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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clarence McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayes comes into the arena with Blood Warriors blaring out of the sound system. Clarence McGee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Hayes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clarence McGee!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've been informed that McGee 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.
Hayes tries to pull guard but McGee holds him up against the cage and eventually Hayes drops back down to his feet.
McGee avoiding damage as Hayes throws knees to the body.
Hayes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McGee avoids it.
McGee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hayes jumps guard but McGee turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hayes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hayes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hayes tries to work over McGee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hayes takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGee connects with a knee to the head.
Hayes tries to pull guard but McGee forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Hayes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hayes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGee.
McGee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hayes tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. McGee smiles and moves away.
Hayes sizes up McGee with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Clarence McGee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hayes looks to land a left hand but McGee moved out of range nicely.
McGee steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hayes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McGee.
McGee connects with an inside leg kick.
Hayes 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.
Hayes dives in and scores a takedown into McGee's guard.
Hayes trying to control but McGee is working from the bottom.
Hayes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hayes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McGee is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hayes.
McGee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hayes trying to control the position from guard on top but McGee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hayes stopping the sweep attempt from McGee.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hayes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McGee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hayes wants to control from the top but McGee keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Michael Hayes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hayes misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayes misses with an uppercut. McGee saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. McGee defends it nicely.
McGee tries to clinch there but Hayes circles away.
Hayes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McGee blocks a jab.
McGee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hayes.
McGee rushes Hayes and presses him up against the cage.
McGee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hayes's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee blocks an uppercut.
McGee throws a punch but it's blocked by Hayes.
Hayes missing with knees to the body.
Hayes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hayes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hayes misses with a knee to the head.
McGee lands an elbow that stopped Hayes in his tracks for a moment.
McGee misses with a knee strike.
McGee lands a knee to the body.
McGee trying to land knees to the body.
McGee tries a knee to the head but Hayes blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
Hayes lands a damaging elbow.
McGee avoiding damage as Hayes throws knees to the body.
McGee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hayes avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clarence McGee dominated that round.
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.
Hayes misses with a looping right.
Hayes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGee.
McGee slips under a jab.
McGee counters with a body kick.
McGee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McGee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hayes misses with a hook.
Hayes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hayes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hayes misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee looks to land a body kick but Hayes moved away.
McGee slips a jab from Hayes.
Hayes missing with a left hand there. McGee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGee staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGee.
Nice jab there from Hayes.
A clash of legs there as Hayes blocks the low kick.
Donk. McGee catches Hayes right on the button with a cross.
McGee clinches.
Hayes missing with knees to the body.
McGee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGee avoiding damage as Hayes throws knees to the body.
McGee scores a nice knee to the body.
Hayes misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee landing knees to the body.
McGee connects with a knee to the head.
McGee is leaning against Hayes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McGee prevents a body shot from Hayes.
Hayes takes an elbow to the temple.
McGee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McGee blocks a body shot from Hayes.
Hayes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGee.
McGee misses with a punch to the body.
McGee trying to land knees to the body.
McGee misses with an elbow over the top.
McGee lands an uppercut.
Hayes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGee looking to throw knees to the head but Hayes is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGee.
McGee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hayes blocks it with crossed arms.
McGee tries to land knees in the clinch but Hayes avoids the damage to the body.
McGee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGee misses with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from McGee as the two fighters clinch.
McGee missing with knees to the body.
Hayes fails to pull guard.
McGee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McGee tries to land a knee to the head but Hayes blocks with his arms.
McGee blocks an elbow strike.
Hayes has a couple of punches blocked by McGee.
Hayes tries to pull guard but McGee forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hayes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hayes managing to block the knees to the body from McGee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hayes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGee crunches a lovely knee into Hayes's ribcage.
Hayes is trying to pull guard but McGee turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Hayes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGee missing with knees to the body.
Hayes missing with knees to the body.
Hayes tries to pull guard but McGee forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hayes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Hayes.
A left hand lands to the body for McGee.
Clarence McGee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayes struggles to land a body shot inside as McGee controls his hands.
McGee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hayes backwards.
Hayes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hayes dives in and scores a takedown into McGee's guard.
Hayes slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clarence McGee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hayes misses with an uppercut.
Hayes cracks a nice hook into McGee's ribs.
McGee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hayes.
McGee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hayes scores with a nice strike.
Hayes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayes looks to land a left hand but McGee moved out of range nicely.
Hayes lands a glancing blow to the side of McGee's head.
Hayes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McGee tries to counter with a clinch but Hayes shakes him off and moves away.
McGee tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hayes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGee misses the jab.
McGee throws a solid leg kick but Hayes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McGee.
An attempted straight right counter from Hayes misses the target.
McGee doesn't manage to clinch there - Hayes circles away.
McGee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hayes throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McGee throws a half hearted mid kick.
McGee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McGee fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hayes checks it well.
Hayes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hayes checks the leg kick.
Hayes thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hayes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGee was well out of range. Poor timing from Hayes.
Hayes throws the left hand but McGee avoids the punch easily.
McGee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hayes just misses with a elbow thrown towards McGee's brow.
Hayes blocks an uppercut.
McGee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hayes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hayes lands a good knee to the midsection. McGee won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hayes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hayes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hayes tries to pull guard but McGee forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee tries to land knees in the clinch but Hayes avoids the damage to the body.
Hayes trying to land knees to the body.
McGee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hayes managing to block the knees to the body from McGee.
McGee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McGee managing to block the knees to the body from Hayes.
McGee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hayes lands a knee to the body.
Hayes missing with knees to the body.
McGee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hayes tries to throw a body punch but McGee avoids it by throwing Hayes back against the cage.
Hayes avoiding damage as McGee throws knees to the body.
Hayes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGee lands an elbow just above Hayes 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee lands an elbow just above Hayes 's eye.
Hayes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hayes pulls guard successfully.
Hayes looking for a guillotine here but McGee defends easily.
McGee's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hayes throws his legs up looking for a submission but McGee uses it to pass to side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but McGee wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Michael Hayes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Hayes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McGee 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clarence McGee!
Clarence McGee bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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