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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Denim Game (ranked 1867 p4p, 2890 weight class) and Punch McDermott (ranked 270 p4p, 394 weight class). McDermott has chosen Drunk In Love as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denim Game!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Punch McDermott!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDermott gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McDermott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Game escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McDermott is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Game misses its intended target.
McDermott moves into range and clinches up with Game.
Game misses with the head strike.
McDermott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Game is keeping busy.
McDermott lands a hook that snaps the head of Game backwards.
McDermott is looking to control Game's arms but Game gets an underhook and turns him. Now McDermott has his back to the cage.
Game escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Game fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McDermott on the side of the head.
McDermott is looking to clinch but Game is avoiding it.
McDermott tries to clinch but Game moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDermott takes the fight into the clinch.
McDermott misses with the head strike.
McDermott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McDermott looking for a takedown.
McDermott is trying to maintain a safe position but Game gets an underhook and turns McDermott into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Game breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McDermott looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
McDermott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Game swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Game lands a lovely overhand right.
McDermott instigates a clinch.
McDermott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McDermott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Game is keeping busy.
McDermott lands a right hand.
Game breaks from the clinch.
McDermott tries to move into range but Game moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Game throws a big shot that misses.
Game swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McDermott tries to clinch but Game moves out of range.
Game stuns McDermott with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Game misses with a hook.
Game swats away the attempt to clinch by McDermott.
Game throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Game throws a body punch but McDermott moves out of range.
McDermott is looking to clinch but Game is avoiding it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Game misses with a straight right.
A big left from Game misses.
Game throws a lazy right hand but McDermott sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDermott rushes Game and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McDermott lands with a right to the head.
Game blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Game.
McDermott looking to slow down the pace here.
McDermott changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Game fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Game circles away from the clinch attempt.
McDermott tries to clinch but Game moves out of range.
Game ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDermott moves away.
McDermott tries to clinch up.
McDermott tries to clinch but Game moves away
and Game counters with a stiff right hand.
A lazy left from Game finds it's target.
Game looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Game swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McDermott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McDermott drives through and clinches with Game against the cage.
Game lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McDermott backwards.
Game breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McDermott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McDermott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Game misses with a straight right.
McDermott blocks a jab.
McDermott closes the distance and pushes Game back into the cage.
Game throws a punch but it's blocked by McDermott.
Game lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Game pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McDermott wants to clinch.
McDermott pushes Game up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McDermott.
Game prevents a body shot from McDermott.
McDermott just leaning against Game, taking a breather.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McDermott lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Game backwards.
Come on McDermott - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McDermott is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McDermott lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from McDermott.
Game scores with a nice hook to the head.
Game lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McDermott.
Game breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Game moves into range and connects with a jab.
McDermott forces Game back against the cage and clinches.
McDermott trying to stall but Game improves his position.
Game misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denim Game dominated that 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.
McDermott closes the distance and clinches.
McDermott tries to throw a body punch but Game avoids it by throwing McDermott back against the cage.
McDermott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Game scores with a nice short uppercut.
Game lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for McDermott.
Game manages to break the clinch.
Game avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Denim Game is winning the standup battle so far.
McDermott gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Game's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Game tries to bum rush McDermott with a series of wild strikes but McDermott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Game misses with an uppercut. McDermott saw that one coming.
McDermott gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McDermott throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Game.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Game misses with a body punch.
McDermott stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Game breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Game is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McDermott can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDermott instigates a clinch.
McDermott leaning against his opponent.
Game breaks the clinch.
McDermott moves to clinch but Game breaks away
and Game counters with a straight right hand.
Game connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Game is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
McDermott looks to clinch
and Game counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McDermott wants to clinch.
Game fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McDermott! But no joy.
Game lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McDermott at a distance.
Game throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Game throws a hook but McDermott avoids it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Game there.
Game throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McDermott.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDermott tries to clinch but Game moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDermott is looking to clinch.
It looked like Game wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Game avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Game on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McDermott moves into the clinch.
McDermott is struggling to control the position.
McDermott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Game backwards.
Game breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Game misses its intended target.
Game throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McDermott counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McDermott has Game up against the cage in a clinch.
McDermott misses with the head strike.
Game fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Game swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Game lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Punch McDermott seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Game fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McDermott goes for a takedown in the clinch but Game prevents it.
Game working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDermott'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.
McDermott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Game is keeping busy.
Game scores with a shoulder strike.
Game's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McDermott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab, jab by Game - just one landing.
It looks like Punch McDermott has been cut.
McDermott tries to close the distance and clinch but Game swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Game ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDermott moves away.
McDermott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McDermott drives through and clinches with Game against the cage.
McDermott lands a hook that snaps the head of Game backwards.
McDermott lands a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Game throws a head punch that misses.
McDermott misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Game manages to break the clinch.
Game clobbers McDermott with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McDermott uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Game.
McDermott feints the counter takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDermott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Game tries to bum rush McDermott with a series of wild strikes but McDermott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Game misses with an uppercut. McDermott saw that one coming.
McDermott clinches up with Game and pushes him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from McDermott.
McDermott lands with a right to the head.
Game tries to throw a body punch but McDermott avoids it by throwing Game back against the cage.
Game breaks the clinch.
McDermott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Game manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An attempted straight right counter from Game misses the target.
No joy there for Game, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Game tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McDermott was well out of range. Poor timing from Game.
Game throws a good cross that connects.
Game throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McDermott takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denim Game dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Punch McDermott's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Game scores with a decent looking hook.
McDermott on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Game circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Game escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McDermott tries to clinch up
and Game counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McDermott wants to clinch up but Game keeps it at a distance.
Game avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDermott drives through and clinches with Game against the cage.
McDermott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McDermott gets through Game's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Game misses with the head strike.
Game lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McDermott working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Game pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Game misses with a hook. McDermott ducked under it nicely.
McDermott slips a straight right by Game.
McDermott doesn't manage to clinch there - Game circles away.
McDermott shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McDermott tries to clinch up.
Game connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McDermott's hands.
Game keeps the fight on the outside.
McDermott tries to clinch there but Game circles away.
Game ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDermott moves away.
Game throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McDermott on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Game throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Game tries to keep at a distance but McDermott has taken the fight into the clinch.
Game manages to break the clinch.
McDermott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Game swats away the attempt to clinch by McDermott.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDermott gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Game breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDermott slips a straight right by Game.
McDermott is looking to clinch.
Game throws the left hand but McDermott avoids the punch easily.
Game keeps the fight on the outside.
McDermott has taken the fight to the clinch.
Game manages to break the clinch.
McDermott moves in looking to clinch but Game pushes him off.
McDermott pushes Game up against the cage in a clinch.
McDermott is stalling here.
Game doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Game breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McDermott moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Game throws a head punch that misses.
McDermott tries to stall but Game uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Game manages to break the clinch.
McDermott tries to clinch up.
Game misses with a wild body shot.
Game scores with a nice right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McDermott controlling the action here for a moment.
Punch McDermott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Denim Game is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McDermott struggles to land a body shot inside as Game controls his hands.
McDermott can't get the takedown.
Game blocks a body shot from McDermott.
Game blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Game.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McDermott misses with a body punch.
McDermott stalling in the clinch but Game improves position.
Game blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDermott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Game breaks from the clinch.
Game lands a nice shot to the body.
McDermott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Game manages to avoid it.
Game throws a big shot that misses.
Game throws a series of punches but McDermott moves out of range.
McDermott tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
McDermott jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Denim Game showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Game, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denim Game!
Denim Game tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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