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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Potter (ranked 936 p4p, 116 weight class) and Declan McCoy (ranked 118 p4p, 14 weight class). Declan McCoy told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Declan McCoy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter thuds a left hand into McCoy's body.
Potter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCoy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McCoy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Potter lands a jab to McCoy's midsection.
A big right from McCoy misses.
Potter looks to throw the jab but McCoy is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCoy! But no joy.
McCoy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McCoy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Scott Potter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCoy moves away.
McCoy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Potter takes a swing at McCoy's ribcage but misses.
Potter throws a right hand that misses
and McCoy counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Potter misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling McCoy to counter with a crisp jab.
McCoy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Potter.
McCoy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Potter with a body shot.
Potter lands a jab to McCoy's midsection.
Potter misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McCoy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potter. McCoy does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and McCoy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
McCoy misses with a hook. Potter ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Potter misses.
Potter bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McCoy's head backwards.
Potter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCoy was well out of range. Poor timing from Potter.
Potter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCoy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McCoy throws a looping overhand right but Potter ducks down to avoid it.
McCoy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Potter.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCoy! But no joy.
Potter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCoy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McCoy avoids the body shot from Potter.
McCoy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Potter manages to avoid it.
McCoy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McCoy misses with a straight left.
McCoy connects with a right hand. Potter shakes it off.
Potter swings for the body but McCoy moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCoy slips under a jab from Potter.
A big left from Potter misses.
McCoy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Potter throws a predictable looking body shot
and McCoy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Potter swings away with a body shot that misses
and McCoy counters with a straight right hand.
Potter's jab looks to have found its range, popping McCoy under the eye.
Potter is looking to wear down McCoy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McCoy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a left hand
and McCoy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Potter thinking.
Potter takes a swing at McCoy's ribcage but misses.
McCoy works Potter's body with a nice hook.
Potter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jab, jab by Potter - just one landing.
McCoy moves out of range of the strikes.
McCoy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McCoy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Potter scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Potter throws out a loose jab but McCoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter misses with a left hand
and McCoy counters with a stiff right hand.
Potter works McCoy's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by McCoy.
A nice side step and McCoy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Potter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCoy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McCoy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potter throws a hook but McCoy blocks it.
McCoy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Potter finds it's way round the side to connect with McCoy's head.
McCoy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McCoy slips under a jab.
McCoy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Potter throws a right hand that misses
enabling McCoy to counter with a crisp jab.
Potter misses with a shot to the body
letting McCoy counter with a right hand.
McCoy misses with a wild body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Potter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Potter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCoy.
A little jabbing left from McCoy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McCoy defending well as Potter loads up on a big left hand.
McCoy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Potter with a body shot.
Potter throws a body punch but McCoy moves out of range.
Potter throws a big shot that misses.
McCoy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Potter with a body shot.
Potter lands a jab.
Potter lands a head shot.
Potter throws a right hand that misses
and McCoy counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Potter slips a jab from McCoy.
Scott Potter is winning the standup battle so far.
McCoy lands a body shot.
A jab from Potter finds it's way through McCoy's defenses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but McCoy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Potter has got the better of the exchanges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter misses with a shot to the body
and McCoy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Potter has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
McCoy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - Potter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice side step and McCoy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Potter throws a sloppy body shot
and McCoy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice body punch from McCoy.
Potter swings away with a body shot that misses
and McCoy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Potter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCoy was well out of range. Poor timing from Potter.
McCoy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McCoy avoids the body shot from Potter.
McCoy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McCoy avoids the body shot from Potter.
Potter misses with a hook
and McCoy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potter. McCoy does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCoy is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McCoy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Potter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McCoy counters with a crisp right hand that drops Potter! McCoy lets Potter back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Potter is rocked!
McCoy ducks under a wild hook from Potter.
Oh Potter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big left from Potter misses.
McCoy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Potter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Potter seems to have got his legs back now.
McCoy slips under a jab.
McCoy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Potter with a body shot.
Potter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Potter misses with a body shot
and McCoy counters with a right hand to the body.
Potter throws a lazy uppercut
letting McCoy counter with a right hand.
McCoy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCoy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McCoy connects with a body shot that sends Potter's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter throws a sloppy body shot
and McCoy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Potter thinking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Potter throws an off balance right hand
enabling McCoy to counter with a crisp jab.
Potter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Potter misses with a right hand
and Potter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Potter connects with the punch.
McCoy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from McCoy does no damage.
McCoy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Potter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Potter misses with a jab to the body
letting McCoy counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter throws an off balance right hand
and McCoy counters with a right hand to the body.
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!
McCoy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Potter takes a swing at McCoy's ribcage but misses.
Potter misses with a body shot.
Potter misses with an uppercut
and McCoy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Potter misses with an uppercut
and McCoy counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Declan McCoy!
Our winner, Declan McCoy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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