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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tank McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Inner Circle - Bad Boys. Matheus Almeida had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matheus Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tank McGee!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida shoots for a double leg takedown but McGee sprawls well. He's pushed Almeida's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
McGee shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Almeida is not content to let McGee control the position.
Almeida is looking to improve his position.
Almeida wants to control but McGee is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Almeida holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
It looks like McGee is going to stand back up.
Almeida controlling the position well.
Almeida trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Almeida shoots and misses
and McGee counters with a big head kick but Almeida shrugs it off.
Almeida tries for a takedown but McGee circles away easily
and McGee counters with a nice double leg into side control. Almeida won't be happy with that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
You can see the frustration on Almeida's face as McGee controls the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almeida stops McGee from passing to mount.
Almeida is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Almeida could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
You can see the frustration on Almeida's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is not content to let McGee control the position.
Almeida wants to control but McGee postures up.
McGee tries to move to mount but Almeida blocks the move with his legs.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
McGee works his way to full guard. Good work.
Almeida controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is standing up over McGee. McGee looks to escape but Almeida dives into side control.
McGee looks gassed!
Almeida wants to lay and pray for a moment but McGee keeps working.
McGee is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee asks Almeida politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Almeida prefers to stall for the moment though.
McGee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Almeida is staying tight to McGee's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Almeida seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down McGee for as long as he can get away with.
McGee is not content to let Almeida control the position.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Matheus Almeida just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
McGee fails to land the takedown.
Almeida scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tank McGee dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Almeida fails with the takedown
and McGee decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Almeida's guard.
McGee wants to get up but he can't break Almeida's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Almeida is trying to control the position but McGee postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almeida can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as McGee controls the pace.
Almeida has his hands on McGee's head, controlling the position.
McGee postures up.
Almeida wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Almeida not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida pulls McGee in close to prevent any damage.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Matheus Almeida just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Almeida bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Almeida in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Almeida trying to control the action but McGee is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida happy to just control the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Matheus Almeida just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McGee but McGee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
McGee wants to clinch.
McGee swinging wilding here.
McGee wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Almeida's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tries to free his leg and advance position but McGee is retaining full guard.
Almeida is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McGee has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Almeida can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGee is trying to keep Almeida in close.
Almeida stays in close to McGee's body and controls the position.
McGee is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Almeida is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matheus Almeida dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Almeida scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Almeida is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Almeida trying to control the position but McGee is working away.
McGee sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Almeida performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee pushes Almeida off looking to stand but Almeida dives back in and keeps control.
Almeida content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Matheus Almeida just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Almeida bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Almeida is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Matheus Almeida overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Almeida controlling the position from side mount.
McGee is looking to regain half guard here but Almeida keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida slows the pace down.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Matheus Almeida just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Almeida with a poor takedown
and McGee counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
McGee tries to free his leg and advance position but Almeida is retaining full guard.
McGee trying to stand up but can't free himself from Almeida's guard.
Almeida not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is pulling down on McGee's head to control his posture.
Almeida is working an open guard so McGee takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Almeida doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McGee counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Almeida!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almeida is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGee controlling from the full mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tank McGee.
I think McGee has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tank McGee!
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