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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike McGuire (ranked 4099 p4p, 4282 weight class) and Artur Savchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artur Savchenko!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Savchenko.
McGuire closes the distance and pushes Savchenko back into the cage.
McGuire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Savchenko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Savchenko throws a head punch that misses.
Savchenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McGuire working Savchenko over with knees to the body.
Savchenko taking a breather.
McGuire tries a body shot but Savchenko blocks it.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
McGuire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Savchenko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Savchenko looks winded!
Knees in the clinch landing for McGuire.
McGuire working Savchenko over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
McGuire working Savchenko over with knees to the body.
McGuire is struggling to control the position.
McGuire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Savchenko is defending well for now.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
Savchenko misses with a punch on the inside.
McGuire trying to land knees to the body.
McGuire avoiding damage.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
Savchenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
McGuire with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGuire struggles to land a body shot inside as Savchenko controls his hands.
McGuire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McGuire stalling.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Savchenko avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savchenko is trying to break the clinch but McGuire is controlling him.
McGuire misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuire misses with a knee to the head.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
McGuire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McGuire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McGuire tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGuire lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Savchenko.
McGuire scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McGuire obliges.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
Savchenko avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savchenko avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
McGuire lands a knee to the body.
McGuire is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McGuire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McGuire misses with the head strike.
Savchenko throws a head punch that misses.
McGuire misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGuire has Savchenko pressed against the cage, preventing Savchenko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McGuire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McGuire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Savchenko.
McGuire stalling in the clinch.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McGuire slows down the pace here.
McGuire seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
McGuire scores a nice knee to the body.
McGuire landing knees to the body.
McGuire misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGuire struggles to land a body shot inside as Savchenko controls his hands.
McGuire pressing his opponent against the cage.
Savchenko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McGuire is keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike McGuire dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Savchenko keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Savchenko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McGuire has managed to clinch.
McGuire lands a good knee to the midsection. Savchenko won't want to take too many of those.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Savchenko avoids it.
Savchenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Savchenko.
McGuire landing knees to the body.
McGuire lands a good knee to the midsection. Savchenko won't want to take too many of those.
Savchenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McGuire stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuire lands a nice knee to the body.
McGuire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A left hand lands to the body for McGuire.
Savchenko avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
Savchenko is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McGuire lands a knee to the body.
Mike McGuire has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McGuire throws a knee to the head but misses.
Savchenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Savchenko throws a punch but it's blocked by McGuire.
McGuire is struggling to control the position.
A frustrated look appears on Savchenko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McGuire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Savchenko backwards.
McGuire scores a nice knee to the body.
McGuire lands a good knee to the midsection. Savchenko won't want to take too many of those.
Savchenko blocking some punches.
Savchenko is looking to break free of the clinch but McGuire has double underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Savchenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire lands a good knee to the midsection. Savchenko won't want to take too many of those.
McGuire is pushing Savchenko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knees to the body from McGuire.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGuire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Savchenko.
McGuire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Savchenko throws a punch but it's blocked by McGuire.
McGuire blocking some punches.
McGuire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McGuire manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McGuire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Artur Savchenko has been cut.
McGuire has Savchenko pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savchenko is trying to maintain a safe position but McGuire gets an underhook and turns Savchenko into the cage.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
McGuire is stalling here.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Savchenko avoids it.
McGuire tries to land knees in the clinch but Savchenko avoids the damage to the body.
McGuire throws a knee to the head but misses.
Savchenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalling in the clinch from Savchenko.
Savchenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Savchenko avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
McGuire keeps control of Savchenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
Savchenko misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire struggles to land a body shot inside as Savchenko controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Savchenko working aggressively here.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
McGuire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Savchenko up against the cage.
Savchenko is trying to push McGuire away but McGuire has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McGuire blocks an uppercut.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
Savchenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGuire is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Savchenko can do to turn this around?
Savchenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire blocks an uppercut.
Savchenko misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike McGuire dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Artur Savchenko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Savchenko tries to keep at a distance but McGuire has taken the fight into the clinch.
McGuire has Savchenko pushed against the cage.
McGuire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Savchenko fails to land.
McGuire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for McGuire.
Savchenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
McGuire landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
Savchenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McGuire tries to work over Savchenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Savchenko working hard to break the clinch.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Savchenko avoids it.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Savchenko avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Savchenko.
Savchenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Savchenko tries to throw a body punch but McGuire avoids it by throwing Savchenko back against the cage.
McGuire scores with a knee to the head.
McGuire scores with a knee to the head.
McGuire scores with a knee to the head.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
McGuire tries to land knees in the clinch but Savchenko avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
Savchenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Savchenko wants to break free but McGuire has control.
McGuire stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire trying to land knees to the body.
Savchenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
McGuire tries to work over Savchenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGuire.
Savchenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Savchenko.
Savchenko working hard to break the clinch.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGuire has a couple of punches blocked by Savchenko.
Savchenko has a couple of punches blocked by McGuire.
McGuire has Savchenko pressed against the cage, preventing Savchenko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Savchenko avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire has Savchenko pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savchenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Savchenko is trying to force a seperation but McGuire has the dominant position.
McGuire working Savchenko over with knees to the body.
Savchenko is trying to stall.
McGuire tries to land knees in the clinch but Savchenko avoids the damage to the body.
Savchenko tries to break free but McGuire pushes him back against the cage.
Savchenko misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire stalls.
Savchenko trying to stall but McGuire improves his position.
McGuire lands a knee to the head.
Savchenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for McGuire.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from McGuire.
McGuire keeps control of Savchenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McGuire lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Savchenko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Savchenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savchenko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Savchenko managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
Savchenko is trying to break free.
McGuire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Savchenko avoids it.
McGuire misses with a punch to the body.
Artur Savchenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGuire takes a shot to the head.
McGuire tries to land knees in the clinch but Savchenko avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike McGuire showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McGuire, 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike McGuire!
A victorious Mike McGuire thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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