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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garfield Mcknight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Mega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
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179 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Garfield Mcknight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Mega!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcknight looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mcknight moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMega.
Shaun Mega seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mega tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mega should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Mcknight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mega tries to close the distance and clinch but Mcknight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mega dips to his left and cracks Mcknight with an uppercut!
Mega throws a push kick but Mcknight slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Mega.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcknight is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mega sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mega tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mcknight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mcknight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Mega has eaten all the pies!
Mega looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mcknight!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcknight can't do much from the bottom here.
Mcknight parries the strikes from Mega easily there. Mega is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Mcknight to escape.
Mega tries to advance to mount but Mcknight denies him.
Mcknight is trying to control Mega's posture but Mega avoids it.
Mega trying to control the action but Mcknight is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mcknight is trying to get back to his feet.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mega looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mcknight can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mega is looking to clinch but Mcknight is avoiding it.
Mcknight shoots in and bounces Mega off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mega is trying to control the position but Mcknight postures up.
Mcknight scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mega throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mega wants to improve his position but instead Mcknight has moved into half guard.
Mega looks winded!
Mcknight scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mcknight winds up and cracks Mega with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mcknight winds up and cracks Mega with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mega is trying to stand back up but Mcknight is controlling him
Mcknight lands with a punch from half guard.
Mega is trying to control but Mcknight passes into side control!
Mega is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Mcknight is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mcknight is landing with some decent strikes but Mega is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mcknight with the ground and pound from mount.
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 Garfield Mcknight will probably get the nod.
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.
Mega tries to clinch up but Mcknight circles away and keeps his distance.
Mega gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mcknight goes for a takedown attempt but Mega pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mega changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mcknight looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Mcknight is trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mega wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mcknight keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcknight dodges the ground and pound from Mega.
Who's going to make the next move?
Mega tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mega is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mcknight shoots in and gets a takedown into Mega's guard.
Mega wants to get back to his feet but Mcknight is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mcknight in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mcknight landing with the ground and pound.
Mcknight distracts Mega with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Garfield Mcknight overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mega tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mcknight works over Mega with some ground and pound from guard.
Mcknight postures up and lands a big shot to Mega's brow.
Mcknight postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mcknight makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mega wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Mcknight is now in half guard.
Mcknight scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mcknight lands with a punch from half guard.
Mcknight landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcknight stops Mega from getting back to his feet.
Mcknight scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mega tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Mcknight has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Mcknight in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mcknight with the ground and pound from mount.
Mcknight dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garfield Mcknight dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Mcknight drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mcknight preventing the sweep.
Mega utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mcknight stops Mega from standing up.
Mcknight scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mcknight will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mcknight with a nice head shot there.
Mcknight working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mega's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcknight with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mcknight postures up.
Mcknight is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mega takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcknight scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mcknight working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mega's head.
Mcknight scoring with some ground and pound.
Mcknight working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mcknight's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mega is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mcknight has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mega is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mcknight keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mega has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Mcknight works to full guard.
Mcknight pushes Mega off and scrambles back to his feet.
Mcknight shoots in and bounces Mega off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcknight decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mega, up you get!
Mega displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mcknight.
Mcknight lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mega circles away quickly and effectively.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mcknight.
Mcknight in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Mcknight's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mega is trying to improve his position.
Mcknight landing strikes.
Mcknight lands a nice forearm strike.
Mcknight looks up at the clock and then as Mega takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mcknight smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mcknight working the ground and pound.
Mcknight cracks Mega with a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Garfield Mcknight showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mcknight, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garfield Mcknight!
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energy
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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