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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Abrazos (ranked 578 p4p, 1434 weight class) and Cormac McCarthy (ranked 75 p4p, 170 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 Cormac McCarthy was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Abrazos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cormac McCarthy!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Abrazos misses.
McCarthy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abrazos's sensitive parts.
McCarthy thumps Abrazos with a low kick.
McCarthy tries a head kick but it misses.
Abrazos wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
McCarthy lands a nice looking body kick.
Abrazos looks to land a left hand but McCarthy moved out of range nicely.
McCarthy throws a push kick but Abrazos slaps the foot to one side.
Abrazos's corner calls for a 1-2. Abrazos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Abrazos throws a hook to the side of McCarthy's head but McCarthy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Abrazos moves out of range of the body kick from McCarthy.
McCarthy moves in looking to clinch but Abrazos pushes him off.
Abrazos throws a lazy right hand but McCarthy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCarthy ducks under a wild hook from Abrazos.
McCarthy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McCarthy misses with a looping left.
Abrazos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCarthy connects with an inside leg kick.
McCarthy stalks Abrazos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Abrazos's face. Abrazos staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Abrazos.
It looks like Cormac McCarthy has been cut.
McCarthy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McCarthy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A jab from Abrazos misses.
McCarthy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Abrazos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCarthy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abrazos looks to throw the jab but McCarthy is out of range.
Abrazos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Abrazos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Abrazos looks to throw the jab but McCarthy is out of range.
McCarthy lands with an overhand left.
Abrazos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCarthy.
Abrazos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCarthy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McCarthy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Abrazos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jab from McCarthy.
McCarthy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McCarthy misses the jab.
McCarthy blocks a jab.
Abrazos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abrazos misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCarthy slips under a jab from Abrazos.
McCarthy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCarthy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McCarthy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McCarthy slips a jab from Abrazos.
McCarthy lands with a cross.
Nice shot lands for McCarthy.
Abrazos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Abrazos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abrazos throws a hook but McCarthy avoids it easily.
Abrazos slips a straight right by McCarthy.
Abrazos throws out a loose jab but McCarthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCarthy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Abrazos is able to avoid easily.
Abrazos throws a big shot that misses.
Abrazos backing away here, and McCarthy unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
McCarthy moves away from the strike by Abrazos.
Abrazos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCarthy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abrazos misses with a looping right.
McCarthy lands the left hand.
McCarthy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McCarthy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from McCarthy.
Pablo Abrazos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCarthy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Abrazos misses with a looping left.
McCarthy lands with an uppercut that bounces Abrazos off the cage and back into range.
Abrazos throws the left hand but McCarthy avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by McCarthy.
McCarthy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Abrazos throws a hook to the side of McCarthy's head but McCarthy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Abrazos.
Good leg kick by McCarthy.
Abrazos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McCarthy. McCarthy obviously looking to wear him down.
McCarthy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abrazos was well out of range. Poor timing from McCarthy.
McCarthy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy tries a head kick but it misses.
McCarthy throws a low kick but Abrazos avoids it.
Abrazos's jab looks to have found its range, popping McCarthy under the eye.
Abrazos throws a big shot that misses.
McCarthy tries a quick counter leg kick but Abrazos is wise to it.
Abrazos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McCarthy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Abrazos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Abrazos throws a jab but it's blocked by McCarthy.
Abrazos feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends McCarthy sprawling to the canvas! McCarthy rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Abrazos finish him?!
McCarthy is rocked!
That has opened up Cormac McCarthy's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abrazos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McCarthy is still on wobbly legs! Can Abrazos finish him?
Abrazos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McCarthy finds it's way round the side to connect with Abrazos's head.
McCarthy seems to have recovered his senses.
Good standup being displayed there by McCarthy as he connects with a hook.
McCarthy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Abrazos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McCarthy scores with a jab. Abrazos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McCarthy lands a jab to the nose.
McCarthy moves out of range as Abrazos strikes.
McCarthy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abrazos.
McCarthy throws a leg kick but Abrazos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
McCarthy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Abrazos misses with a looping left.
McCarthy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abrazos.
McCarthy lands with a straight right. Abrazos didn't see that one coming.
Abrazos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from McCarthy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Abrazos looks to land a left hand but McCarthy moved out of range nicely.
Abrazos looks to land a left hand but McCarthy moved out of range nicely.
McCarthy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McCarthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCarthy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Abrazos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCarthy scoring well with a low kick there.
The fighters circling - Abrazos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCarthy is looking for the big counter here.
McCarthy misses with a low kick.
Abrazos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
McCarthy throws a big shot that misses.
Abrazos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCarthy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abrazos misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abrazos misses the jab.
A big right from McCarthy misses.
Abrazos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McCarthy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abrazos.
McCarthy feints and then cracks Abrazos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abrazos down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Pablo Abrazos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cormac McCarthy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Abrazos throws a shot from downtown. McCarthy moves away and avoids it.
McCarthy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A nice inside leg kick there by McCarthy. That's going to slow Abrazos down.
Abrazos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCarthy.
Abrazos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Abrazos.
Nice defenses there by McCarthy.
Abrazos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCarthy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by McCarthy.
Abrazos slips under a jab.
McCarthy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Abrazos on the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for McCarthy.
A big right from Abrazos misses.
Abrazos drops his hands momentarily and McCarthy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Abrazos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abrazos throws an overhand right that lands on McCarthy's shoulder, as McCarthy tries to avoid the shot.
McCarthy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McCarthy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abrazos.
Abrazos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McCarthy to score with a decent uppercut.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Abrazos crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McCarthy - the referee stops the clock and Abrazos gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McCarthy. Abrazos manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A good leg kick by McCarthy.
Abrazos throws a hook but McCarthy blocks it.
Cormac McCarthy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abrazos.
McCarthy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McCarthy ducks under a wild hook from Abrazos.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Abrazos misses the target.
McCarthy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCarthy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McCarthy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Abrazos avoids a kick to the body.
McCarthy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Abrazos throws out a loose jab but McCarthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abrazos misses with an uppercut.
McCarthy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Abrazos missing with a left hand there. McCarthy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for McCarthy. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A telegraphed right hand from Abrazos misses the target.
A good leg kick by McCarthy.
Both fighters circling a little - McCarthy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
McCarthy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McCarthy with a nice calf kick.
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!
McCarthy scoring well with a low kick there.
Abrazos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McCarthy.
Abrazos misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy thows a body kick. Abrazos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
McCarthy throws a shot from downtown. Abrazos moves away and avoids it.
McCarthy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCarthy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McCarthy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Abrazos is really struggling to find his range with his punches. McCarthy's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
McCarthy scores with a nice right hand.
Abrazos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Both fighters circling a little - McCarthy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Abrazos works the jab nicely.
McCarthy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Abrazos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Abrazos. Those never looked like landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for McCarthy.
Abrazos throws a jab when McCarthy was well out of range.
A leg kick checked by Abrazos.
McCarthy misses with a low kick.
Abrazos misses with a straight left.
McCarthy missing with a left hand there. Abrazos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCarthy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Abrazos throws the left hand but McCarthy avoids the punch easily.
McCarthy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy slips under a jab from Abrazos.
McCarthy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abrazos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Abrazos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Abrazos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Abrazos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McCarthy.
McCarthy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abrazos looks to land a right hand but McCarthy moved out of range.
A big right from Abrazos misses.
McCarthy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abrazos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A big left from McCarthy misses.
A lazy left from McCarthy finds it's target.
McCarthy moves out of range as Abrazos strikes.
Abrazos throws a big shot that misses.
Abrazos misses with a double jab.
Abrazos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCarthy.
McCarthy thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCarthy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abrazos's sensitive parts.
Abrazos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Abrazos misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abrazos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCarthy moves away.
Abrazos just misses with a punch to the body.
Abrazos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McCarthy connects with a right hand. Abrazos shakes it off.
Abrazos throws an overhand right that lands on McCarthy's shoulder, as McCarthy tries to avoid the shot.
McCarthy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Abrazos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McCarthy.
Abrazos misses with an uppercut. McCarthy saw that one coming.
Abrazos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Abrazos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Abrazos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McCarthy is looking to slow Abrazos down with leg kicks.
A swing and a miss from Abrazos.
A solid leg kick lands there for McCarthy.
McCarthy misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCarthy swinging wildly here.
Abrazos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McCarthy takes one on the button.
Abrazos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac McCarthy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cormac McCarthy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
McCarthy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Abrazos.
McCarthy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Abrazos misses with a hook. McCarthy ducked under it nicely.
McCarthy misses with a hook.
McCarthy missing with a left hand there. Abrazos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abrazos checks a leg kick nicely.
McCarthy misses with a kick to the body.
Abrazos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McCarthy.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Abrazos crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McCarthy - the referee stops the clock and Abrazos gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McCarthy. Abrazos manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
McCarthy throws a body shot but no joy.
McCarthy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Abrazos misses with a double jab.
McCarthy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Abrazos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Abrazos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Abrazos digs a good hook to McCarthy's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abrazos scores with the left hand. McCarthy knows he should have avoided that one.
McCarthy cracks Abrazos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McCarthy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abrazos.
Abrazos blocks a jab.
Abrazos throws a looping overhand right but McCarthy ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Abrazos misses its intended target.
Abrazos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCarthy.
McCarthy thuds his shin into the meat of Abrazos's side.
Abrazos misses with a hook.
McCarthy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Abrazos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McCarthy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCarthy connects with an inside leg kick.
McCarthy throws a leg kick which misses Abrazos's front leg but catches the back leg as Abrazos tries to avoid it.
McCarthy defending well as Abrazos loads up on a big left hand.
McCarthy follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
McCarthy connects with a leg kick.
McCarthy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Abrazos's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Abrazos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCarthy.
Abrazos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Abrazos walks into a left hand.
Abrazos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCarthy.
McCarthy connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCarthy connects with a right hand. Abrazos shakes it off.
Abrazos throws a jab but it's blocked by McCarthy.
McCarthy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abrazos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCarthy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Abrazos.
Abrazos throws the left hand but McCarthy avoids the punch easily.
Abrazos misses with a wild body shot.
Abrazos throws the left hand but McCarthy avoids the punch easily.
McCarthy throws a leg kick which misses Abrazos's front leg but catches the back leg as Abrazos tries to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by McCarthy. That's going to slow Abrazos down.
McCarthy slips a jab from Abrazos.
Abrazos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abrazos throws a lazy right hand but McCarthy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abrazos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCarthy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abrazos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCarthy slips a straight right by Abrazos.
McCarthy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCarthy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McCarthy slips a jab from Abrazos.
The fighters circling - Abrazos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Abrazos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abrazos misses with a right hand
and McCarthy counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy staying out of range there.
Abrazos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCarthy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCarthy with the inside leg kick.
Abrazos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from McCarthy.
A low kick lands for McCarthy.
McCarthy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abrazos.
Abrazos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCarthy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abrazos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abrazos misses with a double jab.
Abrazos throws a looping overhand right but McCarthy ducks down to avoid it.
Abrazos throws a shot from downtown. McCarthy moves away and avoids it.
McCarthy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abrazos.
McCarthy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abrazos throws out the jab.
McCarthy scores with a jab to the jaw.
McCarthy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Abrazos throws a jab when McCarthy was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCarthy! But no joy.
Abrazos misses with a straight left.
McCarthy feints a counter leg kick.
McCarthy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abrazos.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abrazos looks to land a left hand but McCarthy moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McCarthy staying out of range there.
A jab from McCarthy does it's job there.
McCarthy ducks under a wild hook from Abrazos.
Abrazos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abrazos misses with an uppercut.
McCarthy lands a front kick.
McCarthy connects with a crisp jab.
McCarthy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abrazos misses with a combination
and McCarthy counters with an outside leg kick.
Abrazos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCarthy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by McCarthy.
McCarthy feints and then cracks Abrazos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abrazos down.
McCarthy connects with the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Abrazos.
A decent looking body kick lands there for McCarthy.
McCarthy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abrazos.
As McCarthy tries to get set, Abrazos tries to push him back and clinch up but McCarthy manages to avoid the attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for McCarthy.
McCarthy throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cormac McCarthy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McCarthy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac McCarthy!
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