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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Laurence Mcfadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laurence Mcfadden has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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177 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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169 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Laurence Mcfadden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Lenny Smalls!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smalls has taken the fight to the clinch.
Smalls wants a takedown.
Mcfadden breaks from the clinch.
Smalls fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Smalls with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mcfadden counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Laurence Mcfadden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lenny Smalls.
Smalls throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mcfadden clinches.
Mcfadden tries to pull guard but Smalls forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mcfadden manages to break the clinch.
Smalls darts in and clinches Mcfadden up against the cage.
Smalls manages to break the clinch.
Mcfadden clinches up against the cage.
Smalls looking to throw knees to the head but Mcfadden is blocking nicely.
Mcfadden jumps guard but Smalls stands there with Mcfadden around his waist. Mcfadden gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Smalls manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcfadden darts in trying to clinch
and Smalls counters with a stiff right hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smalls.
It looks like Laurence Mcfadden has been cut.
Mcfadden fails with a takedown attempt.
Smalls fails with a takedown attempt.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mcfadden.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcfadden tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Smalls is being controlled here.
Smalls can't do much from the bottom here.
Mcfadden wants to control but Smalls is keeping him busy.
Smalls managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Mcfadden.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcfadden misses with the ground and pound.
Mcfadden tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mcfadden has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mcfadden has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Smalls!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcfadden scoring with strikes but Smalls is staying in there.
Smalls tries to control the position but Mcfadden now has his back.
Smalls is in bad spot here.
Smalls looks winded!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mcfadden slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Smalls wants to control his opponent's hands but Mcfadden gets his hands free.
Mcfadden is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Mcfadden looking for the choke from the back.
Smalls tries to break free.
Mcfadden wants to control but Smalls is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smalls wants to get back to his feet.
Mcfadden has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Smalls's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Laurence Mcfadden will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Laurence Mcfadden's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mcfadden dives in and grabs Smalls's left leg, looking for a takedown. Smalls pushes down on Mcfadden's head and hops out.
Mcfadden closes the distance and clinches.
Mcfadden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mcfadden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mcfadden jumps guard but Smalls turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mcfadden prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mcfadden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mcfadden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcfadden manages to break the clinch.
Smalls shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mcfadden as he avoids it easily.
Smalls closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mcfadden can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcfadden gets control of Smalls's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mcfadden will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Smalls preventing the sweep.
Smalls advances position into side control!
Smalls trying to control the position but Mcfadden is working away.
Mcfadden tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smalls wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mcfadden is trying to control Smalls's posture but Smalls avoids it.
Mcfadden manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Smalls is looking to take a break and control but Mcfadden is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Smalls is breathing heavily.
Smalls stops Mcfadden from getting back to his feet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Laurence Mcfadden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mcfadden has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laurence Mcfadden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smalls shoots in but no luck this time.
Smalls tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mcfadden drops down looking for a counter takedown but Smalls sprawls and moves away.
Mcfadden looks for a takedown but Smalls sprawls well.
A low kick from Smalls misses
and Mcfadden counters with a series of strikes. Smalls will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mcfadden defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Smalls.
Mcfadden shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Mcfadden was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Smalls is looking to get back to his feet here but Mcfadden is keeping cool and he's managed to take Smalls's back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smalls is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Mcfadden.
Mcfadden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smalls can do to turn this around?
Mcfadden wants to control but Smalls is keeping busy.
Mcfadden is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Mcfadden is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mcfadden keeps control of the position as Smalls tries to break free.
Mcfadden gets his hands free as Smalls looks to control.
Mcfadden is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
You can see the frustration on Smalls's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Laurence Mcfadden dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Laurence Mcfadden's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mcfadden throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smalls's waist but Smalls gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mcfadden off to one side.
Smalls lands a two punch combo.
Mcfadden throws a head kick but Smalls moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smalls looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smalls fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smalls pushes Mcfadden away with a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Mcfadden with that takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smalls looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcfadden shoots in looking for a takedown but Smalls manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mcfadden's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laurence Mcfadden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mcfadden moves out of range of the body kick.
Mcfadden closes the distance and clinches.
Mcfadden is trying to break free.
Mcfadden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mcfadden lands a slapping body shot.
Mcfadden fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Smalls avoids it really well and circles away.
Mcfadden closes the distance but Smalls moves to the side
and Smalls counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalls tries to clinch up but Mcfadden circles away and keeps his distance.
Mcfadden fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Smalls avoids it really well and circles away.
Smalls drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mcfadden defends it well.
Smalls clinches up with Mcfadden and pushes him back against the cage.
Smalls's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smalls swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mcfadden counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcfadden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smalls lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smalls moves into the clinch successfully.
Mcfadden breaks from the clinch.
Smalls pushes Mcfadden up against the cage in a clinch.
Smalls keeps control of Mcfadden as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mcfadden is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Smalls to keep the fight standing.
Smalls drags the fight down to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalls manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mcfadden manages to get himself to full guard.
Mcfadden lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Mcfadden slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mcfadden trying to control but Smalls is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lenny Smalls comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mcfadden has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Laurence Mcfadden!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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