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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Mater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mater has chosen Sad Man's Tongue as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Danny McCarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Mater!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mater shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McCarthy sprawls well. McCarthy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mater gets slowly back to his feet.
Mater shoots for a takedown but McCarthy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mater ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mater looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
McCarthy is looking for a sweep. Mater is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McCarthy desperately trying to maintain half guard.
McCarthy pushes Mater off and gets back to his feet.
Mater gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mater stalls.
McCarthy is trying to break the clinch but Mater has him pressed against the cage.
Mater has had enough of the clinch but McCarthy keeps him there for the moment.
McCarthy breaks the clinch.
McCarthy tries to clinch up.
Mater shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Danny McCarthy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Mater.
McCarthy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McCarthy wants it to stay on the feet.
A shot to de liver by Mater. Beautiful body shot.
McCarthy wants to clinch up but Mater keeps it at a distance.
Mater closes the distance and clinches up with McCarthy, looking for a takedown. Mater pushes McCarthy against the cage but McCarthy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mater's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Mater duly obliges.
Mater misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mater shoots in but no luck this time.
Mater looks gassed!
McCarthy tries to clinch
letting Mater counter with a right hand.
McCarthy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McCarthy stuffs the takedown.
McCarthy fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCarthy tries to clinch up but Mater circles away and keeps his distance.
McCarthy tries to clinch up.
McCarthy tries to clinch but Mater moves out of range.
McCarthy moves into the clinch.
McCarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCarthy moves in looking to clinch but Mater pushes him off.
McCarthy has closed the distance and engaged Mater in a clinch.
Mater wants to get back to striking at distance but McCarthy won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCarthy tries to clinch but Mater moves away
and Mater counters with a series of strikes. McCarthy will be more careful next time no doubt.
McCarthy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McCarthy darts in trying to clinch
and Mater counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCarthy clinches but Mater breaks the clinch
and Mater counters with a one-two to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCarthy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mater avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McCarthy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mater circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mater swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McCarthy moves in looking to clinch but Mater pushes him off.
Mater looks to land a combination but McCarthy avoids it well.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mater misses with the combination.
McCarthy tries to clinch up.
Mater looks to land a combination but McCarthy avoids it well.
Mater swinging wilding here.
Mater throws a right and a left that McCarthy avoids nicely.
McCarthy wants to clinch up but Mater keeps it at a distance.
McCarthy wants to clinch
and Mater counters with a takedown into side control.
McCarthy throws Mater to one side and escapes!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dan Mater will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
McCarthy tries to clinch up.
Mater darts in trying to clinch
and McCarthy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
McCarthy is trying to break the clinch but Mater is controlling him.
McCarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCarthy staying out of range there.
Mater shoots and misses
and McCarthy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McCarthy.
McCarthy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarthy wants to clinch but Mater slips to the side
and Mater counters with a one-two to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCarthy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCarthy 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.
Mater gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mater wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy is trying to break free.
Mater is breathing heavily.
McCarthy has Mater pressed against the cage, preventing Mater from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McCarthy wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCarthy manages to break the clinch.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mater has his takedown stuffed
and McCarthy moves into the clinch.
McCarthy keeps control of Mater as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCarthy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McCarthy is trying to break free.
Mater is trying to break free.
Mater tries to break the clinch but McCarthy is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mater breaks the clinch.
Mater swinging wilding here.
McCarthy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCarthy tries to clinch but Mater moves away
and Mater counters with a series of strikes. McCarthy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Danny McCarthy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCarthy tries to clinch there but Mater circles away.
Mater circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mater circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCarthy fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCarthy slips a jab and a cross from Mater.
Danny McCarthy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McCarthy wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy tries to clinch up
and Mater counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mater.
McCarthy pulls Mater in close to his closed guard and prevents Mater from doing any damage or advancing position.
McCarthy has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Mater off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mater swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCarthy is looking to clinch but Mater is avoiding it.
McCarthy looks to clinch
and Mater counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCarthy tries to clinch but Mater moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCarthy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mater fails with the takedown
and McCarthy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Danny McCarthy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Mater.
McCarthy is trying to break free.
McCarthy keeps control of Mater as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCarthy forces Mater back against the cage and clinches.
McCarthy manages to break the clinch.
Mater with a poor takedown
and McCarthy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
McCarthy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Danny McCarthy will probably get the nod.
That's time! McCarthy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
McCarthy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mater looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McCarthy is fending him off so far but Mater persists. Nope, McCarthy circles away and we're back to standing.
Mater doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McCarthy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McCarthy.
McCarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Mater.
Mater swats away the attempt to clinch by McCarthy.
Mater tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCarthy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mater avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mater swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCarthy is looking to clinch but Mater is avoiding it.
Mater misses with a takedown attempt
and McCarthy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Danny McCarthy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Mater.
McCarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy tries to clinch but Mater is having none of it.
Mater takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McCarthy tries to clinch there but Mater circles away.
Mater fails to land the takedown.
McCarthy doesn't manage to clinch there - Mater circles away.
McCarthy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCarthy tries to clinch there but Mater circles away.
McCarthy tries to clinch but Mater moves away
and Mater counters with a one-two to the body.
McCarthy has Mater up against the cage in a clinch.
Mater fails to pull the fight into his guard.
McCarthy manages to break the clinch.
Mater looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mater swats away the attempt to clinch by McCarthy.
Mater shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and McCarthy moves into the clinch.
McCarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCarthy wants to clinch up but Mater keeps it at a distance.
McCarthy tries to clinch up
and McCarthy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCarthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCarthy wants to clinch.
Mater swats away the attempt to clinch by McCarthy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy tries to clinch up but Mater circles away and keeps his distance.
Dan Mater seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCarthy fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCarthy wants to clinch.
Mater looks to land a combination but McCarthy avoids it well.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mater stalks McCarthy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into McCarthy's face. McCarthy staggers backwards, shaken.
McCarthy doesn't manage to clinch there - Mater circles away.
McCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mater swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mater changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. McCarthy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
McCarthy manages to get back to half guard.
Mater not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy wants to control but Mater is keeping busy and won't allow it.
McCarthy is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Mater is tapping! Great win for McCarthy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Danny McCarthy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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