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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Van Roost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clarence McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Roost's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Van Roost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clarence McGee!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Roost moves into range and connects with a jab.
McGee throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Roost throws a hook but McGee avoids it easily.
McGee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Roost moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMcGee.
McGee needs to keep his hands up - Van Roost had a free shot at his head there.
Van Roost misses with a looping left.
Van Roost swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGee throws a nice outside leg kick.
McGee has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
McGee lands a high kick!
Van Roost cracks McGee with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Van Roost throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McGee steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Van Roost takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
Van Roost throws a lazy uppercut
and McGee counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGee moves away from the strike by Van Roost.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Roost throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Roost misses with a lunging right hand
and McGee counters with a good low kick that Van Roost was not able to check.
McGee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Van Roost throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGee defending well as Van Roost loads up on a big left hand.
McGee steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
McGee staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Roost.
Van Roost throws a jab but it's blocked by McGee.
McGee is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
McGee moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Roost looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Van Roost throws a lazy uppercut
and McGee counters with a thumping low kick.
Van Roost jabs at McGee's body.
Van Roost misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
Van Roost digs a good body shot into McGee's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van Roost misses the body punch
and McGee counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Roost swings widly with a right hand
and McGee counters with a nice body kick.
Van Roost throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Roost throws a poor cross that misses
and McGee counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Van Roost throws a shot from downtown. McGee moves away and avoids it.
McGee throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Roost misses with a hook to the body
and McGee counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McGee.
McGee looking to throw knees to the head but Van Roost is blocking nicely.
Van Roost misses with an elbow over the top.
McGee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Michael Van Roost has been cut.
Van Roost breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Roost.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost works McGee's body with a nice hook.
Van Roost misses with a body shot.
Van Roost misses with an uppercut
and McGee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van Roost misses with an uppercut
and McGee counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Van Roost avoids the head kick by McGee.
Van Roost throws a predictable looking body shot
and McGee counters with a good, hard body kick but Van Roost shrugs it off.
Van Roost misses with a lunging right hand
and McGee counters with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by McGee.
McGee gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Van Roost counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McGee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McGee takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee misses with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Roost misses with a straight left.
McGee shapes to counter with a head kick.
Van Roost misses with a hook
and McGee finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Van Roost scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McGee throws a head kick that misses.
Van Roost cracks a nice hook into McGee's ribs.
Van Roost swings away with a body shot that misses
and McGee counters with a thumping low kick.
McGee moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Roost digs a good hook to McGee's body.
The crowd cheers as Van Roost lands an impressive looking overhand right. McGee doesn't seem phased though.
Van Roost is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McGee clinches up with Van Roost and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Roost breaks the clinch.
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 Michael Van Roost will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Van Roost's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McGee moves away from the strike by Van Roost.
Van Roost tries to bum rush McGee with a series of wild strikes but McGee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circling - Van Roost throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michael Van Roost is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Roost throws a series of punches but McGee moves out of range.
Van Roost is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGee can do to turn this around?
Van Roost has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McGee.
Van Roost throws a hook but McGee blocks it.
McGee throws a leg kick but Van Roost sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van Roost misses with a series of wild punches.
McGee tries a quick counter leg kick but Van Roost is wise to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Van Roost's sensitive parts.
Van Roost fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGee manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Roost throws a lazy uppercut
and McGee counters with a nice low kick that buckles Van Roost's knee momentarily.
McGee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Roost. That did some damage!
McGee throws a head kick that misses.
Van Roost will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice uppercut there from Van Roost.
Van Roost throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Roost swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McGee dodges the punch combination from Van Roost.
Van Roost misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
McGee is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Roost throws the left hand but McGee avoids the punch easily.
Van Roost backing away here, and McGee unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Van Roost blocks a head kick by McGee.
Van Roost lands with an uppercut that bounces McGee off the cage and back into range.
Van Roost misses with an uppercut.
Michael Van Roost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McGee clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Roost manages to break the clinch.
Van Roost cracks McGee with a right hand to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick from McGee misses.
Van Roost misses with a straight left.
McGee looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost missing with a left hand there. McGee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGee thinks about the counter body kick.
Van Roost is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Van Roost throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Van Roost.
McGee thinks about the counter body kick.
No joy there for Van Roost, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick misses from McGee.
Van Roost looks to land a right hand but McGee moved out of range.
McGee misses with a head kick.
Van Roost throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Roost waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGee.
Van Roost misses with a lunging right hand
and McGee counters with a nice leg kick.
McGee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost misses with an uppercut. McGee saw that one coming.
Van Roost closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McGee avoids the body shot from Van Roost.
McGee replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Van Roost blocks it well.
Van Roost misses with a straight right.
Van Roost jabs McGee to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Roost misses with an uppercut
and McGee counters with a solid body kick.
McGee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Roost swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McGee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van Roost misses with a lunging right hand
and McGee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van Roost jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McGee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Van Roost's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Van Roost dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Van Roost's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Van Roost rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McGee counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
McGee cracks the inside of Van Roost's front leg.
McGee throws a leg kick but Van Roost moved away.
Van Roost throws an off balance right hand
and McGee counters with a solid body kick.
Van Roost looks to land a right hand but McGee moved out of range.
Van Roost will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGee.
Van Roost is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Van Roost scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Roost lands with a hook. McGee tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Roost throws a hook to the side of McGee's head but McGee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGee is trying to counter with his kicks.
Van Roost throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Van Roost misses.
McGee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Van Roost checks a leg kick.
McGee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Van Roost throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Roost moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Van Roost ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGee moves away.
McGee shapes to counter with a head kick.
Van Roost connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McGee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Roost.
McGee throws a leg kick which misses Van Roost's front leg but catches the back leg as Van Roost tries to avoid it.
McGee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Roost takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGee thinks about the counter body kick.
Van Roost loads up on a big right hand but McGee slips the punch.
Van Roost swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Roost ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGee moves away.
McGee tries to land a body kick
and Van Roost connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McGee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McGee lands with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Van Roost lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGee circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Roost jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGee tries to counter by closing the distance.
Van Roost swings widly with a right hand
and McGee counters with a head kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for McGee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Roost.
Van Roost cracks McGee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A slapping leg kick lands for McGee.
Van Roost swings widly with a right hand
and McGee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van Roost wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McGee throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Roost.
A little feinted left hand from Van Roost on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van Roost rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McGee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van Roost jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
McGee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Roost misses with a combination
and McGee counters with a thumping low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Van Roost.
McGee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Roost.
McGee tries to land a body kick
letting Van Roost counter with a right hand.
McGee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGee was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
McGee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clarence McGee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Roost rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McGee counters with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Roost checks a leg kick nicely.
McGee lands a leg kick that knocks Van Roost off balance momentarily.
Van Roost misses with a hook
and McGee counters with a head kick. That will keep Van Roost thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Van Roost misses the shot to the body.
Van Roost loads up on a big right hand but McGee slips the punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Clarence McGee.
I think Van Roost has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Van Roost!
Post fight, Michael Van Roost stared into the camera and said '4 in a row now. Hahaha Mr.Universe you're next I am fucking sure!'.
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