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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Louis (ranked 1167 p4p, 1939 weight class) and Stephen McGarvey (ranked 148 p4p, 224 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Lethal high kicks
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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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stephen McGarvey!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa J�rvil�inen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. McGarvey does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Louis.
Louis scores with a nice head shot.
Louis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Louis misses with a hook
and McGarvey counters with a nice leg kick.
Louis digs a good body shot into McGarvey's ribs.
Louis throws a body punch but McGarvey moves out of range.
McGarvey follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis scores with a body shot.
Louis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Stephen McGarvey has been cut.
Louis seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Joe Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGarvey throws a hook but Louis avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Louis misses.
McGarvey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Louis looks to land a combination but McGarvey avoids it well.
McGarvey doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Louis swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting McGarvey counter with a right hand.
Louis misses with an uppercut.
McGarvey wants to counter the offense by Louis and move into the clinch position.
McGarvey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Louis backing away here, and McGarvey unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Louis throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis lands a jab to McGarvey's midsection.
Louis misses with an uppercut
and McGarvey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McGarvey.
McGarvey is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey working aggressively here.
Louis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Louis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McGarvey at a distance.
Louis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGarvey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McGarvey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louis.
Louis throws a poor cross that misses
and McGarvey counters with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louis tests McGarvey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Louis throws a lazy right hand but McGarvey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGarvey is looking for the big counter here.
Sloppy strikes from Louis. Those never looked like landing.
McGarvey looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A slow jab from Louis misses its intended target.
McGarvey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Louis throws out the jab.
Louis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McGarvey momentarily.
Louis looks to land a left hand but McGarvey moved out of range nicely.
Louis looks to throw the jab but McGarvey is out of range.
McGarvey steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Louis.
McGarvey closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Louis tries to pull guard but McGarvey holds him up against the cage and eventually Louis drops back down to his feet.
McGarvey throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from McGarvey fails to land.
Louis has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics McGarvey uses from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as McGarvey controls the pace.
McGarvey won't allow Louis to sweep him here.
McGarvey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGarvey gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Louis misses with a body punch
and McGarvey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McGarvey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McGarvey moves away from the strike by Louis.
It seemed like McGarvey was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Louis misses with an uppercut. McGarvey saw that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis swings away with a body shot that misses
and McGarvey counters with an inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Louis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stephen McGarvey's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Louis falls off balance throwing a combination
and McGarvey counters with a good low kick that Louis was not able to check.
Louis throws the left hand but McGarvey avoids the punch easily.
Louis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McGarvey makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Louis misses the target.
McGarvey with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Louis to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis misses with an uppercut
letting McGarvey counter with a right hand.
Louis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGarvey can do to turn this around?
A slow jab from Louis misses its intended target.
As Louis backs off McGarvey throws a huge counter combo but Louis manages to avoid it all.
A nice combination there by Louis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh McGarvey got wobbled bad by a big combination! Louis presses forward with punches and knees until McGarvey stumbles to the ground! The ref watches McGarvey closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Louis!
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FIGHT
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