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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Punani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey McFinnigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McFinnigan has chosen My Drunken Irish Dad as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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245 lbs
26 - 10 - 0 |
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195 cm
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285 lbs
16 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Punani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey McFinnigan!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punani pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McFinnigan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Punani was well out of range. Poor timing from McFinnigan.
Punani misses with a hook. McFinnigan ducked under it nicely.
McFinnigan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Punani on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Punani shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McFinnigan throws a lazy right hand but Punani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McFinnigan moves in looking to clinch but Punani pushes him off.
Punani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McFinnigan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mickey McFinnigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McFinnigan misses with an attempted mid kick.
McFinnigan thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circle momentarily. McFinnigan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Punani moves out of range of the body kick.
Punani fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McFinnigan.
McFinnigan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Punani's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punani looks for a takedown but McFinnigan sprawls well.
Punani fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Punani ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Punani shoots in for a takedown but McFinnigan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Punani. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Punani dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McFinnigan. That did some damage!
Punani stalks McFinnigan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into McFinnigan's face. McFinnigan staggers backwards, shaken.
McFinnigan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Punani clinches.
McFinnigan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McFinnigan tries to circle away but Punani has him pinned against the cage.
McFinnigan throws a punch but it's blocked by Punani.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Punani creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Punani goes for a takedown in the clinch but McFinnigan prevents it.
Punani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFinnigan swings wildly with an uppercut but Punani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Punani blocking some punches.
A short right from Punani.
A short left from Punani.
Punani tries to throw a body punch but McFinnigan avoids it by throwing Punani back against the cage.
Punani misses with a punch to the body.
McFinnigan tries a body shot but Punani blocks it.
McFinnigan tries to throw a body punch but Punani avoids it by throwing McFinnigan back against the cage.
McFinnigan lands with a right to the head.
Punani blocks a body shot from McFinnigan.
Punani blocking some punches.
McFinnigan lands a shot to the body.
McFinnigan throws a punch but it's blocked by Punani.
Punani blocking some punches.
McFinnigan takes a shot to the head.
Punani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Punani lands a right hand that snaps the head of McFinnigan backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McFinnigan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punani is working McFinnigan over against the cage.
McFinnigan blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Punani.
McFinnigan tries to break free but Punani pushes him back against the cage.
Punani misses with a punch to the body.
Punani gets through McFinnigan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McFinnigan wants to get back to striking at distance but Punani won't allow it.
McFinnigan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Punani misses with a punch to the body.
McFinnigan is leaning against Punani and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McFinnigan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McFinnigan lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punani lands an uppercut.
Punani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McFinnigan misses with the head strike.
McFinnigan breaks from the clinch.
McFinnigan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McFinnigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFinnigan avoids the head kick by Punani.
McFinnigan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Punani. That did some damage!
McFinnigan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punani fails with the takedown
and McFinnigan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Punani is breathing heavily.
McFinnigan scores with a push kick.
McFinnigan throws a quick inside leg kick.
McFinnigan throws a head kick that misses.
Punani swings for the body but McFinnigan moves out of range.
Punani throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Punani misses with a body shot.
Punani misses with a straight right.
McFinnigan lands a glancing blow to the side of Punani's head.
Punani misses with a left hand
and McFinnigan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey McFinnigan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McFinnigan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McFinnigan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Punani tries to throw a body punch but McFinnigan avoids it by throwing Punani back against the cage.
McFinnigan manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from McFinnigan misses its intended target.
McFinnigan throws a predictable looking body shot
so Punani counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
McFinnigan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McFinnigan wants to sweep here but Punani controlling him for the moment.
Punani is looking to work some ground and pound but McFinnigan has wrist control.
McFinnigan wants to hit a switch here but Punani passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for McFinnigan there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Punani avoids the attempt from McFinnigan to control.
Punani breaks from McFinnigan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Punani has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punani can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McFinnigan is looking to escape.
McFinnigan tries to lock up and control but Punani gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Punani with a couple of short strikes.
Punani can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McFinnigan is looking to escape.
McFinnigan wants to hold on but Punani pushes him away.
Punani lands a big elbow.
McFinnigan tries to hold on but Punani postures up.
Punani is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Punani punishing his opponent with strikes.
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!
Punani lands a big elbow.
Punani trying to control but McFinnigan is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punani sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Punani looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Harry Punani overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Punani trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McFinnigan tries to hold on but Punani postures up.
McFinnigan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Punani unloads with some vicious shots from mount and McFinnigan wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Punani celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Punani!
Harry Punani decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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