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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy McLarnin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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170 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
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183 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roberto Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy McLarnin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Blanco.
Blanco connects with a looping right hand.
McLarnin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McLarnin is rocked!
McLarnin keeps the fight on the outside.
McLarnin is still on wobbly legs! Can Blanco finish him?
McLarnin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
McLarnin seems to have recovered his senses.
Roberto Blanco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blanco throws a poor cross that misses
and McLarnin counters with a stiff right hand.
Blanco connects with a single shot there.
Blanco drops McLarnin with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but McLarnin looks back up at him and smiles so Blanco waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blanco throws a looping overhand right but McLarnin ducks down to avoid it.
Blanco misses with a shot to the body
and McLarnin counters with a nice body shot.
Blanco throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McLarnin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blanco moves away from the strike by McLarnin.
Blanco misses with a hook.
McLarnin throws out a counter right but Blanco avoids it with no problem.
Blanco tries to clinch but McLarnin moves away
and McLarnin counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLarnin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blanco circles away quickly and effectively.
Blanco gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McLarnin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blanco misses with the head strike.
Blanco misses with the head strike.
Blanco swings wildly with an uppercut but McLarnin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blanco.
McLarnin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blanco working aggressively here.
McLarnin is trying to break free.
McLarnin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blanco looks to score with a jab to the body but McLarnin is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco cracks McLarnin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
McLarnin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blanco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blanco connects with a nice looking jab.
McLarnin swats away the attempt to clinch by Blanco.
BOOM! Blanco lands a beautiful left hook that drops McLarnin. McLarnin tries to recover but Blanco is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and McLarnin lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Blanco!
Roberto Blanco seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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