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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shawn McShane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domonico Cuccaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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192 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shawn McShane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Domonico Cuccaro!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuccaro tries a low kick but McShane avoids it.
McShane lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McShane tries to clinch there but Cuccaro circles away.
Cuccaro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McShane tries to avoid it but Cuccaro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McShane to the ground. McShane escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McShane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McShane lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McShane missing with a left hand there. Cuccaro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab lands there for Cuccaro.
McShane lands with a hook. Cuccaro tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big left from Cuccaro misses.
McShane's corner calls for a 1-2. McShane obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McShane closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cuccaro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McShane is defending well for now.
A nice left hand lands by McShane.
McShane works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McShane prevents the takedown attempt.
McShane lands a hook to the side of the head.
McShane swings wildly with an uppercut but Cuccaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
McShane lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cuccaro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to McShane's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McShane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cuccaro backwards.
Nice body punch from McShane - that landed with a thud.
Cuccaro is trying to break the clinch but McShane is controlling him.
Cuccaro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McShane gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Shawn McShane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Domonico Cuccaro.
Cuccaro tries to land a knee to the head but McShane blocks with his arms.
McShane managing to block the knees to the body from Cuccaro.
McShane on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cuccaro misses with a punch to the body.
Cuccaro throws a knee to the head but misses.
McShane working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cuccaro is rocked!
It looks like Domonico Cuccaro has been cut.
McShane is defending well against a takedown attempt.
McShane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cuccaro is still on wobbly legs! Can McShane finish him?
McShane manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from McShane fails to land.
McShane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cuccaros head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McShane.
McShane unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Cuccaro! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but McShane is unloading with more strikes now! Cuccaro drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawn McShane!
After winning the bout, Shawn McShane thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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pop
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