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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy McLarnin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Squiggy Squirrelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Squiggy Squirrelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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183 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy McLarnin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Squiggy Squirrelly! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! McLarnin tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Squirrelly defends well and McLarnin ends up having to push Squirrelly into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch. McLarnin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. McLarnin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Squirrelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Squirrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Squirrelly misses with a body shot.
McLarnin throwing a counter right hand but Squirrelly manages to avoid it. McLarnin scores with a jab to the head.
McLarnin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Squirrelly. A looping hook to the body misses from McLarnin. Squirrelly does a little dance to reset his feet. Squirrelly takes a swing at McLarnin's ribcage but misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Squirrelly lands with a nice combination. McLarnin backs away looking to recover. McLarnin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Squirrelly.
Squiggy Squirrelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Squirrelly throws a hook to the side of McLarnin's head but McLarnin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. McLarnin throwing a counter right hand but Squirrelly manages to avoid it. 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! McLarnin cracks Squirrelly with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Squirrelly throws a body kick that misses. Squirrelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McLarnin. McLarnin throws a big counter combination but Squirrelly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. McLarnin takes a body punch but keeps moving. Squirrelly 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. Squirrelly is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McLarnin rather than just go for the knockout. McLarnin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrelly.
Squirrelly clobbers McLarnin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Squirrelly scores with a hook to the body. McLarnin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. McLarnin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Squirrelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Squirrelly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Squirrelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. McLarnin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Squirrelly moves away. Squirrelly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. McLarnin looks to land a right hand but Squirrelly moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. McLarnin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. McLarnin throws a body punch but Squirrelly moves out of range. This has been an exciting period of action! McLarnin ducks under a wild hook from Squirrelly. Squirrelly scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice uppercut there from Squirrelly. Squirrelly moves away from the strike by McLarnin. Squirrelly scores with a hook to the body. McLarnin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Squirrelly scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Squirrelly lands a really nice looking cross but McLarnin seems unphased.
Squirrelly throws a shot to the body.
Squirrelly moves out of range of the strikes. Squirrelly misses with a hook. McLarnin ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Squirrelly connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Squirrelly lands a leg kick that knocks McLarnin off balance momentarily. Squirrelly throws out a loose jab but McLarnin uses good head movement to avoid it. Squirrelly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. A swing and a miss from Squirrelly. Squirrelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Squirrelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Squirrelly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. McLarnin with a poor takedown letting Squirrelly counter with a right hand. McLarnin looks to score with a jab to the body but Squirrelly is just out of range. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Squirrelly! But no joy. Squirrelly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Squirrelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Squirrelly doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Squirrelly misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Squirrelly looks to land a left hand but McLarnin moved out of range nicely. Squiggy Squirrelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. McLarnin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McLarnin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Squirrelly misses with a right hand and McLarnin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. McLarnin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Squirrelly misses with a low kick.
McLarnin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect. Squirrelly scores with a jab to the body. Squirrelly misses the jab. McLarnin is looking to counter with head kicks. Squirrelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Squirrelly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Squirrelly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Squirrelly duly obliges. Squirrelly misses the shot to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Squiggy Squirrelly dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Squirrelly, as that shot connected.
McLarnin avoids the body shot from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly stuns McLarnin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. McLarnin misses with a double jab.
Squirrelly lands a front kick. Squirrelly misses with a wild body shot. McLarnin throwing a counter right hand but Squirrelly manages to avoid it. McLarnin drives through and clinches with Squirrelly against the cage.
Squirrelly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Squirrelly can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Squirrelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Squirrelly misses with a few strikes there.
Squirrelly throws a poor cross that misses
and McLarnin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice defenses there by McLarnin. A little feinted left hand from McLarnin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Squirrelly scores with a push kick. Squirrelly scores with a leg kick.
Squirrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body. McLarnin walks into a jab. McLarnin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Squirrelly scores with a kick to the midsection. Squirrelly clobbers McLarnin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Squirrelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McLarnin at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! McLarnin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Squirrelly - the referee stops the clock and McLarnin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Squirrelly. McLarnin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Squirrelly takes a swing at McLarnin's ribcage but misses. McLarnin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Squirrelly lands with a nice body kick. Squirrelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McLarnin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. 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! Squirrelly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Squirrelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Squirrelly scores with a push kick. McLarnin checks a low kick from Squirrelly. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Squirrelly, right into the meat.
McLarnin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. McLarnin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Squirrelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far. McLarnin moves out of range of the strikes. Squiggy Squirrelly seems to be getting the better of the standup. Squirrelly misses with a hook to the body
and McLarnin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Squirrelly lands with a good body shot. Squirrelly scores with a head kick.
Squirrelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Squirrelly cracks the inside of McLarnin's front leg. Jimmy McLarnin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round. McLarnin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Squirrelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. McLarnin throws a head kick that misses. McLarnin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Squirrelly throws a body shot but no joy. McLarnin is looking to counter punch. Squirrelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McLarnin. Squirrelly misses with a lunging right hand
and McLarnin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Squirrelly swings and misses with a shot to the body and McLarnin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Squirrelly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Squirrelly throws a head kick but McLarnin moves out of range.
McLarnin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrelly.
It looked like McLarnin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. McLarnin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body. McLarnin walks into a straight right hand from Squirrelly. Squirrelly takes a swing at McLarnin's ribcage but misses. It looked like McLarnin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Squirrelly throws a body punch but McLarnin moves out of range. McLarnin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter. McLarnin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Squirrelly. McLarnin thows a left - swing and a miss! It seemed like Squirrelly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. McLarnin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Squirrelly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Squirrelly tries to bum rush McLarnin with a series of wild strikes but McLarnin uses good footwork to avoid the assault. McLarnin is looking to counter punch. McLarnin swings widly with a right hand
enabling Squirrelly to counter with a crisp jab. Squirrelly throws a jab but it's blocked by McLarnin. Squirrelly throws a hook to the side of McLarnin's head but McLarnin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. McLarnin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. McLarnin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLarnin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. McLarnin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Squiggy Squirrelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Squirrelly jabbing away but nothing is landing. Squirrelly cracks a nice hook into McLarnin's ribs. McLarnin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. An attempted straight right counter from McLarnin misses the target. Squirrelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Squirrelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Squirrelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Squirrelly cracks McLarnin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Squirrelly thuds a left hand into McLarnin's body. Squirrelly tries a head kick but it misses.
McLarnin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Squirrelly avoids the head kick by McLarnin.
Squirrelly flicks out a counter leg kick but McLarnin steps away. McLarnin misses with a hook. Squirrelly ducked under it nicely. Squirrelly lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. A decent looking body kick lands there for Squirrelly. Squirrelly cracks McLarnin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round. Squirrelly throws a big shot that misses. Squirrelly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. McLarnin scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Squirrelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Squirrelly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. McLarnin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Squirrelly connects with a looping right hand.
McLarnin blocks the body kick.
McLarnin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. McLarnin throws a sloppy head kick and Squirrelly counters with a slapping leg kick. Squirrelly misses with a head kick.
Squirrelly connects with a leg kick. McLarnin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. McLarnin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrelly.
As Squirrelly looks to move away, McLarnin throws a big counter combo but Squirrelly just gets out of the way. Nice defenses there by Squirrelly. McLarnin takes a body punch but keeps moving. McLarnin staying out of range there. McLarnin takes one on the button. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Squirrelly lands a leg kick that knocks McLarnin off balance momentarily. McLarnin looks to throw the jab but Squirrelly is out of range. Squirrelly scoring well with a low kick there.
McLarnin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. McLarnin takes the fight into the clinch. Squirrelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Squirrelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McLarnin moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Jimmy McLarnin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Squirrelly leaves McLarnin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. McLarnin checks the leg kick nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Squirrelly. Squirrelly throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Squiggy Squirrelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. McLarnin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Squirrelly throws out the jab. Squirrelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Squirrelly. A punch combination from McLarnin misses. McLarnin tries to clinch up and Squirrelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. McLarnin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Squirrelly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Squirrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Squirrelly stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Squirrelly wants it to stay on the feet. Squirrelly misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Squirrelly throws a poor cross that misses
and McLarnin counters with a left to the body. Squirrelly misses with a head kick.
Squirrelly scores with a body shot.
Squirrelly looks to score with a jab to the body but McLarnin is just out of range. McLarnin moves away from the strike by Squirrelly. McLarnin misses with a wild combination.
And that's the end of the fight! Squiggy Squirrelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I've got Squirrelly winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Antenori scores the fight 27:30 Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30 Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Squiggy Squirrelly!
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energy
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hype
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