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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cas Maverick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam McGuiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cas Maverick has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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203 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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217 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cas Maverick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam McGuiness!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuiness misses with a looping right.
Maverick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGuiness manages to avoid it.
Maverick connects with a crisp jab.
McGuiness misses with a hook. Maverick ducked under it nicely.
Maverick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maverick moves into range and clinches up with McGuiness.
Maverick taking a breather.
I was talking to Maverick's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McGuiness tries to circle away but Maverick has him pinned against the cage.
A hook to the body from Maverick.
Maverick lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maverick lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Maverick is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Maverick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Maverick - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McGuiness is looking to control Maverick's arms but Maverick gets an underhook and turns him. Now McGuiness has his back to the cage.
McGuiness letting Maverick take a breather here.
Maverick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maverick throws a lazy right hand but McGuiness sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good shot there by McGuiness.
McGuiness looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A punch combination from Maverick misses.
McGuiness misses with a straight right.
Liam McGuiness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maverick lands a head shot.
McGuiness has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
McGuiness misses with an uppercut. Maverick saw that one coming.
Maverick shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. McGuiness eats them both and turns towards Maverick to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGuiness loads up on a big right hand but Maverick slips the punch.
Maverick throws a hook to the side of McGuiness's head but McGuiness sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maverick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Maverick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maverick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maverick slows down the pace here.
Maverick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGuiness backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Maverick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maverick lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGuiness backwards.
Maverick misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maverick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGuiness backwards.
McGuiness is looking to control Maverick's arms but Maverick gets an underhook and turns him. Now McGuiness has his back to the cage.
McGuiness is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Maverick has denied him.
Maverick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maverick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGuiness.
Maverick slips under a jab.
McGuiness misses with a straight right.
McGuiness misses with a right hand
and Maverick counters with a right hand to the body.
McGuiness misses with a straight right.
Maverick loads up on a big right hand but McGuiness slips the punch.
McGuiness throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGuiness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maverick misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness throws an overhand right that lands on Maverick's shoulder, as Maverick tries to avoid the shot.
Maverick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McGuiness throws a hook to the side of Maverick's head but Maverick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maverick keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maverick. McGuiness does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maverick staying out of range there.
Maverick thuds a left hand into McGuiness's body.
McGuiness throws a left and a right that both miss
and Maverick counters with a left and a right that stings McGuiness.
Maverick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maverick misses the shot to the body.
Maverick dips to his left and cracks McGuiness with an uppercut!
Maverick misses the jab.
McGuiness showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maverick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from McGuiness misses.
McGuiness scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maverick in his tracks.
Maverick scores with a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cas Maverick dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Maverick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGuiness.
McGuiness throws a poor cross that misses
and Maverick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McGuiness takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McGuiness throws a jab when Maverick was well out of range.
McGuiness cracks a nice hook into Maverick's ribs.
McGuiness throws a series of punches but Maverick avoids them all with ease.
Cas Maverick is winning the standup battle so far.
Maverick drops McGuiness with a beautiful combination! McGuiness stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Maverick is looking for the KO!
McGuiness is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maverick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGuiness is still on wobbly legs! Can Maverick finish him?
McGuiness might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
McGuiness throws a hook but Maverick avoids it easily.
McGuiness misses with a straight right.
Maverick drops McGuiness with a straight right hand, right on the button! Maverick follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cas Maverick!
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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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