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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Larkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemean Athos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larkin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Ryan Larkin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nemean Athos's chin.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Larkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemean Athos!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larkin misses with a hook. Athos ducked under it nicely.
Athos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Athos fails with a takedown attempt.
Larkin moves out of range of the strikes.
Athos tries to bum rush Larkin with a series of wild strikes but Larkin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Athos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Larkin.
Larkin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Nemean Athos has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Larkin.
Athos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Larkin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Athos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Athos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ryan Larkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larkin throws a nice looking combination but Athos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Larkin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Athos drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Athos controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Athos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Athos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Athos wants to control from the top but Larkin keeps moving.
Larkin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Athos trying to control the position from guard on top but Larkin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Athos throwing strikes but missing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Larkin fails to land with a series of punches.
Athos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Larkin.
No joy there for Larkin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Larkin throws a combination. Athos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Athos clinches up against the cage.
Larkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Athos misses with an elbow over the top.
Athos presses Larkin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Athos works on Larkin's body with a couple of short punches.
Athos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Athos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Athos pushes off an throws an elbow but Larkin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Larkin avoiding damage as Athos throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Athos.
Athos lands a right hand.
Athos presses Larkin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Athos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Athos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Athos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin takes an elbow to the temple.
Athos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Athos working aggressively here.
Athos lands a shoulder strike.
Athos lands a nice uppercut.
Larkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Athos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Athos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Athos throws a head punch that misses.
Larkin blocks an uppercut.
Larkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Athos lands a hook that snaps the head of Larkin backwards.
Athos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Athos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Athos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Athos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Larkin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Athos.
Athos throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Athos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Athos.
Athos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Athos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Athos lands an uppercut.
Athos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Athos scores a nice knee to the body.
Larkin can't break the clinch.
Athos misses with a knee strike.
Athos pushes Larkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Larkin is breathing heavily.
Athos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Athos pushes off an throws an elbow but Larkin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Athos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Larkins head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Athos lands a shot to the body.
Athos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Larkin backwards.
Athos works on Larkin's body with a couple of short punches.
Athos misses with a knee strike.
Athos working aggressively here.
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 Ryan Larkin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nemean Athos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Larkin throws a series of punches but Athos moves out of range.
Athos with a jab.
Athos staying out of range there.
Larkin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Athos.
Athos slips under a jab.
Horrible takedown by Athos or perhaps it was just good defense by Larkin which made him look bad.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Larkin!
Ryan Larkin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Larkin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Larkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Athos scores with a nice head shot.
Larkin throws a lazy right hand but Athos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Larkin throws a jab when Athos was well out of range.
Athos looks to land a combination but Larkin avoids it well.
Larkin scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Athos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Larkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Larkin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Athos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin moves out of range of the strikes.
Athos throws a shot from downtown. Larkin moves away and avoids it.
Athos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Larkin looks to land a right hand but Athos moved out of range.
Athos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Larkin.
Larkin throws out a powerful jab.
Larkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Athos.
Athos misses with a combination
and Larkin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Larkin misses with a double jab
and Athos counters with a left and a right that stings Larkin.
Larkin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Athos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Athos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Larkin backwards.
Larkin dodges an elbow strike from Athos.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larkin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Athos lands an uppercut.
Larkin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Athos.
Athos stalling the fight.
A nice left hand lands by Athos.
A short left from Athos.
Athos pushes Larkin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Larkin blocks an elbow strike.
Athos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Athos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Larkin has had enough of the clinch but Athos keeps him there for the moment.
Athos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Athos.
Athos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Athos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Athos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Athos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Athos.
A short left from Athos.
Athos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Athos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Athos lands an uppercut.
Athos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Athos throws an elbow that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Athos.
Larkin wants to break free but Athos has control.
A right hand to the body from Athos.
Athos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Athos lands an elbow inside that Larkin shrugs off.
Athos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Athos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Athos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Larkin's defenses.
Athos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Athos throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Athos.
Larkin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Athos has him pressed against the cage.
Larkin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Athos scores with a shoulder strike.
Larkin takes a shot to the head.
Athos lands an elbow inside that Larkin shrugs off.
Athos misses with a knee strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Athos.
A knee to the head by Athos.
Larkin blocks an elbow strike.
Athos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Athos lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Athos cracks Larkin with a nice body shot.
Athos connects with a knee to the head.
Athos with a knee to the head.
Larkin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Athos has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nemean Athos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nemean Athos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A jab from Athos misses.
Athos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Larkin.
Athos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Athos walks into a left hand.
Athos slips a straight right by Larkin.
Larkin looks to land a combination but Athos avoids it well.
Athos takes one to the chin there.
Larkin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Athos throws a series of punches but Larkin moves out of range.
Larkin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Larkin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Athos fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Athos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Larkin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Athos counters by clinching up.
Athos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Athos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Athos misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Athos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Athos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Athos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Athos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Athos lands a nice uppercut.
Athos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Larkin is trying to break free.
Athos throws an elbow that misses.
Athos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Larkin or not.
Athos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Larkin wants to get back to striking at distance but Athos won't allow it.
A short right from Athos.
Athos misses with an elbow over the top.
Larkin is looking to break free of the clinch but Athos has double underhooks.
Athos lands a right hand.
Larkin dodges an elbow strike from Athos.
Larkin can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Larkin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Athos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Larkin.
A nice left hand lands by Athos.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Athos.
Athos lands a damaging elbow.
Larkin blocks an elbow strike.
Athos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Larkin backwards.
Athos throws an elbow but it misses.
Athos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Athos swings wildly with an uppercut but Larkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Athos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Larkin's defenses.
A shot in the inside from Athos.
Athos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Larkin wants to break free but Athos has control.
Still in the clinch, Athos scores with a nice short uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Athos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Athos.
Athos pushes off an throws an elbow but Larkin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Athos misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Athos.
Athos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Athos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Larkin is trying to break free.
Larkin takes an elbow to the temple.
Athos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Athos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larkin.
Larkin blocks an uppercut.
Athos pushes Larkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Larkin is looking to break free of the clinch but Athos has double underhooks.
Athos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Athos misses with an elbow over the top.
Larkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Athos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Athos.
Athos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Larkin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Athos throws a head punch that misses.
Athos pushes off an throws an elbow but Larkin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Larkin can't break the clinch.
Larkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Larkin has had enough of the clinch but Athos keeps him there for the moment.
Athos tries to land knees in the clinch but Larkin avoids the damage to the body.
Larkin avoiding damage as Athos throws knees to the body.
Athos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Larkin tries to break the clinch but Athos is controlling the position.
Larkin is looking to break free of the clinch but Athos has double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Larkin is trying to break free.
Larkin is looking to break free of the clinch but Athos has double underhooks.
Athos throws an elbow but it misses.
Athos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nemean Athos.
I think Athos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Nemean Athos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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