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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enrique Mcintyre (ranked 7836 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Dowson (ranked 5435 p4p, 0 weight class). Dowson has chosen Desiigner - Panda as his entrance music. Larry Dowson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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181 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enrique Mcintyre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Dowson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dowson misses with a combination
and Mcintyre counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dowson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dowson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mcintyre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dowson with a jab.
It looks like Enrique Mcintyre has been cut.
Dowson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mcintyre to the ground. Dowson is now in Mcintyre's guard.
Dowson trying to control but Mcintyre is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcintyre wriggles free and stands up.
No joy there for Dowson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dowson misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowson misses with a combination
and Mcintyre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mcintyre.
Mcintyre working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dowson's head.
Mcintyre throws a big right hand that misses.
Mcintyre preventing the sweep.
Mcintyre postures up in Dowson's guard and throws a big left but Dowson blocks it.
Mcintyre scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mcintyre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dowson has his foot on Mcintyre's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mcintyre works his way back into a safe position though.
Mcintyre landing some decent shots from guard.
Mcintyre postures up in Dowson's guard and throws a big left but Dowson blocks it.
Mcintyre wants to get up but he can't break Dowson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mcintyre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dowson looking for a guillotine here but Mcintyre defends easily.
Mcintyre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dowson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcintyre is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Mcintyre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mcintyre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mcintyre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mcintyre throws a big elbow that misses.
Mcintyre landing with the ground and pound.
Dowson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dowson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mcintyre manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mcintyre 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcintyre is working hard here to advance position.
Dowson postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dowson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dowson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's four 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.
Dowson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Dowson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mcintyre eats them both and turns towards Dowson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dowson misses with a series of wild punches.
Dowson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Mcintyre manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dowson prevents Mcintyre from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Larry Dowson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Enrique Mcintyre'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.
Dowson lands a jab.
Mcintyre is rocked!
Mcintyre tries to keep at a distance but Dowson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oh Mcintyre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dowson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mcintyre takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dowson shoots in for a takedown. He's got it... He's hoisted his opponent over his head and is carrying him over to the other end of the mat. The crowd roars in approval and Dowson slams his opponent to the mat. OH, that is naaaaaasty! He's out! Dowson lands a punch to his unconscious victim for good measure before the ref has time to call the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Larry Dowson!
In his post fight interview, Larry Dowson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
36% |
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