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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bessarion Alexius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Cleary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexius comes to the cage accompanied by A Country Boy Can Survive. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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172 cm
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183 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bessarion Alexius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Cleary!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleary clinches up against the cage.
Cleary can't find room to land a body shot as Alexius controls the action.
Cleary missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alexius.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cleary.
Cleary misses with a body punch.
Cleary misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alexius gets through Cleary's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Cleary has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Cleary crunches a lovely knee into Alexius's ribcage.
Cleary lands a body punch.
Alexius has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cleary is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cleary is pressed up against the cage. Alexius has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cleary down to the mat. Cleary avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Alexius throws a low kick but Cleary avoids it.
Alexius misses with a low kick.
Cleary cracks Alexius with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cleary closes the distance and pushes Alexius back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cleary obliges.
Cleary tries a body shot but Alexius blocks it.
A short uppercut from Alexius.
Alexius wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bessarion Alexius. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alexius takes a knee to the side of the body.
Alexius is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexius throws a head punch that misses.
Cleary struggles to land a body shot inside as Alexius controls his hands.
Cleary tries a body shot but Alexius blocks it.
Cleary lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cleary.
Cleary lands with a left to the head.
Alexius blocks a body shot from Cleary.
Cleary pushes Alexius back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cleary lands an uppercut.
Cleary tries a body shot but Alexius blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Cleary fails to land.
Alexius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cleary lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alexius backwards.
Nice body punch from Cleary.
Cleary misses with a body punch.
Cleary landing knees to the body.
Alexius prevents a body shot from Cleary.
Cleary goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alexius prevents a body shot from Cleary.
Cleary is working Alexius over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cleary goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Cleary.
A short right from Cleary.
Cleary can't find room to land a body shot as Alexius controls the action.
Cleary connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexius's face.
Cleary misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cleary utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cleary tries to work over Alexius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Cleary as the two fighters clinch.
Cleary lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alexius or not.
Cleary lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cleary tries to work over Alexius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Cleary.
A body shot lands from Cleary.
Cleary pushes Alexius back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cleary misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cleary.
Alexius can't find room to land a body shot as Cleary controls the action.
Alexius blocks a body shot from Cleary.
Cleary lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cleary can't find room to land a body shot as Alexius controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleary doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cleary scores with a hook to the body.
Cleary lands with a short shot to the head.
Cleary lands a nice knee to the body.
Cleary tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alexius blocks a body shot from Cleary.
Cleary lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alexius backwards.
Cleary tries to work over Alexius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cleary with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right hand to the body from Cleary.
Cleary misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alexius misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cleary blocks an uppercut.
Cleary tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alexius's elbow.
Cleary landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A hook to the body from Cleary.
A nice left hand lands by Cleary.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cleary.
Cleary missing with knees to the body.
Cleary pushes Alexius back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cleary tries a body shot but Alexius blocks it.
Cleary lands a nice knee to the body.
Cleary misses with a body punch.
Cleary misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alexius doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alexius takes a shot to the head.
Cleary tries to throw a body punch but Alexius avoids it by throwing Cleary back against the cage.
Cleary struggles to land a body shot inside as Alexius controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cleary.
Cleary tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alexius misses with the head strike.
Cleary misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cleary tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cleary lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alexius lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A hook to the body from Alexius.
Cleary lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alexius struggles to land a body shot inside as Cleary controls his hands.
Cleary works on Alexius's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Alexius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Cleary dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Alexius misses with a body shot.
Cleary appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cleary misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cleary gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cleary misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alexius prevents a body shot from Cleary.
Cleary throws a punch but it's blocked by Alexius.
Patrick Cleary seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Cleary - that landed with a thud.
Cleary has a couple of punches blocked by Alexius.
Cleary blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cleary lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cleary creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alexius.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleary fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alexius lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cleary.
Cleary lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Cleary.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cleary tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alexius tries to work over Cleary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexius can't find room to land a body shot as Cleary controls the action.
Cleary lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexius won't want to take too many of those.
Alexius pulls guard effortlessly.
Alexius avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cleary passes into half guard.
Cleary moves nicely into side control.
Cleary has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cleary working the head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from Cleary crashes against the mat.
Cleary working the body and head with strikes.
Cleary misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Alexius tries to bench press Cleary off him but Cleary keeps the position.
Cleary in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cleary wants to control but Alexius is keeping him busy.
Cleary is chipping away with strikes.
Alexius takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alexius can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cleary scores with punches from side control.
Cleary working the head with strikes.
Cleary working the head and body with strikes.
Alexius is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Cleary's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Cleary not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Alexius wants to control but Cleary is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cleary trying to control the action but Alexius is working from the bottom.
Alexius is pressing down on Cleary's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cleary accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cleary is looking to work some ground and pound but Alexius has wrist control.
Alexius wants to sweep here but Cleary controlling him for the moment.
Cleary chips away with some ground and pound.
Alexius looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleary pushes down on Alexius's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Cleary lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Cleary.
Alexius is not content to let Cleary control the position.
Cleary working over Alexius with some ground and pound. Alexius looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cleary has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cleary with shots to the head and body - Alexius looks very uncomfortable down there.
Alexius is rocked!
Cleary is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Alexius can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oh Alexius is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cleary unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Alexius wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Cleary celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Cleary!
Patrick Cleary seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Bessarion Alexius stepped up to the mic, saying 'Oh moth*****r, not again!'.
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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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