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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shamus McSorley (ranked 2879 p4p, 1867 weight class) and John Geghan (ranked 333 p4p, 223 weight class). 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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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Shamus McSorley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Geghan!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McSorley misses with a right hand
and Geghan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Geghan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McSorley manages to avoid it.
McSorley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Geghan has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
McSorley misses with a hook. Geghan ducked under it nicely.
McSorley on the wrong end of a nice jab.
McSorley drops his hands momentarily and Geghan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McSorley tests Geghan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Geghan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McSorley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McSorley misses the jab.
It seemed like Geghan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Geghan lands with an uppercut that bounces McSorley off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Geghan's corner calls for a 1-2. Geghan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McSorley swings away with a body shot that misses
and Geghan counters with a right hand to the body.
McSorley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Geghan. McSorley does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McSorley throws a nice head kick!
It looks like John Geghan has been cut.
McSorley swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Geghan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Geghan gets a double leg takedown into McSorley's guard.
Geghan trying to control but McSorley is working from the bottom.
McSorley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McSorley tries to get out of the position.
Geghan passes into half guard.
McSorley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Geghan.
Geghan throwing shots but McSorley is blocking nicely.
McSorley looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
McSorley is in trouble now - Geghan has advanced to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Geghan working McSorley over with strikes here.
Geghan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McSorley is bucking up trying to escape but Geghan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Geghan lands a big shot there that rocks McSorley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Geghan lands a big shot to the head and McSorley winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Geghan!
John Geghan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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