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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Conway (ranked 3059 p4p, 3060 weight class) and Spencer Wright (ranked 384 p4p, 385 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricky Conway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Spencer Wright!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conway takes a swing at Wright's ribcage but misses.
Wright with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conway to score with a decent uppercut.
Conway scores with a punch to the head.
Conway throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wright stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Conway gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Conway moves away from the strike by Wright.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conway throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Wright to counter with a crisp jab.
Wright misses with a leg kick
and Conway counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Conway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wright rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Conway counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Conway connects with a right hand. Wright shakes it off.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Conway catches Wright with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wright swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Conway.
Wright throws a right hand that misses
letting Conway counter with a right hand.
Wright pushes Conway away with a front kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conway lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conway moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Conway is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wright.
Wright tries a quick counter leg kick but Conway is wise to it.
Conway closes the distance and clinches.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Conway lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Conway prevents Wright from breaking the clinch.
Wright blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conway.
Wright working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wright.
Wright trying to stall but Conway improves his position.
Wright breaks from the clinch.
Conway cracks Wright with a right hand to the side of the head.
Conway misses the body punch
and Wright counters with a big head kick but Conway shrugs it off.
Conway misses with a looping right.
Conway throws a shot from downtown. Wright moves away and avoids it.
Wright throws a big counter head kick but Conway avoids it with no problem.
Conway lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Conway is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Conway lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conway thows a left - swing and a miss!
Conway misses with a straight left.
Wright let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
It looks like Conway has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Wright looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Conway darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Conway moves out of range as Wright strikes.
Conway throwing a counter right hand but Wright manages to avoid it.
Conway avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Conway wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
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!
Wright takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Conway dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A good leg kick by Wright.
Conway throws a hook to the side of Wright's head but Wright sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wright now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wright throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Conway is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wright.
Conway swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright throws a front kick that sends Conway stumbling back into the cage.
Wright lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wright feints and then cracks Conway's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Conway down.
Ricky Conway is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Wright.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wright! But no joy.
Conway lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That kick from Wright tenderised Conway's leg. Conway is trying to keep his angry face on.
Conway scores with a nice head shot.
Conway lands a head shot.
Wright misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conway.
Conway tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wright manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Conway misses.
Wright throws out a counter right but Conway avoids it with no problem.
Wright throws a head kick but Conway moves out of range.
Conway tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wright was well out of range. Poor timing from Conway.
Conway misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Wright misses.
Conway rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wright counters with a straight right hand.
Wright throws a head kick that misses
and Conway counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wright misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conway.
Conway was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conway pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wright keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conway.
Wright swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wright ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conway moves away.
It looked like Conway wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Conway misses with a right hand
and Wright counters with a good low kick that Conway was not able to check.
Conway uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wright.
Conway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with a straight left.
Conway thuds his right hand into Wright's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wright lands with a kick to the ribs.
Conway is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wright can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Wright.
Conway throwing a counter right hand but Wright manages to avoid it.
Conway swings for the body but Wright moves out of range.
Conway avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wright drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Spencer Wright will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Wright darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wright uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conway.
Wright fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Conway has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wright on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Conway jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright is looking to score with low kicks.
Wright cracks Conway with a good jab.
Conway tests Wright's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Conway thuds his right hand into Wright's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wright needs to keep his hands up - Conway had a free shot at his head there.
Wright throws a head kick but Conway moves out of range.
Conway misses with an uppercut.
Wright avoids the body shot from Conway.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Conway blocks the leg kick.
Conway lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wright takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wright moves out of range of the strikes.
Conway looks to land a right hand but Wright moved out of range.
Wright looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wright has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A punch combination from Conway misses.
Wright flicks out a counter leg kick but Conway steps away.
Wright takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conway lands a jab to Wright's midsection.
Wright misses with the body kick
and Conway counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wright scores with a leg kick.
Conway steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wright. That one must have hurt.
Nice defenses there by Wright.
Conway blocks a jab.
Conway misses with a hook. Wright ducked under it nicely.
Wright looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with the body kick
and Conway counters with a straight right hand.
Conway connects with a body shot.
A left lands for Conway.
Wright ducks under a wild hook from Conway.
Conway throws a lazy uppercut
and Wright connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conway misses with a right hand
and Wright counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wright avoids the body shot from Conway.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Conway showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Conway has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Conway!
Ricky Conway very nearly forgot to thank MKFC amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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