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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richie Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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195 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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178 cm
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193 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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ADCC Champion
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan McCarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richie Yang!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Yang!
McCarthy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yang hang on?
McCarthy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
McCarthy's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
McCarthy with the ground and pound from mount.
McCarthy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yang in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
McCarthy avoids the attempt from Yang to control.
Yang is working to get back to half guard.
McCarthy content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yang is looking to improve his position but McCarthy isn't that keen on the idea.
McCarthy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
McCarthy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
McCarthy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yang tries to lock up and control but McCarthy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Yang throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
McCarthy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yang regains half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ryan McCarthy.
McCarthy tries a head kick but it misses.
Yang has his takedown stuffed
and McCarthy counters with a nice uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by McCarthy there.
Yang doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McCarthy counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Yang looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yang trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yang has his foot on McCarthy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McCarthy works his way back into a safe position though.
McCarthy is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McCarthy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McCarthy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
McCarthy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
McCarthy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Yang looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McCarthy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
McCarthy chips away with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McCarthy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
McCarthy seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Yang for as long as he can get away with.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ryan McCarthy.
McCarthy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yang misses with a body shot.
Ryan McCarthy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCarthy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCarthy checks the leg kick nicely there.
McCarthy misses the jab.
McCarthy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yang.
Yang gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and McCarthy counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by McCarthy.
Ryan McCarthy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richie Yang.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yang is looking for a triangle here but McCarthy uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
McCarthy working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan McCarthy dominated that round.
That's time! McCarthy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McCarthy Rushes Yang and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Yang is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. McCarthy Piles on the pressure and Yang crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan McCarthy!
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energy
A | B |
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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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