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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Clancey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Clancey will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Clancey!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Long displaying some good clinch control by pressing Clancey up against the cage.
Long wants a takedown.
Long pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clancey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Long misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Long is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Clancey's half guard.
Long is looking to take a break and control but Clancey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long is stalling here. Clancey is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Long seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Clancey has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Clancey prevents Long from escaping the position.
Clancey wants to stand but Long has his arm trapped.
The strikes coming from Clancey are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Clancey throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Clancey avoids the head kick by Long.
Long is breathing heavily.
Clancey lands with an uppercut that bounces Long off the cage and back into rage.
Long slips a jab and a cross from Clancey.
Long takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Long is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long shoots in and drives through. Clancey sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clancey scores with a jab to the head.
Clancey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Clancey scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Long showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clancey.
Clancey tries to bum rush Long with a series of wild strikes but Long uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Long takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tom Clancey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Clancey does it's job there.
A left and a right from Clancey both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A cross from Clancey lands.
Clancey scores with a crisp jab that stopped Long in his tracks.
Clancey lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Long doesn't manage to clinch there - Clancey circles away.
Clancey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Long tries a head kick but it misses.
Long takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long walks into a jab.
Clancey is working the combinations to good effect here.
Long instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Long to work.
Clancey is pressed up against the cage. Long has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Clancey down to the mat. Clancey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Clancey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clancey fails to land with a series of punches.
Long moves into the clinch successfully.
Long lands an elbow just above Clancey 's eye.
Long pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Long is defended easily by Clancey.
Long slips a jab and a cross from Clancey.
Long scores a takedown into full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long looking to ground and pound but Clancey is blocking nicely.
Long thowing shots but they're missing.
Clancey is working to get back to half guard.
Long looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clancey is squirming around, avoiding Long's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Clancey dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Long closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Long seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Clancey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Long landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Long with the ground and pound but Clancey uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Long seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Long throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Clancey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Long sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clancey trying to control the position.
Long wants to control from the top but Clancey keeps moving.
Long stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Clancey fails to land with a series of punches.
Long shoots in for a double leg but Clancey sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clancey stuffs the takedown.
Tom Clancey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clancey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Long tries for a takedown but Clancey sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clancey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Long stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Clancey fails to land with a series of punches.
Clancey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Long circles away quickly and effectively.
Clancey misses with a few strikes there.
Clancey throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Clancey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Long throws an elbow but it misses.
Long lands a nice elbow.
Long breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clancey throws a right and a left that Long avoids nicely.
Clancey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Clancey misses with a wild combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Clancey is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.
Long changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Clancey fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Clancey tests Long's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A right-left combo lands from Long.
Clancey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Clancey digs a good body shot into Long's ribs.
Clancey moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Long avoids a punch combination nicely.
Clancey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clancey throws a right hand that Long ducks under and follows up with a left that Long also avoids with ease.
Long lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clancey circles away quickly and effectively.
Clancey cracks Long with a good jab.
Long misses with a head kick.
Long closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Long lands in his opponent's guard.
Clancey has a closed guard, preventing Long from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Long dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Long misses with a combination
and Clancey counters with a three punch combo that has Long backing up. Long nods at Clancey to acknowledge the strikes.
Clancey moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A combination from Clancey does no damage.
Long shoots in for a double leg but Clancey sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clancey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Long slips a jab and a cross from Clancey.
Long pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Long moves into the clinch.
Long jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Clancey walks away with a smile on his face. Long gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Long looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Clancey throws a one two combo.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Long is defended easily by Clancey.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Long shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A left and a right from Clancey both land. Nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clancey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Long fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Clancey throws a series of punches but Long avoids them all with ease.
Long is looking to clinch.
Long looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No luck for Long with that takedown attempt.
Long takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Clancey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Clancey looks to score with a jab to the body but Long is just out of range.
Clancey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Long.
Long scoring well with a low kick there.
Clancey misses with an uppercut.
Long fails to land the takedown.
Long clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clancey is trying to break the clinch but Long is controlling him.
Long pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Long shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Clancey is trying to defend but Long finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Long is working for a kimura but Clancey is defending it quite comfortably.
Clancey is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Clancey is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sean Long!
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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
RATING
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