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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Unai Arana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arana's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, NoMeansNo - Beat on the Brat. Taylor Clark has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Unai Arana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Clark!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Clark.
Clark is looking to slow Arana down with leg kicks.
Clark goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clark thumps Arana with a low kick.
Clark fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Arana is out of range.
Arana has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Clark.
Arana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Arana misses.
Arana swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Clark lunges at Arana with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Arana's hand.
Clark fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Arana on the side of the head.
Clark closes the distance looking to clinch
and Clark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark tries to score with a low kick but Arana moves his leg out of the way.
Arana stalks Clark and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Clark's face. Clark staggers backwards, shaken.
Arana throws an overhand right that lands on Clark's shoulder, as Clark tries to avoid the shot.
Clark rushes Arana and presses him up against the cage.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arana content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Clark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Arana backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arana.
Arana scores with a nice hook to the head.
Arana has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arana's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arana working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clark misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Arana's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Clark working aggressively here.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arana misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Clark has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Arana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arana lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clark tries a body shot but Arana blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Clark.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Arana.
Arana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arana landing knees to the body.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Arana prevents a body shot from Clark.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Arana lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clark or not.
Clark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Arana obliges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Arana.
Arana has Clark pressed against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clark.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Arana is looking to break free of the clinch but Clark has double underhooks.
Arana swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arana is trying to break the clinch but Clark is controlling him.
Arana connects with a nasty looking knee right to Clark's face.
It looks like Taylor Clark has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arana tries a body shot but Clark blocks it.
Clark lands a body punch.
Arana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clark.
Arana lands a nice uppercut.
Clark misses with a body punch.
Arana lands a right hand.
Arana tries a knee to the head but Clark blocks it.
Arana looking to slow down the pace here.
Clark lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clark avoiding damage as Arana throws knees to the body.
Arana tries to land a knee to the head but Clark blocks with his arms.
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 Unai Arana will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Taylor Clark's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Arana checks the leg kick.
Arana throws a leg kick but Clark sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A good leg kick by Clark.
Clark delivers a nice body kick.
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clark misses with a leg kick
and Arana counters with a nice uppercut.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arana swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A clash of legs there as Arana blocks the low kick.
Arana lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Arana connects with the punch.
Clark is rocked!
Clark fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Arana checks it well.
Clark is still on wobbly legs! Can Arana finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Arana gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Clark is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Unai Arana!
Unai Arana was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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