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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Lindel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson McGinley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying McGinley's choice of entrance music: Another Man Down. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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240 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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205 cm
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279 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Lindel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson McGinley!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindel swings for the body but McGinley moves out of range.
McGinley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lindel's sensitive parts.
McGinley lands a nice hook to Lindel's body. Lindel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McGinley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lindel manages to avoid it.
Lindel misses with a body shot.
Horrible takedown by Lindel or perhaps it was just good defense by McGinley which made him look bad.
McGinley throws a right and a left that Lindel avoids nicely.
Lindel misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice shot by McGinley.
It looks like Mikael Lindel has been cut.
McGinley scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGinley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGinley.
McGinley blocks a jab.
Lindel shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McGinley sprawls well. McGinley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lindel gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikael Lindel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGinley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lindel.
Lindel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindel shoots in looking for a takedown. McGinley tries to sprawl out of it but Lindel keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGinley manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lindel shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
McGinley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lindel is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McGinley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lindel 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.
Lindel prevents McGinley from getting the reversal.
Lindel wants to control the pace but McGinley is squirming around nicely.
Lindel scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McGinley?
Lindel fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lindel looking to control but McGinley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lindel throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lindel tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lindel lands with some strikes.
McGinley avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lindel.
Lindel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lindel looking to finish with strikes here!
McGinley holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lindel tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindel punching from mount but McGinley doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Lindel postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McGinley looks a forlorn figure.
Lindel misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lindel throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lindel tries to control but McGinley wriggling away.
McGinley is desperately trying to improve his position but Lindel has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGinley is bucking up trying to escape but Lindel cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
It looks like Anderson McGinley has been cut.
Lindel thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lindel thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
BOOM! Lindel connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lindel looking for a guillotine from mount but McGinley is having none of it.
Lindel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikael Lindel dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lindel shoots in looking for a takedown. McGinley tries to sprawl out of it but Lindel keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGinley manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lindel.
Lindel fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikael Lindel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGinley scores with a jab. Lindel acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McGinley misses the shot to the body.
McGinley connects with a nice looking jab.
McGinley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lindel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGinley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lindel.
McGinley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lindel. Lindel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McGinley will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McGinley avoids the body shot from Lindel.
McGinley throws the left hand but Lindel avoids the punch easily.
Lindel dives in and grabs McGinley's left leg, looking for a takedown. McGinley pushes down on Lindel's head and hops out.
Anderson McGinley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindel misses with an uppercut.
Mikael Lindel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGinley misses with a wild body shot.
Good leg kick by McGinley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McGinley just misses with a punch to the body.
McGinley missing with a left hand there. Lindel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lindel has a takedown stuffed.
Lindel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McGinley throws a nice looking combination but Lindel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McGinley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGinley misses the jab.
Lindel looking to score a takedown here. McGinley is defending well but Lindel drives through and ends up in McGinley's guard.
McGinley wants to sweep here but Lindel controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindel throws a big right hand that misses.
McGinley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McGinley keeping moving, preventing Lindel from controlling successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lindel throwing strikes from guard but McGinley blocks nicely.
McGinley is trying to control the position but Lindel postures up.
McGinley seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Lindel.
Lindel wants to control but McGinley is keeping him busy.
Lindel scoring with punches from side control.
Mikael Lindel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McGinley is not content to let Lindel control the position.
Lindel working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindel wants to control but McGinley is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on McGinley's face as Lindel controls the position.
McGinley is not content to let Lindel control the position.
Lindel taking a breather here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGinley is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lindel off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Anderson McGinley will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
McGinley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lindel's sensitive parts.
McGinley throws a nice head kick!
McGinley throws a half hearted mid kick.
McGinley is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lindel closes the distance and clinches up with McGinley, looking for a takedown. Lindel pushes McGinley against the cage but McGinley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lindel shoots in and bounces McGinley off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
McGinley manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lindel tries to hold on but McGinley postures up.
Lindel slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindel wants to control but McGinley passes into side.
Lindel sneaks back into half guard.
McGinley prevents Lindel from improving his position.
Lindel keeping hold of McGinley's head, controlling as best he can.
Lindel is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGinley is thwarting Lindel's attempts to control the position.
Lindel is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of McGinley's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take McGinley's back!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Lindel here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
McGinley just trying to survive but Lindel is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Lindel connects with a big shot to the side of McGinley's head.
That has opened up Anderson McGinley's cut even more.
McGinley covering up well under a barage of strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindel thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
McGinley is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Lindel off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Lindel controlling the positon.
Lindel lands shots from the back.
The cut above Anderson McGinley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
McGinley trying to control the action but Lindel just sinks the hooks in.
McGinley is keeping busy.
Lindel missing with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindel trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGinley is covering up but some of the strikes from Lindel are getting through and doing damage.
Anderson McGinley's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anderson McGinley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mikael Lindel!
Mikael Lindel made sure to mention his sponsor, Fight Day Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!) in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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