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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky McColgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lexington Snape (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McColgan comes to the cage accompanied by The Gael. Snape has chosen DJ Tiësto - Carmina Burana: Remixed as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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285 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky McColgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Lexington Snape!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snape drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Snape darts in trying to clinch
and McColgan counters with a good low kick that Snape was not able to check.
McColgan digs a good body shot into Snape's ribs.
McColgan keeps the fight on the outside.
Snape rushes McColgan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Snape landing knees to the body.
Snape presses McColgan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McColgan is breathing heavily.
Snape is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Snape comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Snape lands a damaging elbow.
McColgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but McColgan avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McColgan working aggressively here.
McColgan misses with a body punch.
McColgan is trying to push Snape away but Snape has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McColgan misses with a punch on the inside.
Snape lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Rocky McColgan has been cut.
McColgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snape's elbow.
Snape scores a nice knee to the body.
McColgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snape utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Snape is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Snape missing with knees to the body.
Snape scores a nice knee to the body.
Snape missing with knees to the body.
Snape misses with a knee strike.
Snape tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McColgan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McColgan avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
McColgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McColgan avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
Snape missing with knees to the body.
McColgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McColgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Snape has taken the fight to the clinch.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but McColgan avoids the damage to the body.
We've been informed that Snape has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Snape tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McColgan's elbow.
Snape with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from McColgan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snape lands with a left to the head.
McColgan avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
McColgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Snape controls his hands.
McColgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Snape won't allow it.
Snape keeps control of McColgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Snape blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Snape lands a knee to the body.
Snape with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snape lands a nice elbow.
McColgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McColgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snape clinches.
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McColgan.
McColgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Snape backwards.
McColgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Snape.
I was talking to McColgan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McColgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McColgan misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McColgan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but McColgan avoids the damage to the body.
McColgan managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
McColgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snape's elbow.
McColgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Snape controls his hands.
Snape utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Snape connects with a nasty looking knee right to McColgan's face.
Snape missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Snape obliges.
Snape lands a good knee to the midsection. McColgan won't want to take too many of those.
Snape scores a nice knee to the body.
McColgan managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
Snape scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Snape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McColgan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Snapes head.
Snape misses with an elbow over the top.
Knees to the body from Snape.
Nice elbow from Snape.
McColgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Snape avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snape throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Snape.
McColgan managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McColgan.
Snape utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but McColgan avoids the damage to the body.
Snape lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McColgan.
McColgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McColgan missing with a left hand there. Snape was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Snape closes the distance and clinches.
Snape crunches a lovely knee into McColgan's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Snape obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McColgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snape tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McColgan avoids it.
Snape landing knees to the body.
McColgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McColgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lexington Snape dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky McColgan's cut.
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.
Snape tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McColgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Snape drives through and clinches with McColgan against the cage.
McColgan can't find room to land a body shot as Snape controls the action.
Snape working McColgan over with knees to the body.
Snape trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from McColgan fails to land.
Snape prevents a body shot from McColgan.
Snape lands an elbow inside that McColgan shrugs off.
Snape misses with a hook to the ribs.
McColgan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Snape lands a good knee to the midsection. McColgan won't want to take too many of those.
McColgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Snape has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McColgan avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McColgan managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McColgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Snape with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but McColgan avoids the damage to the body.
Snape gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McColgan tries to throw a body punch but Snape avoids it by throwing McColgan back against the cage.
McColgan digs a right hand underneath Snape's ribcage. Snape let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McColgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Snape backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Snape just misses with a elbow thrown towards McColgan's brow.
Snape lands a body shot in the clinch.
Snape lands a nice elbow.
McColgan taking a breather.
McColgan is trying to stall.
McColgan pushes Snape back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Snape comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McColgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snape scores a nice knee to the body.
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McColgan.
McColgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
McColgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snape misses with a knee strike.
Snape is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Snape lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Snape.
Lexington Snape seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snape putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McColgan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McColgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snape connects with a nasty looking knee right to McColgan's face.
McColgan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McColgan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McColgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
McColgan avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
Snape lands a knee to the body.
Snape tries to work over McColgan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Snape tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snape tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McColgan avoids it.
Snape trying to land knees to the body.
Snape blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Snape prevents a body shot from McColgan.
Snape blocks a body shot from McColgan.
McColgan avoids a wild elbow strike from Snape.
Snape fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McColgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Snape tries to clinch but McColgan moves out of range.
McColgan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Snape tries to clinch but McColgan moves out of range.
Snape tries to close the distance and clinch up but McColgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Snape takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McColgan throws a head kick that misses
and Snape counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Snape.
Snape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McColgan is defending well for now.
McColgan tries to circle away but Snape has him pinned against the cage.
McColgan scores with a shot to the side of Snape's head.
McColgan manages to break the clinch.
McColgan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Snape doesn't manage to clinch there - McColgan circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Snape looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McColgan throws a body punch but Snape moves out of range.
Snape wants to counter with a clinch but McColgan pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McColgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Lexington Snape is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McColgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
And McColgan counters with a quick kick to the body but Snape blocks it.
McColgan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Snape tries to clinch there but McColgan circles away.
Snape tries to clinch up.
McColgan misses with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snape moves into range and clinches up with McColgan.
McColgan throws a head punch that misses.
McColgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snape creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McColgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McColgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McColgan missing with knees to the body.
Snape trying to land knees to the body.
McColgan tries a body shot but Snape blocks it.
McColgan misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from McColgan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lexington Snape showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rocky McColgan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McColgan lands a nice looking body shot.
Snape rushes McColgan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Snape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McColgan is defending well for now.
McColgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McColgan gets tackled into the cage by Snape. Snape maintains the clinch.
Snape throws a knee to the head but misses.
McColgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McColgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McColgan works on Snape's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McColgan.
McColgan missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McColgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McColgan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McColgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Snape controls his hands.
Snape takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McColgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Snape backwards.
McColgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, McColgan scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McColgan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McColgan.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McColgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but McColgan avoids the damage to the body.
McColgan lands a shoulder strike.
Snape misses with some punches.
A short left from McColgan.
McColgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lexington Snape seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McColgan throws out a loose jab but Snape uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snape takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Snape clinches with his opponent.
McColgan pushes Snape back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McColgan is working Snape over against the cage.
A short right from McColgan.
A hook to the body from McColgan.
McColgan misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McColgan.
Snape tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McColgan's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McColgan manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snape takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McColgan misses with an attempted mid kick.
McColgan throws a wild body kick that Snape sees coming a mile off.
McColgan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McColgan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McColgan thumps Snape with a low kick.
Snape closes the distance and clinches.
Snape lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McColgan manages to break the clinch.
Snape has closed the distance and engaged McColgan in a clinch.
McColgan cracks Snape with a nice body shot.
McColgan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Snape misses with a punch to the body.
McColgan stalling.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McColgan.
McColgan lands a body shot in the clinch.
McColgan lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McColgan is working Snape over against the cage.
McColgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snape fails in his attempt to clinch.
McColgan keeps the fight on the outside.
Snape moves in looking to clinch but McColgan pushes him off.
McColgan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McColgan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Snape moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
McColgan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McColgan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McColgan misses with a kick to the body.
Snape wants to counter the offense by McColgan and move into the clinch position.
Snape wants to clinch up but McColgan keeps it at a distance.
McColgan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Snape takes a step back to recover.
McColgan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Snape will feel that in the morning.
Snape wants to clinch
and Snape takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snape looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Snape is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snape rushes McColgan and presses him up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Snape.
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section. McColgan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Snape.
A right hand to the body from Snape.
Snape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McColgan is defending well for now.
McColgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McColgan takes an elbow to the temple.
Snape lands a nice uppercut.
Snape landing knees to the body.
McColgan avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McColgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snape lands a knee to the body.
Snape scores a nice knee to the body.
McColgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snape's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky McColgan clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky McColgan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Snape tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Snape closes the distance and pushes McColgan back into the cage.
McColgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snape tries to work over McColgan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Snape tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McColgan avoids it.
McColgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McColgan throws a hook but Snape blocks it.
McColgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
McColgan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A solid body kick from McColgan.
McColgan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Snape tries to close the distance and clinch but McColgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McColgan takes a swing at Snape's ribcage but misses.
Snape moves into the clinch successfully.
Snape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McColgan is defending well for now.
McColgan misses with a punch to the body.
McColgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McColgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McColgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McColgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McColgan works on Snape's body with a couple of short punches.
Snape is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A nice left hand lands by McColgan.
McColgan lands a right hand.
Snape is still on wobbly legs! Can McColgan finish him?
Nice body punch from McColgan.
McColgan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Snape backwards.
McColgan tries to land a knee to the head but Snape blocks with his arms.
McColgan avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
McColgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McColgan creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Snape with a big uppercut! Snape tries to clinch up but McColgan pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Snape to the mat! Snape covers up and McColgan unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rocky McColgan!
Rocky McColgan retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath Rocky McColgan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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