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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ares Praetorian (ranked 3312 p4p, 2657 weight class) and Mike McGuire (ranked 424 p4p, 353 weight class). Praetorian comes to the cage accompanied by Azure Eagles Soaring. McGuire has chosen Jekyll And Hyde as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 cm 23 217 2 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm 22 206 2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Granite chin |
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ares Praetorian! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike McGuire! The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Praetorian misses with a low kick. McGuire looks like he wants to counter punch here. Praetorian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGuire. McGuire pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McGuire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Praetorian was well out of range. Poor timing from McGuire. Nice body punch from McGuire. Praetorian fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. A big right from McGuire misses. Praetorian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGuire. Praetorian throws a lazy right hand but McGuire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Praetorian backing away here, and McGuire unleashes a leg kick that just misses. Praetorian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. McGuire tries to clinch but Praetorian is having none of it. McGuire misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGuire lands a nice shot to the body.
McGuire lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Praetorian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Praetorian throws a right hand that McGuire ducks under and follows up with a left that McGuire also avoids with ease. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by McGuire!
McGuire takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Praetorian misses with a straight left. A good leg kick by Praetorian. McGuire takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like Mike McGuire has been cut. A big right from McGuire misses. Praetorian swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Praetorian tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. McGuire connects with a solid leg kick. McGuire lands a really nice looking cross but Praetorian seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. McGuire's corner calls for a 1-2. McGuire obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. McGuire lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A low kick lands for Praetorian.
Praetorian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Praetorian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McGuire has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! McGuire throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Praetorian is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mike McGuire! A very excited looking Mike McGuire made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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62% |
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