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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank McPlum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coal Hagride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hagride is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I am Black Torment. The key to victory for Frank McPlum has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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183 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank McPlum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Coal Hagride!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McPlum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hagride circles away quickly and effectively.
McPlum rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hagride moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McPlum throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hagride avoids the body shot from McPlum.
Hagride takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McPlum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McPlum lands with a nice combination. Hagride backs away looking to recover.
McPlum stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McPlum wants it to stay on the feet.
Hagride throws a jab but it's blocked by McPlum.
Nice straight punches there by McPlum. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McPlum.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McPlum misses with a two punch combination.
Hagride throws a body punch but McPlum moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from McPlum.
McPlum moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McPlum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McPlum misses with a jab, cross combination.
McPlum throws a nice looking combination but Hagride bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Frank McPlum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McPlum misses with the combination.
McPlum throws a big shot that misses.
Hagride slips a jab and a cross from McPlum.
Some wild striking there from McPlum.
Hagride shoots in looking for a takedown. McPlum tries to sprawl out of it but Hagride keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McPlum manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McPlum throws a series of punches but Hagride avoids them all with ease.
Frank McPlum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
McPlum misses with the combination.
McPlum throws a series of punches but Hagride avoids them all with ease.
McPlum throws a right hand that Hagride ducks under and follows up with a left that Hagride also avoids with ease.
Hagride looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hagride not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hagride looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hagride thows a huge punch but McPlum dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagride not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hagride drops an elbow to the side of McPlum's head.
Hagride has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hagride is nestled in close to McPlum, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
McPlum blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hagride.
Hagride stops McPlum from getting back to his feet.
Hagride frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPlum avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hagride.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McPlum working to try and regain half guard.
Hagride throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hagride throws some wild stikes that McPlum manages to avoid easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee warns McPlum that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hagride scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hagride looking to ground and pound but McPlum is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank McPlum dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
McPlum missing with a left hand there. Hagride was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McPlum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McPlum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hagride manages to avoid it.
Hagride closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. McPlum did well to prevent Hagride getting side control.
McPlum is staying active underneath Hagride, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hagride throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagride is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
McPlum keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McPlum is staying active underneath Hagride, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hagride thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McPlum's head.
Hagride throwing shots but McPlum is blocking nicely.
McPlum tries to kick Hagride off in order to stand up. Hagride Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Hagride misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Hagride is chipping away with strikes.
That's two 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.
McPlum dodges the ground and pound from Hagride.
McPlum is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
McPlum is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hagride scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hagride scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McPlum to see if he's OK.
Hagride working the ground and pound from side control.
Hagride landing strikes.
Hagride cracks McPlum with a big right hand but McPlum just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hagride throws an elbow but McPlum slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagride throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Check out the look on Hagride's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hagride looks up at the clock and then as McPlum takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hagride smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
McPlum on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McPlum tries to get out of the position.
McPlum defending against the ground and pound.
Hagride fails to land a wild elbow strike.
McPlum dodges the ground and pound from Hagride.
Hagride throws an elbow but McPlum slips to the side and avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hagride in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hagride with the ground and pound but McPlum regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPlum is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hagride scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hagride not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hagride not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hagride lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hagride missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Coal Hagride showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hagride dodges the punch combination from McPlum.
McPlum misses with a double jab.
A cross from McPlum lands.
McPlum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hagride.
McPlum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hagride fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
McPlum throws a right hand that Hagride ducks under and follows up with a left that Hagride also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McPlum misses with a series of wild punches.
McPlum looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hagride walks into a straight right hand from McPlum.
Frank McPlum is winning the standup battle so far.
Hagride just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McPlum rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hagride moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McPlum looks to land a combination but Hagride avoids it well.
McPlum rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hagride moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McPlum takes a swing at Hagride's ribcage but misses.
McPlum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McPlum throws a nice looking combination but Hagride bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hagride looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McPlum!
Hagride with good strikes from the mount here!
Hagride cracks McPlum with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hagride looking to ground and pound but McPlum is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPlum is desperately trying to improve his position but Hagride has a good base and remains in mount.
Hagride landing punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hagride is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hagride thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hagride throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hagride is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hagride unloading with bombs!
Hagride scoring with strikes but McPlum is staying in there.
McPlum is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagride throwing strikes but McPlum recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Hagride throwing shots but McPlum is blocking nicely.
Hagride missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hagride missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hagride looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
McPlum is refusing to be controlled, as Hagride sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hagride prevents McPlum from standing back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hagride is looking to take a break and control but McPlum is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hagride thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McPlum's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Coal Hagride comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hagride has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Coal Hagride!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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