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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew McGinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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25
225 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Decent knees
Powerful |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyler Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew McGinn!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGinn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGinn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGinn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McGinn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taylor connects with a nasty looking knee right to McGinn's face.
It looks like Matthew McGinn has been cut.
McGinn misses with a knee to the head.
McGinn throws an elbow but it misses.
McGinn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McGinn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Tyler Taylor has been cut.
I was talking to Taylor's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McGinn misses with an elbow strike.
Taylor dodges an elbow strike from McGinn.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGinn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McGinn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGinn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but McGinn is blocking nicely.
McGinn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taylor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
McGinn with a knee to the head.
Tyler Taylor's cut is getting worse.
McGinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
McGinn missing with knees to the body.
McGinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
Taylor is trying to pull guard but McGinn turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taylor managing to block the knees to the body from McGinn.
McGinn looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Taylor avoids a wild elbow strike from McGinn.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but McGinn is blocking nicely.
McGinn tries a knee to the head but Taylor blocks it.
McGinn scores a nice knee to the body.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike from McGinn.
McGinn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor crunches a lovely knee into McGinn's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGinn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
McGinn looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
McGinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGinn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGinn lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but McGinn avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor avoids the elbow strike from McGinn, against the cage.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike.
McGinn misses with a knee strike.
McGinn misses with the head strike.
Taylor trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike from McGinn.
McGinn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taylor misses with a knee strike.
McGinn misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGinn lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
Tyler Taylor's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
McGinn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the head but Taylor blocks with his arms.
Taylor lands a knee to the head.
Taylor landing knees to the head.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taylor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGinn lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGinn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McGinn misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taylor lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McGinn trying to land knees to the body.
McGinn throws an elbow but it misses.
McGinn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jeez, Tyler Taylor's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Taylor lands a nice knee to the body.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but McGinn avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGinn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGinn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from McGinn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew McGinn dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Taylor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McGinn, pushing him back against the cage.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGinn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taylor.
McGinn has a couple of punches blocked by Taylor.
McGinn tries to land knees in the clinch but Taylor avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taylor blocks the elbow strike.
McGinn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGinn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taylor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McGinn gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McGinn obliges.
McGinn misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGinn can't find room to land a body shot as Taylor controls the action.
McGinn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGinn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but McGinn blocks with his arms.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGinn looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
McGinn takes a knee right on the jaw!
McGinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
McGinn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McGinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
Taylor avoiding damage as McGinn throws knees to the body.
Taylor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McGinn blocks it with crossed arms.
McGinn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tyler Taylor's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matthew McGinn!
Matthew McGinn was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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