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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Angle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Angle might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Domination. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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184 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Justin Angle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maurice McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A left lands for McDonald.
Angle closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Angle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McDonald's head.
Angle wants to stand up but McDonald is controlling the position.
McDonald controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
McDonald landing a few short strikes.
McDonald is trying is best to control the position here.
Angle throwing shots but McDonald is blocking nicely.
Angle decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Angle has a takedown stuffed.
McDonald fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Angle tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Angle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
McDonald shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Angle but Angle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
McDonald shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Angle manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Angle is breathing heavily.
McDonald scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
McDonald throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Angle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McDonald working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McDonald with a flurry of punches that miss.
McDonald missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McDonald loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
McDonald missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Angle's head.
McDonald with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
McDonald in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McDonald postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Angle wants to sweep but no luck.
McDonald stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Angle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McDonald showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McDonald accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws and elbow that misses. Angle uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in McDonald's guard. Nice move by Angle!
Angle stands up and waves to McDonald to follow him.
Angle closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Angle lands in his opponent's guard.
McDonald looking for a sweep. Not yet McDonald, not yet.
Angle has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of McDonald is proving hard to escape from.
McDonald tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McDonald controlling the position.
Angle preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Angle postures up in McDonald's guard and throws a big left but McDonald blocks it.
McDonald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Angle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McDonald scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Angle drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ground and pound from Angle seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
McDonald can't do much from the bottom here.
McDonald is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Angle misses with the ground and pound.
McDonald gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maurice McDonald 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.
Angle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Angle misses with a takedown
and McDonald counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by McDonald.
McDonald lands a couple of elbows.
McDonald landing with the ground and pound.
McDonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Angle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McDonald is in close to Angle's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McDonald advances position into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald trying to control the position but Angle is working away.
Angle is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
McDonald trying to control the position but Angle is working away.
Angle taking punishment in the form of punches.
McDonald lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Angle down.
Angle can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angle is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
McDonald working the ground and pound but Angle is defending the strikes.
McDonald in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
McDonald wants to lay and pray for a moment but Angle keeps working.
McDonald lands a nice forearm strike.
Angle takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
McDonald wants to control for a moment but Angle uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
McDonald working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angle is trying to stand.
McDonald throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from McDonald there.
McDonald is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McDonald missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Angle taking some punishment here, with McDonald in his half guard.
Angle holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
McDonald slips a nice elbow through Angle's hands, connecting with Angle's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Angle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McDonald.
The fighters are battling for position here. Angle manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
McDonald stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Angle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Angle being controlled here, momentarily.
McDonald pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Angle is keeping the position for now.
McDonald advances position into side control!
Angle wants to control but McDonald postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maurice McDonald showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
McDonald closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - McDonald lands in his opponent's guard.
McDonald stops Angle from standing up.
Angle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Angle tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Maurice McDonald has got the better of the ground game so far.
Angle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McDonald postures up and lands a big shot to Angle's brow.
McDonald trying to control but Angle is working from the bottom.
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Angle blocks nicely.
McDonald missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Angle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McDonald working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McDonald trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McDonald distracts Angle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
McDonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Angle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McDonald jabs at Angle's body.
McDonald shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
McDonald working over Angle with some ground and pound. Angle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald trying to control from half guard but Angle is working away.
McDonald looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Angle with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Angle wants to control but McDonald is keeping busy.
McDonald trying to pass the guard but Angle defending well.
McDonald perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Angle is trying to stand back up but McDonald is controlling him
McDonald winds up and cracks Angle with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald content to control rather than advance.
McDonald not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Angle tries to roll over but McDonald keeps him under control.
McDonald wants to control but Angle is keeping him busy.
McDonald not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McDonald not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Angle blocking the ground and pound attempt from McDonald.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Angle flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McDonald decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
McDonald landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
McDonald throws a strike but Angle avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
McDonald landing some decent shots from guard.
Angle is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst McDonald is controlling him.
McDonald working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McDonald lands a couple of elbows.
Justin Angle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maurice McDonald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McDonald is stalling in the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maurice McDonald comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McDonald 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maurice McDonald!
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