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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conor McCreey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Sayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Conor McCreey has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Conor McCreey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nate Sayer!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCreey gets caught flat footed, as Sayer shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sayer not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McCreey is trying to keep Sayer in close.
Sayer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McCreey swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McCreey is breathing heavily.
McCreey wants to stand but Sayer is controlling the position.
Sayer throwing strikes but missing.
Sayer gets to his feet. McCreey looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Conor McCreey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayer looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McCreey!
Sayer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sayer is working for a guillotine from mount but McCreey frees his head quite easily.
McCreey wants to control but Sayer is having none of it.
McCreey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sayer landing strikes from the mount.
Sayer looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns McCreey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sayer looking to finish McCreey with some ground and pound. This is bad for McCreey!
Sayer controlling his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee warns McCreey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayer looking for a guillotine from mount but McCreey is having none of it.
McCreey taking shots to the head.
McCreey is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sayer raining down shots from the mount!
Sayer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sayer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Sayer.
Sayer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sayer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sayer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sayer landing shots from mount.
McCreey taking shots to the head.
Sayer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McCreey is desperately trying to improve his position but Sayer has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sayer controlling the position easily from mount.
McCreey tries to hold on but Sayer postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Sayer dominated that round.
That's time! McCreey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sayer scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
McCreey might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sayer working the ground and pound.
Sayer looks up at the clock and then as McCreey takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sayer smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sayer working the head and body with strikes.
A lull in the action here as Sayer stalls from top position.
Sayer landing strikes.
Sayer is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but McCreey is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nate Sayer has got the better of the ground game so far.
McCreey regains half guard, as Sayer was trying to land strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McCreey trying to hold on to Sayer's head to control him but Sayer postures up.
McCreey trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Sayer manages to pass to mount!
Sayer landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sayer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McCreey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
McCreey is trying desperately to improve position.
McCreey takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sayer with a couple of short strikes.
Sayer avoids the attempt from McCreey to control.
Sayer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McCreey?
Sayer wants to finish this one by submission but McCreey is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sayer.
McCreey tries to reverse the position but Sayer maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayer avoids the attempt from McCreey to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McCreey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sayer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sayer lands a big shot there that rocks McCreey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sayer looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McCreey is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sayer landing strikes from the mount and McCreey is in trouble!
McCreey is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sayer lands a big shot there that rocks McCreey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McCreey tries to hold on but Sayer postures up.
Sayer looking to control but McCreey is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Sayer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sayer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sayer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McCreey's waist but McCreey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sayer off to one side.
Conor McCreey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCreey tries to clinch up but Sayer circles away and keeps his distance.
Sayer throws the kick towards the body but McCreey avoids it.
McCreey slaps away a takedown attempt from Sayer, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Conor McCreey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Sayer.
No luck for Sayer with that takedown attempt.
McCreey doesn't manage to clinch there - Sayer circles away.
Sayer fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCreey is looking to clinch but Sayer is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from McCreey.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sayer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCreey scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sayer in his tracks.
Sayer slips a jab and a cross from McCreey.
Sayer slips a straight right by McCreey.
Sayer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sayer is working for a submission of some sort.
Sayer is stalling here. McCreey is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sayer seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and McCreey has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sayer throws McCreey to one side and escapes!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sayer tries for a takedown but McCreey sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
McCreey wants to clinch.
McCreey moves in looking to clinch but Sayer pushes him off.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sayer.
McCreey looks to land a combination but Sayer avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCreey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A right-left combo lands from Sayer.
McCreey throws a head kick but Sayer moves out of range.
Sayer scores with a three punch combo!
McCreey tries to close the distance and clinch but Sayer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCreey stuffs the takedown attempt from Sayer. Sayer gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCreey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sayer counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sayer wants to pass to mount but McCreey is defending the position.
Sayer controlling the pace.
McCreey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sayer seems to be looking for submissions.
Sayer looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sayer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McCreey's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCreey looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sayer takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
McCreey scores with a jab to the jaw.
McCreey slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sayer gets the takedown into side control.
Nate Sayer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An elbow from Sayer crashes against the mat.
McCreey taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sayer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sayer lands an elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Sayer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sayer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Sayer!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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