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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Pichushkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David McFadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McFadden has chosen Sevendust - Enemy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Pichushkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, David McFadden!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pichushkin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McFadden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin throws a shot from downtown. McFadden moves away and avoids it.
McFadden throws a combination. Pichushkin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Alexander Pichushkin has been cut.
McFadden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pichushkin is looking to counter punch.
McFadden staying out of range there.
Pichushkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McFadden.
McFadden displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
McFadden darts in and clinches Pichushkin up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McFadden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pichushkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pichushkin working aggressively here.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as McFadden throws knees to the body.
McFadden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pichushkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pichushkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pichushkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of McFadden backwards.
Pichushkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Pichushkin wants to get back to striking at distance but McFadden won't allow it.
Pichushkin misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from McFadden.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFadden misses with a punch to the body.
McFadden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pichushkin's elbow.
Pichushkin lands with a light punch inside.
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pichushkin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pichushkin has a couple of punches blocked by McFadden.
I was talking to Pichushkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McFadden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McFadden manages to break the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that McFadden has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
David McFadden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pichushkin gets tackled into the cage by McFadden. McFadden maintains the clinch.
Knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pichushkin blocks it with crossed arms.
McFadden takes a shot to the head.
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
McFadden landing knees to the body.
McFadden blocks an uppercut.
McFadden lands a knee to the head.
Pichushkin is trying to maintain a safe position but McFadden gets an underhook and turns Pichushkin into the cage.
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFadden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pichushkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Pichushkin takes a knee right on the jaw!
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from McFadden.
Pichushkin leaning against his opponent.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
McFadden scores a nice knee to the body.
Pichushkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McFadden's elbow.
McFadden utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pichushkin.
McFadden lands a nice knee to the body.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
Pichushkin gets through McFadden's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pichushkin avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pichushkin looking to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Pichushkin.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McFadden misses with a knee to the head.
McFadden landing knees to the body.
Pichushkin throws a head punch that misses.
A knee to the head by McFadden.
McFadden letting Pichushkin take a breather here.
McFadden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pichushkin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McFadden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McFadden is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McFadden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pichushkin avoids it.
Pichushkin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - McFadden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pichushkin throws a hook but McFadden blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFadden closes the distance and pushes Pichushkin back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFadden looking to throw knees to the head but Pichushkin is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by McFadden.
McFadden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pichushkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pichushkin moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMcFadden.
McFadden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McFadden counters with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by McFadden.
Pichushkin lands a lovely overhand right.
Pichushkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McFadden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pichushkin swats away the attempt to clinch by McFadden.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McFadden throws a jab but it's blocked by Pichushkin.
Pichushkin swings for the body but McFadden moves out of range.
McFadden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Pichushkin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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 Alexander Pichushkin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McFadden staying out of range there.
McFadden takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like David McFadden has been cut.
McFadden closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McFadden missing with knees to the body.
Pichushkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pichushkin is trying to break the clinch but McFadden is controlling him.
Pichushkin throws a punch but it's blocked by McFadden.
Still in the clinch, Pichushkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pichushkin working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by McFadden.
McFadden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as McFadden throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pichushkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pichushkin misses with the head strike.
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pichushkin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pichushkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McFadden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McFadden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pichushkin is defending well for now.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the head but Pichushkin blocks with his arms.
McFadden tries to throw a body punch but Pichushkin avoids it by throwing McFadden back against the cage.
Pichushkin has a couple of punches blocked by McFadden.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
Pichushkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McFadden missing with knees to the body.
David McFadden seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McFadden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Alexander Pichushkin's cut is getting worse.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden prevents a body shot from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin trying to control the position but instead, McFadden has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pichushkin into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pichushkin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McFadden obliges.
Pichushkin swings wildly with an uppercut but McFadden uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
McFadden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pichushkin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
McFadden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pichushkin's face.
McFadden working Pichushkin over with knees to the body.
Pichushkin lands an uppercut.
Pichushkin lands an uppercut.
Pichushkin manages to break the clinch.
Alexander Pichushkin is winning the standup battle so far.
McFadden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pichushkin lands an overhand right.
McFadden tries to clinch up but Pichushkin circles away and keeps his distance.
Pichushkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
David McFadden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McFadden moves to clinch but Pichushkin breaks away
and Pichushkin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McFadden connects with an inside leg kick.
McFadden wants to clinch up but Pichushkin keeps it at a distance.
McFadden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from McFadden. Those never looked like landing.
McFadden throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pichushkin.
McFadden moves in looking to clinch but Pichushkin pushes him off.
McFadden wants to clinch.
McFadden scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFadden ducks under a wild hook from Pichushkin.
McFadden fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pichushkin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFadden shoots in but no luck this time.
Pichushkin throws a looping overhand right but McFadden ducks down to avoid it.
Pichushkin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pichushkin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McFadden.
Pichushkin throws a hook but McFadden blocks it.
Pichushkin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pichushkin dodges the punch combination from McFadden.
Pichushkin feints with a jab and clips McFadden right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! McFadden is sent crashing into the canvas and Pichushkin leaps in for the kill! McFadden tries to get to his feet but Pichushkin is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that McFadden is in need of a savior and steps in!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Pichushkin!
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