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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zander McGuire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuire's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hall of Fame ft. will.i.am. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ross's choice of entrance music: Show me how to live. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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161 lbs
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168 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zander McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rick Ross!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuire throws a hook but Ross avoids it easily.
McGuire feints and then cracks Ross's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ross down.
Ross misses with a hook
and McGuire makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ross really felt that one!
McGuire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ross misses with a straight right.
Ross misses with an uppercut.
McGuire connects with a single shot there.
McGuire pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ross is out of range and McGuire settles back down.
Ross bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McGuire's head backwards.
Ross pivots, looking for a leg kick but McGuire is out of range and Ross settles back down.
McGuire looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ross scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ross throws a looping overhand right but McGuire ducks down to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from McGuire.
Ross throws an off balance right hand
and McGuire counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGuire has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McGuire there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ross changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ross shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. McGuire eats them both and turns towards Ross to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A good leg kick by Ross.
McGuire lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire connects with a body shot.
McGuire looks to land a left hand but Ross moved out of range nicely.
Ross swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ross. McGuire does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGuire punishes Ross's body with a nice straight punch.
Ross misses with a jab, cross combination.
McGuire moves out of range of the body kick from Ross.
McGuire misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ross counters with a nice low kick that buckles McGuire's knee momentarily.
McGuire throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ross sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ross lands with a right hand.
Ross lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McGuire throws a hook but Ross avoids it easily.
McGuire lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McGuire moves into the clinch.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
Ross fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ross looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ross blocks a body shot from McGuire.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ross avoids it.
McGuire pushes Ross back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ross avoids it.
Ross misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGuire blocks the elbow strike.
Ross doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McGuire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ross is defending well for now.
Ross misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ross misses with an elbow over the top.
Ross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
Ross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGuire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ross backwards.
McGuire avoiding damage as Ross throws knees to the body.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
Ross blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGuire landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross presses McGuire against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGuire.
McGuire works on Ross's body with a couple of short punches.
Ross misses with some punches.
McGuire makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McGuire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGuire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ross manages to avoid it.
Ross lands with a hook. McGuire tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ross is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McGuire with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McGuire misses with a straight right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ross.
A decent looking cross lands there for McGuire.
Ross keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ross looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McGuire takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire moves out of range of the body kick from Ross.
Ross has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Rick Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire lands a jab to Ross's midsection.
Ross misses with a looping left.
McGuire checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ross drives through and clinches with McGuire against the cage.
Ross misses with a punch on the inside.
McGuire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from McGuire.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McGuire.
Ross managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
McGuire blocks an elbow strike.
McGuire breaks the clinch.
McGuire thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Ross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick from McGuire misses.
Ross misses with a body shot.
Ross throws a jab but it's blocked by McGuire.
McGuire swings away with a leg kick that misses.
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 Zander McGuire will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ross misses with the combination.
McGuire will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McGuire will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McGuire lands the left hand.
McGuire fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ross.
McGuire checks a low kick from Ross.
Ross scores with a push kick.
McGuire takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McGuire ducks under a wild hook from Ross.
Some bone on bone action there as McGuire checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch but McGuire swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ross misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuire.
Ross misses with a hook.
McGuire takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McGuire throws a front kick aimed at Ross's knee but Ross avoids it well.
Ross misses with a low kick as McGuire jumps back.
Ross throws an overhand right that lands on McGuire's shoulder, as McGuire tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire avoids a punch combination nicely.
McGuire jabs Ross right on the nose. Ross blinks but takes it well.
Ross chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ross connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rick Ross seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McGuire moves into range and clinches up with Ross.
McGuire landing knees to the body.
McGuire lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ross creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ross escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ross feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McGuire's calf.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! McGuire crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ross - the referee stops the clock and McGuire gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ross. McGuire manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ross misses with a hook.
Ross just misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire cracks Ross with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ross wants to clinch up but McGuire keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross takes one on the button.
McGuire throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ross counters with a thumping low kick.
Ross takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McGuire moves into the clinch successfully.
Ross blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ross throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McGuire misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ross tries a body shot but McGuire blocks it.
Ross tries to land a knee to the head but McGuire blocks with his arms.
McGuire will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ross up against the cage.
McGuire tries to land knees in the clinch but Ross avoids the damage to the body.
McGuire misses with a body punch.
Ross scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross is trying to break the clinch but McGuire is controlling him.
Ross misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGuire lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McGuire tries to work over Ross's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ross throws an elbow but misses.
Ross misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ross throws an elbow but misses.
McGuire misses with a knee strike.
McGuire is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ross blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ross scores with a shoulder strike.
Ross pushes McGuire back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ross blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGuire lands a good knee to the midsection. Ross won't want to take too many of those.
Ross has had enough of the clinch but McGuire keeps him there for the moment.
McGuire looking to slow down the pace here.
McGuire manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ross lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McGuire has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McGuire and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuire connects with a body shot.
McGuire digs a good hook to Ross's body.
Ross throws an off balance right hand
and McGuire counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
McGuire tries to throw a body punch but Ross avoids it by throwing McGuire back against the cage.
McGuire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGuire presses Ross against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McGuire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ross backwards.
Zander McGuire has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from McGuire on the inside.
McGuire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ross.
Ross gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Zander McGuire has been cut.
Ross blocks an elbow strike from McGuire.
Ross pushes off an throws an elbow but McGuire leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGuire blocks an elbow strike.
Ross has a couple of punches blocked by McGuire.
Ross has a couple of punches blocked by McGuire.
McGuire struggles to land a body shot inside as Ross controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Zander McGuire will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zander McGuire's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
McGuire throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ross lands with a cross.
Ross throws a jab when McGuire was well out of range.
Ross connects with a right hand. McGuire shakes it off.
Ross stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McGuire.
Ross thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ross throws a body punch but McGuire moves out of range.
McGuire lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ross at a distance.
McGuire closes the distance and clinches.
McGuire digs a right hand underneath Ross's ribcage. Ross let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ross breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big left from McGuire misses.
A big left from Ross misses.
Ross tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McGuire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ross.
Ross wants to clinch up but McGuire keeps it at a distance.
Ross swings for the body but McGuire moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire misses with a leg kick.
A left lands for McGuire.
McGuire throws a sloppy body shot
and Ross counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McGuire thinking.
Ross misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Ross misses.
Ross staying out of range there.
McGuire avoids the body shot from Ross.
McGuire scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McGuire cracks Ross with a good jab.
Ross checks a low kick from McGuire.
McGuire misses with a low kick.
McGuire lands a jab.
Ross forces McGuire back against the cage and clinches.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGuire prevents Ross from breaking the clinch.
Rick Ross has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ross misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ross throws an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ross breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ross displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGuire throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from McGuire.
Ross avoids the body shot from McGuire.
Ross moves in looking to clinch but McGuire pushes him off.
McGuire throws a sloppy head kick and Ross moves out of range easily.
Ross throws a lazy right hand but McGuire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ross scores with a hook to the body. McGuire takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ross misses with an uppercut.
Ross jabs McGuire right on the nose. McGuire blinks but takes it well.
Ross is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGuire.
Ross throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McGuire counters with a straight right hand.
McGuire lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ross takes a step back to recover.
Ross takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses with a looping left.
McGuire connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ross's hands.
Ross throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ross lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ross on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McGuire uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McGuire closes the distance and pushes Ross back into the cage.
McGuire gets through Ross's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ross throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGuires head.
Ross blocks a body shot from McGuire.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McGuire.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ross lands a shot to the body.
Ross scores with a shoulder strike.
Ross struggles to land a body shot inside as McGuire controls his hands.
Ross misses with an elbow strike.
Zander McGuire is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross breaks the clinch.
Ross misses the jab.
Ross cracks McGuire with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McGuire connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ross. Ross circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGuire.
Ross throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGuire lands with a straight right. Ross didn't see that one coming.
Ross throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ross misses with a low kick as McGuire jumps back.
Ross's corner calls for a 1-2. Ross obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ross cracks the inside of McGuire's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGuire smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ross tries to land a leg kick but McGuire saw it coming and moves away.
McGuire throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
McGuire lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zander McGuire.
Well McGuire has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zander McGuire!
After the big win, Zander McGuire made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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