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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John McSulley (ranked 577 p4p, 676 weight class) and Joseph Stalinovich (ranked 89 p4p, 99 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John McSulley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Stalinovich!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from McSulley misses its intended target.
Stalinovich connects with a good right hand that stumbles McSulley. McSulley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McSulley connects with the punch.
Stalinovich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stalinovich throws a poor cross that misses
and McSulley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Stalinovich.
McSulley backing away here, and Stalinovich unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Stalinovich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McSulley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalinovich scores with the left hand. McSulley knows he should have avoided that one.
Stalinovich throws a head kick but McSulley moves out of range.
McSulley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McSulley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McSulley thumps Stalinovich with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McSulley blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalinovich sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Stalinovich tries to clinch up.
McSulley throws a quick counter kick to the body but Stalinovich avoids it.
John McSulley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McSulley throws a hook to the side of Stalinovich's head but Stalinovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McSulley throws a front kick aimed at Stalinovich's knee but Stalinovich avoids it well.
Stalinovich throws out a counter right but McSulley avoids it with no problem.
McSulley tries to clinch up.
McSulley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stalinovich blocks a jab.
Stalinovich is looking for the big counter here.
Stalinovich closes the distance but McSulley moves to the side
and McSulley makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McSulley throws a one two combo.
It looks like Joseph Stalinovich has been cut.
McSulley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stalinovich doesn't seem bothered though.
McSulley misses with an uppercut
enabling Stalinovich to counter with a crisp jab.
McSulley lands a big uppercut and Stalinovich crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Stalinovich looks OK. McSulley waves Stalinovich back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
McSulley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stalinovich counters with a straight right hand.
McSulley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A shot to the body from Stalinovich misses
and McSulley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McSulley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stalinovich under the eye.
Stalinovich blocks a leg kick.
McSulley avoids a punch combination nicely.
McSulley appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovich misses with a combination
and McSulley counters with a right hand to the body.
McSulley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stalinovich.
Stalinovich throws out a counter right but McSulley avoids it with no problem.
A combination from McSulley does no damage.
McSulley misses with a left hand
and McSulley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stalinovich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stalinovich moves to clinch but McSulley breaks away
and McSulley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by McSulley misses
and Stalinovich counters with a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stalinovich.
Stalinovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McSulley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Stalinovich takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McSulley takes a swing at Stalinovich's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Stalinovich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Stalinovich rushes McSulley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stalinovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stalinovich has a couple of punches blocked by McSulley.
McSulley blocking some punches.
Stalinovich tries to work over McSulley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McSulley tries to throw a body punch but Stalinovich avoids it by throwing McSulley back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from McSulley.
McSulley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John McSulley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joseph Stalinovich's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Stalinovich looks to land a right hand but McSulley moved out of range.
John McSulley is winning the standup battle so far.
McSulley misses with a straight right.
Stalinovich raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
McSulley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stalinovich.
A quick step to the side and McSulley tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
McSulley stuns Stalinovich with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheers as McSulley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stalinovich doesn't seem phased though.
A head kick by Stalinovich misses
and McSulley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Stalinovich blocks the leg kick.
Stalinovich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McSulley misses with a hook
and McSulley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McSulley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stalinovich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalinovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McSulley.
Stalinovich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McSulley misses with a hook.
Stalinovich throws a big counter head kick but McSulley avoids it with no problem.
McSulley lands with a cross.
Stalinovich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McSulley.
McSulley ducks under a wild hook from Stalinovich.
McSulley checks a leg kick nicely.
McSulley misses with a straight left.
Stalinovich tries to counter by closing the distance.
Oooooh!!! Stalinovich has knocked McSulley down with a huge combo! Stalinovich steps away and waves a wobbly McSulley back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
McSulley is rocked!
It looks like John McSulley has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Stalinovich moves in close and cracks McSulley with a massive right hand! McSulley, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Stalinovich!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joseph Stalinovich!
Our winner, Joseph Stalinovich, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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