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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cormac McCarthy (ranked 36 p4p, 50 weight class) and Tagnarach Kamara (ranked 4 p4p, 6 weight class). Kamara has chosen BLIND SPOTS as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cormac McCarthy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tagnarach Kamara!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kamara just misses with a punch to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kamara.
A jab lands there for Kamara.
McCarthy lands a nice looking body shot.
Kamara throws a jab when McCarthy was well out of range.
McCarthy throws a hook but Kamara blocks it.
McCarthy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kamara.
McCarthy dips to his left and cracks Kamara with an uppercut!
Kamara uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McCarthy has time to react.
McCarthy shoots in but no luck this time.
Donk. Kamara catches McCarthy right on the button with a cross.
McCarthy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamara slips under a jab.
Kamara misses with a body shot.
Kamara throws a nice looking combination but McCarthy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamara closes the distance and clinches.
Kamara lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kamara fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCarthy.
McCarthy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kamara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McCarthy backwards.
Kamara tries to land knees in the clinch but McCarthy avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamara.
Kamara misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCarthy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kamara has him pressed against the cage.
McCarthy managing to block the knees to the body from Kamara.
Kamara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McCarthy breaks from the clinch.
McCarthy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kamara.
Kamara throws a hook but McCarthy avoids it easily.
A left lands for Kamara.
McCarthy jabs Kamara to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from McCarthy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kamara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCarthy.
McCarthy feinted with a counter takedown.
McCarthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCarthy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kamara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCarthy was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamara.
McCarthy drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kamara sprawls and moves away.
Kamara throws an off balance right hand
and McCarthy counters with a single leg into guard. Kamara didn't expect that.
McCarthy is looking to work some ground and pound but Kamara has wrist control.
McCarthy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kamara avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McCarthy trying to control but Kamara is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy postures up in Kamara's guard and throws a big left but Kamara blocks it.
McCarthy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kamara is keeping the position for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kamara can do anything to dispel that myth.
McCarthy passes into half guard.
McCarthy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
McCarthy is thwarting Kamara's attempts to control the position.
Kamara avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McCarthy.
Still in half guard, McCarthy seems content to control.
McCarthy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McCarthy is looking to take a break and control but Kamara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McCarthy wants to pass the guard but Kamara is defending well.
McCarthy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kamara blocking the ground and pound attempt from McCarthy.
McCarthy trying to control the pace.
Kamara felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
McCarthy working Kamara over with strikes.
McCarthy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McCarthy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tagnarach Kamara will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kamara throws a hook to the side of McCarthy's head but McCarthy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kamara misses with a straight left.
McCarthy shoots in for a takedown but Kamara shows good takedown defense.
Kamara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCarthy changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
McCarthy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCarthy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kamara misses with a hook. McCarthy ducked under it nicely.
McCarthy half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
McCarthy misses with a takedown attempt - Kamara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kamara just misses with a punch to the body.
McCarthy attempts a counter takedown but Kamara avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarthy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McCarthy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kamara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCarthy.
Kamara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy just misses with a punch to the body.
Kamara is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
McCarthy works over Kamara's head and body with a nice combination.
McCarthy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice side step and Kamara releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kamara slips under a jab from McCarthy.
McCarthy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kamara swings widly with a right hand
and McCarthy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kamara avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McCarthy.
Kamara is trying to get back to full guard.
Kamara on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
McCarthy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kamara keeping hold of McCarthy's head, controlling as best he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy winds up and cracks Kamara with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCarthy prevents Kamara from improving his position.
Kamara is looking to control McCarthy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kamara avoid being mounted?
McCarthy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McCarthy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kamara trying to control here.
McCarthy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamara avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McCarthy.
McCarthy tries to pass to full mount but Kamara defends it.
Kamara taking some punishment here, with McCarthy in his half guard.
Kamara really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McCarthy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McCarthy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McCarthy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kamara does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cormac McCarthy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kamara tries to get to full guard but McCarthy has control of the leg.
McCarthy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Still in half guard, McCarthy seems content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy wants to pass to mount but Kamara is defending the position.
McCarthy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kamara is refusing to be controlled, as McCarthy sits in half guard.
McCarthy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McCarthy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kamara wants to get back to full guard but McCarthy has passed into side control.
Kamara is working to avoid the ground and pound but McCarthy connects with a decent elbow.
McCarthy is working Kamara over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kamara managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by McCarthy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac McCarthy dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kamara takes a swing at McCarthy's ribcage but misses.
Kamara misses with an uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kamara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kamara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCarthy was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamara.
A left lands for McCarthy.
McCarthy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kamara can do to turn this around?
McCarthy thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCarthy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kamara throws an overhand right that lands on McCarthy's shoulder, as McCarthy tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamara scores with a hook to the body. McCarthy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McCarthy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McCarthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Excellent takedown into side control there by McCarthy.
McCarthy has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kamara!
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
McCarthy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kamara doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
McCarthy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McCarthy with the ground and pound from mount.
It looks like Tagnarach Kamara has been cut.
McCarthy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kamara takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McCarthy breaks from Kamara's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kamara is squirming around, avoiding McCarthy's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kamara can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCarthy with shots to the head and body - Kamara looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kamara is working to get back to half guard.
Kamara is in a horrible position here. McCarthy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
McCarthy wants to control the pace but Kamara is squirming around nicely.
McCarthy landing shots from mount.
McCarthy landing strikes from the mount and Kamara is in trouble!
McCarthy trying to control but Kamara is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kamara takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McCarthy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McCarthy landing strikes from the mount and Kamara is in trouble!
Kamara is rocked!
That has opened up Tagnarach Kamara's cut even more.
Kamara takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! McCarthy's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cormac McCarthy!
Cormac McCarthy retains his welterweight title!
Cormac McCarthy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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