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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Gunnarsson (ranked 3524 p4p, 403 weight class) and Ralph McGuire (ranked 3554 p4p, 406 weight class). Magnus Gunnarsson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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205 lbs
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190 cm
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph McGuire!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunnarsson throws a jab but it's blocked by McGuire.
Gunnarsson throws the left hand but McGuire avoids the punch easily.
Gunnarsson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
McGuire ducks right into an uppercut from Gunnarsson.
McGuire throws a body punch but Gunnarsson moves out of range.
McGuire misses with a looping right.
Gunnarsson lands a nice hook to McGuire's body. McGuire takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice shot lands for Gunnarsson.
McGuire looks to score with a jab to the body but Gunnarsson is just out of range.
McGuire misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGuire takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McGuire has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gunnarsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGuire throws out the jab.
McGuire connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gunnarsson momentarily.
McGuire just misses with a punch to the body.
Gunnarsson slips under a jab.
Gunnarsson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
McGuire takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGuire lands with a shot to the body.
Gunnarsson misses the shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Gunnarsson there.
Magnus Gunnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunnarsson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gunnarsson sizes up McGuire with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunnarsson avoids the body shot from McGuire.
Gunnarsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGuire.
Gunnarsson connects with a looping right hand.
McGuire cracks Gunnarsson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McGuire throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gunnarsson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gunnarsson tries to clinch but McGuire moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from McGuire misses.
McGuire waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gunnarsson.
A slow jab from Gunnarsson misses its intended target.
McGuire misses with an uppercut. Gunnarsson saw that one coming.
Gunnarsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunnarsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGuire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McGuire! But no joy.
McGuire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson misses with an uppercut.
Gunnarsson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McGuire getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gunnarsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McGuire.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gunnarsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGuire gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gunnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but McGuire uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGuire has Gunnarsson pressed against the cage.
A short right from McGuire.
McGuire escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGuire rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gunnarsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McGuire takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gunnarsson scores with a nice head shot.
McGuire scores with a jab to the head.
Gunnarsson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gunnarsson lands with a nice body punch.
McGuire takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gunnarsson throws a hook but McGuire blocks it.
Gunnarsson throws an overhand right that lands on McGuire's shoulder, as McGuire tries to avoid the shot.
McGuire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGuire on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gunnarsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McGuire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunnarsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson jabs McGuire right on the nose. McGuire blinks but takes it well.
McGuire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGuire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch lands to the side of McGuire 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McGuire moves into the clinch.
Gunnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as McGuire controls the action.
McGuire's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gunnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McGuire working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McGuire misses with a body punch.
McGuire pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gunnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but McGuire uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGuire blocking some punches.
McGuire managing to block the knees to the body from Gunnarsson.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson pulls guard effortlessly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGuire stopping the sweep attempt from Gunnarsson.
McGuire got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gunnarsson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, McGuire has managed to get both his arms back between Gunnarsson's legs - danger averted.
Gunnarsson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gunnarsson looking for a guillotine here but McGuire defends easily.
Gunnarsson looking for a guillotine here but McGuire defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Magnus Gunnarsson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gunnarsson looks to land a right hand but McGuire moved out of range.
McGuire takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McGuire has Gunnarsson up against the cage in a clinch.
McGuire tries a body shot but Gunnarsson blocks it.
McGuire stalling against the cage.
Gunnarsson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
McGuire lands with a right to the head.
McGuire throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gunnarsson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables McGuire to keep the fight standing.
A head punch on the inside from Gunnarsson fails to land.
A shot in the inside from McGuire.
McGuire prevents a body shot from Gunnarsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from McGuire.
McGuire lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gunnarsson or not.
A short body shot lands from McGuire as the two fighters clinch.
McGuire lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gunnarsson backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McGuire creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McGuire breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gunnarsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGuire.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A cross from McGuire lands.
McGuire slips under a jab from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson throws a jab but it's blocked by McGuire.
McGuire is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gunnarsson.
McGuire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson throws the left hand but McGuire avoids the punch easily.
McGuire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gunnarsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGuire moves away.
McGuire looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gunnarsson throws out a loose jab but McGuire uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGuire swings for the body but Gunnarsson moves out of range.
Gunnarsson misses with a body shot.
McGuire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gunnarsson throws out the jab.
McGuire with a nice cross.
Gunnarsson throws an off balance right hand
and McGuire counters with a nice right hand that sends Gunnarsson toppling to the canvas! Gunnarsson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can McGuire finish him?!
Gunnarsson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunnarsson ducks into an uppercut from McGuire and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ralph McGuire!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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