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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan McClain (ranked 291 p4p, 43 weight class) and John Puller (ranked 165 p4p, 25 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan McClain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Puller!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puller cracks the inside of McClain's front leg.
Puller throws a looping overhand right but McClain ducks down to avoid it.
Puller lands a slapping body shot.
McClain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puller.
Puller takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McClain swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Puller counters with a stiff right hand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Puller!
Puller scores with a jab.
Puller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McClain.
We've been told by McClain's head coaches at Shark Tank MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
John Puller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McClain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McClain looks to land a combination but Puller avoids it well.
Nice straight punches there by Puller. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Puller.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puller lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Puller. McClain shrugs it off though.
McClain slips under a jab.
Puller fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McClain.
McClain takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Puller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McClain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puller connects with a nice looking jab.
Puller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Puller looks to throw the jab but McClain is out of range.
Puller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McClain.
McClain checks a leg kick.
McClain walks forward, straight into a front kick from Puller.
Puller scores with a punch to the head.
Puller on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McClain throws a body punch but Puller moves out of range.
McClain misses with a few strikes there.
Puller misses with a looping left.
Puller slips under a jab.
Puller throws a big shot that misses.
McClain misses the shot to the body.
Puller connects with a good right hand that stumbles McClain. McClain circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Puller.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McClain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Puller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puller lands a body shot.
Puller closes the distance and clinches.
Puller prevents a body shot from McClain.
McClain prevents a body shot from Puller.
Puller tries to throw a body punch but McClain avoids it by throwing Puller back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Puller.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puller.
Puller blocks a body shot from McClain.
McClain throws a punch but it's blocked by Puller.
McClain tries a body shot but Puller blocks it.
Puller tries to throw a body punch but McClain avoids it by throwing Puller back against the cage.
Puller being controlled against the cage.
Puller tries to throw a body punch but McClain avoids it by throwing Puller back against the cage.
Puller breaks from the clinch.
Puller misses with a wild body shot.
McClain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Puller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McClain manages to avoid it.
McClain with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puller lands a nice hook to McClain's body. McClain takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Puller looks to land a body kick but McClain moved away.
McClain just misses with a punch to the body.
Puller feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McClains jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice uppercut lands for Puller. That snapped McClain's head back.
McClain scores with a nice strike.
McClain throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by McClain.
A quick step to the side and McClain tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
McClain throws an off balance right hand
and Puller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Puller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McClain.
Puller jabs McClain to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Puller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Puller misses with a hook.
McClain avoids the body shot from Puller.
Puller walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puller feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McClains jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Puller is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McClain had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puller with a nice cross.
Puller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puller connects with a right hand. McClain shakes it off.
Puller moves away from the strike by McClain.
Puller scoring well with a low kick there.
Puller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McClain tries to clinch up.
McClain has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Puller.
McClain lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Puller scores with a nice right hand.
Puller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Puller scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McClain feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pullers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McClain just misses with a punch to the body.
Puller throws a shot from downtown. McClain moves away and avoids it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Puller.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Puller dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
McClain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Puller.
Puller stuns McClain with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Puller.
Puller avoids the body shot from McClain.
Puller throws a hook but McClain avoids it easily.
John Puller seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Puller pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McClain shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters circling - McClain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Puller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McClain takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McClain moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McClain throws a right and a left that both miss.
Puller throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McClain stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McClain avoids the body shot from Puller.
McClain with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Puller to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McClain misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puller throws a shot to the body.
Puller misses with a body shot.
Puller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McClain moves away.
McClain is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
McClain looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McClain takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Puller has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A jab from McClain misses.
Puller connects with a body shot that sends McClain's belly button to the back.
Puller scoring well with a low kick there.
Puller throws a nice outside leg kick.
Puller throws out a powerful jab.
McClain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McClain lands a head shot.
A shot to the body from Puller misses
letting McClain counter with a right hand.
Puller misses with a looping right.
Nice body punch from Puller.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puller cracks McClain with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McClain takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McClain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puller.
McClain uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Puller has time to react.
McClain is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Puller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Puller fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McClain cracks Puller with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McClain 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.
McClain misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Puller! But no joy.
Puller takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Puller throws a jab when McClain was well out of range.
Puller throws a body shot but no joy.
Puller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McClain manages to avoid it.
McClain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McClain takes a kick to the side of the head.
McClain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Puller cracks McClain with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puller throws a body shot but no joy.
Puller looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McClain takes one to the side of the head.
Puller lands a nice looking kick to the body. McClain takes a step back to recover.
Puller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McClain checks the leg kick.
McClain drops his hands momentarily and Puller takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Puller.
A swing and a miss from Puller.
A head kick misses from Puller.
Puller lands a right hook to the body.
McClain has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Puller.
Puller scores with a decent looking hook.
Donk. Puller catches McClain right on the button with a cross.
Puller looks to land a body kick but McClain moved away.
McClain thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McClain ducks under a wild hook from Puller.
Puller wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A good leg kick by Puller.
A shot to the liver by Puller. Beautiful body shot.
McClain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puller can pounce on him.
Puller lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McClain lands a slapping body shot.
McClain scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Puller doesn't seem bothered though.
Puller fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McClain.
McClain blocks the body kick.
McClain has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McClain there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McClain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Puller was well out of range. Poor timing from McClain.
Puller avoids the body shot from McClain.
McClain takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Puller throws the kick towards the body but McClain avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Puller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
McClain tries to close the distance and clinch but Puller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McClain stuns Puller with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Puller throws a predictable looking body shot
and McClain counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McClain missing with a left hand there. Puller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Puller throws a leg kick but McClain sees it coming and moves out of range.
McClain looks to score with a jab to the body but Puller is just out of range.
McClain will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Puller swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McClain.
Puller avoids the body shot from McClain.
McClain misses the jab.
Puller throws out a counter right but McClain avoids it with no problem.
Puller lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McClain just misses with a punch to the body.
Puller throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice cross by Puller.
Puller scores with a leg kick.
Puller takes a swing at McClain's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McClain takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McClain looks to throw the jab but Puller is out of range.
Puller scores with a jab. McClain acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Puller moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Puller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McClain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from McClain misses the target.
McClain misses with the combination.
Puller throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McClain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McClain misses with a hook. Puller ducked under it nicely.
McClain staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from McClain. Puller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good exchange - McClain coming out on top.
Puller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Puller tries a body shot but McClain blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from McClain.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McClain misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from McClain.
Puller digs a right hand underneath McClain's ribcage. McClain let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from McClain - that landed with a thud.
McClain throws a head punch that misses.
Puller pushes McClain back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McClain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McClain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dan McClain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McClain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puller can't find room to land a body shot as McClain controls the action.
McClain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from McClain.
Puller digs a right hand underneath McClain's ribcage. McClain let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Puller tries a body shot but McClain blocks it.
Puller blocks an uppercut.
Puller pushes McClain back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Puller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McClain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McClain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puller lands a shoulder strike.
Puller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
John Puller seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McClain swings wildly with an uppercut but Puller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puller lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from McClain fails to land.
Puller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Puller lands a left hand.
Puller blocks a body shot from McClain.
Puller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Puller gets through McClain's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Puller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Puller cracks McClain with a nice body shot.
Puller gets through McClain's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Puller working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puller misses with a body punch.
Puller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puller misses with a punch to the body.
McClain scores with a shoulder strike.
McClain takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Puller.
Puller throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McClains head.
Puller lands an uppercut.
McClain takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Puller.
Puller struggles to land a body shot inside as McClain controls his hands.
Puller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Puller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Puller lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McClain.
Nice body punch from Puller.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Puller.
Puller lands a nice uppercut.
Puller lands a shoulder strike.
McClain is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Puller as the two fighters clinch.
Oh McClain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puller scores with a shot to the side of McClain's head.
Puller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Puller.
Puller lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from McClain fails to land.
Puller lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops McClain to his knees! Puller keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Puller!
John Puller decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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