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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timothy Mcgee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mcgee comes into a darkened arena with his song building. McGee kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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190 cm
24
210 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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187 cm
40
225 lbs
21 - 23 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Martinez! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timothy Mcgee! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mcgee forces Martinez back against the cage and clinches. Martinez looking to slow down the pace here. Martinez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mcgee pulls him back up using the underhooks. Martinez looking to slow down the pace here. Nice body punch from Mcgee - that landed with a thud.
Mcgee breaks from the clinch.
Mcgee staying out of range there. Martinez misses with a body shot.
Mcgee moves into the clinch. A right hand to the body from Mcgee.
Martinez taking a breather. Martinez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mcgee pulls him back up using the underhooks. Mcgee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Martinez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him. This has been an exciting period of action! Mcgee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martinez. Martinez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mcgee lands a body shot.
Mcgee closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Martinez's guard. In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Mcgee working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though. Mcgee gets to his feet - Martinez follows without any prompting. Martinez misses with a jab to the body
and Mcgee counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Mcgee scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Johnny Martinez has been cut. Mcgee jabs at Martinez's body. Timothy Mcgee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. This has been an exciting period of action! Mcgee scores with a hook to the body. Martinez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Martinez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Martinez is breathing heavily. Mcgee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Mcgee wants to control but Martinez is keeping him busy. Martinez is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Mcgee is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Mcgee cracks Martinez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Martinez is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Mcgee locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Martinez is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Timothy Mcgee! Timothy Mcgee is the new light heavyweight champion! Jumping up and down and very excited, Timothy Mcgee waved his t-shirt featuring Das Labor's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
68% |
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