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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conor McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlad Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGregor comes to the cage accompanied by The Foggy Dew / El Chapo. Putin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by IAMX - Happiness. Conor McGregor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conor McGregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Putin!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin misses with a double jab
and McGregor counters with a right hand to the body.
Putin moves into the clinch.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGregor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
McGregor has Putin pushed against the cage.
McGregor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Putin throws an elbow but it misses.
Putin throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section. McGregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
McGregor avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McGregor is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but McGregor is blocking nicely.
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Putin.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Putin.
Putin working McGregor over with knees to the body.
McGregor is struggling to control the position.
Putin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McGregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
I was talking to McGregor's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Putin scores a nice knee to the body.
Putin tries a knee to the head but McGregor blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Putin.
McGregor stalling.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor is stalling here.
McGregor pressing his opponent against the cage.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGregor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGregor.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGregor managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin throws an elbow but it misses.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
McGregor avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the cage.
Putin connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putin landing knees to the body.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
McGregor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McGregor is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGregor.
McGregor has Putin pushed against the cage.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin lands a knee to the head.
McGregor stalls.
McGregor avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin throws an elbow but it misses.
McGregor slowing the pace effectively.
McGregor managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
McGregor avoids a wild elbow strike from Putin.
Putin working McGregor over with knees to the body.
McGregor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Putin throws an elbow but it misses.
McGregor tries to work over Putin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McGregor dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McGregor blocks the elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Putin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Putin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Putin moves into range and clinches up with McGregor.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McGregor avoids it.
McGregor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but McGregor is blocking nicely.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McGregor is defending well for now.
McGregor is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
McGregor avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGregor avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
McGregor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Putin darts in and clinches McGregor up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Putin just misses with a elbow thrown towards McGregor's brow.
McGregor manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McGregor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin pushes off an throws an elbow but McGregor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McGregor avoids it.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
McGregor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Putin connects with a knee to the head.
McGregor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor lands a glancing blow to the side of Putin's head.
McGregor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Putin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McGregor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Putin tries to clinch there but McGregor circles away.
Putin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Putin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and McGregor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Putin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Putin is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Putin tries to clinch there but McGregor circles away.
Putin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin is breathing heavily.
Putin throws an elbow but it misses.
Putin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
McGregor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Putin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but McGregor avoids the damage to the body.
McGregor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but McGregor is blocking nicely.
McGregor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Putin is looking to clinch.
McGregor lands with a right hand.
Putin clinches up against the cage.
McGregor blocks an elbow strike from Putin.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGregor.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McGregor avoids it.
Putin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGregor's efforts to push away.
McGregor avoids a wild elbow strike from Putin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin misses with an elbow strike.
McGregor tries to stall but Putin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Putin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McGregor dodges an elbow strike from Putin.
McGregor is looking to control Putin's arms but Putin gets an underhook and turns him. Now McGregor has his back to the cage.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but McGregor is blocking nicely.
Vlad Putin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. McGregor won't want to take too many of those.
Putin lands a damaging elbow.
McGregor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Putin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McGregor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGregor throws a hook but Putin blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Putin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! McGregor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
McGregor misses the jab.
Putin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McGregor counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McGregor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Putin.
McGregor dives in for a single leg takedown but Putin sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
McGregor cracks Putin with a good jab.
Putin tries to clinch up.
McGregor lands with a shot to the body.
Putin tries to clinch but McGregor is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Putin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McGregor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGregor misses with a body shot.
McGregor misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Putin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McGregor throws a jab but it's blocked by Putin.
Putin avoids the body shot from McGregor.
The fight stays on the outside here - Putin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Putin ducks under a wild hook from McGregor.
McGregor takes a swing at Putin's ribcage but misses.
McGregor misses with a body shot.
Putin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Putin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but McGregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Putin clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
McGregor is trying to maintain a safe position but Putin gets an underhook and turns McGregor into the cage.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGregor.
Putin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
McGregor managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
With the fighters up against the cage, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
McGregor will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Putin up against the cage.
Putin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McGregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGregor blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin tries a knee to the head but McGregor blocks it.
Putin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McGregor digs a right hand into Putin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Putin's gas tank.
McGregor avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the cage.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin letting McGregor take a breather here.
McGregor stalling against the cage.
McGregor blocks the elbow strike.
McGregor managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McGregor has Putin pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGregor blocks an elbow strike.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McGregor blocks it with crossed arms.
McGregor stalls.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
McGregor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McGregor connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Conor McGregor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGregor misses the shot to the body.
McGregor looks for a takedown but Putin sprawls well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Putin looks to clinch
enabling McGregor to counter with a crisp jab.
McGregor lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McGregor.
And that's the end of the fight!
Conor McGregor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Putin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlad Putin!
Vlad Putin took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I am not surprised, motherf**ker!'.
In defeat, Conor McGregor stepped up to the mic, saying 'You win or you learn. I am humble in victory or defeat, and I will be back.'.
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energy
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hype
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