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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shane Wellman Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Briar McGuire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wellman Junior comes into the arena with speakers on blast- the game blaring out of the sound system. McGuire has chosen Boondock Saints Theme as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Wellman Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Briar McGuire!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wellman Junior throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McGuire counters with a low kick, right behind Wellman Junior 's knee.
McGuire fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McGuire works Wellman Junior's body with a nice hook.
McGuire checks a leg kick.
Wellman Junior avoids the body shot from McGuire.
McGuire scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wellman Junior swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McGuire counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McGuire throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wellman Junior stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wellman Junior swings widly with a right hand
and McGuire counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McGuire shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McGuire connects with a crisp jab.
Wellman Junior fails to land with a series of punches.
McGuire throws out a powerful jab.
Briar McGuire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wellman Junior jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGuire lands with a straight right. Wellman Junior didn't see that one coming.
Wellman Junior walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McGuire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from McGuire.
Wellman Junior misses with a kick to the body.
McGuire dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wellman Junior looks to throw the jab but McGuire is out of range.
Wellman Junior swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGuire ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wellman Junior moves forwards but McGuire connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McGuire pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wellman Junior is out of range and McGuire settles back down.
McGuire lands a jab to the head.
McGuire paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wellman Junior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGuire was well out of range. Poor timing from Wellman Junior.
Wellman Junior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGuire was well out of range. Poor timing from Wellman Junior.
Wellman Junior throws a head kick but McGuire moves out of range.
Wellman Junior cracks McGuire with an open hand slap.
McGuire throws a hook but Wellman Junior avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellman Junior dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire ducks under a wild hook from Wellman Junior.
Shane Wellman Junior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGuire thows a body shot but no joy.
McGuire misses with a straight right.
McGuire bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wellman Junior just misses with a punch to the body.
Wellman Junior fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGuire manages to avoid it.
Wellman Junior tried to score with a low kick but McGuire checks it.
McGuire feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wellman Juniors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McGuire is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wellman Junior had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
McGuire connects with a jab.
Wellman Junior throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wellman Junior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGuire was well out of range. Poor timing from Wellman Junior.
Wellman Junior ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGuire moves away.
Wellman Junior lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A big right from McGuire misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wellman Junior throws a jab when McGuire was well out of range.
Wellman Junior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGuire was well out of range. Poor timing from Wellman Junior.
Wellman Junior doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wellman Junior throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wellman Junior connects with a good right hand that stumbles McGuire. McGuire circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McGuire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wellman Junior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuire.
Wellman Junior takes a swing at McGuire's ribcage but misses.
Wellman Junior throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wellman Junior staying out of range there.
Wellman Junior scores with a jab to the body.
Wellman Junior moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McGuire scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire misses with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McGuire checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire slips under a jab.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Wellman Junior enables McGuire to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Wellman Junior manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Wellman Junior controls McGuire momentarily but McGuire frees himself.
McGuire distracts Wellman Junior with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
McGuire trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wellman Junior trying to keep a closed guard but McGuire is proving a slippery customer.
McGuire stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wellman Junior swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McGuire throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wellman Junior works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGuire got a little sloppy there for a moment and Wellman Junior has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, McGuire has managed to get both his arms back between Wellman Junior's legs - danger averted.
McGuire working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Briar McGuire dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wellman Junior steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McGuire.
McGuire fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wellman Junior on the side of the head.
McGuire chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McGuire keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wellman Junior.
McGuire misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wellman Junior ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wellman Junior connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McGuire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wellman Junior.
Wellman Junior thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wellman Junior misses the shot to the body.
Wellman Junior is looking to wear down McGuire with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wellman Junior throws a right hand that misses
and McGuire counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McGuire throws an overhand right that lands on Wellman Junior's shoulder, as Wellman Junior tries to avoid the shot.
McGuire moves away from the strike by Wellman Junior.
McGuire dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGuire avoids the head kick by Wellman Junior.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wellman Junior misses with a straight right.
McGuire will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A big right from McGuire misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for McGuire.
Wellman Junior looks to score with a jab to the body but McGuire is just out of range.
McGuire chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McGuire misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McGuire throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wellman Junior sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wellman Junior darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wellman Junior throws a right hand that misses
and McGuire counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
McGuire is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
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!
McGuire scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wellman Junior trying to control from the bottom.
Wellman Junior is trying to get back to full guard.
McGuire looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wellman Junior on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
McGuire looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wellman Junior with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wellman Junior is trying to get back to full guard.
McGuire sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wellman Junior defending well though.
Wellman Junior slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McGuire accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McGuire trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Wellman Junior manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
McGuire looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McGuire wants to sweep but no luck.
Wellman Junior is looking to advance position but McGuire has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Wellman Junior really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
McGuire lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wellman Junior is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wellman Junior looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Wellman Junior is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
McGuire drops a big elbow. That's hurt Wellman Junior! More shots from McGuire and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Briar McGuire!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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