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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gareth McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCall has chosen Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife as his entrance music. 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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154 lbs
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dick Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gareth McCall!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner dodges the punch combination from McCall.
Tanner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tanner fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCall shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tanner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good leg kick by McCall there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tanner connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tanner avoids the head kick by McCall.
Tanner has taken the fight to the clinch.
McCall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCall lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tanner backwards.
McCall lands a nice elbow.
Tanner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tanner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tanner tries to clinch
and McCall counters with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner throws a hook but McCall blocks it.
Tanner takes one on the button.
McCall misses with the combination.
Tanner defending well as McCall loads up on a big left hand.
Tanner looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
McCall looks to land a right hand but Tanner moved out of range.
Tanner fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCall closes the distance and clinches.
Tanner avoids the elbow strike from McCall, against the cage.
Tanner manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from McCall.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tanner has closed the distance and engaged McCall in a clinch.
Tanner with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner is trying to force a seperation but McCall has the dominant position.
McCall manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tanner manages to break the clinch.
McCall throws an overhand right that lands on Tanner's shoulder, as Tanner tries to avoid the shot.
McCall is looking to land body kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanner is looking to clinch but McCall is avoiding it.
McCall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tanner seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tanner moves into the clinch.
McCall lands with a short shot to the head.
McCall throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCall looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McCall lands an elbow that stopped Tanner in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Dick Tanner has been cut.
Tanner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tanner wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall throws a wild body kick that Tanner sees coming a mile off.
Tanner throwing a counter right hand but McCall manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from McCall.
McCall drops his hands momentarily and Tanner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tanner is looking to clinch but McCall is avoiding it.
Some bone on bone action there as Tanner checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tanner moves in looking to clinch but McCall pushes him off.
Tanner fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCall swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tanner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCall looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McCall misses with a hook
and Tanner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Tanner misses.
McCall let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McCall throws a lazy head kick
and Tanner counters with a thumping low kick.
Tanner scores with a crisp jab that stopped McCall in his tracks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tanner moves in looking to clinch but McCall pushes him off.
Tanner scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCall keeps the fight on the outside.
McCall throws out a counter right but Tanner avoids it with no problem.
Tanner tries to clinch up but McCall circles away and keeps his distance.
McCall pushes Tanner up against the cage in a clinch.
McCall will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tanner up against the cage.
McCall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike.
McCall can't find room to land a body shot as Tanner controls the action.
Tanner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
McCall slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gareth McCall will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dick Tanner's cut.
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.
McCall tries to clinch but Tanner is having none of it.
Tanner blocks a low kick nicely.
Tanner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McCall. That did some damage!
Tanner wants to clinch.
McCall clinches.
Tanner blocks a body shot from McCall.
Tanner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCall.
McCall lands a body shot.
Tanner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCall misses with a kick to the body.
Tanner walks into a straight right hand from McCall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tanner instigates a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McCall lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tanner backwards.
McCall lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCall.
McCall lands a right hand.
McCall throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCall.
Tanner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tanner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCall has him pressed against the cage.
McCall lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McCall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tanner's brow.
McCall struggles to land a body shot inside as Tanner controls his hands.
Tanner lands an elbow inside that McCall shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McCall tries a body shot but Tanner blocks it.
McCall misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCall stalling in the clinch.
Gareth McCall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCall misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCall misses with an elbow strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tanner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tanner manages to break the clinch.
Tanner lands a right hook to the body.
McCall swats away the attempt to clinch by Tanner.
Tanner moves in looking to clinch but McCall pushes him off.
McCall fails to land with a series of punches.
McCall fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tanner is out of range.
It looked like Tanner wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCall misses with a hook.
Tanner was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tanner takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
McCall gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tanner wants to get back to striking at distance but McCall won't allow it.
McCall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tanner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slapping body kick lands there for McCall.
McCall scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tanner in his tracks.
McCall throws a sloppy head kick and Tanner moves out of range easily.
McCall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCall connects with the punch.
A slow jab from Tanner misses its intended target.
Tanner forces McCall back against the cage and clinches.
Tanner landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanner is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall blocks an elbow strike from Tanner.
Tanner breaks from the clinch.
McCall misses with a hook. Tanner ducked under it nicely.
McCall checks the leg kick.
It seemed like McCall was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tanner doesn't manage to clinch there - McCall circles away.
Tanner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McCall momentarily.
Tanner lands a really nice looking cross but McCall seems unphased.
Tanner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tanner looks to land a combination but McCall avoids it well.
Tanner is looking to clinch but McCall is avoiding it.
McCall throws a push kick but Tanner slaps the foot to one side.
McCall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gareth McCall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCall throws the left hand but Tanner avoids the punch easily.
McCall connects with a jab.
Tanner is looking to clinch but McCall is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth McCall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dick Tanner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
McCall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCall swings for the body but Tanner moves out of range.
Tanner has managed to clinch.
McCall slowing the pace effectively.
McCall wants to stall.
McCall is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McCall looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCall taking a breather.
Stalling in the clinch from McCall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gareth McCall.
Tanner drives through and clinches with McCall against the cage.
Tanner wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCall tries a knee to the head but Tanner blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall lands a knee to the body.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike from McCall.
McCall unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McCall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tanner's elbow.
McCall struggles to land a body shot inside as Tanner controls his hands.
McCall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanner.
Tanner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short left from McCall.
Tanner is trying to force a seperation but McCall has the dominant position.
Tanner prevents a body shot from McCall.
McCall throws an elbow but it misses.
McCall tries to work over Tanner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McCall's defenses.
Tanner avoids a wild elbow strike from McCall.
Tanner tries to break the clinch but McCall is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCall.
Tanner has had enough of the clinch but McCall keeps him there for the moment.
McCall stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McCall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McCall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tanner's brow.
Tanner blocks the elbow strike.
McCall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tanner's elbow.
McCall misses with an elbow strike.
McCall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tanner throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall tries a body shot but Tanner blocks it.
Tanner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tanner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McCall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tanner lands a jab-cross combination.
McCall takes one to the side of the head.
McCall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McCall tries to work over Tanner's front leg with a kick but Tanner checks it.
McCall scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tanner tries to clinch but McCall moves out of range.
Tanner scores with a jab to the body.
Dick Tanner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Tanner misses the target.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. McCall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tanner is looking to clinch but McCall is avoiding it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCall moves in looking to clinch but Tanner pushes him off.
Nice cross by Tanner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner ducks under a wild hook from McCall.
Tanner throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McCall slips a jab from Tanner.
Tanner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tanner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McCall blocks a low kick nicely.
McCall is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tanner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCall takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McCall is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tanner digs a good hook to McCall's body.
McCall lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tanner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCall throws out a counter right but Tanner avoids it with no problem.
Tanner slips a jab from McCall.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dick Tanner.
I think McCall 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dick Tanner!
Dick Tanner was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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