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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andy Gillespie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Mackenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evander Mackenzie will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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147 lbs
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146 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Great elbows
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andy Gillespie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Evander Mackenzie!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gillespie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gillespie thows a body shot but no joy.
Gillespie misses with a leg kick.
Gillespie misses with a leg kick
letting Mackenzie counter with a right hand.
Mackenzie doesn't manage to clinch there - Gillespie circles away.
Andy Gillespie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gillespie throws a push kick but Mackenzie slaps the foot to one side.
Gillespie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gillespie swats away the attempt to clinch by Mackenzie.
A head kick misses from Gillespie.
Some bone on bone action there as Mackenzie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mackenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gillespie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mackenzie tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gillespie counters with a thumping low kick.
Gillespie misses with a leg kick.
Gillespie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Crunch! Gillespie slams his shin into Mackenzie's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillespie scores with a hook.
Gillespie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mackenzie tries to clinch but Gillespie moves out of range.
Mackenzie tries to clinch up
and Gillespie makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mackenzie really felt that one!
Gillespie scores with a body shot.
Gillespie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gillespie scores with a nice right hand.
Gillespie connects with a solid leg kick.
Gillespie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gillespie misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gillespie. That's going to slow Mackenzie down.
Mackenzie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gillespie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillespie moves out of range as Mackenzie throws a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mackenzie moves in looking to clinch but Gillespie pushes him off.
Mackenzie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mackenzie clinches up with Gillespie and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gillespie.
Mackenzie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gillespie working hard to break the clinch.
Gillespie working aggressively here.
Gillespie lands with a left to the head.
Gillespie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mackenzie blocks the elbow strike.
Mackenzie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gillespie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gillespie lands a hook that snaps the head of Mackenzie backwards.
Gillespie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mackenzie trying to stall but Gillespie improves his position.
Gillespie scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillespie tries to land a knee to the head but Mackenzie blocks with his arms.
Gillespie misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mackenzie.
Gillespie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mackenzie is looking to clinch but Gillespie is avoiding it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gillespie.
Mackenzie wants to clinch.
Gillespie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mackenzie.
Mackenzie checks the leg kick.
Mackenzie takes a swing at Gillespie's ribcage but misses.
Mackenzie wants to clinch
and Gillespie counters with a right hand to the body.
Mackenzie throws a lazy body kick
and Gillespie counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillespie scoring well with a low kick there.
Mackenzie darts in trying to clinch
and Gillespie counters with a nice body shot.
Mackenzie looks to clinch
and Gillespie counters with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gillespie scores with a kick to the body.
Mackenzie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gillespie.
Mackenzie tries to clinch there but Gillespie circles away.
Mackenzie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gillespie swats away the attempt to clinch by Mackenzie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gillespie - that will leave a mark!
Gillespie throws a front kick aimed at Mackenzie's knee but Mackenzie avoids it well.
Gillespie throws a lazy uppercut
and Mackenzie counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Gillespie dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gillespie moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mackenzie thows a leg kick but Gillespie checks it
and Gillespie counters with a low kick, right behind Mackenzie 's knee.
Mackenzie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mackenzie moves to clinch but Gillespie breaks away
and Gillespie counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mackenzie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gillespie misses with a wild body shot.
Mackenzie wants to clinch.
Gillespie looks to land a body kick but Mackenzie moved away.
Gillespie throws a low kick but Mackenzie avoids it.
Mackenzie closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gillespie counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mackenzie tries to clinch up
and Gillespie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gillespie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gillespie throws a leg kick
and Mackenzie counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gillespie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mackenzie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mackenzie tries to clinch up
and Gillespie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mackenzie pushes Gillespie up against the cage in a clinch.
Mackenzie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gillespie scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gillespie scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mackenzie blocks an uppercut.
Mackenzie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gillespie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mackenzie looking to slow down the pace here.
A body shot lands from Gillespie.
A shot in the inside from Gillespie.
Gillespie working hard to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Gillespie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gillespie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gillespie scores with a shoulder strike.
I was talking to Gillespie's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mackenzie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gillespie is keeping busy.
Gillespie lands a hook that snaps the head of Mackenzie backwards.
Gillespie crunches a lovely knee into Mackenzie's ribcage.
Gillespie gets through Mackenzie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Come on Mackenzie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gillespie looking to slow down the pace here.
Mackenzie looking to throw knees to the head but Gillespie is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gillespie backwards.
Mackenzie takes a shot to the head.
Gillespie lands a nice uppercut.
Gillespie lands an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gillespie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andy Gillespie is winning the standup battle so far.
Mackenzie tries to clinch but Gillespie moves away
and Gillespie counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Mackenzie is breathing heavily.
Mackenzie moves in looking to clinch but Gillespie pushes him off.
Mackenzie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mackenzie moves in looking to clinch but Gillespie pushes him off.
Gillespie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mackenzie moves away.
Gillespie feints and then cracks Mackenzie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mackenzie down.
Mackenzie tries to clinch but Gillespie moves away
and Gillespie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gillespie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gillespie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gillespie throws a sloppy head kick and Mackenzie moves out of range easily.
Mackenzie tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gillespie counters with a left and a right that stings Mackenzie.
Mackenzie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mackenzie tries to clinch
and Gillespie counters with a slapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Gillespie.
Gillespie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mackenzie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gillespie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gillespie throws a shot to the body.
Gillespie connects with the punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Gillespie finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gillespie scoring well with a low kick there.
Gillespie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mackenzie can do to turn this around?
An inside leg kick lands from Gillespie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Gillespie dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Mackenzie is looking to clinch but Gillespie is avoiding it.
Gillespie throws a push kick but Mackenzie slaps the foot to one side.
Mackenzie checks a low kick from Gillespie.
Mackenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gillespie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mackenzie wants to clinch
and Gillespie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mackenzie is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mackenzie is rocked!
Gillespie throws a head kick that misses.
Mackenzie is still on wobbly legs! Can Gillespie finish him?
Gillespie walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mackenzie.
Gillespie connects with a crisp jab.
A solid body kick from Gillespie.
and Gillespie counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Mackenzie! He's just covering up as Gillespie starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Gillespie!
An out of breath and clearly excited Andy Gillespie thanked Milwaukee's Best Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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