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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Digger Mcgee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mcgee's choice of entrance music: Carmina Burana. Glenn Edwards could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Digger Mcgee's chin.
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158 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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179 cm
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169 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glenn Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Digger Mcgee!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcgee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Edwards.
Mcgee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Edwards looks to land a right hand but Mcgee moved out of range.
Edwards moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Edwards.
Mcgee is trying to force a seperation but Edwards has the dominant position.
Mcgee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mcgee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Edwards is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mcgee is keeping busy.
Mcgee pushes Edwards back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mcgee cracks Edwards with a nice body shot.
Edwards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Edwards slips a jab from Mcgee.
Mcgee connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Edwards momentarily.
Mcgee moves into range and clinches up with Edwards.
Edwards jumps guard but Mcgee stands there with Edwards around his waist. Edwards gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mcgee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mcgee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mcgee cracks Edwards with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mcgee has control of Edwards's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Edwards regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Edwards tries to hold on but Mcgee postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgee scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mcgee prevents Edwards from getting the reversal.
Poor strikes thrown by Mcgee there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Mcgee scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Edwards?
Mcgee throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mcgee jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Edwards is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Edwards and Mcgee has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Mcgee thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mcgee looks gassed!
Edwards misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Edwards gets back to half guard.
Edwards looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mcgee throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Edwards is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mcgee passes Edwards's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Edwards looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mcgee lands strikes from half guard.
Edwards works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mcgee content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards is looking for a triangle but Mcgee pushes his legs off easily.
Edwards preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Edwards lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mcgee!
Mcgee can't escape the position.
Mcgee manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Edwards thows a huge punch but Mcgee dodges it nicely.
Mcgee won't allow Edwards to pass to mount.
Mcgee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Edwards working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Edwards there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Edwards is trying to control. Mcgee wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Mcgee manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Mcgee wants to sweep but no luck.
Edwards content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Edwards trying to control the position from guard on top but Mcgee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Edwards drops back looking for a leg! Mcgee is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mcgee manages to kick Edwards off! Edwards jumps back into Mcgee's guard.
Mcgee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mcgee swats away the attempt to clinch by Edwards.
Edwards defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mcgee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Digger Mcgee dominated that round.
That's time! Edwards's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A lazy left from Mcgee finds it's target.
Mcgee closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Edwards did well to prevent Mcgee getting side control.
Edwards actively working from the bottom here.
Edwards regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Mcgee.
Edwards tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mcgee scoring with some ground and pound.
Mcgee keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Edwards's head.
Edwards wants to sweep here but Mcgee controlling him for the moment.
Edwards working a defensive guard here.
Mcgee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Edwards is keeping the position for now.
Edwards striking off his back but it's not causing Mcgee any problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Edwards keeping moving, preventing Mcgee from controlling successfully.
Edwards is pulling down on Mcgee's head. It's preventing any offense from Mcgee, at least for the moment.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mcgee misses with a hook. Edwards ducked under it nicely.
Glenn Edwards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Edwards displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Edwards or perhaps it was just good defense by Mcgee which made him look bad.
Mcgee lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Edwards takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Edwards tries to clinch up.
Edwards has Mcgee up against the cage in a clinch.
Edwards working hard to break the clinch.
Mcgee lands with a light punch inside.
Mcgee pushes Edwards back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mcgee has picked Edwards up - he's going for a ride! Mcgee dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Mcgee thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee prevents Edwards from improving his position.
Edwards looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mcgee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Edwards defending well though.
Edwards keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcgee is looking for a kimura here.
Mcgee lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mcgee has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mcgee blocks Edwards's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Mcgee avoids the attempt from Edwards to control.
Mcgee lands a heavy elbow.
Mcgee looking to finish with strikes here!
Mcgee working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Edwards is trying desperately to improve position.
Mcgee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mcgee wants to control the action but instead Edwards gets a body lock and reverses into Mcgee's guard! Nice work!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee keeping moving, preventing Edwards from controlling successfully.
Mcgee is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Edwards trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mcgee looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Edwards puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Edwards winds up and cracks Mcgee with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mcgee trying to control from the bottom.
Edwards is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mcgee is just riding it out for now. Edwards eventually gives up the hold.
Edwards passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Digger Mcgee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Mcgee misses with a wild body shot.
Digger Mcgee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edwards shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mcgee looking to control.
Edwards slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mcgee trying to control the position.
Mcgee working for a triangle but Edwards defends it easily.
Edwards stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mcgee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mcgee is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Edwards is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards is in close to Mcgee's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mcgee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mcgee has momentary wrist control but Edwards slips an elbow through the middle.
Edwards working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mcgee wants to sweep but no luck.
Edwards is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Edwards throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Edwards tries to free his leg and advance position but Mcgee is retaining full guard.
Edwards stands up and waves to Mcgee to follow him.
Edwards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Edwards lunges at Mcgee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mcgee's hand.
Mcgee just misses with a punch to the body.
Edwards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Edwards tries to clinch but Mcgee is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Edwards.
Edwards has a takedown stuffed.
Digger Mcgee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mcgee takes a little break here. Edwards wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Mcgee trying to control the position but Edwards is working away.
Mcgee throws an elbow but Edwards slips to the side and avoids it well.
Edwards manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mcgee's best efforts.
Edwards is trying to control but can't.
Edwards is staying active underneath Mcgee, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Edwards is trying to stand back up but Mcgee is controlling him
Mcgee is keen to just control but Edwards is a slippery customer.
Edwards looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Edwards misses the jab.
Mcgee lands with a good body shot.
Mcgee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Edwards is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Edwards being controlled here, momentarily.
Edwards keeping moving, preventing Mcgee from controlling successfully.
Glenn Edwards has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edwards looking for a guillotine here but Mcgee defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mcgee defends well.
Mcgee controlling from the top position.
Edwards working a defensive guard here.
Mcgee with a nice head shot there.
Mcgee postures up in Edwards's guard and throws a big left but Edwards blocks it.
Edwards will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Glenn Edwards.
Well Mcgee 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Digger Mcgee!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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