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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Mcnulty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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27
178 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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225 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcel Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Mcnulty!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mcnulty.
Howard misses with a series of wild punches.
Howard fails to land with a series of punches.
Howard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mcnulty, pushing him back against the cage.
Mcnulty fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Howard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mcnulty fails to pull guard.
Mcnulty tries to pull guard but Howard won't allow it.
Marcel Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Mcnulty.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcnulty is working for takedown but Howard is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mcnulty tries to pull guard but Howard holds him up against the cage and eventually Mcnulty drops back down to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcnulty goes for a takedown attempt but Howard pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mcnulty looks to score with a jab to the body but Howard is just out of range.
Mcnulty throws an off balance right hand
and Howard counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Howard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mcnulty circles away quickly and effectively.
Howard misses with a lunging right hand
so Mcnulty counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mcnulty postures up in Howard's guard and throws a big left but Howard blocks it.
Mcnulty postures up in Howard's guard and throws a big left but Howard blocks it.
Mcnulty postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Howard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mcnulty throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mcnulty is looking to work some ground and pound but Howard has wrist control.
Mcnulty is looking to work some ground and pound but Howard has wrist control.
Howard is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mcnulty accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mcnulty throwing strikes but missing.
Howard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mcnulty on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mcnulty accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mcnulty working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Howard's head.
Howard keeping moving, preventing Mcnulty from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcnulty postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mcnulty missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mcnulty chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcnulty throwing strikes but missing.
Mcnulty engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mcnulty postures up in Howard's guard and throws a big left but Howard blocks it.
Mcnulty postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mcnulty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Howard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mcnulty throwing strikes from guard but Howard blocks nicely.
Mcnulty trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mcnulty throwing strikes from guard but Howard blocks nicely.
Mcnulty trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mcnulty scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mcnulty missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mcnulty scoring with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mcnulty trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Mcnulty dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mcnulty looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Howard!
Mcnulty looking to land elbow strikes but Howard uses the position to regain half guard.
Mcnulty takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Howard is rocked!
Howard has hold of Mcnulty's hands but Mcnulty slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh Howard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mcnulty throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Howard seems to have got his legs back now.
Mcnulty lands with a punch from half guard.
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!
Howard trying to control from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mcnulty lands a nice short elbow.
Howard has hold of Mcnulty's hands but Mcnulty slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mcnulty not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcnulty drops an elbow to the side of Howard's head.
Howard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Howard tries to get out of the position.
Mcnulty looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Howard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jimmy Mcnulty has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mcnulty throwing shots but Howard is blocking nicely.
Mcnulty sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Howard defending well though.
Mcnulty lands with a punch from half guard.
Howard is staying active underneath Mcnulty, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nice strikes from Mcnulty there.
Mcnulty lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Howard quite badly. Howard pulls Mcnulty in close trying to recover. Mcnulty postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Howard on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Howard doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Mcnulty!
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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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