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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne McCullough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Wayne McCullough was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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142 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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169 cm
24
144 lbs
11 - 3 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Howlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Wayne McCullough!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from McCullough does no damage.
Wayne McCullough seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howlett tries to close the distance and clinch but McCullough swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCullough misses the shot to the body.
Howlett takes one on the button.
McCullough misses with a low kick as Howlett jumps back.
McCullough throws a right and a left that both miss.
McCullough takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Howlett dodges the punch combination from McCullough.
McCullough misses with an attempted mid kick.
McCullough throws a lazy right hand but Howlett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Howlett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Howlett bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McCullough's head.
A cross from Howlett lands.
Howlett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
McCullough throws a jab when Howlett was well out of range.
Howlett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McCullough has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McCullough working hard to break the clinch.
McCullough breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett clinches.
Howlett swings wildly with an uppercut but McCullough uses good head movement to avoid it.
Howlett lands a hook that snaps the head of McCullough backwards.
Howlett throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullough.
McCullough blocks an uppercut.
Howlett manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McCullough has had enough of the clinch but Howlett keeps him there for the moment.
McCullough wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Howlett has him pressed against the cage.
McCullough is trying to stall.
Howlett is struggling to control the position.
McCullough taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
McCullough looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Howlett lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCullough backwards.
Howlett pushes McCullough back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Howlett.
Howlett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Howlett is pushing McCullough up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Howlett misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCullough breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Howlett fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCullough, pushing him back against the cage.
Howlett throws a head punch that misses.
Howlett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett lands a shoulder strike.
McCullough blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCullough looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Howlett is leaning against McCullough and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McCullough blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCullough has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McCullough is trying to break the clinch but Howlett has him pressed against the cage.
Howlett misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCullough tries to break the clinch but Howlett is controlling the position.
McCullough wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Howlett has him pressed against the cage.
Howlett lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCullough backwards.
Howlett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCullough trying to stall but Howlett improves his position.
Howlett throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullough.
Howlett lands with a short shot to the head.
McCullough being controlled against the cage.
McCullough looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Howlett lands with a left to the head.
McCullough is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
McCullough blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCullough wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Howlett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McCullough's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Howlett fails to land.
McCullough wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Howlett.
Howlett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McCullough looks gassed!
McCullough wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McCullough is trying to break the clinch but Howlett is controlling him.
McCullough is trying to force a seperation but Howlett has the dominant position.
McCullough is trying to break the clinch but Howlett has him pressed against the cage.
McCullough wants to break free but Howlett has control.
McCullough's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Howlett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McCulloughs head.
McCullough is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Howlett scores with a nice short uppercut.
McCullough is still on wobbly legs! Can Howlett finish him?
Howlett scores with a shot to the side of McCullough's head.
Howlett unloads with a big right hand that wobbles McCullough! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Howlett is unloading with more strikes now! McCullough drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Howlett!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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