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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ian McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and I Know Wrestling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCall comes into the arena with The Phantoms - Into the Darkness blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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133 lbs
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130 lbs
10 - 6 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ian McCall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, I Know Wrestling!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrestling lands a nice hook to McCall's body. McCall takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McCall throws out a loose jab but Wrestling uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCall throws a lazy uppercut
and Wrestling counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for McCall!
Wrestling cracks McCall with a big right hand but McCall just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wrestling throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Wrestling misses with the ground and pound.
McCall takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wrestling throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Wrestling.
Wrestling looking to punish the body of his opponent here but McCall is avoiding damage well.
Wrestling in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
McCall wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Wrestling slows the pace down.
Wrestling throws an elbow but McCall slips to the side and avoids it well.
McCall's coaches at School of Hard Knocks have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee asks Wrestling politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Wrestling prefers to stall for the moment though.
Wrestling working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Wrestling cracks McCall with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wrestling lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McCall down.
Wrestling fails to land a wild elbow strike.
McCall is being controlled here.
Wrestling looks up at the clock and then as McCall takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wrestling smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wrestling working the ground and pound from side control.
Wrestling scoring with punches from side control.
Wrestling cracks McCall with a big elbow.
Wrestling lands a decent elbow from side control.
A lull in the action here as Wrestling stalls from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Wrestling prevents McCall from escaping the position.
The strikes coming from Wrestling are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Wrestling stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Wrestling throws a big shot that misses.
Wrestling lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McCall backs up against the cage.
Wrestling takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McCall throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wrestling counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wrestling controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wrestling missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McCall manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Wrestling keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
McCall leaning against his opponent.
Wrestling misses with a knee strike.
McCall is struggling to control the position.
Wrestling is trying to pull guard but McCall turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Wrestling taking a breather.
McCall misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall effectively controlling the action here.
Wrestling can't get the takedown.
McCall is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McCall has Wrestling pushed against the cage.
McCall stops a takedown attempt from Wrestling.
Ian McCall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of I Know Wrestling.
Wrestling breaks from the clinch.
Wrestling misses with a two punch combination.
McCall throws a combination that misses
and Wrestling counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
I Know Wrestling dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Some wild striking there from McCall.
A combination from McCall does no damage.
McCall swinging wildly here.
McCall lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
McCall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wrestling decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in McCall's guard.
McCall pushes Wrestling off and scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Wrestling. McCall does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCall misses with a series of wild punches.
Wrestling misses with a body shot.
McCall throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wrestling counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wrestling works over McCall with some ground and pound from guard.
McCall is rocked!
Wrestling arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! McCall's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). I Know Wrestling!
A pretty intense looking I Know Wrestling took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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