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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Don Puncharello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry McLean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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148 lbs
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155 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Puncharello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry McLean!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. McLean darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Puncharello rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McLean makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McLean throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Puncharello to counter with a crisp jab.
McLean pushes Puncharello away with a front kick.
McLean doesn't manage to clinch there - Puncharello circles away.
Puncharello scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Some wild striking there from McLean.
Don Puncharello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puncharello thows a left - swing and a miss!
McLean thows a leg kick but Puncharello checks it
and Puncharello counters with a head kick. That will keep McLean thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Puncharello misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from McLean misses.
Nice shot lands for Puncharello.
Puncharello ducks under a wild hook from McLean.
Puncharello lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Puncharello, as that shot connected.
McLean tries to bum rush Puncharello with a series of wild strikes but Puncharello uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McLean avoids the body shot from Puncharello.
Puncharello has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Puncharello there as he acknowledges the shot.
McLean doesn't manage to clinch there - Puncharello circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLean misses with a body shot.
Puncharello throws a shot from downtown. McLean moves away and avoids it.
McLean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McLean jabs Puncharello to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McLean scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McLean works over Puncharello's head and body with a nice combination.
McLean looks to land a left hand but Puncharello moved out of range nicely.
McLean throws a right and a left that both miss.
McLean moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Puncharello lands a jab to McLean's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puncharello throws a one two combo.
Puncharello throws a poor cross that misses
and McLean counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McLean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Puncharello looks for the body kick but McLean saw that one coming.
McLean looks to land a combination but Puncharello avoids it well.
Good leg kick by McLean there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Puncharello throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and McLean counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McLean throws a series of punches but Puncharello avoids them all with ease.
Puncharello misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLean misses with a double jab.
Puncharello throws a predictable looking body shot
letting McLean counter with a right hand.
McLean lands a nice looking body kick.
Puncharello throws a lazy uppercut
and Puncharello takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McLean looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Puncharello checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puncharello throws a half hearted mid kick.
Puncharello throws a big shot that misses.
A swing and a miss from Puncharello.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Barry McLean will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Puncharello throws a sloppy body shot
and McLean counters with a nice body shot.
Puncharello connects with a high kick.
McLean tries to clinch but Puncharello is having none of it.
Puncharello misses with a hook to the body
and McLean counters with a stiff right hand.
McLean scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Puncharello lands a two punch combo.
McLean takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab, jab by Puncharello - just one landing.
McLean scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puncharello misses with a straight right.
Puncharello thows a left - swing and a miss!
McLean takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Puncharello throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Puncharello moves out of range as McLean strikes.
Puncharello takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Puncharello tries to land a body kick
and McLean counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Puncharello bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Puncharello moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for McLean.
A big right from McLean misses.
McLean tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Puncharello manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Puncharello throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Puncharello misses with a left hand
and McLean holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
McLean lands a shoulder strike.
McLean has a couple of punches blocked by Puncharello.
Puncharello escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Puncharello staying out of range there.
Puncharello throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and McLean counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Puncharello misses with an uppercut
and McLean counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puncharello misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Puncharello misses the shot to the body.
McLean throws a body punch but Puncharello moves out of range.
Puncharello fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McLean cracks a nice hook into Puncharello's ribs.
Puncharello moves into range and connects with a jab.
McLean connects with a right hand. Puncharello shakes it off.
A shot to the body from Puncharello misses
and McLean counters with a series of strikes. Puncharello will be more careful next time no doubt.
Puncharello uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McLean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLean slips under a jab.
Puncharello swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barry McLean seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Puncharello misses with a double jab
and Puncharello takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puncharello connects with a body shot.
McLean throws a left and a right that both miss
and Puncharello cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab, jab by McLean - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McLean misses with a kick to the body.
Puncharello gets off balance looking for a body kick
and McLean counters with a low kick, right behind Puncharello 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry McLean showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Puncharello misses with a few strikes there.
Puncharello thows a left - swing and a miss!
Puncharello connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Puncharello slips a jab and a cross from McLean.
Puncharello swats away the attempt to clinch by McLean.
Puncharello misses with a right hand
and Puncharello takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for McLean.
McLean missing with a left hand there. Puncharello was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Puncharello throws a shot from downtown. McLean moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big right from McLean misses.
McLean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McLean scores with a nice head shot.
McLean dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McLean looks to throw a body kick
and Puncharello counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McLean thinking.
McLean lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by McLean.
Puncharello avoids the body shot from McLean.
McLean tries to clinch but Puncharello is having none of it.
Don Puncharello has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puncharello moves away from the strike by McLean.
Puncharello rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McLean moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Puncharello throws a lazy head kick
and Puncharello takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puncharello scores with a jab. McLean acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McLean misses with a combination
and Puncharello counters with a straight right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - McLean looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McLean dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLean looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McLean bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Puncharello misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Puncharello misses with a lunging right hand
and McLean counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by McLean.
McLean tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McLean is looking to clinch but Puncharello is avoiding it.
McLean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McLean tries to bum rush Puncharello with a series of wild strikes but Puncharello uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Puncharello slips under a jab.
Puncharello lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McLean at a distance.
Puncharello misses with an uppercut
and McLean counters with a left to the body.
Puncharello avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Puncharello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barry McLean is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice inside leg kick there by McLean. That's going to slow Puncharello down.
McLean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puncharello moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Puncharello misses the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barry McLean comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McLean has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry McLean!
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