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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jin Renka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John McNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John McNamara is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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200 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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180 cm
27
200 lbs
11 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jin Renka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John McNamara!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNamara lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by McNamara.
McNamara takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McNamara checks the leg kick.
Renka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McNamara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Renka tries a head kick but it misses.
Renka tries to close the distance and clinch but McNamara swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McNamara throws a nice looking combination but Renka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Renka misses with an attempted mid kick.
McNamara looks to land a right hand but Renka moved out of range.
Renka moves into the clinch.
Renka has McNamara pressed against the cage, preventing McNamara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Renka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McNamara blocks it with crossed arms.
Renka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McNamara's efforts to push away.
Renka blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Renka connects with a nasty looking knee right to McNamara's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from McNamara.
McNamara tries to work over Renka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McNamara wants to break free but Renka has control.
McNamara can't find room to land a body shot as Renka controls the action.
McNamara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Renka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McNamara's efforts to push away.
A right hook to the body lands for Renka.
Renka takes a shot to the head.
Renka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McNamara.
Renka lands a right hand.
Renka controlling the action here for a moment.
McNamara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McNamara lands a hook to the side of the head.
Renka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McNamara is looking to control Renka's arms but Renka gets an underhook and turns him. Now McNamara has his back to the cage.
Renka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McNamara blocks it with crossed arms.
Renka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McNamara is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Renka.
Renka connects with a knee to the head.
McNamara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McNamara working aggressively here.
Renka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McNamara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short uppercut from Renka.
Renka scores with a knee to the head.
McNamara prevents a body shot from Renka.
McNamara working hard to break the clinch.
McNamara can't break the clinch.
McNamara is trying to push Renka away but Renka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A knee to the head by Renka.
Renka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McNamara.
McNamara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McNamara is looking to control Renka's arms but Renka gets an underhook and turns him. Now McNamara has his back to the cage.
Renka works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McNamara digs a right hand into Renka's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Renka's gas tank.
McNamara can't break the clinch.
Renka trying to stall but McNamara improves his position.
McNamara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Renka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McNamara's elbow.
McNamara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Renka throws a head punch that misses.
McNamara tries to break free but Renka pushes him back against the cage.
Renka misses with a short punch on the inside.
McNamara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Renka blocks a body shot from McNamara.
McNamara wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Renka has him pressed against the cage.
Renka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McNamara takes a knee right on the jaw!
McNamara breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Renka.
McNamara waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Renka.
McNamara takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Renka is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
McNamara chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Renka can pounce on him.
McNamara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Renka.
McNamara scores with a nice right hand.
Renka misses with a low kick.
Renka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McNamara takes a swing at Renka's ribcage but misses.
McNamara throws a body punch but Renka moves out of range.
That kick from Renka tenderised McNamara's leg. McNamara is trying to keep his angry face on.
McNamara checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Renka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Renka throws a sloppy head kick and McNamara moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jin Renka dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McNamara waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Renka.
Renka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McNamara checks the leg kick nicely there.
Renka attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jin Renka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Renka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McNamara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Renka loads up on a big right hand but McNamara slips the punch.
A right-left combo lands from McNamara.
McNamara moves out of range of the body kick.
McNamara throws a series of strikes that have Renka backpedaling.
Jab, jab by Renka - just one landing.
McNamara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Renka was well out of range. Poor timing from McNamara.
McNamara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jin Renka is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Renka.
Renka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McNamara scores with a shot to the body.
McNamara checks a leg kick.
McNamara lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Renka takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Renka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McNamara with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McNamara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Renka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from McNamara misses.
Renka misses with a lunging right hand
and McNamara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Renka lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McNamara has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McNamara and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Renka tries to clinch up but McNamara circles away and keeps his distance.
McNamara slips under a jab.
Renka lands a jab to the head.
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!
McNamara looks to throw the jab but Renka is out of range.
McNamara blocks the body kick.
McNamara lands a really nice looking cross but Renka seems unphased.
Renka moves into the clinch successfully.
A short uppercut from McNamara.
Renka tries to work over McNamara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from McNamara - that landed with a thud.
Renka misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Renka lands a right hand that snaps the head of McNamara backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renka stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Renka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McNamara's efforts to push away.
McNamara looking to stall.
McNamara is trying to force a seperation but Renka has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Renka.
Renka blocks a body shot from McNamara.
McNamara is trying to break free.
McNamara wants to break free but Renka has control.
McNamara tries a body shot but Renka blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Renka fails to land.
McNamara wants to break the clinch but can't.
Renka digs a right hand underneath McNamara's ribcage. McNamara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Renka taking a breather.
McNamara tries a body shot but Renka blocks it.
McNamara taking a breather.
Renka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Renka swings wildly with an uppercut but McNamara uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renka looking to slow down the pace here.
McNamara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McNamara tries to circle away but Renka has him pinned against the cage.
McNamara tries to break free but Renka pushes him back against the cage.
McNamara wants to get back to striking at distance but Renka won't allow it.
Renka lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McNamara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McNamara tries to throw a body punch but Renka avoids it by throwing McNamara back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Renka.
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!
Renka swings wildly with an uppercut but McNamara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Renka scores with a shoulder strike.
McNamara stalling in the clinch but Renka improves position.
McNamara is trying to push Renka away but Renka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Renka scores with a shot to the side of McNamara's head.
Renka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McNamara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Renka crunches a lovely knee into McNamara's ribcage.
McNamara is breathing heavily.
McNamara tries to circle away but Renka has him pinned against the cage.
McNamara trying to control the position but instead, Renka has worked for underhooks and has pushed McNamara into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but John McNamara will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Renka scores with a sloppy right hand. McNamara should have avoided that one.
Renka cracks the inside of McNamara's front leg.
McNamara looks to throw the jab but Renka is out of range.
Renka tries to clinch but McNamara is having none of it.
McNamara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Renka was well out of range. Poor timing from McNamara.
Renka does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McNamara looks to land a right hand but Renka moved out of range.
McNamara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Renka.
Renka takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNamara lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Renka at a distance.
Renka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McNamara.
McNamara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crunch! Renka slams his shin into McNamara's torso.
McNamara uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Renka has time to react.
A nice leg kick lands there from Renka.
McNamara takes a kick to the side of the head.
McNamara keeps the fight on the outside.
Renka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McNamara throws out the jab.
McNamara moves out of range as Renka throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNamara avoids the head kick by Renka.
The fighters circling - McNamara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Renka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Renka looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McNamara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Renka throws a hook but McNamara blocks it.
McNamara just misses with a punch to the body.
McNamara lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Renka circles away quickly and effectively.
McNamara fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Renka looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Renka throws a hook to the side of McNamara's head but McNamara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renka looks to score with a jab to the body but McNamara is just out of range.
Renka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Renka avoids the body shot from McNamara.
A solid leg kick lands there for Renka.
Renka clobbers McNamara with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Renka throws a lazy right hand but McNamara sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Renka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McNamara lands with a nice combination. Renka backs away looking to recover.
Renka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McNamara scores with a jab to the body.
Renka throws a series of punches but McNamara moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renka pivots, looking for a leg kick but McNamara is out of range and Renka settles back down.
Renka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Renka darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Renka looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McNamara lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Renka circles away quickly and effectively.
Renka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
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!
Renka cracks the inside of McNamara's front leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Renka does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Renka misses with a body shot
enabling McNamara to counter with a crisp jab.
McNamara misses with a wild combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jin Renka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Renka has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jin Renka!
Our winner, Jin Renka, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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