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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cian McGarrity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Foul Play (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGarrity comes to the cage accompanied by Irish Fighting Song - We Come in Pieces. Play has chosen Simon Says-Pharaohe Monche as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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20 - 8 - 0 |
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181 lbs
33 - 21 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cian McGarrity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Foul Play!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Play ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGarrity moves away.
Play jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McGarrity checks a low kick from Play.
Play has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
McGarrity throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Play throws a leg kick
and McGarrity counters with a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by McGarrity.
McGarrity tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Play paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGarrity checks a low kick from Play.
Play fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Play takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Play misses with an uppercut
and McGarrity counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Play lands a head shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for McGarrity.
Play darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice cross by McGarrity.
Play stuns McGarrity with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McGarrity lands a leg kick that knocks Play off balance momentarily.
Play misses with a lunging right hand
and McGarrity makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Play fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McGarrity checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Play lands a nice looking kick to the body. McGarrity takes a step back to recover.
Play misses with a leg kick.
Play connects with a crisp jab.
Play swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Foul Play seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGarrity 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.
Good leg kick by McGarrity there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Play on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Play misses with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McGarrity.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGarrity looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Play throws a leg kick
and McGarrity counters with a leg kick.
McGarrity checks the leg kick nicely there.
Play throws a leg kick but McGarrity moved away.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGarrity.
Play throws a predictable looking body shot
and McGarrity counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Play thinking.
McGarrity lets loose with a powerful body kick. Play will feel that in the morning.
Play looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity avoids the body shot from Play.
A chopping leg kick lands by McGarrity.
Play fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McGarrity checks it well.
McGarrity lands a leg kick that knocks Play off balance momentarily.
Play throws a leg kick that misses.
McGarrity avoids the body shot from Play.
Play looks to score with a jab to the body but McGarrity is just out of range.
McGarrity dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Play. That did some damage!
McGarrity connects with a body shot.
Good leg kick by McGarrity there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good exchange - McGarrity coming out on top.
Play lands with a hook. McGarrity tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Play avoids the body shot from McGarrity.
Play scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Play misses with a left hand
and McGarrity counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McGarrity 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Play throws a leg kick
enabling McGarrity to counter with a crisp jab.
McGarrity lands a jab.
McGarrity feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Play's calf.
Play lands a jab to the head.
Play takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Play throws a leg kick
and Play takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Play misses the shot to the body.
McGarrity connects with a combination that backs up Play into the cage. McGarrity lands a flurry of punches that gets past Play's guard. Play is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! McGarrity bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cian McGarrity!
During a confident post fight interview, Cian McGarrity 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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RATING
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