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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Adkins (ranked 5421 p4p, 533 weight class) and Corey Mcgraugh (ranked 2803 p4p, 314 weight class). 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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185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Adkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Corey Mcgraugh!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adkins connects with a leg kick. Mcgraugh looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mcgraugh throws a body shot but no joy.
Mcgraugh just misses with a punch to the body.
Mcgraugh's coach down at The House of Pain was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Mcgraugh's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Adkins feints and then cracks Mcgraugh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mcgraugh down.
Mcgraugh with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Adkins to score with a decent uppercut.
Adkins throws a leg kick that misses.
Adkins sets himself, and Mcgraugh steps forward looking for the clinch! Adkins avoids it this time.
Mcgraugh throws the left hand but Adkins avoids the punch easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Adkins.
Mcgraugh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adkins.
Mcgraugh checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Adkins attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mcgraugh is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Adkins looks to land a combination but Mcgraugh avoids it well.
Mcgraugh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adkins.
Adkins throws a chopping leg kick but Mcgraugh manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Adkins has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Adkins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mcgraugh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mcgraugh clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mcgraugh misses with some punches.
Mcgraugh working aggressively here.
Mcgraugh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adkins throws a front kick aimed at Mcgraugh's knee but Mcgraugh avoids it well.
Adkins misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mcgraugh thuds a left hand into Adkins's body.
Adkins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mcgraugh keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Mcgraugh blocks the low kick.
Mcgraugh throws a looping overhand right but Adkins ducks down to avoid it.
Adkins connects with a right hand. Mcgraugh shakes it off.
Mcgraugh lands with a nice body punch.
Adkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Adkins avoids the body shot from Mcgraugh.
Adkins gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mcgraugh fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Adkins checks it well.
Adkins displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mcgraugh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Mcgraugh blocks the leg kick.
Adkins misses the shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Adkins 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 Mcgraugh has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mcgraugh and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Adkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Adkins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mcgraugh moves into the clinch.
Mcgraugh scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adkins is trying to break the clinch but Mcgraugh is controlling him.
Adkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scott Adkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcgraugh defending well as Adkins loads up on a big left hand.
Mcgraugh misses with a double jab.
Adkins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Adkins misses with a hook
and Mcgraugh connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mcgraugh throws a leg kick which misses Adkins's front leg but catches the back leg as Adkins tries to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Mcgraugh blocks the low kick.
Adkins throws a body punch but Mcgraugh moves out of range.
Mcgraugh tries to counter by closing the distance.
Adkins tried to score with a low kick but Mcgraugh checks it.
Mcgraugh on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mcgraugh misses with a looping right.
Adkins with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mcgraugh to score with a decent uppercut.
Mcgraugh misses with a low kick.
Mcgraugh drives through and clinches with Adkins against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adkins tries to circle away but Mcgraugh has him pinned against the cage.
Mcgraugh misses with a punch on the inside.
Mcgraugh cracks Adkins with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh lands with a light punch inside.
Adkins is breathing heavily.
Mcgraugh scores with a shot to the side of Adkins's head.
Adkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Mcgraugh has double underhooks.
Adkins working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mcgraugh manages to break the clinch.
Adkins misses with a low kick.
Mcgraugh fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Adkins, pushing him back against the cage.
Adkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Mcgraugh has double underhooks.
Adkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Mcgraugh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adkins tried to score with a low kick but Mcgraugh checks it.
An inside leg kick from Mcgraugh misses.
Adkins tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Mcgraugh misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adkins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mcgraugh checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Adkins throws a series of punches but Mcgraugh avoids them all with ease.
Mcgraugh missing with a left hand there. Adkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adkins feints and then cracks Mcgraugh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mcgraugh down.
Mcgraugh has managed to clinch.
Mcgraugh gets through Adkins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adkins avoids a wild elbow strike from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh working aggressively here.
Mcgraugh lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adkins avoids the elbow strike from Mcgraugh, against the cage.
A short right from Mcgraugh.
Adkins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adkins has had enough of the clinch but Mcgraugh keeps him there for the moment.
A short left from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mcgraugh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adkins backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adkins working hard to break the clinch.
Mcgraugh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mcgraugh prevents Adkins from breaking the clinch.
Adkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mcgraugh lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corey Mcgraugh dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mcgraugh swings for the body but Adkins moves out of range.
Adkins tried to score with a low kick but Mcgraugh checks it.
Adkins thows a leg kick but Mcgraugh checks it
and Mcgraugh counters with an outside leg kick.
Adkins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mcgraugh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Adkins defending well as Mcgraugh loads up on a big left hand.
Mcgraugh misses with an uppercut.
Mcgraugh throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Adkins throws a hook but Mcgraugh avoids it easily.
Adkins throws out a leg kick but Mcgraugh moves out of range and Adkins only half commits.
Mcgraugh staying out of range there.
Mcgraugh throws out a counter right but Adkins avoids it with no problem.
Mcgraugh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adkins.
Mcgraugh cracks Adkins with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcgraugh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mcgraugh digs a right hand into Adkins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adkins's gas tank.
Corey Mcgraugh seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mcgraugh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mcgraugh lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Mcgraugh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mcgraugh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgraugh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh is leaning against Adkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mcgraugh just leaning against Adkins, taking a breather.
Mcgraugh digs a right hand underneath Adkins's ribcage. Adkins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mcgraugh breaks from the clinch.
Mcgraugh pivots, looking for a leg kick but Adkins is out of range and Mcgraugh settles back down.
Mcgraugh throws an overhand right that lands on Adkins's shoulder, as Adkins tries to avoid the shot.
Adkins went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Mcgraugh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mcgraugh closes the distance and clinches.
Mcgraugh scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mcgraugh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adkins backwards.
Mcgraugh is leaning against Adkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mcgraugh cracks Adkins with a nice body shot.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mcgraugh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adkins backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcgraugh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mcgraugh is working Adkins over against the cage.
Mcgraugh lands with a right to the head.
Mcgraugh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh gets through Adkins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adkins tries to break free but Mcgraugh pushes him back against the cage.
Mcgraugh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adkins backwards.
Mcgraugh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Adkins blocks the elbow strike.
Mcgraugh lands with a short shot to the head.
Mcgraugh breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Mcgraugh.
Adkins is rocked!
Adkins misses with a body punch
and Mcgraugh counters with a huge right that knocks Adkins out cold! Mcgraugh is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Corey Mcgraugh!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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