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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jojo Cunnings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCarthy's entrance music is Crank That-Soulja Boy. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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158 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan McCarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jojo Cunnings!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy throws a front kick aimed at Cunnings's knee but Cunnings avoids it well.
Cunnings misses with a wild combination.
McCarthy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
McCarthy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cunnings checks it well.
Cunnings scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cunnings throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McCarthy on the side of the head.
McCarthy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cunnings connects with a looping right hand.
Cunnings checks a low kick from McCarthy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunnings misses with a hook.
Cunnings checks a leg kick.
McCarthy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cunnings darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cunnings fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A head kick misses from McCarthy.
Cunnings tries to bum rush McCarthy with a series of wild strikes but McCarthy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McCarthy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cunnings throws out the jab.
McCarthy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy lands with a thumping leg kick.
McCarthy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cunnings will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick misses from Cunnings.
Cunnings darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cunnings motions for McCarthy to come forward. Cunnings throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ryan McCarthy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cunnings connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunnings lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
McCarthy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cunnings is able to avoid easily.
McCarthy misses with a leg kick
and Cunnings cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cunnings throws a series of punches but McCarthy avoids them all with ease.
McCarthy throws a head kick that misses.
McCarthy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cunnings.
McCarthy is rocked!
McCarthy dodges the punch combination from Cunnings.
Oh McCarthy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cunnings rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCarthy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cunnings lunges in with a left hook that violently twists McCarthy head around and knocks him out cold! Cunnings hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jojo Cunnings!
During a confident post fight interview, Jojo Cunnings thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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