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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Slippery Thang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick McFinnigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Slippery Thang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Patrick McFinnigan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McFinnigan tries to clinch up but Thang circles away and keeps his distance.
Thang looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McFinnigan is fending him off so far but Thang persists. Nope, McFinnigan circles away and we're back to standing.
McFinnigan throws out a loose jab but Thang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thang shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McFinnigan but McFinnigan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Thang shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slippery Thang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McFinnigan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thang. Thang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McFinnigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McFinnigan misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McFinnigan misses with an uppercut. Thang saw that one coming.
McFinnigan tries to clinch up.
McFinnigan swings for the body but Thang moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFinnigan lands a jab to Thang's midsection.
Thang changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McFinnigan tries to avoid it but Thang manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McFinnigan to the ground. McFinnigan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McFinnigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from McFinnigan misses.
Nice defenses there by Thang.
McFinnigan leaves Thang with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Thang staying out of range there.
McFinnigan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thang shoots in for a double leg but McFinnigan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
McFinnigan throws an overhand right that lands on Thang's shoulder, as Thang tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Thang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McFinnigan misses the jab.
McFinnigan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McFinnigan scores with a decent looking hook.
McFinnigan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thang was well out of range. Poor timing from McFinnigan.
Thang shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McFinnigan pinned against the cage. McFinnigan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thang slips a jab from McFinnigan.
McFinnigan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from McFinnigan.
McFinnigan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McFinnigan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thang.
Thang shoots for a takedown but McFinnigan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
McFinnigan misses with a two punch combination.
McFinnigan just misses with a punch to the body.
McFinnigan tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - McFinnigan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McFinnigan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thang moves away from the strike by McFinnigan.
McFinnigan misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
McFinnigan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thang dodges the punch combination from McFinnigan.
McFinnigan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thang.
Thang blocks a jab.
McFinnigan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thang fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McFinnigan avoids it really well and circles away.
Thang keeps the fight on the outside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McFinnigan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thang's waist but Thang gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing McFinnigan off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick McFinnigan dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Thang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McFinnigan.
Thang shoots for a double leg takedown but McFinnigan sprawls well. He's pushed Thang's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
McFinnigan misses with a hook. Thang ducked under it nicely.
McFinnigan throws a right hand that Thang ducks under and follows up with a left that Thang also avoids with ease.
McFinnigan throws a shot from downtown. Thang moves away and avoids it.
Patrick McFinnigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thang will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McFinnigan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thang manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McFinnigan misses with a series of wild punches.
Thang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Patrick McFinnigan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFinnigan scores with a decent looking hook.
McFinnigan throws a right and a left that both miss.
McFinnigan looks to throw the jab but Thang is out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thang.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slippery Thang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body punch from McFinnigan.
McFinnigan throws a looping overhand right but Thang ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from McFinnigan misses.
McFinnigan thows a left - swing and a miss!
McFinnigan misses with a hook.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Thang is defended easily by McFinnigan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McFinnigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A decent looking cross lands there for McFinnigan.
McFinnigan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McFinnigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McFinnigan scores with a body shot.
Thang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thang avoids a punch combination nicely.
McFinnigan looks to land a combination but Thang avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFinnigan fails with an attempt to clinch.
McFinnigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McFinnigan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McFinnigan looks to land a left hand but Thang moved out of range nicely.
Thang avoids the body shot from McFinnigan.
McFinnigan misses with a hook. Thang ducked under it nicely.
McFinnigan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thang ducks right into an uppercut from McFinnigan.
Thang misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Thang dodges the punch combination from McFinnigan.
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.
Thang ducks under a wild hook from McFinnigan.
McFinnigan is looking to clinch.
Thang dives in and grabs McFinnigan's left leg, looking for a takedown. McFinnigan pushes down on Thang's head and hops out.
Thang avoids the body shot from McFinnigan.
Thang shoots in but no luck this time.
McFinnigan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McFinnigan is looking to clinch but Thang is avoiding it.
Thang shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McFinnigan as he jumps to the side.
McFinnigan misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick McFinnigan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
McFinnigan misses with a straight left.
Slippery Thang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thang shoots in for a takedown but McFinnigan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
McFinnigan misses with a double jab.
McFinnigan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thang moves away from the strike by McFinnigan.
McFinnigan throws a body punch but Thang moves out of range.
Thang tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McFinnigan swivels and escapes.
McFinnigan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thang's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thang changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McFinnigan tries to avoid it but Thang manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McFinnigan to the ground. McFinnigan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slippery Thang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thang looks for a takedown but McFinnigan sprawls well.
Thang takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McFinnigan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFinnigan throws a hook to the side of Thang's head but Thang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thang slips a straight right by McFinnigan.
Thang ducks under a wild hook from McFinnigan.
McFinnigan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thang manages to avoid it.
McFinnigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McFinnigan throws out the jab.
Patrick McFinnigan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from McFinnigan misses.
McFinnigan misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Thang has a takedown stuffed.
McFinnigan misses the jab.
McFinnigan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McFinnigan loads up on a big right hand but Thang slips the punch.
McFinnigan tries to clinch but Thang moves out of range.
A slow jab from McFinnigan misses its intended target.
McFinnigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thang moves away.
Thang avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Thang dodges the punch combination from McFinnigan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFinnigan tries to clinch but Thang is having none of it.
McFinnigan tries to clinch up but Thang circles away and keeps his distance.
McFinnigan throws a right and a left that both miss.
McFinnigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McFinnigan looks to land a right hand but Thang moved out of range.
A big left from McFinnigan misses.
McFinnigan tries to clinch but Thang moves out of range.
McFinnigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thang moves away.
Some wild striking there from McFinnigan.
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.
McFinnigan misses with a two punch combination.
McFinnigan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thang fails with the takedown.
McFinnigan misses with a wild body shot.
McFinnigan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Thang slips under a jab.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McFinnigan misses with a looping right.
Patrick McFinnigan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McFinnigan thows a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick McFinnigan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McFinnigan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick McFinnigan!
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