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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Behnder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying McDonald's choice of entrance music: Sounds of Silence. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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193 cm
27
268 lbs
16 - 3 - 0 |
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192 cm
27
248 lbs
16 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Behnder! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mitch McDonald! The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! McDonald is looking to score with low kicks. McDonald checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. McDonald scores with a push kick. Mitch McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Behnder dives in and grabs McDonald's left leg, looking for a takedown. McDonald pushes down on Behnder's head and hops out. McDonald moves out of range as Behnder strikes. McDonald throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Marcus Behnder has been cut. McDonald looks to land a combination but Behnder avoids it well. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. McDonald misses with a head kick.
Behnder drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. Behnder tries to free his leg and advance position but McDonald is retaining full guard. Behnder drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Behnder seems to have locked his on tight now - McDonald screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Behnder, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Marcus Behnder! A very excited looking Marcus Behnder made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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