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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Almeida (ranked 4284 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris McCray (ranked 5808 p4p, 0 weight class). McCray comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lamb of God - Omerta kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Marcus Almeida has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Marcus Almeida seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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260 lbs
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187 cm
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255 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris McCray!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McCray circles away from the clinch attempt
and McCray counters with a straight right hand.
Sloppy strikes from McCray. Those never looked like landing.
Almeida tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Despite the aggression on McCray's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
McCray tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Almeida defends well and McCray ends up having to push Almeida into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
McCray tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Almeida swivels and escapes.
Almeida dodges the punch combination from McCray.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Almeida wants to free his trapped foot but McCray is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Almeida's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Almeida is looking to advance position but McCray won't allow it.
Almeida stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows McCray to get to his feet.
Almeida shoots in and gets a takedown into McCray's guard.
McCray wants to control the position but Almeida says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Almeida wants to pass the guard but McCray is defending well.
Almeida stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. McCray quickly recovers to half guard.
McCray wants to control but Almeida is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Almeida not doing much here.
Almeida throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McCray trying to hold on to Almeida's head to control him but Almeida postures up.
Almeida is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for McCray to stand up.
McCray tries for a takedown but Almeida sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Marcus Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris McCray.
Almeida shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Almeida showed some decent athleticism there.
McCray tries to kick Almeida off in order to stand up. Almeida Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Almeida controls the position from side control.
Almeida thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida slows the pace down.
Almeida decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Almeida tries to clinch but McCray is having none of it.
McCray closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McCray is fighting off a takedown attempt but Almeida is just too persistent for him and manages to trip McCray to the mat. McCray regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Almeida is standing up over McCray. McCray looks to escape but Almeida dives into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almeida taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Almeida dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Almeida drives through with a takedown into guard.
Almeida stands up from McCray's guard - Almeida perhaps looking for a knockout.
Almeida looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Almeida throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Further stalling from Almeida.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Almeida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCray has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Almeida closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. McCray quickly recovers to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McCray can do anything to dispel that myth.
Still in half guard, Almeida seems content to control.
Almeida is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for McCray!
Almeida with a couple of short strikes.
Almeida is landing with some decent strikes but McCray is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Almeida looking to secure an arm triangle but McCray defends it well.
Almeida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCray can do to turn this around?
McCray taking shots to the head.
Almeida controlling the pace for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almeida landing strikes, looking to finish!
Marcus Almeida overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Almeida content just to control the position here.
McCray is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McCray really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Almeida. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Almeida raining down shots from the mount!
Almeida is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. McCray can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Almeida takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Almeida with the ground and pound from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns McCray that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Almeida working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Almeida lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
McCray keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Almeida controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Almeida dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Almeida tries for a takedown but McCray sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Almeida keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McCray fails with a takedown attempt.
Almeida misses with a few strikes there.
McCray lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Almeida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCray lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McCray keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Almeida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCray looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Almeida.
A head kick misses from McCray.
Almeida fails in his attempt to clinch.
Almeida shoots in looking for a takedown. McCray tries to sprawl out of it but Almeida keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McCray manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McCray fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Almeida avoids it really well and circles away.
Marcus Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris McCray.
Almeida moves into range and clinches up with McCray.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida leaning against his opponent.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
McCray looking to slow down the pace here.
Almeida is looking for a takedown up against the cage. McCray gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
McCray tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Almeida smiles and moves away.
McCray closes the distance and clinches up with Almeida, looking for a takedown. McCray pushes Almeida against the cage but Almeida circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Almeida takes a swing at McCray's ribcage but misses.
Almeida wants to land a leg kick but McCray is out of range.
Almeida closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. McCray did well to prevent Almeida getting side control.
McCray takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida controlling the action here.
Almeida seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down McCray for as long as he can get away with.
Almeida is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, McCray has managed to free his arm - good work.
Almeida is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
McCray trying to control from the bottom.
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.
Almeida controlling the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Almeida connects with a nice short shot to McCray's temple.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Almeida not doing much here.
Chris McCray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcus Almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Almeida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Almeida has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Almeida!
Chris McCray spoke after the fight, saying 'It was a good fight and unfortunately it didn't go how we planned. We're going to get back to training and make sure we're in a good place to take a victory next time. Thank you.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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