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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Craig Clendennon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Gerrard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clendennon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, LoFidelity Allstars - Battleflag. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Mick Gerrard enters the cage!
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154 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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158 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Clendennon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mick Gerrard!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clendennon gets tackled into the cage by Gerrard. Gerrard maintains the clinch.
Clendennon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Clendennon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Clendennon lands an elbow that stopped Gerrard in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Mick Gerrard has been cut.
Gerrard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gerrard lands with a light punch inside.
Clendennon crunches a lovely knee into Gerrard's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gerrard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Clendennon is keeping busy.
Clendennon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gerrard blocks an elbow strike from Clendennon.
Clendennon blocks an uppercut.
Gerrard swings wildly with an uppercut but Clendennon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clendennon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gerrard backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gerrard.
Clendennon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Clendennon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gerrard.
Gerrard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clendennon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gerrard is defending well for now.
Gerrard has a couple of punches blocked by Clendennon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerrard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clendennon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Clendennon misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Gerrard fails to land.
Clendennon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Gerrard.
Gerrard swings wildly with an uppercut but Clendennon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clendennon presses Gerrard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Gerrard.
A head punch on the inside from Gerrard fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clendennon tries to work over Gerrard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Clendennon.
Gerrard avoiding damage as Clendennon throws knees to the body.
Gerrard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Clendennon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gerrard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clendennon lands a good knee to the midsection. Gerrard won't want to take too many of those.
Gerrard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Clendennon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon throws an elbow but it misses.
Clendennon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gerrard throws a punch but it's blocked by Clendennon.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gerrard avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Gerrard fails to land.
Gerrard blocks an elbow strike.
Gerrard misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clendennon.
Clendennon misses with a body punch.
Clendennon tries to land knees in the clinch but Gerrard avoids the damage to the body.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the head but Gerrard blocks with his arms.
Gerrard managing to block the knees to the body from Clendennon.
Gerrard works on Clendennon's body with a couple of short punches.
Gerrard lands with a left to the head.
Gerrard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Clendennon takes a shot to the head.
Gerrard tries to throw a body punch but Clendennon avoids it by throwing Gerrard back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon tries to land knees in the clinch but Gerrard avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clendennon.
Clendennon misses with a knee strike.
Clendennon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Clendennon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gerrard working aggressively here.
Gerrard blocks an elbow strike.
Clendennon misses with a knee to the head.
Clendennon throws an elbow that misses.
Clendennon misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Gerrard.
Clendennon gets through Gerrard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gerrard misses with some punches.
Clendennon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gerrard'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.
Clendennon lands a good knee to the midsection. Gerrard won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Gerrard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerrard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gerrard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gerrard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gerrard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clendennon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice left hand lands by Gerrard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Gerrard fails to land.
Clendennon throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Gerrard on the inside.
Gerrard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gerrard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gerrard misses with the head strike.
Gerrard tries a body shot but Clendennon blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gerrard swings wildly with an uppercut but Clendennon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gerrard lands a left hand.
Gerrard can't find room to land a body shot as Clendennon controls the action.
Gerrard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Clendennon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mick Gerrard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice body kick there by Clendennon.
Gerrard is looking to clinch but Clendennon is avoiding it.
Gerrard throws a lazy right hand but Clendennon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Clendennon wants to clinch.
Clendennon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gerrard manages to avoid it.
Gerrard avoids the body shot from Clendennon.
Gerrard doesn't manage to clinch there - Clendennon circles away.
Clendennon 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.
Gerrard throws a lazy right hand but Clendennon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mick Gerrard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gerrard misses with a looping right.
Gerrard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clendennon.
Gerrard thuds a left hand into Clendennon's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerrard throws a lazy right hand but Clendennon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Clendennon throws a right hand that Gerrard ducks under and follows up with a left that Gerrard also avoids with ease.
Gerrard connects with a looping right hand.
Gerrard throws a looping overhand right but Clendennon ducks down to avoid it.
Clendennon connects with a nice looking jab.
Gerrard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gerrard, as that shot connected.
Gerrard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clendennon.
Gerrard misses with a wild body shot.
Gerrard misses with a looping right.
Gerrard misses with a body shot.
Gerrard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Clendennon moves out of range of the strikes.
Clendennon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gerrard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Clendennon.
Clendennon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Clendennon tries to land knees in the clinch but Gerrard avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clendennon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gerrard is defending well for now.
Gerrard tries to throw a body punch but Clendennon avoids it by throwing Gerrard back against the cage.
Clendennon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Craig Clendennon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Clendennon.
Clendennon lands an elbow inside that Gerrard shrugs off.
Clendennon blocking some punches.
Gerrard has a couple of punches blocked by Clendennon.
Gerrard has a couple of punches blocked by Clendennon.
Gerrard blocks an elbow strike.
Gerrard stalling in the clinch but Clendennon improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Gerrard fails to land.
Gerrard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gerrard.
Gerrard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerrard avoids a wild elbow strike from Clendennon.
Gerrard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clendennon missing with knees to the body.
Gerrard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clendennon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gerrard backwards.
Gerrard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clendennons head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clendennon.
Clendennon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gerrard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Clendennon connects with a knee to the head.
Clendennon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clendennon lands with a right to the head.
Gerrard blocks an elbow strike from Clendennon.
Gerrard misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Gerrard fails to land.
Gerrard tries to work over Clendennon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clendennon lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gerrard misses with the head strike.
Gerrard misses with the head strike.
Gerrard misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the head but Gerrard blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clendennon.
Clendennon blocking some punches.
Clendennon lands a nice knee to the body.
Clendennon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Clendennon.
Gerrard is breathing heavily.
Gerrard tries to work over Clendennon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gerrard avoids the elbow strike from Clendennon, against the cage.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gerrard avoids it.
Clendennon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gerrard throws a head punch that misses.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gerrard swings wildly with an uppercut but Clendennon uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clendennon looking to throw knees to the head but Gerrard is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Clendennon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Clendennon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mick Gerrard's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Clendennon looks to score with a jab to the body but Gerrard is just out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Gerrard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Clendennon misses with a kick to the body.
Clendennon blocks a jab.
Gerrard connects with a body shot.
Clendennon throws a leg kick but Gerrard checks it.
Clendennon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Clendennon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A swing and a miss from Clendennon.
Gerrard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gerrard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Clendennon scores with a jab.
Clendennon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gerrard.
Gerrard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clendennon was well out of range. Poor timing from Gerrard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clendennon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gerrard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clendennon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gerrard circles away quickly and effectively.
Gerrard misses with a body shot.
Clendennon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gerrard.
Gerrard throws a lazy right hand but Clendennon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gerrard wants to clinch up but Clendennon keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Clendennon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gerrard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gerrard throws a nice looking combination but Clendennon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gerrard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Clendennon thuds a left hand into Gerrard's body.
Gerrard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clendennon throws a jab but it's blocked by Gerrard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerrard connects with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clendennon. Gerrard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gerrard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clendennon forces Gerrard back against the cage and clinches.
Clendennon looking to throw knees to the head but Gerrard is blocking nicely.
Gerrard has a couple of punches blocked by Clendennon.
Clendennon landing knees to the head.
Clendennon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gerrards head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clendennon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gerrard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gerrard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gerrard misses with the head strike.
Clendennon tries a knee to the head but Gerrard blocks it.
Gerrard has a couple of punches blocked by Clendennon.
Clendennon misses with a knee strike.
Clendennon blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon landing knees to the body.
Clendennon blocking some punches.
A short right from Gerrard.
Gerrard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clendennon backwards.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Clendennon.
Gerrard managing to block the knees to the body from Clendennon.
Gerrard misses with a punch to the body.
Gerrard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Clendennon backwards.
Clendennon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gerrard blocks an elbow strike.
Clendennon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clendennon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gerrard misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gerrard has a couple of punches blocked by Clendennon.
Gerrard swings wildly with an uppercut but Clendennon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clendennon scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the head but Gerrard blocks with his arms.
Clendennon lands an elbow just above Gerrard 's eye.
Gerrard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Craig Clendennon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Clendennon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clendennon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gerrard.
Gerrard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Come on Gerrard - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gerrard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gerrard working aggressively here.
Clendennon tries to work over Gerrard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mick Gerrard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gerrard misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Clendennon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Clendennon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Clendennon!
After winning the bout, Craig Clendennon thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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