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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clarence McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergiu Petrescu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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World class MT
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clarence McGee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergiu Petrescu!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrescu throws out a leg kick but McGee moves out of range and Petrescu only half commits.
Petrescu scores with a jab to the jaw.
Petrescu blocks the body kick.
Good work by McGee as he checks the leg kick.
McGee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Petrescu cracks McGee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McGee gets a clinch.
Petrescu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McGee avoids it.
McGee blocking some punches.
Petrescu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from McGee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGee.
McGee lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Petrescu blocking some punches.
Petrescu throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrescu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGee's elbow.
Petrescu tries to land a knee to the head but McGee blocks with his arms.
Petrescu missing with knees to the body.
McGee struggles to land a body shot inside as Petrescu controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McGee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Petrescu's brow.
McGee throws a punch but it's blocked by Petrescu.
Petrescu missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from McGee.
McGee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGee lands a nice elbow.
Petrescu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Petrescu ducks under a wild hook from McGee.
Petrescu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've been told by McGee's head coaches at *Shrug* that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
An inside leg kick from Petrescu misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee throws a leg kick that misses.
Petrescu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Petrescu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McGee.
McGee shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McGee avoids the body shot from Petrescu.
Petrescu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McGee on the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Petrescu checks the leg kick.
Petrescu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McGee throws a leg kick that misses.
McGee throws a sloppy head kick and Petrescu moves out of range easily.
McGee moves out of range as Petrescu strikes.
McGee lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Petrescu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McGee checks it well.
Petrescu walks into a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Petrescu moves out of range as McGee throws a body kick.
McGee throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Petrescu to counter with a crisp jab.
McGee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrescu.
Good work by McGee as he checks the leg kick.
McGee tries a low kick but Petrescu avoids it.
Petrescu blocks a jab.
Petrescu misses with a few strikes there.
McGee looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Petrescu digs a good hook to McGee's body.
McGee feints and then cracks Petrescu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Petrescu down.
McGee throws a low kick but it's checked well by Petrescu.
Petrescu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McGee rushes Petrescu and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from McGee - that landed with a thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu misses with a knee strike.
Still in the clinch, Petrescu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Petrescu managing to block the knees to the body from McGee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrescu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Petrescu crunches a lovely knee into McGee's ribcage.
Petrescu takes a shot to the head.
Petrescu jumps guard.
Petrescu managing to control the position.
Petrescu throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sergiu Petrescu will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McGee looks to land a body kick but Petrescu moved away.
McGee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Petrescu - that landed with a thud.
A frustrated look appears on Petrescu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Petrescu.
McGee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Petrescu fails to land.
Petrescu takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McGee.
A nice left hand lands by Petrescu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrescu throws a head punch that misses.
McGee throws an elbow that misses.
Petrescu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McGee managing to block the knees to the body from Petrescu.
McGee tries to throw a body punch but Petrescu avoids it by throwing McGee back against the cage.
Nice body punch from McGee - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Petrescu blocks a body shot from McGee.
McGee blocks a body shot from Petrescu.
Petrescu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Petrescu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McGee can pounce on him.
Petrescu checks a low kick from McGee.
Petrescu is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McGee throws a wild body kick that Petrescu sees coming a mile off.
Petrescu throws a shot from downtown. McGee moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick from McGee misses.
Petrescu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McGee, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu connects with a looping right hand.
McGee scores with a nice strike.
McGee cracks the inside of Petrescu's front leg.
Petrescu lands with an uppercut that bounces McGee off the cage and back into range.
Petrescu lands with an uppercut that bounces McGee off the cage and back into range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Petrescu misses with some punches.
McGee missing with knees to the body.
Petrescu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McGee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Petrescu is working McGee over against the cage.
Petrescu tries to land knees in the clinch but McGee avoids the damage to the body.
Petrescu is trying to pull guard but McGee has him pressed against the cage.
McGee blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu avoiding damage as McGee throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McGee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Petrescu's brow.
Clarence McGee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McGee misses with a punch to the body.
McGee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petrescu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Petrescu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGee pushes Petrescu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McGee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petrescu avoids it.
Petrescu takes a knee to the side of the body.
McGee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Petrescu.
Petrescu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGee.
McGee misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McGee.
Petrescu takes a knee to the side of the body.
McGee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McGee managing to block the knees to the body from Petrescu.
McGee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from McGee.
McGee takes a shot to the head.
Petrescu dodges an elbow strike from McGee.
Petrescu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Petrescu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGee.
A short right from McGee on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Petrescu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clarence McGee dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
McGee misses with a head kick.
Petrescu was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Petrescu throws a looping overhand right but McGee ducks down to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Petrescu checks a leg kick.
Petrescu throws a jab but it's blocked by McGee.
Petrescu throws a leg kick which misses McGee's front leg but catches the back leg as McGee tries to avoid it.
Petrescu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That kick from Petrescu tenderised McGee's leg. McGee is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Petrescu.
The fight stays on the outside here - McGee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McGee throws a sloppy head kick
and Petrescu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Petrescu if he has to take too many more of those.
McGee moves out of range of the body kick from Petrescu.
Petrescu connects with a leg kick. McGee looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McGee wants to clinch but Petrescu slips to the side
and Petrescu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Petrescu misses with a straight right.
Petrescu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Petrescu lands a head shot.
McGee checks the leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Petrescu.
McGee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Petrescu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Petrescu scores with a punch to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu feints and then cracks McGee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McGee down.
Petrescu wants to land a leg kick but McGee is out of range.
McGee moves forwards but Petrescu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McGee throws a low kick, looking for Petrescu's leg but Petrescu calmly moves out of range.
Petrescu loads up on a big right hand but McGee slips the punch.
McGee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Petrescu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McGee misses with a leg kick.
Petrescu was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
McGee misses with a straight right.
McGee moves forwards but Petrescu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McGee tries to land a leg kick but Petrescu saw it coming and moves away.
Petrescu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Petrescu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGee was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrescu.
Petrescu tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slapping body kick lands there for McGee.
McGee scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Petrescu connects with a right hand. McGee shakes it off.
A punch lands to the side of Petrescu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McGee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Petrescu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGee manages to avoid it.
McGee shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Petrescu misses with a right hand
and McGee counters with a leg kick.
McGee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petrescu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGee looks to land a body kick but Petrescu moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Petrescu. That's going to slow McGee down.
McGee moves out of range of the strikes.
McGee throws an off balance right hand
and Petrescu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McGee thinking.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Petrescu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McGee throws a sloppy head kick and Petrescu moves out of range easily.
McGee takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid body kick from McGee.
Petrescu moves out of range of the body kick.
Petrescu dodges the punch combination from McGee.
Petrescu throws a solid leg kick but McGee takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Petrescu.
A big left from Petrescu misses.
McGee throws a quick counter kick to the body but Petrescu avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergiu Petrescu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Petrescu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sergiu Petrescu!
Sergiu Petrescu took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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