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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David McFadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Habana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McFadden comes into the arena with Sevendust - Enemy blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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198 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
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203 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, David McFadden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryan Habana!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McFadden connects with a leg kick. Habana looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Habana misses with a low kick as McFadden jumps back.
McFadden throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Habana on the side of the head.
Habana misses with a head kick.
McFadden tries to clinch but Habana moves out of range.
McFadden rushes Habana and presses him up against the cage.
Habana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like David McFadden has been cut.
McFadden lands a knee to the body.
Habana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Habana landing knees to the body.
McFadden takes an elbow to the temple.
Habana missing with knees to the body.
McFadden being controlled against the cage.
McFadden digs a right hand into Habana's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Habana's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McFadden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Habana's face.
Habana struggles to land a body shot inside as McFadden controls his hands.
Habana misses with a punch to the body.
Habana lands a nice knee to the body.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFadden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McFadden blocks an elbow strike.
McFadden landing knees to the head.
McFadden misses with a knee strike.
McFadden definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Habana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McFadden tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Habana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McFadden just misses with a punch to the body.
McFadden has managed to clinch.
McFadden lands a body shot.
McFadden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McFadden avoids the elbow strike from Habana, against the cage.
McFadden lands a nice knee to the body.
Habana looks winded!
McFadden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Habana is defending well for now.
Habana avoiding damage as McFadden throws knees to the body.
Habana looking to stall.
McFadden lands a knee to the body.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Habana.
A knee to the head by McFadden.
McFadden misses with a knee to the head.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
Habana scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Habana displaying some good clinch control by pressing McFadden up against the cage.
McFadden crunches a lovely knee into Habana's ribcage.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Habana avoids the damage to the body.
Habana avoiding damage as McFadden throws knees to the body.
Habana misses with an elbow over the top.
McFadden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Habana is leaning against McFadden and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Habana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McFadden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Habana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McFadden struggles to land a body shot inside as Habana controls his hands.
Habana connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Habana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good body shot from Habana.
Habana has McFadden pressed against the cage.
Habana is looking to control McFadden's arms but McFadden gets an underhook and turns him. Now Habana has his back to the cage.
Habana lands an elbow inside that McFadden shrugs off.
Knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Habana avoids the damage to the body.
Habana avoiding damage as McFadden throws knees to the body.
Habana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFadden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Habana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Habana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Habana misses with a punch on the inside.
Habana leaning his opponent against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McFadden as Habana tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFadden lands with a left to the head.
McFadden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McFadden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from McFadden.
Habana avoids the head kick by McFadden.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Habana avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryan Habana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Habana connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Habana.
Habana takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McFadden tries to clinch up.
McFadden fails in his attempt to clinch.
McFadden drives through and clinches with Habana against the cage.
McFadden lands a nice knee to the body.
Habana stalling the fight.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Habana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David McFadden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David McFadden's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McFadden misses with a head kick.
McFadden throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
McFadden tries to clinch up.
Habana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McFadden. That did some damage!
A chopping leg kick lands by Habana.
McFadden tries to close the distance and clinch but Habana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
David McFadden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McFadden cracks Habana with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McFadden chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Habana can pounce on him.
McFadden misses with a kick to the body.
Habana was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The fight stays on the outside here - McFadden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McFadden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McFadden connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Habana's hands.
Habana moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Habana with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McFadden tries to clinch there but Habana circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFadden missing with a left hand there. Habana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from McFadden.
Habana misses with an attempted mid kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Habana.
Habana misses with a body kick.
A jab from McFadden finds it's way through Habana's defenses.
McFadden tries to clinch but Habana moves out of range.
Habana steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
David McFadden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Habana keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - McFadden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McFadden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Habana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McFadden fails with an attempt to clinch.
McFadden moves into range and connects with a jab.
Habana scoring well with a low kick there.
Habana turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Habana has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFadden misses with a knee strike.
Habana lands a nice elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Habana stalling in the clinch but McFadden improves position.
A knee to the head by McFadden.
Habana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McFadden goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Habana is rocked!
McFadden tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Habana is still on wobbly legs! Can McFadden finish him?
A left lands for McFadden.
David McFadden is winning the standup battle so far.
Habana lands with an uppercut that bounces McFadden off the cage and back into range.
McFadden tries to close the distance and clinch but Habana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McFadden throws a sloppy head kick and Habana moves out of range easily.
The fighters circle, before McFadden throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Habana's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! McFadden lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). David McFadden!
Our winner, David McFadden, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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