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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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160 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Solomon Grundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan McCarthy!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grundy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grundy lands a nice shot to the body.
McCarthy ducks under a wild hook from Grundy.
McCarthy avoids the body shot from Grundy.
Ryan McCarthy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCarthy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good exchange - McCarthy coming out on top.
Grundy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCarthy.
McCarthy misses with the combination.
Nice jab there from McCarthy.
McCarthy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCarthy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grundy was well out of range. Poor timing from McCarthy.
Grundy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McCarthy.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCarthy. Grundy does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grundy throwing a counter right hand but McCarthy manages to avoid it.
Grundy misses with an uppercut
and McCarthy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McCarthy cracks a nice hook into Grundy's ribs.
Grundy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A decent looking cross lands there for Grundy.
Grundy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCarthy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCarthy keeps the fight on the outside.
A countering left hand to the body from McCarthy misses.
McCarthy scores with a leg kick.
McCarthy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grundy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McCarthy.
Grundy tries to clinch up but McCarthy circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy looks to land a combination but Grundy avoids it well.
A counter left hand to the body from Grundy misses its target.
Grundy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McCarthy. McCarthy obviously looking to wear him down.
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!
Grundy misses the shot to the body.
McCarthy throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Grundy counter with a right hand.
McCarthy throws a right and a left that Grundy avoids nicely.
McCarthy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grundy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McCarthy thinking.
Grundy moves away from the strike by McCarthy.
It looked like Grundy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCarthy looks to score with a jab to the body but Grundy is just out of range.
Grundy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCarthy.
McCarthy scores with a head kick. Grundy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Grundy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCarthy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grundy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Grundy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCarthy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grundy rather than just go for the knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from McCarthy misses.
Grundy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCarthy.
McCarthy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grundy manages to avoid it.
Grundy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Grundy blocks a jab.
Grundy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCarthy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Grundy misses.
Grundy ducks under a wild hook from McCarthy.
Grundy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McCarthy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A low kick from McCarthy misses
letting Grundy counter with a right hand.
McCarthy takes a swing at Grundy's ribcage but misses.
McCarthy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grundy manages to avoid it.
Grundy lands the left hand.
McCarthy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grundy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grundy lands a jab to the nose.
Good work by Grundy as he checks the leg kick.
McCarthy looks to throw the jab but Grundy is out of range.
As McCarthy tries to get set, Grundy tries to push him back and clinch up but McCarthy manages to avoid the attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grundy thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCarthy misses with a body shot.
Grundy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
McCarthy jabs Grundy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grundy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grundy tries to clinch up.
McCarthy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grundy.
McCarthy misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan McCarthy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Grundy lands with a shot to the body.
Grundy looks to score with a jab to the body but McCarthy is just out of range.
A nice side step and McCarthy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Grundy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Grundy misses with a hook. McCarthy ducked under it nicely.
McCarthy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grundy.
Nice straight punches there by McCarthy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McCarthy.
McCarthy avoids the body shot from Grundy.
McCarthy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grundy lands with a nice combination. McCarthy backs away looking to recover.
McCarthy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Grundy misses with a body shot.
Grundy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCarthy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCarthy throws a lazy uppercut
and Grundy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McCarthy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Grundy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Grundy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McCarthy takes one on the button.
McCarthy digs a good body shot into Grundy's ribs.
McCarthy works Grundy's body with a nice hook.
McCarthy throws a front kick aimed at Grundy's knee but Grundy avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCarthy. Grundy does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCarthy looks to score with a jab to the body but Grundy is just out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for McCarthy.
McCarthy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grundy.
No joy there for McCarthy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McCarthy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Grundy swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from McCarthy.
McCarthy throws a body punch but Grundy moves out of range.
Grundy lands with an uppercut that bounces McCarthy off the cage and back into range.
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!
McCarthy slips under a jab.
McCarthy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Grundy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Grundy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Grundy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grundy tries to clinch but McCarthy is having none of it.
Grundy wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McCarthy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McCarthy swings for the body but Grundy moves out of range.
McCarthy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grundy.
Grundy thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCarthy misses with a body punch
and Grundy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCarthy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grundy.
McCarthy takes a swing at Grundy's ribcage but misses.
McCarthy throws out a leg kick but Grundy moves out of range and McCarthy only half commits.
McCarthy fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy throws a shot from downtown. Grundy moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Grundy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McCarthy misses with a wild body shot.
Grundy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A head kick by McCarthy misses
and Grundy counters with a stiff right hand.
Grundy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grundy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McCarthy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McCarthy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McCarthy is looking to score with low kicks.
A little feinted left hand from Grundy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McCarthy throws a series of punches but Grundy moves out of range.
Grundy swings widly with a right hand
and McCarthy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grundy cracks McCarthy with a good jab.
A shot to the body from McCarthy misses
and Grundy moves into the clinch.
Grundy just leaning against McCarthy, taking a breather.
McCarthy tries to stall but Grundy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McCarthy breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Solomon Grundy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
McCarthy ducks under a wild hook from Grundy.
McCarthy misses with a body shot.
Grundy misses with a two punch combination.
McCarthy lands with a slapping head kick.
McCarthy misses with a low kick as Grundy jumps back.
McCarthy misses with a two punch combination.
Grundy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grundy lands a nice looking body shot.
Grundy throws a shot from downtown. McCarthy moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Grundy misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarthy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grundy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McCarthy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCarthy circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCarthy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Grundy with a body shot.
Grundy loads up on a big right hand but McCarthy slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grundy checks a leg kick.
Nice body punch from McCarthy.
McCarthy misses with a two punch combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Grundy as he connects with a hook.
Grundy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McCarthy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grundy.
Grundy cracks McCarthy with a good jab.
Grundy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCarthy.
McCarthy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grundys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Grundy lands with a nice combination. McCarthy backs away looking to recover.
McCarthy just misses with a punch to the body.
McCarthy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McCarthy there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCarthy swings for the body but Grundy moves out of range.
McCarthy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCarthy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McCarthy avoids the body shot from Grundy.
Grundy checks a low kick from McCarthy.
McCarthy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Grundy eats them both and turns towards McCarthy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Grundy moves in looking to clinch but McCarthy pushes him off.
Grundy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCarthy scores with a one two! Grundy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Grundy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grundy checks a leg kick.
McCarthy misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundy ducks under a wild hook from McCarthy.
McCarthy throws a body punch but Grundy moves out of range.
It looked like Grundy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCarthy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grundy is looking for a counter combo.
McCarthy misses with a looping left.
McCarthy tries to keep at a distance but Grundy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grundy tries to work over McCarthy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Grundy misses.
Grundy darts in and clinches McCarthy up against the cage.
Grundy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McCarthys head.
McCarthy tries to break the clinch but Grundy is controlling the position.
McCarthy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on McCarthy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McCarthy is trying to break the clinch but Grundy is controlling him.
McCarthy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grundy has McCarthy pressed against the cage, preventing McCarthy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McCarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grundy swings for the body but McCarthy moves out of range.
McCarthy throws an off balance right hand
and Grundy counters with a straight right hand.
Grundy loads up on a big right hand but McCarthy slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCarthy! But no joy.
McCarthy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Grundy avoids the head kick by McCarthy.
McCarthy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grundy connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCarthy throws a right hand that Grundy ducks under and follows up with a left that Grundy also avoids with ease.
McCarthy throws a leg kick
and Grundy counters with a straight right hand.
Grundy looks to score with a jab to the body but McCarthy is just out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryan McCarthy.
I think McCarthy 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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