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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alen Ohanian (ranked 2040 p4p, 241 weight class) and Patrick Cleary (ranked 2842 p4p, 315 weight class). Ohanian comes to the cage accompanied by The Eternals - Wrath of Zeus . Patrick Cleary has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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179 lbs
8 - 10 - 0 |
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183 lbs
15 - 10 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
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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
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alen Ohanian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Patrick Cleary!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleary tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ohanian sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cleary somewhat.
Ohanian misses with a body shot.
Ohanian lands a nice shot to the body.
Ohanian lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cleary takes a step back to recover.
Ohanian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohanian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cleary backwards.
Ohanian has a couple of punches blocked by Cleary.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ohanian.
Ohanian is pressed up against the cage. Cleary has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ohanian down to the mat. Ohanian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleary shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ohanian manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ohanian is trying to control the position but Cleary postures up.
Ohanian is controlling Cleary's posture.
Ohanian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cleary stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ohanian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cleary pushes down on Ohanian's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Cleary throwing shots but Ohanian is blocking nicely.
Cleary is pressing down on Ohanian's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ohanian is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ohanian is just riding it out for now. Cleary eventually gives up the hold.
Cleary wants to take a breather but Ohanian is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ohanian is defending against the submission attempts here by Cleary.
Ohanian gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian controls Cleary momentarily but Cleary frees himself.
Cleary throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cleary trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cleary sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ohanian's guard.
Cleary wants to pass the guard but Ohanian is defending well.
Cleary is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ohanian doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cleary.
Ohanian blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cleary.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cleary trying to control the action but Ohanian is working from the bottom.
Cleary drops an elbow to the side of Ohanian's head.
Cleary throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Ohanian to regain full guard.
Cleary has gone for a leg lock! Ohanian slips out almost immediately though and dives into Cleary's guard.
Cleary being controlled here, momentarily.
Cleary has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Ohanian is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Cleary.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cleary tries to bench press Ohanian off him but Ohanian keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alen Ohanian dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A jab from Cleary does it's job there.
Cleary shoots in and drives through. Ohanian sprawls well.
Ohanian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cleary thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ohanian is looking to counter with a body kick.
Ohanian closes the distance and clinches.
I was talking to Ohanian's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ohanian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ohanian looking to slow down the pace here.
Ohanian effectively controlling the action here.
Cleary tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleary looking for a takedown.
Alen Ohanian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Cleary.
Ohanian lands with a right to the head.
Cleary drags the fight down to the ground.
Cleary is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Patrick Cleary has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohanian tries to free his leg and advance position but Cleary is retaining full guard.
Ohanian stopping the sweep attempt from Cleary.
Ohanian wants to control from the top but Cleary keeps moving.
Cleary wants to sweep here but Ohanian controlling him for the moment.
Ohanian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cleary is keeping the position for now.
Cleary is looking for a triangle but Ohanian pushes his legs off easily.
Ohanian stopping the sweep attempt from Cleary.
Ohanian content to stall in guard here.
Ohanian wants to pass the guard but Cleary is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ohanian controlling from the top position.
Cleary is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ohanian defends well.
Cleary looking for a sweep. Not yet Cleary, not yet.
Ohanian trying to control but Cleary is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Cleary fails with a takedown attempt.
Ohanian clinches up with Cleary and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleary drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ohanian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cleary tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ohanian just stands there and leans against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Ohanian scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cleary is trying to pull guard but Ohanian turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cleary blocks an uppercut.
Ohanian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ohanian is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cleary is looking for a takedown.
Ohanian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cleary can do to turn this around?
Cleary avoids a wild elbow strike from Ohanian.
Ohanian pushes Cleary back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ohanian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cleary's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian pushes Cleary back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ohanian - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ohanian is pressed up against the cage. Cleary has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ohanian down to the mat. Ohanian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ohanian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cleary's calf.
Ohanian keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ohanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Cleary is just out of range.
Cleary feints the counter takedown.
Ohanian lands with a good body shot.
Patrick Cleary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Ohanian tries to clinch up but Cleary circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cleary shoots in for a takedown but Ohanian shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cleary fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ohanian to the ground. Cleary is now in Ohanian's guard.
Ohanian is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cleary is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alen Ohanian dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Cleary looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cleary fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ohanian manages to avoid it.
Cleary dives in for a single leg takedown but Ohanian sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ohanian throwing a counter right hand but Cleary manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Ohanian.
Cleary dives in for a single leg takedown but Ohanian sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Alen Ohanian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Cleary.
Sloppy strikes from Ohanian. Those never looked like landing.
Ohanian cracks Cleary with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohanian stuffs the takedown attempt from Cleary. Cleary gets slowly back to his feet.
Ohanian cracks the inside of Cleary's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohanian lands a slapping body shot.
Cleary missing with a left hand there. Ohanian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Ohanian misses the target.
Cleary with the counter takedown but Ohanian avoids it easily.
Ohanian leaves Cleary with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ohanian tries to counter by clinching up but Cleary breaks away and moves out of range.
Cleary moves out of range of the body kick from Ohanian.
Ohanian fakes the leg kick and cracks Cleary in the body.
Cleary takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cleary takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ohanian scoring well with a low kick there.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Ohanian! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Alen Ohanian!
A very excited looking Alen Ohanian made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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