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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barney Phife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wahoo McDaniel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phife comes to the cage accompanied by Fernandinho - Mais Alto. McDaniel has chosen War Dance as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Wahoo McDaniel enters the cage!
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189 cm
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215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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186 cm
28
214 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Barney Phife! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Wahoo McDaniel! The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! McDaniel takes a swing at Phife's ribcage but misses. Phife swings away with a body shot that misses
and McDaniel counters with a leg kick. McDaniel looks to throw the jab but Phife is out of range. Phife fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McDaniel manages to avoid it. Phife throws a sloppy body shot
and McDaniel counters with a straight right hand. McDaniel throws out a token jab with nothing on it. McDaniel tries to clinch but Phife moves out of range. Phife takes a shot right to the bread basket. Phife throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McDaniel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. McDaniel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. McDaniel throws a head kick but Phife moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Phife takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Phife misses the jab. Phife ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDaniel moves away. McDaniel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Phife doesn't seem bothered though. McDaniel digs a good hook to Phife's body.
McDaniel jabs Phife right on the nose. Phife blinks but takes it well. Phife misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDaniel.
Nice uppercut there from Phife. Phife misses with a shot to the body and McDaniel counters with a nice body shot. Phife walks into a jab. A telegraphed right hand from McDaniel misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round. McDaniel with a jab. McDaniel keeps the fight on the outside. McDaniel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phife. Phife uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McDaniel.
McDaniel misses with a jab to the body
and Phife makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. This has been an exciting period of action! McDaniel misses with a hook. Phife ducked under it nicely. McDaniel thows a body shot but no joy. Wahoo McDaniel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. McDaniel tries to clinch up. McDaniel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. McDaniel slips a straight right by Phife.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Phife throws a looping overhand right but McDaniel ducks down to avoid it. McDaniel takes a swing at Phife's ribcage but misses. McDaniel ducks under a wild hook from Phife. Phife throws an overhand right that lands on McDaniel's shoulder, as McDaniel tries to avoid the shot. A telegraphed right hand from Phife misses the target. A looping hook to the body misses from Phife. McDaniel does a little dance to reset his feet. Phife connects with a single shot there. McDaniel moves into the clinch. Phife fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Phife tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McDaniel's elbow. Phife misses with the head strike.
Phife blocking some punches.
McDaniel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McDaniel swings wildly with an uppercut but Phife uses good head movement to avoid it. Phife fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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. Phife misses with a punch to the body.
McDaniel blocks a body shot from Phife. Phife tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. A right hand to the body from Phife.
Phife goes for a takedown in the clinch but McDaniel prevents it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. Nice body punch from McDaniel. Phife misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McDaniel lands a body punch. A right hand to the body from Phife.
McDaniel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Barney Phife has been cut. McDaniel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. An uppercut to the body lands inside from McDaniel. Phife is breathing heavily. A bit of stalling here from McDaniel.
Phife misses with a punch to the body.
McDaniel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A right hook to the body lands for McDaniel.
McDaniel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McDaniel crunches a lovely knee into Phife's ribcage. McDaniel lands a nice knee to the body. McDaniel lands a body punch. A right hook to the body lands for McDaniel.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! McDaniel works on Phife's body with a couple of short punches. McDaniel pushes Phife back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. McDaniel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Phife backwards. McDaniel lands a shot to the body. McDaniel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Phifes head. McDaniel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. McDaniel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. McDaniel lands a hook to the side of the head. And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Wahoo McDaniel dominated that round. The cut man is working on Barney Phife's cut. 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.
McDaniel looks to clinch and Phife counters with a lovely shot to the body. Phife walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. McDaniel has been the more effective fighter overall so far. McDaniel lands a jab to the head.
McDaniel throws a right hand that Phife ducks under and follows up with a left that Phife also avoids with ease. McDaniel throws a quick inside leg kick. Phife is looking to wear down McDaniel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Phife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Phife swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McDaniel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Phife shoots in and drives through. McDaniel sprawls well. Wahoo McDaniel seems to be getting the better of the standup. Phife misses with a body shot.
McDaniel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Phifes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round. McDaniel doesn't manage to clinch there - Phife circles away.
McDaniel with a body punch. A glancing blow. Nice takedown defense from McDaniel. No joy for Phife on that attempt. Phife misses the jab. Phife avoids a lazy jab quite easily. McDaniel connects with an inside leg kick. Phife is looking to clinch. McDaniel scores with a leg kick.
McDaniel lands a jab to the nose. McDaniel misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. McDaniel instigates a clinch. McDaniel lands a hook that snaps the head of Phife backwards. A head punch blocked on the inside by McDaniel. A battle for position here, against the cage. Wahoo McDaniel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Phife digs a right hand into McDaniel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McDaniel's gas tank. A short left from McDaniel. McDaniel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Phife is rocked! McDaniel lands with a light punch inside. Oh Phife is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! McDaniel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Phife pushes McDaniel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Nice body punch from McDaniel. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. This has been an exciting period of action! McDaniel creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Phife with a big uppercut! Phife tries to clinch up but McDaniel pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Phife to the mat! Phife covers up and McDaniel unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Wahoo McDaniel!
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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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