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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Tunney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam McGuiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roy Tunney had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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197 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Tunney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam McGuiness!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tunney slips a straight right by McGuiness.
Liam McGuiness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGuiness misses with an uppercut
and Tunney counters with a single leg into guard. McGuiness didn't expect that.
Tunney connects with a couple of short punches.
Tunney tries to free his leg and advance position but McGuiness is retaining full guard.
Tunney chips away with some ground and pound.
Tunney with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tunney drops back looking for a leg! McGuiness is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and McGuiness manages to kick Tunney off! Tunney jumps back into McGuiness's guard.
Tunney is in close to McGuiness's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tunney postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tunney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McGuiness working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tunney.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tunney works over McGuiness with some ground and pound from guard.
Tunney working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McGuiness's head.
Tunney stands up over McGuiness, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tunney landing some decent shots from guard.
Tunney throws a big right hand that misses.
Tunney drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tunney jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tunney in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tunney accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tunney working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tunney distracts McGuiness with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tunney is looking to work some ground and pound but McGuiness has wrist control.
Tunney throwing strikes but missing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tunney postures up in McGuiness's guard and throws a big left but McGuiness blocks it.
Tunney content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tunney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McGuiness preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tunney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tunney is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tunney cracks McGuiness with a solid left hand.
Tunney postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tunney missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tunney stands up over McGuiness, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tunney with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tunney is in close to McGuiness's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tunney working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tunney drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tunney jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
McGuiness keeping full guard, as Tunney tries to pass.
Tunney has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tunney is looking to work some ground and pound but McGuiness has wrist control.
McGuiness is trying to keep Tunney in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tunney thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tunney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McGuiness works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tunney missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tunney throwing strikes but missing.
Tunney with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGuiness preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tunney cracks McGuiness with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Tunney dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
McGuiness misses with an uppercut. Tunney saw that one coming.
Tunney slips a jab from McGuiness.
Tunney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGuiness can do to turn this around?
McGuiness throws a jab but it's blocked by Tunney.
A jab from McGuiness misses.
McGuiness digs a good hook to Tunney's body.
Tunney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGuiness.
McGuiness throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGuiness scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from McGuiness misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuiness jabs Tunney right on the nose. Tunney blinks but takes it well.
McGuiness has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
McGuiness swings widly with a right hand
and Tunney counters with a takedown into side control.
Tunney throws a strike aimed at the side of McGuiness's head but McGuiness avoids it well.
Tunney in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tunney scoring with punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Check out the look on Tunney's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Tunney is chipping away with strikes.
Tunney scoring with punches and elbows.
Tunney throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tunney has hold of McGuiness's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! McGuiness tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Tunney cranks the arm and McGuiness screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from McGuiness, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Roy Tunney!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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