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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Meadows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sidney McGriff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sidney McGriff will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nelson Meadows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sidney McGriff!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meadows tries for a takedown but McGriff circles away easily
and McGriff counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
McGriff is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Meadows is just riding it out for now. McGriff eventually gives up the hold.
Meadows misses with some strikes from the bottom.
McGriff decides to stand up.
McGriff pushes Meadows up against the cage in a clinch.
McGriff stalls.
Meadows tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. McGriff smiles and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meadows stuffs the takedown attempt from McGriff. McGriff gets slowly back to his feet.
Meadows shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. McGriff defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelson Meadows. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGriff attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McGriff on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McGriff circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from McGriff.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGriff throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Meadows moves into the clinch.
Meadows is working for takedown but McGriff is calmly controlling the position for now.
Meadows tries to pull guard but McGriff forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Meadows fails to pull guard.
McGriff gets control of Meadows's arms and successfully pulls guard. McGriff will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Meadows won't allow McGriff to sweep him here.
McGriff has his feet on Meadows's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Meadows really is a fat lump.
McGriff rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meadows moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McGriff clinches up against the cage.
Meadows has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by McGriff after a bit of a struggle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meadows goes for a takedown in the clinch but McGriff prevents it.
Meadows tries to pull guard but McGriff forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGriff tightens his grip and picks Meadows up, before dumping him to the ground. Meadows manages to land in guard.
Meadows might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
McGriff advances to half guard.
McGriff not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Meadows misses with some strikes from the bottom.
McGriff missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Meadows is breathing heavily.
McGriff is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Meadows landing rabbit punches to the side of McGriff's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
McGriff stands up and beckons Meadows to join him on the feet.
McGriff fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Meadows to the ground. McGriff is now in Meadows's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGriff is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McGriff throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Meadows works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGriff pushing down on Meadows's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
McGriff throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sidney McGriff dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
McGriff rushes Meadows and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Meadows successfully pulls guard.
McGriff sitting in guard here, content to control.
Meadows utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McGriff showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
McGriff stands and throws Meadows's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Meadows is looking for a sweep.
Meadows being controlled for a moment.
Meadows knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McGriff on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGriff fails to land a wild elbow strike.
McGriff controls the position.
McGriff working the ground and pound from side control.
Meadows is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but McGriff is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
McGriff controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meadows wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by McGriff.
McGriff breaks from Meadows's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Meadows is trying to escape the mount but McGriff keeps good control and instead manages to take Meadows's back.
McGriff has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Good control from McGriff.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGriff is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Meadows has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but McGriff has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Meadows taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. McGriff doesn't care though - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sidney McGriff!
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FIGHT
RATING
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