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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam McCullen (ranked 1894 p4p, 223 weight class) and Andriy Voronin (ranked 1804 p4p, 216 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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202 lbs
13 - 8 - 1 |
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
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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
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Sam McCullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andriy Voronin!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voronin wants to clinch.
McCullen throws a head kick but Voronin moves out of range.
Voronin rushes McCullen and presses him up against the cage.
Voronin scores with a shot to the side of McCullen's head.
Voronin struggles to land a body shot inside as McCullen controls his hands.
McCullen trying to stall but Voronin improves his position.
Voronin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCullen pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCullen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCullen wants to get back to striking at distance but Voronin won't allow it.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronin.
Voronin tries a body shot but McCullen blocks it.
Voronin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Voronin.
McCullen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Voronin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. McCullen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Voronin can turn it around.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Voronin.
Voronin working aggressively here.
Voronin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voronin has a couple of punches blocked by McCullen.
McCullen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCullen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Voronin takes the fight into the clinch.
McCullen blocks an uppercut.
Voronin swings wildly with an uppercut but McCullen uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCullen prevents a body shot from Voronin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronin.
Voronin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCullen's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCullen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Voronin tries to clinch but McCullen moves out of range.
Voronin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCullen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Voronin has closed the distance and engaged McCullen in a clinch.
McCullen is trying to break free.
McCullen leaning his opponent against the cage.
McCullen blocking some punches.
Voronin misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voronin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McCullen takes a shot to the head.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Voronin.
McCullen tries to stall but Voronin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Voronin lands with a right to the head.
It looks like Sam McCullen has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voronin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Voronin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Voronin tries to throw a body punch but McCullen avoids it by throwing Voronin back against the cage.
Voronin misses with the head strike.
McCullen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Voronin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voronin lands a left hand.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.
Voronin misses with the head strike.
Voronin tries a body shot but McCullen blocks it.
McCullen blocking some punches.
Voronin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Voronin.
McCullen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Voronin lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voronin lands with a light punch inside.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.
McCullen takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Voronin tries to throw a body punch but McCullen avoids it by throwing Voronin back against the cage.
Voronin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McCullen backwards.
McCullen prevents a body shot from Voronin.
Voronin working aggressively here.
Voronin tries to throw a body punch but McCullen avoids it by throwing Voronin back against the cage.
Voronin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCullen's elbow.
McCullen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Voronin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voronin throws a head punch that misses.
Voronin can't find room to land a body shot as McCullen controls the action.
McCullen blocks an uppercut.
McCullen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andriy Voronin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam McCullen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
McCullen swats away the attempt to clinch by Voronin.
Voronin misses with a hook
and McCullen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Voronin connects with a body shot that sends McCullen's belly button to the back.
Voronin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCullen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCullen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Voronin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voronin misses with a punch to the body.
Voronin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voronin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Voronin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voronin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McCullen blocks a body shot from Voronin.
Voronin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Voronin.
A head punch on the inside from Voronin fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Voronin fails to land.
McCullen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Voronin up against the cage.
Voronin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCullen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCullen lands a jab-cross combination.
Voronin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Voronin throws out a loose jab but McCullen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voronin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McCullen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Voronin.
McCullen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Voronin moves out of range of the strikes.
McCullen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McCullen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Voronin throws a low kick but it's checked well by McCullen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCullen misses with a few strikes there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCullen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voronin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
McCullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voronin.
Voronin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Voronin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Andriy Voronin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voronin tries to close the distance and clinch but McCullen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Voronin scores with a hook.
Sam McCullen is winning the standup battle so far.
McCullen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Voronin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Voronin connects with an inside leg kick.
Voronin moves out of range as McCullen strikes.
A little jabbing left from Voronin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McCullen ducks under a wild hook from Voronin.
McCullen thinks about countering with a head kick.
McCullen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Voronin throws out the jab.
McCullen moves out of range as Voronin strikes.
Voronin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McCullen misses with a looping right.
McCullen 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.
Voronin scores with a sloppy right hand. McCullen should have avoided that one.
Voronin drives through and clinches with McCullen against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCullen tries to break the clinch but Voronin is controlling the position.
A right hand to the body from Voronin.
Voronin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voronin working aggressively here.
I was talking to McCullen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Voronin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McCullens head.
Voronin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Voronin misses with a punch to the body.
Voronin misses with the head strike.
Voronin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Voronin.
Voronin lands a right hand.
Voronin working aggressively here.
Voronin misses with a body punch.
Voronin misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCullen breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voronin closes the distance and clinches.
McCullen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Voronin is keeping busy.
Voronin swings wildly with an uppercut but McCullen uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCullen prevents a body shot from Voronin.
Nice body punch from Voronin - that landed with a thud.
Voronin struggles to land a body shot inside as McCullen controls his hands.
Voronin cracks McCullen with a nice body shot.
McCullen prevents a body shot from Voronin.
Voronin prevents a body shot from McCullen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voronin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voronin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Voronin misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andriy Voronin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sam McCullen'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. This is the final round!
Voronin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCullen scores with a body shot.
McCullen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McCullen misses with a body shot.
Voronin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCullen, pushing him back against the cage.
Voronin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Voronin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McCullen's efforts to push away.
Voronin can't find room to land a body shot as McCullen controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Voronin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCullen blocks a body shot from Voronin.
Voronin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voronin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Voronin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCullen throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Voronin lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCullen backwards.
Voronin lands a shoulder strike.
Voronin misses with some punches.
McCullen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCullen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCullen throws a big shot that misses.
Voronin jabs McCullen right on the nose. McCullen blinks but takes it well.
Voronin scores with a body shot.
Voronin tries to clinch but McCullen moves out of range.
McCullen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Voronin looks to land a left hand but McCullen moved out of range nicely.
McCullen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Voronin throws a hook but McCullen avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCullen. Voronin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Voronin lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCullen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voronin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCullen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Voronin feints and then cracks McCullen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McCullen down.
McCullen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Voronin.
Voronin lands with a thumping leg kick.
McCullen lands with a good body shot.
McCullen cracks a nice hook into Voronin's ribs.
Voronin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCullen drops his hands momentarily and Voronin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Voronin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCullen.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Voronin.
Voronin throws a looping overhand right but McCullen ducks down to avoid it.
Voronin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Voronin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Voronin throws a series of strikes that have McCullen backpedaling.
Voronin tries to clinch but McCullen is having none of it.
McCullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voronin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voronin lunges at McCullen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McCullen's hand.
McCullen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Voronin's hands.
Voronin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A solid body kick from Voronin.
Voronin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sam McCullen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Voronin scores with a hook to the body.
McCullen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Voronin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Andriy Voronin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Voronin misses with a punch on the inside.
Voronin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McCullen is trying to maintain a safe position but Voronin gets an underhook and turns McCullen into the cage.
McCullen scores with a nice hook to the head.
McCullen gets through Voronin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCullen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Voronin has a couple of punches blocked by McCullen.
Voronin misses with a punch on the inside.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.
Voronin swings wildly with an uppercut but McCullen uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCullen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voronin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCullen's elbow.
McCullen breaks the clinch.
McCullen takes a swing at Voronin's ribcage but misses.
Voronin doesn't manage to clinch there - McCullen circles away.
McCullen looks to score with a jab to the body but Voronin is just out of range.
McCullen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McCullen misses with a body shot.
McCullen throws a hook to the side of Voronin's head but Voronin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Andriy Voronin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Voronin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andriy Voronin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Voronin 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andriy Voronin!
Andriy Voronin thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Sam McCullen was interviewed post fight and said 'Respect to my opponent. No excuses. I will learn from this fight and come back stronger. Thank you to the fans I appreciate the support and I will be a champion again I know it.'.
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