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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mc Jitus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lark McTeague (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McTeague has chosen Alphaville - Forever Young as his entrance music. Mc Jitus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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213 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
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210 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mc Jitus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lark McTeague!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jitus shoots in looking for a takedown but McTeague manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jitus's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mc Jitus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McTeague avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jitus throws a nice outside leg kick.
McTeague connects with a right hand. Jitus shakes it off.
McTeague clobbers Jitus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jitus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McTeague keeps the fight on the outside.
McTeague jabs Jitus right on the nose. Jitus blinks but takes it well.
Jitus takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Mc Jitus has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horrible takedown by Jitus or perhaps it was just good defense by McTeague which made him look bad.
Jitus throws a leg kick but McTeague sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jitus feints and then cracks McTeague's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McTeague down.
Jitus decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
McTeague wants to get back to his feet.
McTeague wants to control but Jitus is keeping busy.
McTeague wants to improve his position but Jitus is controlling well.
McTeague is staying active underneath Jitus, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McTeague wants to get back to his feet.
Jitus wants to control but McTeague is keeping him busy.
Jitus trying to pass the guard but McTeague defending well.
McTeague looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fighters are battling for position here. McTeague manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
McTeague is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jitus is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jitus won't allow McTeague to sweep him here.
Jitus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jitus working some strikes from top position.
McTeague preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McTeague punching from the bottom - just letting Jitus know he's still in a fight.
McTeague avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jitus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jitus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jitus wants to control from the top but McTeague keeps moving.
McTeague wants to sweep but no luck.
McTeague kicks Jitus off and gets to his feet.
Jitus shoots in and drives through. McTeague sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mc Jitus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick from Jitus lands but McTeague takes it in his stride.
Jitus throws a low kick but McTeague avoids it.
Jitus thows a body shot but no joy.
McTeague circles away from the clinch attempt.
McTeague lands a jab to Jitus's midsection.
Jitus is breathing heavily.
Good standup being displayed there by McTeague as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jitus throws a hook to the side of McTeague's head but McTeague sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McTeague looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McTeague getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTeague lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McTeague checks a leg kick.
Jitus is looking to chop away at McTeague's legs.
A head kick misses from McTeague.
Jitus on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McTeague scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from McTeague finds it's way through Jitus's defenses.
Mc Jitus's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McTeague lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McTeague drives through and clinches with Jitus against the cage.
McTeague lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McTeague lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jitus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McTeague lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jitus is rocked!
McTeague breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McTeague is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jitus had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
McTeague lands with a nice body punch.
McTeague moves into range and clinches up with Jitus.
McTeague working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mc Jitus's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
McTeague working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McTeague scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McTeague creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Jitus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McTeague creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McTeague lands a right hand.
McTeague creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Jitus with a big uppercut! Jitus tries to clinch up but McTeague pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Jitus to the mat! Jitus covers up and McTeague unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lark McTeague!
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energy
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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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