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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gareth McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randolph Swartz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCall comes to the cage accompanied by Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife. Randolph Swartz will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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190 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gareth McCall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randolph Swartz!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCall scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Swartz scores with a four punch combination!
Swartz blocks the body kick.
McCall thows a body shot but no joy.
McCall moves away from the strike by Swartz.
Swartz misses with a wild combination.
Swartz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McCall.
Swartz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCall manages to avoid it.
McCall shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McCall looks to land a body kick but Swartz moved away.
Swartz lands an overhand right.
McCall throws a big shot that misses.
Swartz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Swartz staying out of range there.
McCall misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swartz throws a lazy right hand but McCall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCall tries to clinch there but Swartz circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swartz lands a jab to the nose.
McCall has Swartz up against the cage in a clinch.
Swartz blocks an elbow strike.
Swartz working hard to break the clinch.
McCall pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCall with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Randolph Swartz has been cut.
Nice elbow from McCall.
McCall misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCall pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCall has a couple of punches blocked by Swartz.
Nice elbow from McCall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McCall is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swartz is defending well for now.
McCall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from McCall.
Swartz takes an elbow to the temple.
McCall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swartz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. McCall is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Swartz dodges an elbow strike from McCall.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCall lands an elbow just above Swartz 's eye.
McCall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swartz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCall scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swartz takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Randolph Swartz's cut even more.
McCall misses with an elbow over the top.
Swartz trying to control the position but instead, McCall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Swartz into the cage.
McCall trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from McCall.
McCall lands an elbow just above Swartz 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McCall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Swartz's brow.
McCall lands an elbow inside.
McCall creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swartz's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Swartz is trying to break free.
Swartz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Swartz connects with a single shot there.
McCall scores with a kick to the midsection.
Swartz blocks a leg kick.
McCall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swartz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swartz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Swartz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCall.
McCall uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swartz.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swartz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Swartz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCall.
McCall tries to land a front kick but Swartz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fighters circling - Swartz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth McCall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randolph Swartz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Swartz drops his hands momentarily and McCall takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Swartz fails to land with a series of punches.
Whack! McCall lands a heavy head kick that drops Swartz. The ref tackles McCall to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Swartz was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Gareth McCall!
Gareth McCall retains his middleweight title!
In his post fight interview, Gareth McCall gave a big smile as he said 'More! MORE! FEED ME!'.
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