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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lashley Randall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey McMasters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randall comes to the cage accompanied by pushing me. Mickey McMasters acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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151 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lashley Randall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey McMasters!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randall shoots in looking for a takedown. McMasters tries to sprawl out of it but Randall keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McMasters manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Randall slips a jab from McMasters.
Randall shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Randall is keen to just control but McMasters is a slippery customer.
Randall wants to stand up but McMasters has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Randall throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMasters has one foot on Randall's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
McMasters lands a jab to Randall's midsection.
McMasters throws a looping overhand right but Randall ducks down to avoid it.
Jab by McMasters.
It looks like Lashley Randall has been cut.
McMasters moves out of range of the strikes.
McMasters scores with a punch to the head.
McMasters looks to land a left hand but Randall moved out of range nicely.
Randall fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McMasters avoids it really well and circles away.
McMasters throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Randall's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McMasters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Randall is trying hard to land a takedown here. McMasters sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lashley Randall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McMasters listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Randall doesn't manage to clinch there - McMasters circles away.
McMasters misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from McMasters.
Mickey McMasters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Randall is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randall doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McMasters lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McMasters lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lashley Randall's cut is getting worse.
McMasters lands a nice leg kick that just misses Randall's sensitive parts.
McMasters throws a nice inside leg kick.
Randall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Randall takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McMasters scores with a hook to the body. Randall takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McMasters lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
McMasters dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot by McMasters.
Lashley Randall's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice uppercut lands for McMasters. That snapped Randall's head back.
McMasters lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Randall gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McMasters.
McMasters lands a two punch combo.
McMasters throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randall takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Randall shoots in looking for a takedown. McMasters tries to sprawl out of it but Randall keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McMasters manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McMasters throws a shot to the body.
Randall tries to clinch there but McMasters circles away.
Randall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McMasters circles away quickly and effectively.
McMasters throws a head kick that half lands.
Nice cross by McMasters.
Randall walks into a stiff left hand from McMasters.
Randall takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McMasters takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Randall closes the distance and clinches up with McMasters, looking for a takedown. Randall pushes McMasters against the cage but McMasters circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
McMasters with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Randall misses with a series of wild punches.
McMasters looks to land a combination. Randall sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMasters throws a nice looking combination but Randall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McMasters lands an overhand right.
McMasters throws an overhand right that lands on Randall's shoulder, as Randall tries to avoid the shot.
Randall takes the fight into the clinch.
McMasters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McMasters is working the combinations to good effect here.
Randall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McMasters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Randall slips under a jab.
McMasters swats away the attempt to clinch by Randall.
Randall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Randall tries to move into range but McMasters moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Randall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Randall closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McMasters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey McMasters dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lashley Randall's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McMasters scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Randall looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Randall shoots for a takedown but McMasters saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Randall tries to clinch but McMasters moves out of range.
Randall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McMasters throws out the jab.
Mickey McMasters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Randall blocks a jab.
Randall tries to close the distance and clinch but McMasters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from McMasters misses.
McMasters misses with the combination.
McMasters lands with a straight right. Randall didn't see that one coming.
McMasters jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McMasters gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McMasters can do anything to dispel that myth.
McMasters scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randall tries to close the distance and clinch but McMasters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McMasters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McMasters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Randall closes the distance and pushes McMasters back into the cage.
Randall drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Randall wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lashley Randall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McMasters lands a damaging elbow.
McMasters is pushing Randall up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Randall is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Randall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McMasters blocks it with crossed arms.
McMasters breaks the clinch.
McMasters thuds his right hand into Randall's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Randall takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lashley Randall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McMasters moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Randall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McMasters moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Randall avoids the head kick by McMasters.
Randall tries to close the distance and clinch but McMasters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McMasters thuds a left hand into Randall's body.
McMasters keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A head kick misses from McMasters.
Randall is looking to clinch.
Randall tries to clinch there but McMasters circles away.
McMasters missing with a left hand there. Randall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Randall shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McMasters pinned against the cage. McMasters gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
McMasters throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMasters connects with a single shot there.
Randall has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McMasters finds it's way round the side to connect with Randall's head.
McMasters throws a hook to the side of Randall's head but Randall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McMasters thows a left - swing and a miss!
Randall looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Randall trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but McMasters manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Randall trying to keep a closed guard but McMasters is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMasters is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
McMasters with a flurry of punches that miss.
Randall is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Randall has momentary wrist control but McMasters slips an elbow through the middle.
McMasters chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McMasters works over Randall with some ground and pound from guard.
McMasters missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McMasters wants to control from the top but Randall keeps moving.
Randall has momentary wrist control but McMasters slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey McMasters showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lashley Randall's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A punch combination from McMasters misses.
Randall throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McMasters's waist but McMasters gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Randall off to one side.
Randall tries to clinch there but McMasters circles away.
McMasters connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McMasters jabs at Randall's body.
Randall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McMasters.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McMasters, right into the meat.
Randall looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Randall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Randall takes one on the button.
Randall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McMasters.
McMasters pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McMasters misses the jab.
Randall shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Randall showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Randall trying to control from half guard but McMasters is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randall throwing shots but McMasters is blocking nicely.
McMasters is not content to let Randall control the position.
McMasters makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
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.
McMasters throws a right and a left that both miss.
McMasters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Randall sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McMasters throws a right hand that Randall ducks under and follows up with a left that Randall also avoids with ease.
Randall avoids the head kick by McMasters.
Mickey McMasters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Randall tries to close the distance and clinch up but McMasters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Randall throws a nice inside leg kick.
Randall shoots in and drives through. McMasters sprawls well.
McMasters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Randall.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lashley Randall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McMasters throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Randall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Randall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by McMasters.
McMasters pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McMasters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McMasters misses with an uppercut. Randall saw that one coming.
Randall closes the distance and clinches.
McMasters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McMasters rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Randall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McMasters scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from McMasters.
Randall misses with a takedown attempt - McMasters sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Randall is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McMasters throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Randall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McMasters keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McMasters lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Randall at a distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Randall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for McMasters.
McMasters throws a hook but Randall avoids it easily.
Randall dodges the punch combination from McMasters.
No joy there for McMasters, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McMasters throws a right and a left that both miss.
McMasters misses with a head kick.
McMasters lands a slapping body shot.
A punch combination from Randall misses.
Randall thows a body shot but no joy.
Randall tries to clinch but McMasters moves out of range.
McMasters fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lashley Randall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McMasters throws a series of punches but Randall avoids them all with ease.
McMasters throws a hook but Randall avoids it easily.
Mickey McMasters is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Randall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McMasters misses with a few strikes there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey McMasters comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McMasters winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey McMasters!
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RATING
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