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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Methodios McIntyre (ranked 1437 p4p, 1622 weight class) and Mabuz Bacia (ranked 177 p4p, 200 weight class). McIntyre comes to the cage accompanied by Gallantry. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Methodios McIntyre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mabuz Bacia!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bacia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bacia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Bacia slips under a jab from McIntyre.
Bacia is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Bacia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bacia lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Methodios McIntyre has been cut.
Bacia throws a sloppy head kick and McIntyre moves out of range easily.
McIntyre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McIntyre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bacia was well out of range. Poor timing from McIntyre.
McIntyre takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McIntyre moves away from the strike by Bacia.
McIntyre is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bacia.
McIntyre connects with a body shot.
Bacia misses with the combination.
McIntyre tries to counter by clinching up but Bacia breaks away and moves out of range.
McIntyre with a nice cross.
It looks like Mabuz Bacia has been cut.
McIntyre looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bacia throws a hook but McIntyre avoids it easily.
McIntyre seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McIntyre.
Bacia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McIntyre manages to avoid it.
McIntyre blocks a leg kick.
Bacia throws a big shot that misses.
McIntyre tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bacia manages to circle out of the way.
Bacia looks to score with a jab to the body but McIntyre is just out of range.
As Bacia tries to get set, McIntyre tries to push him back and clinch up but Bacia manages to avoid the attempt.
Bacia missing with a left hand there. McIntyre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McIntyre is looking to counter the offense by Bacia and move into the clinch.
McIntyre throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A clash of legs there as McIntyre blocks the low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McIntyre.
Bacia throws out a leg kick but McIntyre moves out of range and Bacia only half commits.
McIntyre is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bacia.
Bacia is looking to slow McIntyre down with leg kicks.
McIntyre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bacia.
McIntyre is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bacia.
McIntyre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bacia.
Bacia misses with a kick to the body.
Bacia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McIntyre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacia throws a lazy right hand but McIntyre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McIntyre wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Mabuz Bacia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bacia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McIntyre was well out of range. Poor timing from Bacia.
Bacia tries a head kick but it misses.
Bacia lands a nice shot that snaps McIntyre's head back.
McIntyre misses with a two punch combination.
Bacia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McIntyre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bacia misses with a low kick.
McIntyre staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mabuz Bacia dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bacia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McIntyre is looking to counter the offense by Bacia and move into the clinch.
McIntyre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bacia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bacia jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bacia missing with a left hand there. McIntyre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Bacia tries to get set, McIntyre tries to push him back and clinch up but Bacia manages to avoid the attempt.
Mabuz Bacia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McIntyre moves into range and clinches up with Bacia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McIntyre swings wildly with an uppercut but Bacia uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Bacia fails to land.
Bacia manages to break the clinch.
McIntyre scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bacia throws a leg kick but McIntyre sees it coming and moves out of range.
McIntyre wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McIntyre fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A bone on bone clash there as McIntyre blocks the leg kick.
McIntyre is looking to counter the offense by Bacia and move into the clinch.
Bacia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bacia misses with a jab to the body
and McIntyre counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McIntyre.
Bacia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Still in the clinch, McIntyre scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bacia misses with a hook from the clinch.
McIntyre lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bacia backwards.
Bacia working aggressively here.
McIntyre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bacia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, McIntyre scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bacia misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bacia.
McIntyre works on Bacia's body with a couple of short punches.
Bacia is breathing heavily.
McIntyre misses with a body punch.
McIntyre lands with a short punch 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!
McIntyre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bacia misses with some punches.
McIntyre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McIntyre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bacia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McIntyre drops Bacia with a big knee straight up the middle! Bacia is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Bacia is rocked!
McIntyre rushes Bacia and presses him up against the cage.
Bacia is still on wobbly legs! Can McIntyre finish him?
McIntyre scores with a shoulder strike.
Bacia misses with a hook to the ribs.
McIntyre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bacia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bacia seems to have recovered his senses.
McIntyre digs a right hand into Bacia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bacia's gas tank.
Nice body punch from McIntyre.
McIntyre lands a nice uppercut.
Bacia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Methodios McIntyre has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McIntyre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McIntyre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre tries to throw a body punch but Bacia avoids it by throwing McIntyre back against the cage.
McIntyre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bacia misses with a short punch on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bacia in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A shot in the inside from McIntyre.
Bacia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McIntyre lands a body shot.
McIntyre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bacia blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from McIntyre.
McIntyre lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bacia backwards.
McIntyre lands a knee to the body.
McIntyre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McIntyre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McIntyre lands with a right to the head.
McIntyre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bacia backwards.
McIntyre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McIntyre is leaning against Bacia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McIntyre lands a good knee to the midsection. Bacia won't want to take too many of those.
McIntyre lands with a right to the head.
Bacia takes a shot to the head.
That has opened up Mabuz Bacia's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McIntyre.
Bacia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McIntyre blocking some punches.
McIntyre lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bacia or not.
McIntyre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McIntyre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McIntyre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McIntyre misses with a body punch.
McIntyre has Bacia pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Bacia is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from McIntyre - that's hurt Bacia badly! Oh, another knee lands and Bacia is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Bacia doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Methodios McIntyre!
After winning the bout, Methodios McIntyre thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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