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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jay McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Felizberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McCoy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kill Everyone Now. Jay McCoy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ryan Felizberto's chin.
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154 lbs
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146 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jay McCoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Felizberto!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felizberto missing with a left hand there. McCoy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Felizberto misses with a straight right.
Felizberto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McCoy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McCoy throws a jab when Felizberto was well out of range.
McCoy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Felizberto has time to react.
Felizberto throws a hook but McCoy blocks it.
A jab lands there for Felizberto.
Felizberto throws a body punch but McCoy moves out of range.
McCoy scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circling - McCoy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCoy throws the left hand but Felizberto avoids the punch easily.
Felizberto throws a right hand that McCoy ducks under and follows up with a left that McCoy also avoids with ease.
McCoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Felizberto.
McCoy needs to keep his hands up - Felizberto had a free shot at his head there.
Felizberto misses with an uppercut.
Felizberto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCoy slips a straight right by Felizberto.
McCoy blocks a jab.
McCoy digs a good body shot into Felizberto's ribs.
McCoy cracks a nice hook into Felizberto's ribs.
McCoy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto misses with a hook.
Felizberto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCoy was well out of range. Poor timing from Felizberto.
Jay McCoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Felizberto misses with a hook.
McCoy lands with a cross.
Felizberto lands a nice looking body shot.
Felizberto walks into a jab.
McCoy lands a nice hook to Felizberto's body. Felizberto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McCoy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McCoy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Felizberto defending well as McCoy loads up on a big left hand.
McCoy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Felizberto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Felizberto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McCoy thuds a left hand into Felizberto's body.
McCoy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Felizberto lands a right hook to the body.
McCoy changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Felizberto looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
McCoy working the ground and pound but Felizberto is defending the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from McCoy crashes against the mat.
McCoy controlling from side mount.
McCoy 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.
McCoy working the body and head with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by McCoy.
McCoy throws a strike aimed at the side of Felizberto's head but Felizberto avoids it well.
McCoy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
McCoy throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Felizberto sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Felizberto is trying to maintain the position but McCoy is very close to passing his half guard.
McCoy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy thows a huge punch but Felizberto dodges it nicely.
McCoy trying to pass the guard but Felizberto defending well.
Felizberto makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
McCoy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Felizberto.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McCoy.
McCoy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Felizberto scores with a jab to the jaw.
McCoy throws a hook to the side of Felizberto's head but Felizberto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Felizberto swings for the body but McCoy moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Felizberto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Felizberto gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McCoy postures up and lands a big shot to Felizberto's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Felizberto is trying to control the position but McCoy postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McCoy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McCoy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Felizberto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Felizberto lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for McCoy!
Felizberto controlling from the full mount.
Felizberto looking to control but McCoy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCoy manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay McCoy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Felizberto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCoy.
McCoy shoots in and gets a takedown into Felizberto's guard.
McCoy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Felizberto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Felizberto controlling the position.
McCoy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
McCoy postures up in Felizberto's guard and throws a big left but Felizberto blocks it.
McCoy lands a couple of elbows.
Felizberto keeping moving, preventing McCoy from controlling successfully.
Felizberto is trying to control the position but McCoy postures up.
McCoy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McCoy is looking to work some ground and pound but Felizberto has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy thows a big elbow that misses.
Felizberto looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Felizberto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McCoy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Felizberto is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ryan Felizberto wasn't active enough on the ground.
McCoy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Felizberto pinned against the cage. Felizberto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
McCoy lands a lovely overhand right.
Felizberto misses with an uppercut.
McCoy slips a straight right by Felizberto.
Felizberto looks to land a left hand but McCoy moved out of range nicely.
Felizberto misses with a lunging right hand
and McCoy counters with a left and a right that stings Felizberto.
McCoy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Felizberto throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto connects with a jab.
Felizberto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCoy throws out the jab.
Felizberto looks to land a right hand but McCoy moved out of range.
McCoy looks to score with a jab to the body but Felizberto is just out of range.
Ryan Felizberto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from McCoy.
Felizberto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCoy throws out the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Felizberto throws the left hand but McCoy avoids the punch easily.
Felizberto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McCoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Felizberto was well out of range. Poor timing from McCoy.
McCoy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Felizberto.
Jay McCoy is winning the standup battle so far.
Felizberto connects with a crisp jab.
Felizberto missing with a left hand there. McCoy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Felizberto was well out of range. Poor timing from McCoy.
McCoy misses with a double jab.
McCoy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Felizberto.
Felizberto moves out of range of the strikes.
McCoy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Felizberto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from McCoy misses.
McCoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Felizberto was well out of range. Poor timing from McCoy.
McCoy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McCoy cracks Felizberto with an open hand slap.
Felizberto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCoy dives in and grabs Felizberto's left leg, looking for a takedown. Felizberto pushes down on McCoy's head and hops out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McCoy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Felizberto looks to land a combination but McCoy avoids it well.
McCoy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Felizberto moves away.
Nice body punch from Felizberto.
Felizberto lands with a straight right. McCoy didn't see that one coming.
McCoy staying out of range there.
Felizberto swinging wildly here.
McCoy scores with a decent looking hook.
Felizberto misses with a straight right.
McCoy shoots in and gets a takedown into Felizberto's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCoy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy postures up in Felizberto's guard and throws a big left but Felizberto blocks it.
McCoy throws and elbow that misses. Felizberto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in McCoy's guard. Nice move by Felizberto!
Felizberto wants to control from the top but McCoy keeps moving.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Felizberto is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
McCoy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Felizberto has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. McCoy is working away from the top position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are battling for position here. Felizberto manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
McCoy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay McCoy dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
McCoy lands a jab to the nose.
McCoy swinging wildly here.
McCoy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McCoy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Felizberto.
Jab by Felizberto.
McCoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Felizberto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCoy misses the shot to the body.
Felizberto misses with a body shot.
Felizberto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McCoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Felizberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Felizberto throws a jab when McCoy was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felizberto. McCoy does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy just misses with a punch to the body.
McCoy moves out of range of the strikes.
McCoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Felizberto.
Felizberto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Felizberto was well out of range. Poor timing from McCoy.
McCoy drops his hands momentarily and Felizberto takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
No joy there for Felizberto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big right from Felizberto misses.
Felizberto thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCoy fails with the takedown.
McCoy blocks a jab.
McCoy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Felizberto misses with a looping left.
McCoy misses with a body shot.
McCoy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Felizberto.
Ryan Felizberto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy throws out a loose jab but Felizberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCoy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Felizberto.
McCoy misses with a takedown attempt - Felizberto sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Felizberto throws a nice looking combination but McCoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Felizberto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCoy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McCoy misses with a series of wild punches.
Felizberto lands a nice hook to McCoy's body. McCoy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Felizberto misses with a wild body shot.
Felizberto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCoy.
Felizberto displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from McCoy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay McCoy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McCoy moves out of range as Felizberto strikes.
McCoy takes one on the button.
Felizberto throws a lazy right hand but McCoy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCoy closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Felizberto to the mat! Felizberto manages to get full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Felizberto looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Felizberto keeping moving, preventing McCoy from controlling successfully.
McCoy throws a strike but Felizberto rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Felizberto showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Felizberto trying to control the position from guard on top but McCoy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Felizberto is trying to maintain the position but McCoy is very close to passing his half guard.
Felizberto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Felizberto looks like he's trying to stand up.
McCoy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCoy lands strikes from half guard.
McCoy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryan Felizberto.
I think McCoy 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay McCoy!
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