking to stand but McLain dives back in and keeps control.
McLain is pressing down on Papadopolous's thigh, looking to free his foot. Papadopolous is holding on for now.
Papadopolous kicks off McLain and gets to his feet.
Papadopolous closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Papadopolous throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McLain is staying active underneath Papadopolous, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Papadopolous connects with a nice short shot to McLain's temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papadopolous thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McLain's head.
Papadopolous landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
McLain looks winded!
McLain trying to control but Papadopolous postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Carlos Papadopolous 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.
Papadopolous shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. McLain is trying to defend but Papadopolous finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Papadopolous scoring with strikes to the body and head.
McLain is refusing to be controlled, as Papadopolous sits in half guard.
Papadopolous is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Papadopolous knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McLain on the ground.
McLain tries to kick Papadopolous off but Papadopolous keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Papadopolous thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Papadopolous missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Papadopolous throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Papadopolous is working for a submission of some sort.
Papadopolous looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks McLain with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLain manages to get to full guard.
Papadopolous is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Papadopolous wants to control from the top but McLain keeps moving.
Papadopolous distracts McLain with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Papadopolous postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McLain working for a triangle but Papadopolous defends it easily.
Papadopolous postures up.
McLain is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopolous with a flurry of punches that miss.
Papadopolous stands up over McLain, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Papadopolous trying to control but McLain is working from the bottom.
Papadopolous is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because McLain is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Papadopolous has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Papadopolous content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Papadopolous looking to sit in guard and control but McLain gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McLain is standing up over Papadopolous. Papadopolous looks to escape but McLain dives into side control.
Juan Carlos Papadopolous overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopolous throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
McLain fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Papadopolous. No joy for McLain on that attempt.
McLain gets caught flat footed, as Papadopolous shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Papadopolous working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McLain's head.
Papadopolous works over McLain with some ground and pound from guard.
Papadopolous working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
McLain throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Papadopolous passes McLain's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Papadopolous there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopolous wants to lay and pray for a moment but McLain keeps working.
McLain on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Papadopolous uses his free foot to push down on McLain's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for McLain.
Papadopolous lands a nice shot to the head.
Papadopolous scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McLain?
McLain is rocked!
Papadopolous with the ground and pound from mount.
McLain is still in real trouble! Can Papadopolous finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big strike lands for Papadopolous! That's really hurt McLain and he's turned his back - Papadopolous keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Papadopolous jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Carlos Papadopolous!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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