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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ian McPherson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosenthal has chosen Rick Derringer - I Am a Real American as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
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194 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ian McPherson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Holden Rosenthal!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McPherson moves out of range as Rosenthal strikes.
Rosenthal fails with a takedown attempt.
McPherson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rosenthal lands a really nice looking cross but McPherson seems unphased.
Rosenthal slips a jab and a cross from McPherson.
Rosenthal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McPherson.
McPherson tries to land a front kick but Rosenthal steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McPherson throws a jab when Rosenthal was well out of range.
Rosenthal throws a body punch but McPherson moves out of range.
Rosenthal lands a jab-cross combination.
Rosenthal connects with a solid leg kick.
Rosenthal thows a body shot but no joy.
Rosenthal chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McPherson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rosenthal.
McPherson thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rosenthal. McPherson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rosenthal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McPherson moves away.
McPherson slips a straight right by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McPherson's head backwards.
A big right from McPherson misses.
Rosenthal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rosenthal connects with a leg kick. McPherson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McPherson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rosenthal throws a jab when McPherson was well out of range.
Rosenthal throws a looping overhand right but McPherson ducks down to avoid it.
Rosenthal lands a right hook to the body.
McPherson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rosenthal.
Rosenthal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McPherson moves away.
McPherson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rosenthal.
McPherson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal misses the body punch
and McPherson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rosenthal struggles to land a body shot inside as McPherson controls his hands.
Rosenthal throws a punch but it's blocked by McPherson.
McPherson has a couple of punches blocked by Rosenthal.
McPherson misses with a body punch.
McPherson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, McPherson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Rosenthal.
McPherson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McPherson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McPherson tries to throw a body punch but Rosenthal avoids it by throwing McPherson back against the cage.
McPherson throws a head punch that misses.
Rosenthal lands a right hand that snaps the head of McPherson backwards.
McPherson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rosenthal backwards.
McPherson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rosenthal decides to pull guard.
Rosenthal looking to control.
McPherson tries to free his leg and advance position but Rosenthal is retaining full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McPherson trying to control but Rosenthal is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPherson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McPherson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rosenthal looking to control but McPherson passes into half guard.
McPherson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rosenthal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McPherson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rosenthal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rosenthal won't allow McPherson to pass to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rosenthal blocking the ground and pound attempt from McPherson.
McPherson is trying to work for a kimura but Rosenthal is defending well.
McPherson is looking for a kimura here.
McPherson is trying to control the action in half guard but Rosenthal is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rosenthal is doing well to control the position and prevent McPherson from advancing to side control.
McPherson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rosenthal knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
McPherson is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Rosenthal dominated that round.
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.
Rosenthal shoots and misses
and McPherson counters with a nice uppercut.
McPherson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rosenthal.
McPherson throws a looping overhand right but Rosenthal ducks down to avoid it.
Rosenthal throws a sloppy body shot
and McPherson counters with a single leg into guard. Rosenthal didn't expect that.
Rosenthal seems keen to control McPherson's posture.
McPherson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McPherson tries to free his leg and advance position but Rosenthal is retaining full guard.
Rosenthal trying to control the position.
McPherson throwing strikes from guard but Rosenthal blocks nicely.
Rosenthal avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McPherson with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McPherson postures up.
McPherson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rosenthal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McPherson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rosenthal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McPherson postures up in Rosenthal's guard and throws a big left but Rosenthal blocks it.
McPherson postures up.
Rosenthal working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. McPherson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. McPherson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
McPherson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McPherson thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McPherson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rosenthal had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McPherson defends it easily.
Rosenthal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
McPherson wants to control from the top but Rosenthal keeps moving.
Rosenthal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rosenthal keeping full guard, as McPherson tries to pass.
Rosenthal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rosenthal keeping full guard, as McPherson tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal looking to control.
McPherson throwing strikes but missing.
Rosenthal keeping moving, preventing McPherson from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McPherson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McPherson pushes down on Rosenthal's leg and manages to get into half guard.
McPherson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McPherson wants to take a breather but Rosenthal is having none of it.
Rosenthal tries to get to full guard but McPherson has control of the leg.
Rosenthal wants to control but McPherson is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rosenthal is looking for a sweep. McPherson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rosenthal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McPherson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rosenthal's head.
McPherson lands strikes from half guard.
Rosenthal trying to control from the bottom.
McPherson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rosenthal sees it coming and defends easily.
McPherson tries to pass to full mount but Rosenthal defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ian McPherson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Rosenthal takes a swing at McPherson's ribcage but misses.
Rosenthal thuds a left hand into McPherson's body.
Danga de danga de dang - Rosenthal scores with a four punch combination!
Rosenthal throws a lazy right hand but McPherson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rosenthal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McPherson was well out of range. Poor timing from Rosenthal.
Rosenthal takes a swing at McPherson's ribcage but misses.
Rosenthal swings away with a body shot that misses
and McPherson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rosenthal won't be happy with that.
An elbow from McPherson crashes against the mat.
McPherson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rosenthal keeps working.
McPherson tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
McPherson landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal avoids any damage from the ground and pound of McPherson.
McPherson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Rosenthal sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Rosenthal is trying to control McPherson's posture but McPherson avoids it.
A control attempt from Rosenthal but he's now mounted!
McPherson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rosenthal is desperately trying to improve his position but McPherson has a good base and remains in mount.
McPherson punching from mount but Rosenthal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McPherson is landing with some decent strikes but Rosenthal is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPherson lands a nice shot to the head.
McPherson blocks Rosenthal's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rosenthal keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McPherson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
McPherson avoids the attempt from Rosenthal to control.
McPherson throwing strikes but Rosenthal recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Rosenthal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McPherson.
Ian McPherson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McPherson trying to control the pace.
Rosenthal tries to roll over but McPherson keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rosenthal wants to control but McPherson is keeping busy.
McPherson trying to mount his opponent but Rosenthal defends it.
McPherson is looking for a kimura here.
Rosenthal trying to control from the bottom.
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.
McPherson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rosenthal defending well though.
Rosenthal wants to control but McPherson is keeping busy.
McPherson prevents Rosenthal from improving his position.
McPherson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rosenthal desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with McPherson in particular looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McPherson thows a huge punch but Rosenthal dodges it nicely.
McPherson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ian McPherson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McPherson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ian McPherson!
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energy
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hype
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