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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Negan Finnigan (ranked 3273 p4p, 332 weight class) and Chad Richards (ranked 2203 p4p, 243 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Chad Richards enters the cage!
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165 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
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166 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Negan Finnigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chad Richards!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finnigan moves away from the strike by Richards.
It looked like Finnigan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Richards lands a jab.
Finnigan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Richards is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Richards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Finnigan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Finnigan moves out of range as Richards strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finnigan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Richards lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards pushes Finnigan up against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Richards obliges.
Richards lands a knee to the head.
Richards pushes off an throws an elbow but Finnigan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Finnigan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richards fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Richards.
Richards looking to throw knees to the head but Finnigan is blocking nicely.
Finnigan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Richards misses with a looping right.
Finnigan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Finnigan throws out a loose jab but Richards uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan throws out a loose jab but Richards uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like Richards was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Richards misses with an uppercut. Finnigan saw that one coming.
Finnigan misses with a two punch combination.
Richards lands a jab.
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!
Richards thows a left - swing and a miss!
Richards throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch but Finnigan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richards wants to clinch up but Finnigan keeps it at a distance.
Finnigan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Richards connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards moves out of range as Finnigan strikes.
Finnigan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Richards.
Richards ducks under a wild hook from Finnigan.
A punch lands to the side of Finnigan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Richards lands with an uppercut that bounces Finnigan off the cage and back into range.
Richards catches Finnigan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Finnigan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Finnigan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Finnigan moves out of range of the strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Finnigan misses its target.
Richards fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Finnigan, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richards fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richards lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Finnigan or not.
Richards landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Richards lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finnigan effectively controlling the action here.
Richards lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Negan Finnigan has been cut.
Richards pushes off an throws an elbow but Finnigan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Finnigan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Richards misses with the combination.
Richards wants to clinch but Finnigan slips to the side
and Finnigan counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Richards dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Negan Finnigan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Richards misses with a combination
and Finnigan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Richards darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A cross from Richards lands.
Negan Finnigan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Finnigan drops his hands momentarily and Richards takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Finnigan slips a jab and a cross from Richards.
Finnigan throws out a loose jab but Richards uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Chad Richards seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Finnigan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Finnigan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Richards throws a combination. Finnigan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Finnigan throws a hook to the side of Richards's head but Richards sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Richards swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Richards fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Finnigan is looking to counter punch.
Finnigan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Richards.
Nice jab there from Finnigan.
Richards feints a jab promting Finnigan to slip. Richards then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Finnigan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finnigan blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Richards finds it's way through Finnigan's defenses.
Richards throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Finnigan counters with a straight right hand.
Richards has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Richards jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Finnigan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Richards.
Richards wants to clinch.
Richards takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards misses with a series of wild punches.
Richards drives through and clinches with Finnigan against the cage.
Richards is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Richards tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Richards using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Finnigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finnigan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Richards lands a right hand that snaps the head of Finnigan backwards.
Richards lands an elbow inside.
Finnigan blocks an uppercut.
Finnigan wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan working hard to break the clinch.
Finnigan blocking some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Finnigan.
Richards tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Richards misses with a knee to the head.
Finnigan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Richards lands a shoulder strike.
Richards lands a nice uppercut.
Finnigan blocks a body shot from Richards.
Richards lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Richards.
Richards landing knees to the head.
Finnigan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richards misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Richards showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Negan Finnigan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch but Finnigan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Finnigan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richards.
Richards throws out a counter right but Finnigan avoids it with no problem.
Finnigan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Richards throws a looping overhand right but Finnigan ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Finnigan was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Richards throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Richards might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Good standup being displayed there by Richards as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finnigan connects with a body shot.
Finnigan throws a nice looking combination but Richards bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Richards throws a series of punches but Finnigan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnigan feints a jab promting Richards to slip. Finnigan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Richards slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Finnigan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Finnigan defending well as Richards loads up on a big left hand.
Richards looks to land a right hand but Finnigan moved out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Finnigan.
Richards swinging wildly here.
Finnigan slips a straight right by Richards.
Finnigan dodges the punch combination from Richards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Richards counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Richards walks into a stiff left hand from Finnigan.
A big right from Finnigan misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richards has Finnigan up against the cage in a clinch.
Chad Richards seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Richards lands a right hand.
Richards unloads a knee to the mid-section. Finnigan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Richards misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finnigan pushes Richards back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Richards misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Finnigan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Finnigan prevents a body shot from Richards.
Richards misses with the head strike.
Richards fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richards fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richards letting Finnigan take a breather here.
Richards misses with some punches.
Richards doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Finnigan scores with a shoulder strike.
Finnigan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Richards misses with a hook from the clinch.
Finnigan lands with a light punch inside.
Chad Richards is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Richards just misses with a elbow thrown towards Finnigan's brow.
Richards has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Richards scores a nice knee to the body.
Finnigan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Finnigan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Negan Finnigan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richards being controlled against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chad Richards.
Well Richards has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chad Richards!
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energy
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