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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Rooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Mutters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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174 cm
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160 lbs
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164 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wayne Rooney! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mick Mutters! The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rooney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mutters. Rooney moves out of range of the strikes. Mutters tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Rooney counters with a lovely straight right hand! Mutters tries to clinch but Rooney moves away and Rooney counters with a stiff right hand. Mutters is looking to clinch. Rooney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mutters. Rooney lands with a nice combination. Mutters backs away looking to recover. Mutters takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mutters wants to clinch up but Rooney keeps it at a distance. Rooney tries to bum rush Mutters with a series of wild strikes but Mutters uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Mutters throws out a loose jab but Rooney uses good head movement to avoid it. Mutters wants to clinch but Rooney slips to the side and Rooney counters with a series of strikes. Mutters will be more careful next time no doubt. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Mutters looks to land a right hand but Rooney moved out of range. Rooney takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Rooney closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Mutters tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Rooney connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rooney misses the shot to the body. Rooney digs a good body shot into Mutters's ribs. Mutters tries to clinch up and Rooney counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Rooney misses with a wild body shot. Rooney on the wrong end of a nice hook. Rooney ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Rooney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mutters is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Mutters throws a jab when Rooney was well out of range. Mick Mutters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Mutters tries to close the distance and clinch but Rooney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Mutters slips a jab and a cross from Rooney.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mutters is looking to clinch but Rooney is avoiding it.
Mutters throws the left hand but Rooney avoids the punch easily. Mutters tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Mutters takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Rooney needs to keep his hands up - Mutters had a free shot at his head there. This has been an exciting period of action! Rooney throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Mutters tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Rooney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Rooney keeps the fight on the outside. Mutters throws a lazy uppercut
and Rooney counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Mutters tries to clinch but Rooney moves away and Rooney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Mutters closes the distance but Rooney moves to the side and Rooney counters with a series of strikes. Mutters will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mutters misses with a hook. Rooney ducked under it nicely. Rooney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rooney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mutters tries to grapple but his opponent circles enabling Rooney to counter with a crisp jab. Mutters is looking to clinch but Rooney is avoiding it.
Rooney is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Rooney misses with a wild body shot. Mutters wants to clinch. A punch combination from Rooney misses. Nice defenses there by Rooney. Rooney works over Mutters's head and body with a nice combination. Mutters closes the distance but Rooney moves to the side and Rooney counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mutters wants to clinch but Rooney slips to the side and Rooney counters with a series of strikes. Mutters will be more careful next time no doubt. Rooney walks into a straight right hand from Mutters. Mutters tries to clinch up and Rooney counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mutters thinking. Rooney is looking to wear down Mutters with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Rooney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mutters manages to avoid it. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Mutters is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Mutters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rooney.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rooney. Mutters does a little dance to reset his feet. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Mutters moves into range and clinches up with Rooney. Rooney drags the fight down to the ground.
Mutters stops Rooney from standing up. Rooney is breathing heavily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wayne Rooney will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mutters looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Rooney throws a combination. Mutters tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Mutters wants to clinch but Rooney slips to the side and Rooney counters with a left and a right that stings Mutters. Wayne Rooney is winning the standup battle so far. Mutters closes the distance but Rooney moves to the side and Rooney counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Mutters doesn't manage to clinch there - Rooney circles away.
Mutters throws a right hand that misses
and Rooney counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mutters thinking. Rooney swats away the attempt to clinch by Mutters. Rooney circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wayne Rooney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Rooney scores with a nice strike. Mutters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rooney sees it coming and avoids it easily. Sloppy strikes from Mutters. Those never looked like landing. Rooney scores with a one two! Mutters had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mutters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rooney swats him away and circles back towards the center. Rooney is working the combinations to good effect here. Mutters misses with a right hand and Rooney counters with a straight right hand. Mutters tries to clinch up but Rooney circles away and keeps his distance. The fight stays on the outside here - Mutters looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Mutters wants to clinch and Rooney counters with a three punch combo that has Mutters backing up. Mutters nods at Rooney to acknowledge the strikes. Mutters tries to clinch there but Rooney circles away.
Rooney swats away the attempt to clinch by Mutters. Mutters moves into range and clinches up with Rooney. Mutters misses with a hook from the clinch. Rooney prevents Mutters from breaking the clinch. Mutters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mutters tries to clinch and Rooney counters with a nice body shot. Mutters misses with a hook
and Rooney counters with a three punch combo that has Mutters backing up. Mutters nods at Rooney to acknowledge the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mutters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mutters has closed the distance and engaged Rooney in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action! Mutters working aggressively here.
Rooney pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Rooney jumps guard but Mutters turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Mutters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mutters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Rooney lands a jab to the nose. Mutters wants to clinch and Rooney counters with a lovely shot to the body. Mutters closes the distance looking to clinch and Rooney connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Mutters fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mutters lands with an uppercut that bounces Rooney off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mutters gets in close and instigates a clinch. A frustrated look appears on Mutters's face as he tries to break the clinch. Rooney fails to pull guard.
Mutters can't find room to land a body shot as Rooney controls the action.
Mutters misses with a punch on the inside.
Rooney tries to score a body lock takedown but Mutters shows good agility there to stay on his feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wayne Rooney. That's going to take a lot out of him. Rooney wants to stall.
Mutters stalling in the clinch but Rooney improves position. Mutters keeps control of Rooney as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Mutters misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Mutters fails to land. Mutters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Mutters tries to clinch up and Rooney counters with a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rooney lands with a good body shot. Rooney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mutters. Mutters has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Rooney misses the shot to the body. Mutters closes the distance but Rooney moves to the side and Rooney counters with a three punch combo that has Mutters backing up. Mutters nods at Rooney to acknowledge the strikes. Mutters is looking to clinch. Rooney misses with a combination
and Mutters connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Rooney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mutters moves away. Mutters might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Rooney misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. The fighters circling - Mutters throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Mutters is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Mutters throws a right hand that Rooney ducks under and follows up with a left that Rooney also avoids with ease. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mick Mutters will probably get the nod - 10:9. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Mutters wants to clinch but Rooney slips to the side and Rooney counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Mutters wants to clinch but Rooney slips to the side and Rooney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Mutters tries to clinch and Rooney counters with a lovely shot to the body. Mutters tries to clinch but Rooney moves away and Rooney counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mutters thinking. Mutters gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rooney. Mutters throws the left hand but Rooney avoids the punch easily. Mutters wants to clinch and Rooney counters with a two punch combo. Mutters is looking to clinch but Rooney is avoiding it.
Mutters tries to clinch up but Rooney circles away and keeps his distance. Rooney throws a right and a left that Mutters avoids nicely. Rooney stuns Mutters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Rooney misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Rooney slips a straight right by Mutters. Mutters misses with a hook. Rooney ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mutters tries to clinch up but Rooney circles away and keeps his distance. Mutters missing with a left hand there. Rooney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Mutters tries to clinch but Rooney moves away and Rooney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Mutters takes a swing at Rooney's ribcage but misses. Mutters throws a hook to the side of Rooney's head but Rooney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Mutters tries to clinch but Rooney is having none of it. Mutters slips a jab and a cross from Rooney.
Mutters tries to close the distance and clinch but Rooney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Mutters closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Mutters misses with some punches.
Mutters throws a head punch that misses. Mutters is looking to control Rooney's arms but Rooney gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mutters has his back to the cage. Mutters wants to break free but Rooney has control.
Rooney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Mutters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mutters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rooney swats him away and circles back towards the center. Rooney moves out of range as Mutters strikes. Rooney takes a swing at Mutters's ribcage but misses. Mutters is looking to clinch but Rooney is avoiding it.
Mutters throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rooney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Rooney throws a body punch but Mutters moves out of range. Rooney slips a jab from Mutters. Rooney swats away the attempt to clinch by Mutters. Rooney misses the shot to the body. Mutters tries to clinch there but Rooney circles away.
Mutters throws an off balance right hand
and Mutters takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. 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! Mutters forces Rooney back against the cage and clinches. Mutters misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mutters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Mutters connects with a nice looking jab.
Mutters tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rooney paws at him with a jab and circles away. The fight stays on the outside here - Mutters looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Rooney lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mutters at a distance.
Mutters displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rooney throws out the jab. Mutters misses with an uppercut. No joy there for Mutters, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mutters scores with a jab.
Rooney is rocked! Mutters moves into the clinch successfully.
Oh Rooney is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Rooney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rooney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mutters lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Rooney to his knees! Mutters keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Mutters! In his post fight interview, Mick Mutters started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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