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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cletus McDonald (ranked 2602 p4p, 306 weight class) and Andriy Voronin (ranked 3594 p4p, 394 weight class). McDonald comes to the cage accompanied by Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cletus McDonald !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andriy Voronin!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Voronin trying to control the position here.
McDonald controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Voronin keeping moving, preventing McDonald from controlling successfully.
Voronin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst McDonald is controlling him.
McDonald slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Voronin tries to escape but McDonald is in control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Voronin's face as McDonald controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Voronin is trying to improve his position.
McDonald controls the position from side control.
McDonald wants to control but Voronin is keeping him busy.
McDonald has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronin is being controlled here.
Voronin wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Voronin is not content to let McDonald control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McDonald is really struggling to control Voronin but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Voronin is pushing McDonald 's head away, looking to escape. McDonald manages to hold on to the position though.
Voronin stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Voronin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Voronin looking for a sweep but McDonald has passed into full mount! Oh no!
McDonald avoids the attempt from Voronin to control.
Voronin is looking to get to half guard.
Voronin bucks up and throws McDonald to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
McDonald misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Voronin counters with a right hand to the body.
Voronin lands a jab.
McDonald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McDonald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Voronin sprawls well initially but McDonald persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Voronin wants to control but McDonald is keeping busy and won't allow it.
McDonald is looking to advance position but Voronin won't allow it.
McDonald keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Voronin pushes McDonald off and gets back to his feet.
McDonald takes one to the side of the head.
Voronin misses with a hook.
Voronin misses with a hook
and McDonald counters with a body kick.
McDonald gets a takedown into half guard.
Voronin kicks off McDonald and gets to his feet.
That's four 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!
Voronin stuffs the takedown attempt from McDonald . McDonald gets slowly back to his feet.
Andriy Voronin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McDonald moves out of range as Voronin strikes.
And McDonald counters with a quick kick to the body but Voronin blocks it.
McDonald on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McDonald scores with a takedown into Voronin's guard.
McDonald wants to control from the top but Voronin keeps moving.
McDonald won't allow Voronin to sweep him here.
McDonald working some strikes from top position.
McDonald trying to control but Voronin is working from the bottom.
Voronin being controlled here, momentarily.
Voronin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andriy Voronin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Voronin misses with a right hand
and McDonald counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Voronin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McDonald counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by McDonald .
McDonald is standing up over Voronin. Voronin looks to escape but McDonald dives into side control.
Cletus McDonald overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McDonald advances to mount.
Voronin tries to lock up and control but McDonald gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McDonald lands with some strikes.
Voronin is working to get back to half guard.
Voronin has given up his back here.
McDonald controls the action.
Voronin is really stuck here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDonald struggling to land strikes to the head as Voronin covers up.
McDonald controls the position.
McDonald 's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronin is trying to get back to his feet but McDonald has full control of the position and if anything, Voronin has just worked his way into a worse spot.
You can see the frustration on Voronin's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Good control from McDonald .
Voronin trying to control the action but McDonald just sinks the hooks in.
McDonald is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Voronin defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
A lull in the action here.
Voronin trying to control the position but McDonald manages to sink in the hooks.
Voronin is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but McDonald is staying active.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald tries to get the hooks in deep but Voronin pushed the leg off.
McDonald is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Voronin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Voronin is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get McDonald off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Voronin is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Voronin wants to get back to his feet.
Voronin is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by McDonald .
Voronin prevents McDonald from getting a body triangle.
Voronin tries to escape but McDonald has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voronin is trying to stand back up.
Voronin turns into McDonald and is now in his guard.
Voronin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of McDonald is proving hard to escape from.
Voronin is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Voronin trying to stand up but can't free himself from McDonald 's guard.
McDonald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McDonald is trying to keep Voronin in close.
McDonald keeping moving, preventing Voronin from controlling successfully.
Voronin wants to stand but McDonald is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
McDonald trying to control the position.
McDonald escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Voronin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Voronin controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Voronin tries to free his leg and advance position but McDonald is retaining full guard.
McDonald tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cletus McDonald dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Nice body kick from Voronin.
McDonald uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Voronin.
Voronin throws a looping overhand right but McDonald ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Voronin.
McDonald digs a good hook to Voronin's body.
Voronin misses with a hook.
Voronin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McDonald clobbers Voronin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald looks to throw the jab but Voronin is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Voronin misses.
Andriy Voronin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonald . Voronin does a little dance to reset his feet.
McDonald shoots in looking for a takedown but Voronin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing McDonald 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cletus McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald connects with a good right hand that stumbles Voronin. Voronin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronin digs a good body shot into McDonald 's ribs.
Voronin misses with a looping right.
Voronin just misses with a punch to the body.
Voronin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Voronin throws a shot to the body.
Voronin misses with an uppercut. McDonald saw that one coming.
McDonald fails with the takedown
and Voronin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
McDonald misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonald . Voronin does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Voronin misses.
Voronin moves into range and connects with a jab.
McDonald is rocked!
It looks like Cletus McDonald has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronin loads up on a big right hand but McDonald slips the punch.
Oh McDonald is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McDonald shoots for a double leg takedown but Voronin sprawls well. He's pushed McDonald 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Voronin! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cletus McDonald . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Voronin moves out of range of the body kick.
McDonald just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice side step and Voronin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
McDonald scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voronin drops McDonald with a straight right hand, right on the button! Voronin follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andriy Voronin!
Andriy Voronin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Cletus McDonald stepped up to the mic, saying 'A country boy can survive'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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