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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam McManaman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hortensius Cornelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McManaman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam McManaman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hortensius Cornelius!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - McManaman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cornelius keeps the fight on the outside.
Cornelius misses with an uppercut. McManaman saw that one coming.
McManaman scores with a jab to the body.
Cornelius looks to score with a jab to the body but McManaman is just out of range.
McManaman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cornelius on the side of the head.
McManaman forces Cornelius back against the cage and clinches.
McManaman misses with a punch to the body.
McManaman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McManaman lands a body shot.
McManaman lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, McManaman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cornelius is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McManaman lands a nice uppercut.
McManaman tries to throw a body punch but Cornelius avoids it by throwing McManaman back against the cage.
McManaman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McManaman.
McManaman lands a nice uppercut.
Cornelius blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McManaman manages to break the clinch.
Cornelius misses with a wild body shot.
McManaman is looking to counter punch.
McManaman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cornelius moves away.
Cornelius throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McManaman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McManaman tries to clinch up.
Cornelius misses with a hook.
McManaman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cornelius thuds a left hand into McManaman's body.
Cornelius jabs at McManaman's body.
McManaman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cornelius misses with a straight left.
McManaman throwing a counter right hand but Cornelius manages to avoid it.
Cornelius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McManaman tries to clinch up.
McManaman throws a nice looking combination but Cornelius bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cornelius looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cornelius takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cornelius throws a jab but it's blocked by McManaman.
Cornelius dodges the punch combination from McManaman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McManaman tries to clinch up but Cornelius circles away and keeps his distance.
Cornelius jabs McManaman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McManaman tries to clinch but Cornelius is having none of it.
Cornelius throws out a counter right but McManaman avoids it with no problem.
Cornelius cracks McManaman with a right hand to the side of the head.
McManaman slips under a jab from Cornelius.
McManaman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cornelius throws a lazy uppercut
letting McManaman counter with a right hand.
McManaman checks a leg kick nicely.
Cornelius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McManaman moves away.
Cornelius looks to score with a jab to the body but McManaman is just out of range.
McManaman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cornelius cracks McManaman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cornelius scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A big left from Cornelius misses.
McManaman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McManaman throws a looping overhand right but Cornelius ducks down to avoid it.
McManaman moves away from the strike by Cornelius.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornelius lands an overhand right.
McManaman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cornelius looks to land a right hand but McManaman moved out of range.
Cornelius throws a body shot but no joy.
Cornelius cracks McManaman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cornelius misses the shot to the body.
Hortensius Cornelius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McManaman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cornelius, pushing him back against the cage.
Cornelius lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cornelius can't find room to land a body shot as McManaman controls the action.
McManaman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cornelius.
We've been informed that Cornelius has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
McManaman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cornelius throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McManaman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cornelius takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McManaman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McManaman takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cornelius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cornelius gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornelius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McManaman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McManaman breaks the clinch.
Cornelius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cornelius ducks under a wild hook from McManaman.
Nice defenses there by McManaman.
McManaman cracks Cornelius with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cornelius throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McManaman counters with a three punch combo that has Cornelius backing up. Cornelius nods at McManaman to acknowledge the strikes.
Cornelius looks to land a right hand but McManaman moved out of range.
McManaman is looking to score with low kicks.
McManaman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cornelius throws a shot to the body.
McManaman connects with the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McManaman takes the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from Cornelius.
Cornelius gets through McManaman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hortensius Cornelius will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cornelius jabs McManaman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cornelius throws a predictable looking body shot
and McManaman counters with a nice uppercut.
McManaman lands a jab.
Cornelius scores with a body shot.
McManaman slips a jab from Cornelius.
Cornelius misses with an uppercut.
Cornelius smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cornelius connects with a crisp jab.
McManaman connects with a body shot that sends Cornelius's belly button to the back.
McManaman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cornelius manages to avoid it.
McManaman throws a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cornelius.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McManaman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cornelius.
McManaman half committed to a counter leg kick.
McManaman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cornelius. McManaman does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from McManaman misses the target.
Cornelius scores with a jab. McManaman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornelius wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cornelius lands a jab to the nose.
Cornelius drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cornelius walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McManaman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
McManaman slips a jab from Cornelius.
McManaman throwing a counter right hand but Cornelius manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Cornelius.
McManaman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McManaman takes a swing at Cornelius's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed right hand from McManaman misses the target.
McManaman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cornelius paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McManaman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Hortensius Cornelius has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McManaman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cornelius's sensitive parts.
Cornelius scores with a decent looking hook.
Cornelius tests McManaman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McManaman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cornelius lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Adam McManaman has been cut.
McManaman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cornelius manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cornelius bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McManaman needs to keep his hands up - Cornelius had a free shot at his head there.
McManaman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cornelius throws a lazy uppercut
and McManaman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cornelius scores with a decent looking hook.
Cornelius looks to throw the jab but McManaman is out of range.
Cornelius throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cornelius throws a body punch but McManaman moves out of range.
Cornelius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McManaman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cornelius to score with a decent uppercut.
McManaman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cornelius.
McManaman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McManaman misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from McManaman misses.
Cornelius stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cornelius lands an overhand right.
McManaman tries to clinch up.
Cornelius lands with a nice body punch.
McManaman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cornelius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cornelius connects with a right hand. McManaman shakes it off.
A big left from McManaman misses.
Cornelius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McManaman manages to avoid it.
McManaman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cornelius checks it well.
A little jabbing left from Cornelius on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cornelius slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
McManaman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cornelius fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McManaman looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McManaman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like McManaman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cornelius has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McManaman throws a body kick that misses.
McManaman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of McManaman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cornelius listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McManaman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cornelius closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McManaman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cornelius.
Cornelius pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch lands to the side of McManaman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McManaman needs to keep his hands up - Cornelius had a free shot at his head there.
McManaman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cornelius to score with a decent uppercut.
Cornelius digs a good body shot into McManaman's ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cornelius lands with a right hand.
A big left from Cornelius misses.
Cornelius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McManaman.
Cornelius looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McManaman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cornelius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hortensius Cornelius showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
McManaman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cornelius lands a jab to the nose.
McManaman attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McManaman tries to close the distance and clinch but Cornelius swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cornelius pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like McManaman was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cornelius stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cornelius throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cornelius with a nice cross.
Cornelius looks to land a right hand but McManaman moved out of range.
McManaman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cornelius.
McManaman takes one to the chin there.
McManaman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cornelius scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cornelius scores with a jab.
Cornelius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cornelius lands an overhand right.
McManaman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McManaman avoids the body shot from Cornelius.
McManaman takes one to the side of the head.
McManaman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cornelius jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cornelius scores with a decent looking hook.
Cornelius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McManaman moves away.
Cornelius looks to land a left hand but McManaman moved out of range nicely.
Cornelius throws an overhand right that lands on McManaman's shoulder, as McManaman tries to avoid the shot.
McManaman throwing a counter right hand but Cornelius manages to avoid it.
Cornelius misses with a looping left.
Hortensius Cornelius seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cornelius checks a leg kick.
A big left from Cornelius misses.
Cornelius misses with a straight right.
McManaman lands with a nice body punch.
Cornelius lands a nice hook to McManaman's body. McManaman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cornelius works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's two 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!
McManaman scores with a hook to the body. Cornelius takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cornelius takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cornelius throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McManaman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from McManaman finds it's way through Cornelius's defenses.
Cornelius throws a hook to the side of McManaman's head but McManaman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cornelius lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McManaman ducks under a wild hook from Cornelius.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cornelius. McManaman does a little dance to reset his feet.
McManaman swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McManaman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cornelius.
McManaman lands a body shot.
Cornelius takes one on the button.
Cornelius misses with a hook
and McManaman counters with a leg kick.
McManaman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cornelius misses with a hook.
Nice cross by Cornelius.
McManaman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cornelius.
McManaman attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornelius uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McManaman.
McManaman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cornelius.
McManaman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cornelius tries to land a leg kick but McManaman saw it coming and moves away.
McManaman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McManaman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Cornelius misses.
McManaman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McManaman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Adam McManaman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cornelius misses with a looping right.
Hortensius Cornelius is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McManaman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cornelius.
McManaman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McManaman throws a looping overhand right but Cornelius ducks down to avoid it.
Cornelius digs a good hook to McManaman's body.
McManaman lands a nice hook to Cornelius's body. Cornelius takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cornelius swats away the attempt to clinch by McManaman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornelius jabs McManaman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McManaman connects with a nice looking jab.
Cornelius with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cornelius slips under a jab.
McManaman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cornelius.
McManaman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cornelius changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cornelius tries to keep at a distance but McManaman has taken the fight into the clinch.
McManaman can't find room to land a body shot as Cornelius controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McManaman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from McManaman fails to land.
McManaman throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hortensius Cornelius comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cornelius winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hortensius Cornelius!
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