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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isa Musa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LeSean Mccoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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181 lbs
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184 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Isa Musa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, LeSean Mccoy!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Musa. Mccoy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mccoy throws a head kick that misses.
Musa tests Mccoy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mccoy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Musa counters with a three punch combo that has Mccoy backing up. Mccoy nods at Musa to acknowledge the strikes.
Mccoy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Musa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Musa misses with a body shot.
Mccoy misses with an uppercut. Musa saw that one coming.
LeSean Mccoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Musa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Musa wants it to stay on the feet.
A big left from Musa misses.
The fighters circling - Mccoy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mccoy drives through with a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Musa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Musa is pulling down on Mccoy's head. It's preventing any offense from Mccoy, at least for the moment.
Musa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mccoy trying to control the position from guard on top but Musa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mccoy might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Musa haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Musa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mccoy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Musa is keeping the position for now.
Mccoy preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Musa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mccoy prevents Musa from getting back to his feet.
Musa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Musa tries to get out of the position.
Mccoy trying to control but Musa is working from the bottom.
Mccoy preventing the sweep.
Musa has control of Mccoy's left arm, preventing Mccoy from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Musa slips a jab and a cross from Mccoy.
Mccoy fails with a takedown attempt.
Isa Musa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of LeSean Mccoy.
Mccoy tries to land a front kick but Musa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Musa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mccoy eats them both and turns towards Musa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like LeSean Mccoy has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mccoy shoots in but Musa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Musa connects with the punch.
Musa blocks the body kick.
Musa closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mccoy misses with a wild combination.
Musa lands a jab to the nose.
Mccoy shoots in looking for a takedown. Musa tries to sprawl out of it but Mccoy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Musa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mccoy shoots for a double leg takedown but Musa sprawls well. He's pushed Mccoy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mccoy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Musa but Musa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mccoy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mccoy just misses with a punch to the body.
Musa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Musa working the head with strikes.
Mccoy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Musa connects with a decent elbow.
Mccoy takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Musa misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Musa working the body and head with strikes.
Musa with the ground and pound but Mccoy regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mccoy manages to get to full guard.
Musa chips away with some ground and pound.
Mccoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Musa throws a big elbow that misses.
Musa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Musa is looking to stand up but Mccoy won't let him.
Mccoy wants to stand and escape but Musa is having none of it.
Musa lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Musa is in close to Mccoy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Musa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Musa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isa Musa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on LeSean Mccoy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mccoy throws out a leg kick but Musa moves out of range and Mccoy only half commits.
Musa lands with a straight right. Mccoy didn't see that one coming.
Musa misses with a wild combination.
LeSean Mccoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mccoy has his takedown stuffed
letting Musa counter with a right hand.
Mccoy shoots in but Musa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A jab from Musa finds it's way through Mccoy's defenses.
Musa tests Mccoy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Musa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mccoy moves away.
Mccoy closes the distance and clinches up with Musa, looking for a takedown. Mccoy pushes Musa against the cage but Musa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Isa Musa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of LeSean Mccoy.
Mccoy looks to land a left hand but Musa moved out of range nicely.
Musa slaps away a takedown attempt from Mccoy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Musa tests Mccoy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musa throws the left hand but Mccoy avoids the punch easily.
Mccoy moves out of range of the strikes.
Musa lands a nice hook to Mccoy's body. Mccoy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mccoy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Musa tries to avoid it but Mccoy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Musa to the ground. Musa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Musa cracks a nice hook into Mccoy's ribs.
Mccoy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mccoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Musa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Musa thows a left - swing and a miss!
No luck for Mccoy with that takedown attempt.
Mccoy is breathing heavily.
Musa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mccoy was well out of range. Poor timing from Musa.
Mccoy misses with a takedown attempt - Musa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mccoy fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mccoy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Musa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Musa works over Mccoy's head and body with a nice combination.
Musa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Musa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Musa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mccoy is rocked!
That has opened up LeSean Mccoy's cut even more.
Mccoy shoots for a double leg takedown but Musa sprawls well. He's pushed Mccoy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mccoy is still on wobbly legs! Can Musa finish him?
Good exchange - Musa coming out on top.
Mccoy shoots in for a double leg but Musa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mccoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Musa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mccoy has time to react.
A decent looking cross lands there for Musa.
Mccoy throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mccoy moves forwards but Musa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mccoy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Musa to score with a decent uppercut.
Musa shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Musa is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Musa is trying to control. Mccoy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mccoy seems to have recovered his senses.
Mccoy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Musa is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Mccoy!
Musa unloads with some shots from mount but Mccoy bucks and avoids them well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mccoy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Musa scoring with strikes but Mccoy is staying in there.
Musa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mccoy's face.
Mccoy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Musa raining down shots from the mount!
Musa with a couple of short strikes.
Musa lands a couple of good shots and Mccoy has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Musa keeps control of the position as Mccoy tries to break free.
Musa has good solid back control here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Musa wants to control but Mccoy is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isa Musa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on LeSean Mccoy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Mccoy lands a jab-cross combination.
Musa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Musa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Musa does no damage.
Mccoy moves out of range of the strikes.
Mccoy shoots for a takedown but Musa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mccoy shoots and misses
and Musa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mccoy.
Isa Musa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of LeSean Mccoy.
The fighters circling - Musa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mccoy cracks Musa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mccoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mccoy manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Musa on his heels. He'll look to pass Musa's guard now, I'm sure.
Mccoy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Musa wants to sweep but no luck.
Musa is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mccoy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mccoy is looking to advance position but Musa has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Musa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Musa dominating with strikes here.
Musa raining down shots from the mount!
Musa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mccoy working to try and regain half guard.
Mccoy regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Musa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mccoy defending well though.
Musa wants to stand up but Mccoy has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Mccoy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mccoy wants to get back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Musa in particular looking to stall.
Mccoy tries to kick Musa off but Musa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Mccoy is not content to let Musa control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musa tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Mccoy.
Musa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Musa with the ground and pound but Mccoy uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Musa landing some decent shots from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Musa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mccoy is trying to keep Musa in close.
Musa stands up from Mccoy's guard - Musa perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mccoy misses with a wild combination.
Musa lands an overhand right.
Isa Musa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The cut above LeSean Mccoy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Mccoy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Musa tries to bum rush Mccoy with a series of wild strikes but Mccoy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Musa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
LeSean Mccoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mccoy moves forwards but Musa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mccoy shoots in and drives through. Musa sprawls well.
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!
Musa throws out a powerful jab.
Musa scores with a hook to the body. Mccoy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Musa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mccoy tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Mccoy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Isa Musa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Musa 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isa Musa!
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energy
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RATING
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