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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mose Mcfarland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aeron St John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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162 cm
24
279 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
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183 cm
24
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mose Mcfarland! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aeron St John! The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mcfarland looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? St John is fending him off so far but Mcfarland persists. Nope, St John circles away and we're back to standing. St John moves into the clinch successfully.
Mcfarland could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Mcfarland manages to break the clinch.
St John forces Mcfarland back against the cage and clinches. St John gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground. St John missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Mcfarland has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but St John can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Mcfarland tries to land a sweep but no joy. St John controlling from the top position. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! St John slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mcfarland is looking to regain half guard here but St John keeps moving and retains side control. Mcfarland is not content to let St John control the position. St John is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. St John decides to stand back up. St John steps back and let's Mcfarland get back to his feet. Mcfarland closes this distance looking for a takedown but St John circles away. St John closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. St John trying to mount his opponent but Mcfarland defends it. Mcfarland slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. St John preventing the sweep. St John trying to control the position from guard on top but Mcfarland is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! St John pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mcfarland is keeping the position for now. The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Mcfarland tries to land a sweep but no joy. Mcfarland trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Aeron St John was stalling too much, according to the referee. St John changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mcfarland looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Mcfarland regains half guard there - taking advantage of St John's attempt to lay and pray for a moment. Mcfarland is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of St John's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take St John's back! St John turns into Mcfarland and is now in his guard.
Mcfarland keeping moving, preventing St John from controlling successfully. St John passes easily into side control. Nice work. Mcfarland stops St John from passing to mount. Mcfarland gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mcfarland is trying to get back to full guard. St John stalling. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Mcfarland wants to get back to full guard. Mcfarland is defending against the submission attempts here by St John.
Mcfarland trying to control here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. St John is keen to just control but Mcfarland is a slippery customer. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aeron St John dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mcfarland goes for a double leg but St John avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as St John continues to drive forward. St John taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
St John breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St John fails in his attempt to clinch. Excellent takedown into side control there by St John. Aeron St John has got the better of the ground game so far. St John trying to control the action but Mcfarland is working from the bottom. Mcfarland looks to move to half guard but instead St John has passed into mount! Damn! Mcfarland tries to get back to half guard but can't. St John scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mcfarland in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Mcfarland tries to get back to half guard but can't. Mcfarland is squirming around, avoiding St John's attempts to control the action. St John breaks from Mcfarland's wrist control and lands an elbow. St John wants to control the pace but Mcfarland is squirming around nicely. St John lands a big elbow - Mcfarland is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Mcfarland is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Aeron St John!
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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
79% |
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