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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zak Mckracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aldo Raine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raine has chosen Tennessee wing walk as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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182 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zak Mckracken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aldo Raine!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mckracken.
Mckracken scores with a body shot.
Mckracken cracks Raine with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mckracken throws a right and a left that Raine avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raine clinches up against the cage.
Raine pushes off an throws an elbow but Mckracken leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mckracken managing to block the knees to the body from Raine.
Raine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mckracken avoids a wild elbow strike from Raine.
Mckracken on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Raine misses with an elbow strike.
Raine misses with an elbow over the top.
Mckracken is trying to push Raine away but Raine has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mckracken has had enough of the clinch but Raine keeps him there for the moment.
Mckracken blocks the elbow strike.
Raine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mckracken wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raine tries a knee to the head but Mckracken blocks it.
Mckracken avoids the elbow strike from Raine, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Raine.
Mckracken wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mckracken wants to get back to striking at distance but Raine won't allow it.
Raine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mckracken avoids a wild elbow strike from Raine.
Mckracken avoids a wild elbow strike from Raine.
Raine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Raine lands an elbow just above Mckracken 's eye.
Raine misses with an elbow over the top.
Raine trying to land knees to the body.
Raine misses with an elbow over the top.
Mckracken avoiding damage as Raine throws knees to the body.
Mckracken is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Raine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckracken pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mckracken throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from Mckracken.
Mckracken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Raine 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mckracken throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Raine dodges the punch combination from Mckracken.
Mckracken connects with a looping right hand.
Raine drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Raine closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mckracken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mckracken showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raine looks to clinch
and Mckracken counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mckracken throws a shot to the body.
Mckracken dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mckracken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A shot to the liver by Mckracken. Beautiful body shot.
Raine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mckracken misses with a double jab.
Mckracken misses with a hook. Raine ducked under it nicely.
Raine moves to clinch but Mckracken breaks away
and Mckracken counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Mckracken. Raine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raine misses with a wild combination.
A left and a right from Mckracken both land. Nice combination.
Mckracken misses with a body shot.
Mckracken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckracken misses with a combination
and Raine holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Raine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Raine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Raine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mckracken's defenses.
Raine misses with an elbow over the top.
Raine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mckracken breaks from the clinch.
Mckracken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raine moves away.
Mckracken throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raine.
Mckracken takes a swing at Raine's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raine moves out of range as Mckracken strikes.
Some wild striking there from Raine.
Mckracken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Mckracken dominated that 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.
Mckracken misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zak Mckracken is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mckracken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mckracken throws a body punch but Raine moves out of range.
Raine misses with a series of wild punches.
Mckracken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mckracken fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mckracken fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Raine looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mckracken thows a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Mckracken. Those never looked like landing.
Mckracken is looking to wear down Raine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mckracken throws a jab when Raine was well out of range.
Raine tries to clinch up.
Nice body punch from Mckracken.
Zak Mckracken is winning the standup battle so far.
Mckracken throws a nice looking combination but Raine bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mckracken displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mckracken throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckracken loads up on a big right hand but Raine slips the punch.
Raine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mckracken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raine closes the distance but Mckracken moves to the side
and Mckracken counters with a nice uppercut.
Raine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mckracken.
Raine tries to clinch up but Mckracken circles away and keeps his distance.
Mckracken keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mckracken missing with a left hand there. Raine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mckracken paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mckracken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Mckracken there.
Mckracken throws an overhand right that lands on Raine's shoulder, as Raine tries to avoid the shot.
Raine throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mckracken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mckracken falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckracken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mckracken swats away the attempt to clinch by Raine.
Raine is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Raine drives through and clinches with Mckracken against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mckracken's brow.
Raine misses with an elbow strike.
Raine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mckracken.
Mckracken tries to break free but Raine pushes him back against the cage.
Raine keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mckracken's efforts to push away.
Raine throws an elbow but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mckracken is trying to push Raine away but Raine has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Raine misses with an elbow over the top.
Raine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mckracken pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Raine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mckracken finds it's way round the side to connect with Raine's head.
Mckracken works the jab nicely.
Raine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raine slips a jab from Mckracken.
Mckracken swinging wildly here.
A nice combination there by Mckracken.
Mckracken looks to land a combination but Raine avoids it well.
Raine is looking to clinch.
Raine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Raine slips a jab and a cross from Mckracken.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Mckracken. Those never looked like landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mckracken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mckracken works Raine's body with a nice hook.
Mckracken throws a right hand that Raine ducks under and follows up with a left that Raine also avoids with ease.
Raine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mckracken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raine is looking to clinch.
Raine wants to clinch up but Mckracken keeps it at a distance.
Mckracken keeps the fight on the outside.
Raine misses with a few strikes there.
Mckracken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Raine doesn't manage to clinch there - Mckracken circles away.
Mckracken dodges the punch combination from Raine.
Mckracken misses with a lunging right hand
and Raine counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Mckracken dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Raine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Raine darts in and clinches Mckracken up against the cage.
Mckracken dodges an elbow strike from Raine.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mckracken's brow.
Raine throws an elbow that misses.
Mckracken pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Raine is looking to clinch but Mckracken is avoiding it.
Mckracken swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mckracken slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mckracken punishes Raine's body with a nice straight punch.
Mckracken will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mckracken connects with a looping right hand.
Raine moves into the clinch.
Raine pushes off an throws an elbow but Mckracken leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mckracken breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckracken misses with a body shot.
Raine wants to clinch.
Mckracken fails to land with a series of punches.
Raine has closed the distance and engaged Mckracken in a clinch.
Raine misses with an elbow strike.
Aldo Raine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Raine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Raine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mckracken dodges an elbow strike from Raine.
Mckracken blocks an elbow strike.
Raine misses with an elbow over the top.
Raine lands an elbow just above Mckracken 's eye.
Mckracken manages to break the clinch.
Mckracken swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckracken keeps the fight on the outside.
Raine tries to clinch but Mckracken is having none of it.
Raine avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raine dodges the punch combination from Mckracken.
Mckracken tries to bum rush Raine with a series of wild strikes but Raine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mckracken getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Raine tries to close the distance and clinch but Mckracken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mckracken will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mckracken falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raine counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mckracken managing to block the knees to the body from Raine.
Raine misses with an elbow strike.
Mckracken blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mckracken is trying to push Raine away but Raine has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Raine lands an elbow just above Mckracken 's eye.
Raine misses with an elbow over the top.
Raine has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Raine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raine throws an elbow but misses.
Mckracken blocks an elbow strike from Raine.
Raine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raine throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Mckracken's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Mckracken's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mckracken dodges an elbow strike from Raine.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckracken wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mckracken manages to break the clinch.
Mckracken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raine was well out of range. Poor timing from Mckracken.
Mckracken misses with a hook to the body
and Raine counters with a one-two to the body.
Raine dodges the punch combination from Mckracken.
Raine closes the distance but Mckracken moves to the side
and Mckracken counters with a series of strikes. Raine will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mckracken takes a swing at Raine's ribcage but misses.
Raine wants to clinch
enabling Mckracken to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mckracken misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Raine tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mckracken counters with a left to the body.
Aldo Raine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zak Mckracken is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raine is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mckracken.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zak Mckracken.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mckracken, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zak Mckracken!
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hype
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