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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richardson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, This Calling by All That Remains. McCarthy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: God's Gonna Cut You Down. Cormac McCarthy acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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170 lbs
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178 lbs
5 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nate Richardson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac McCarthy!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy swinging wilding here.
McCarthy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCarthy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Richardson wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCarthy keeps control of Richardson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Richardson wants to get back to striking at distance but McCarthy won't allow it.
Richardson is trying to break free.
McCarthy lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
McCarthy thows a huge punch but Richardson dodges it nicely.
McCarthy trying to control from half guard but Richardson is working away.
McCarthy is looking to advance position but Richardson won't allow it.
McCarthy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McCarthy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
McCarthy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McCarthy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
McCarthy tries to pass the half guard into mount. Richardson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Richardson swinging wilding here.
McCarthy misses with a takedown attempt - Richardson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Richardson jabs at McCarthy's body.
Richardson misses with a two punch combination.
Richardson throws a solid leg kick but McCarthy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Richardson.
McCarthy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCarthy misses with a leg kick.
Richardson misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Richardson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Richardson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Richardson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McCarthy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Richardson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McCarthy counters with a big head kick but Richardson shrugs it off.
McCarthy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Richardson throws out the jab.
Nate Richardson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richardson is breathing heavily.
McCarthy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Richardson misses with a combination
and McCarthy counters with a nice uppercut.
Richardson misses with the combination.
McCarthy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richardson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardson fails to land with a series of punches.
Richardson misses with a hook. McCarthy ducked under it nicely.
McCarthy has a takedown stuffed.
McCarthy catches Richardson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Richardson misses with a hook. McCarthy ducked under it nicely.
McCarthy takes the fight into the clinch.
Richardson tries to break the clinch but McCarthy is controlling the position.
Richardson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McCarthy works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
McCarthy forces his way into half guard.
Richardson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardson blocking the ground and pound attempt from McCarthy.
McCarthy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McCarthy passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richardson is bucking up trying to escape but McCarthy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
McCarthy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
McCarthy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McCarthy working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richardson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by McCarthy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richardson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac McCarthy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Richardson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McCarthy moves into the clinch successfully.
McCarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCarthy lands a nice looking body kick.
Richardson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCarthy takes the fight into the clinch.
McCarthy is trying to trip Richardson. He has hold of a leg but Richardson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. McCarthy persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
McCarthy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Richardson is keeping the position for now.
McCarthy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McCarthy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nate Richardson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Richardson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McCarthy to score with a decent uppercut.
McCarthy looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
McCarthy chips away with some ground and pound.
McCarthy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McCarthy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Richardson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McCarthy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Richardson's guard.
Richardson is trying to maintain the position but McCarthy is very close to passing his half guard.
McCarthy frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
McCarthy cracks Richardson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by McCarthy.
McCarthy lands with some strikes.
BOOM! McCarthy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
McCarthy with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richardson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Richardson tries to hold on but McCarthy pushes him away.
McCarthy landing shots from mount.
Richardson taking shots to the head.
McCarthy is landing with some decent strikes but Richardson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy is landing with some decent strikes but Richardson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
McCarthy lands a big elbow.
McCarthy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Richardson is in a horrible position here. McCarthy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Richardson taking shots to the head.
McCarthy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Richardson is bucking up trying to escape but McCarthy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by McCarthy.
A nice elbow there by McCarthy.
Richardson is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy scoring with strikes but Richardson is staying in there.
Richardson tries to hold on but McCarthy pushes him away.
McCarthy landing strikes, looking to finish!
McCarthy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Richardson?
McCarthy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Richardson hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCarthy dominating with strikes here.
McCarthy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McCarthy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac McCarthy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Richardson falls off balance throwing a combination
and McCarthy finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Richardson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
McCarthy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McCarthy drives through and clinches with Richardson against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from McCarthy.
McCarthy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Richardsons head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCarthy.
McCarthy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from McCarthy.
Richardson tries to break the clinch but McCarthy is controlling the position.
McCarthy gets control of Richardson's arms and successfully pulls guard. McCarthy will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
McCarthy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCarthy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
McCarthy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy is working for a kimura but Richardson is defending it quite comfortably.
McCarthy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Richardson's head.
Richardson is not content to let McCarthy control the position.
McCarthy uses his free foot to push down on Richardson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Richardson.
McCarthy working for a guillotine from mount but Richardson is in no mood to give up.
That's two 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.
McCarthy lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, McCarthy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
McCarthy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Richardson is bucking up trying to escape but McCarthy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The referee warns Richardson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McCarthy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
McCarthy with shots to the head and body - Richardson looks very uncomfortable down there.
McCarthy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Richardson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by McCarthy.
Richardson tries to lock up and control but McCarthy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardson is trying desperately to improve position.
McCarthy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McCarthy lands a big shot there that rocks Richardson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
McCarthy working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Richardson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McCarthy is landing with some decent strikes but Richardson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
McCarthy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McCarthy lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Richardson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardson is working to get back to half guard.
McCarthy lands a big elbow.
Nate Richardson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richardson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by McCarthy.
Richardson is trying desperately to improve position.
Cormac McCarthy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McCarthy controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cormac McCarthy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McCarthy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac McCarthy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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