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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob McGrady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adin Wrenton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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275 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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280 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob McGrady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adin Wrenton!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGrady walks into a stiff left hand from Wrenton.
McGrady bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wrenton thows a body shot but no joy.
Wrenton tries to clinch but McGrady moves out of range.
Wrenton's corner calls for a 1-2. Wrenton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Bob McGrady has been cut.
Wrenton misses with a body shot.
Wrenton wants to clinch up but McGrady keeps it at a distance.
Wrenton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGrady.
A left lands for Wrenton.
Wrenton tries to clinch there but McGrady circles away.
McGrady displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wrenton throws out the jab.
McGrady keeps the fight on the outside.
Wrenton missing with a left hand there. McGrady was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wrenton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGrady paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGrady uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wrenton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrady swats away the attempt to clinch by Wrenton.
Wrenton wants to clinch up but McGrady keeps it at a distance.
Wrenton jabs at McGrady's body.
Wrenton moves in looking to clinch but McGrady pushes him off.
McGrady circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wrenton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wrenton misses with an uppercut. McGrady saw that one coming.
McGrady dips to his left and cracks Wrenton with an uppercut!
It looks like Adin Wrenton has been cut.
Wrenton throws a looping overhand right but McGrady ducks down to avoid it.
Wrenton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wrenton throws a lazy right hand but McGrady sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adin Wrenton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wrenton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGrady moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrenton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McGrady keeps the fight on the outside.
McGrady uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wrenton.
Wrenton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGrady.
Wrenton misses with an uppercut.
McGrady keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wrenton.
Wrenton tries to clinch up but McGrady circles away and keeps his distance.
McGrady swats away the attempt to clinch by Wrenton.
Wrenton tries to clinch up but McGrady circles away and keeps his distance.
McGrady moves out of range of the strikes.
McGrady moves out of range as Wrenton strikes.
Wrenton tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wrenton. McGrady does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wrenton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wrenton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGrady paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wrenton smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A swing and a miss from McGrady.
Wrenton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wrenton tries to clinch there but McGrady circles away.
Wrenton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McGrady shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wrenton napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wrenton parries the strikes from McGrady easily there. McGrady is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wrenton to escape.
McGrady is trying to ground and pound but Wrenton uses the momentary lack of control by McGrady to regain half guard.
McGrady looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGrady thows a huge punch but Wrenton dodges it nicely.
McGrady is looking to take a break and control but Wrenton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wrenton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McGrady missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGrady thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McGrady is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
McGrady thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adin Wrenton dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wrenton thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGrady fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wrenton sprawls well initially but McGrady persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
McGrady is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
McGrady trying to control the action but Wrenton is working from the bottom.
Wrenton is looking to improve his position.
McGrady not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McGrady wants to pass the guard but Wrenton is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrenton wants to get back to full guard but McGrady has mounted him!
McGrady is trying to control here but Wrenton has managed to regain half guard.
McGrady uses his free foot to push down on Wrenton's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Wrenton.
McGrady scoring with strikes but Wrenton is staying in there.
Poor strikes thrown by McGrady there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
McGrady thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
McGrady throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wrenton because McGrady loaded up on that one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGrady looking to finish with strikes here!
McGrady looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by McGrady there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
McGrady scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McGrady thowing shots but they're missing.
McGrady throws some wild stikes that Wrenton manages to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrenton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McGrady looking to finish Wrenton with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wrenton!
McGrady sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
McGrady controlling the pace for now.
McGrady misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
McGrady throwing strikes but Wrenton recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Well, if McGrady is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrenton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McGrady not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McGrady is trying to control the action in half guard but Wrenton is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
McGrady thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wrenton's head.
Bob McGrady overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McGrady wants to control but Wrenton is keeping him busy.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
McGrady throwing shots but Wrenton is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob McGrady dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
McGrady slips a jab from Wrenton.
A slow jab from Wrenton misses its intended target.
Wrenton is looking to clinch.
McGrady bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
McGrady is looking to take a break and control but Wrenton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
McGrady throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Wrenton avoids any damage from the ground and pound of McGrady.
McGrady lands some shots froms side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrady misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
McGrady wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wrenton keeps working.
McGrady looking to control but instead Wrenton has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
McGrady is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Wrenton reverses the position - he's now on top in McGrady's guard.
McGrady looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wrenton's corner is telling him to maintain position.
McGrady trying to control the position here.
McGrady is trying to control the position from the bottom.
McGrady has control of Wrenton's left arm, preventing Wrenton from doing any damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Wrenton trying to control the position from guard on top but McGrady is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Bob McGrady wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Wrenton tries to clinch up.
McGrady shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wrenton is not content to let McGrady control the position.
McGrady working Wrenton over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrenton gets back to full guard.
McGrady pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wrenton is keeping the position for now.
McGrady looking to sit in guard and control but Wrenton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now McGrady is on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob McGrady showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McGrady 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob McGrady!
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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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