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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Fletcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Mac Airt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mac Airt has chosen Wolf Blood as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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180 lbs
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180 cm
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175 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Fletcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Mac Airt!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Mac Airt.
Fletcher closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mac Airt lands a slapping body shot.
Fletcher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mac Airt misses with an uppercut.
Fletcher seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Fletcher ducks right into an uppercut from Mac Airt.
Fletcher wants to clinch up but Mac Airt keeps it at a distance.
Fletcher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mac Airt.
Fletcher half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Good exchange - Mac Airt coming out on top.
Fletcher tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mac Airt sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fletcher somewhat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fletcher on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mac Airt feints a jab promting Fletcher to slip. Mac Airt then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fletcher slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mac Airt has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fletcher is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mac Airt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mac Airt with a hook.
Fletcher walks into a jab.
Cormac Mac Airt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mac Airt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mac Airt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fletcher had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mac Airt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mac Airt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd cheers as Mac Airt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fletcher doesn't seem phased though.
Mac Airt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mac Airt lands a jab-cross combination.
Mac Airt lands with a hook. Fletcher tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mac Airt misses with a series of wild punches.
Mac Airt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mac Airt.
Fletcher moves into the clinch successfully.
Fletcher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mac Airt's efforts to push away.
Mac Airt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mac Airt.
Fletcher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mac Airt is looking to break free of the clinch but Fletcher has double underhooks.
Mac Airt prevents a body shot from Fletcher.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fletcher.
Mac Airt is trying to push Fletcher away but Fletcher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fletcher throws a punch but it's blocked by Mac Airt.
Mac Airt is trying to break the clinch but Fletcher is controlling him.
Fletcher pulls guard effortlessly.
Mac Airt preventing the sweep.
Mac Airt wants to stand but Fletcher is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fletcher wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt tries to stand but Fletcher is controlling from the bottom.
Fletcher is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mac Airt stands up and waves to Fletcher to follow him.
Mac Airt lands a jab to the nose.
Mac Airt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mac Airt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mac Airt catches Fletcher with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac Airt lands a nice hook to Fletcher's body. Fletcher takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac Mac Airt dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fletcher takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mac Airt scores with a hook.
A jab lands there for Mac Airt.
A swing and a miss from Fletcher.
Fletcher takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fletcher is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jab by Mac Airt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fletcher takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mac Airt cracks Fletcher with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mac Airt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good exchange - Mac Airt coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mac Airt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mac Airt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheers as Mac Airt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fletcher doesn't seem phased though.
Mac Airt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mac Airt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mac Airt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice shot lands for Mac Airt.
Mac Airt scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac Airt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fletcher stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fletcher takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mac Airt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Mac Airt.
Fletcher throws a jab when Mac Airt was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Mac Airt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fletcher walks into a left hand.
Mac Airt cracks Fletcher with an open hand slap.
Mac Airt scores with the left hand. Fletcher knows he should have avoided that one.
Fletcher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mac Airt cracks Fletcher with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mac Airt works Fletcher's body with a nice hook.
Cormac Mac Airt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fletcher takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fletcher darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fletcher looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fletcher sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mac Airt defending well though.
Mac Airt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fletcher 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.
Fletcher scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mac Airt wants to control but Fletcher is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mac Airt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fletcher not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mac Airt moves into full guard.
Fletcher scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fletcher preventing the sweep.
Fletcher loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fletcher loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mac Airt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fletcher.
Fletcher throwing strikes but missing.
Fletcher is working Mac Airt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Fletcher stops Mac Airt from standing up.
Fletcher landing some decent shots from guard.
Fletcher working some strikes from top position.
Mac Airt wants to stand and escape but Fletcher is having none of it.
Fletcher postures up.
Fletcher scoring with some ground and pound.
Fletcher trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mac Airt has momentary wrist control but Fletcher slips an elbow through the middle.
Mac Airt wants to stand up but Fletcher is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac Mac Airt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fletcher walks into a left hand.
Mac Airt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mac Airt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fletcher.
Fletcher drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mac Airt sprawls and moves away.
Mac Airt lands a jab to the head.
Fletcher walks into a straight right hand from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fletcher in his tracks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mac Airt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fletcher ducks right into an uppercut from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fletcher is looking to clinch but Mac Airt is avoiding it.
Mac Airt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mac Airt thuds his right hand into Fletcher's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mac Airt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fletcher's head backwards.
Fletcher walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mac Airt lands a nice hook to Fletcher's body. Fletcher takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fletcher with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mac Airt to score with a decent uppercut.
Mac Airt lands with a hook. Fletcher tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac Airt's corner calls for a 1-2. Mac Airt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fletcher is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mac Airt.
Oh Fletcher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mac Airt pounces like a tiger and cracks Fletcher with a vicious hook! Fletcher is down but not out! Mac Airt follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cormac Mac Airt!
In his post fight interview, Cormac Mac Airt gave a big smile as he said '"With a host, with a valiant band
Well did he go into Connacht.
Alas, that he saw the blood of Conn
On the side of Cuchulain's sword!"'.
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energy
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hype
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