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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy McLarnin (ranked 2862 p4p, 321 weight class) and Friedrich Von Kuschelbär (ranked 3206 p4p, 353 weight class). Von Kuschelbär has chosen Erasure - Always as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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183 lbs
22 - 19 - 1 |
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class MT
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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
22 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy McLarnin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Friedrich Von Kuschelbär!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Kuschelbär moves out of range of the body kick from McLarnin.
Von Kuschelbär paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Von Kuschelbär lunges at McLarnin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McLarnin's hand.
Von Kuschelbär connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McLarnin momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Von Kuschelbär.
McLarnin drives through with a takedown into guard.
Von Kuschelbär tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McLarnin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McLarnin looking to pass the guard.
Von Kuschelbär trying to strike off his back.
Von Kuschelbär is pulling down on McLarnin's head. It's preventing any offense from McLarnin, at least for the moment.
Von Kuschelbär preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLarnin postures up in Von Kuschelbär's guard and throws a big left but Von Kuschelbär blocks it.
Von Kuschelbär wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Von Kuschelbär keeping moving, preventing McLarnin from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Von Kuschelbär moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Von Kuschelbär dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McLarnin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Von Kuschelbär appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Von Kuschelbär feints and then cracks McLarnin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McLarnin down.
McLarnin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McLarnin there as he acknowledges the shot.
McLarnin avoids a punch combination nicely.
McLarnin blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Kuschelbär moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Von Kuschelbär with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Von Kuschelbär looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
It appears McLarnin was looking to counter with a kick there.
McLarnin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Von Kuschelbär throws a combination. McLarnin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Von Kuschelbär moves out of range of the leg kick from McLarnin.
Von Kuschelbär throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McLarnin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Von Kuschelbär shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Von Kuschelbär was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McLarnin bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
McLarnin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Von Kuschelbär quickly recovers to half guard.
McLarnin wants to take a breather but Von Kuschelbär is having none of it.
Von Kuschelbär is looking to control McLarnin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Von Kuschelbär avoid being mounted?
McLarnin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Still in half guard, McLarnin seems content to control.
Von Kuschelbär makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Von Kuschelbär.
Von Kuschelbär 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.
McLarnin pushing down on Von Kuschelbär's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McLarnin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McLarnin 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.
Von Kuschelbär is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McLarnin trying to pass the guard but Von Kuschelbär defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Von Kuschelbär is controlling McLarnin's position as best he can from this difficult position.
McLarnin tries to pass to full mount but Von Kuschelbär defends it.
Von Kuschelbär trying to control here.
McLarnin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Friedrich Von Kuschelbär will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Von Kuschelbär displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from McLarnin.
Von Kuschelbär keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McLarnin.
Von Kuschelbär misses with a two punch combination.
Von Kuschelbär scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McLarnin misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from McLarnin. Von Kuschelbär does a little dance to reset his feet.
Von Kuschelbär throws the left hand but McLarnin avoids the punch easily.
Von Kuschelbär scores with a nice head shot.
McLarnin tries to bum rush Von Kuschelbär with a series of wild strikes but Von Kuschelbär uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McLarnin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Von Kuschelbär slips a jab and a cross from McLarnin.
Von Kuschelbär lands an overhand right.
Von Kuschelbär is looking to slow McLarnin down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Kuschelbär just misses with a punch to the body.
McLarnin tries to counter with a takedown but Von Kuschelbär is quick to defend against it.
Von Kuschelbär ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McLarnin moves away.
Von Kuschelbär jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Von Kuschelbär is looking to slow McLarnin down with leg kicks.
McLarnin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Von Kuschelbär looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Von Kuschelbär throws a nice head kick!
Von Kuschelbär fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McLarnin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McLarnin closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Von Kuschelbär's guard.
McLarnin wants to pass the guard but Von Kuschelbär is keeping the position.
Von Kuschelbär keeping moving, preventing McLarnin from controlling successfully.
McLarnin wants to pass the guard but Von Kuschelbär is keeping the position.
McLarnin trying to control the position from guard on top but Von Kuschelbär is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Kuschelbär wants to sweep here but McLarnin controlling him for the moment.
Von Kuschelbär is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Von Kuschelbär looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks McLarnin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
McLarnin wants to improve his position but Von Kuschelbär is controlling well.
McLarnin trying to control but Von Kuschelbär postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin is refusing to be controlled, as Von Kuschelbär sits in half guard.
McLarnin is positioning himself well to prevent Von Kuschelbär advancing to mount.
McLarnin regains full guard. Nicely done.
McLarnin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
McLarnin looking for a guillotine here but Von Kuschelbär defends easily.
Von Kuschelbär keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of McLarnin's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Von Kuschelbär content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Von Kuschelbär is fighting to break McLarnin's control of his arms but McLarnin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Von Kuschelbär landing some decent shots from guard.
McLarnin is rocked!
McLarnin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Von Kuschelbär trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Von Kuschelbär with a flurry of punches that miss.
Von Kuschelbär chips away with some ground and pound.
Oh McLarnin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
McLarnin is trying to control the position but Von Kuschelbär postures up.
McLarnin seems to have got his legs back now.
McLarnin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Von Kuschelbär lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Friedrich Von Kuschelbär showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! McLarnin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Von Kuschelbär shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches McLarnin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Von Kuschelbär lands a few punches from side control.
Check out the look on Von Kuschelbär's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Von Kuschelbär lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt McLarnin! Von Kuschelbär senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put McLarnin out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Friedrich Von Kuschelbär!
After the fight, Friedrich Von Kuschelbär was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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