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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Risley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny McCormick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Risley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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177 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Risley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenny McCormick!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from McCormick misses.
McCormick throws a hook but Risley blocks it.
McCormick is looking to clinch but Risley is avoiding it.
McCormick takes a swing at Risley's ribcage but misses.
Risley misses with a hook. McCormick ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Risley misses the target.
Risley staying out of range there.
It looked like Risley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCormick turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McCormick throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McCormick misses with a right hand
and Risley counters with a stiff right hand.
McCormick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Risley walks into a straight right hand from McCormick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Risley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McCormick misses with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Risley.
Risley moves forwards but McCormick connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Risley throws a sloppy body shot
letting McCormick counter with a right hand.
McCormick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCormick takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McCormick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McCormick walks into a straight right hand from Risley.
McCormick moves into range and clinches up with Risley.
Risley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCormick misses with some punches.
Risley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Risley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Risley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McCormick instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right from Risley.
McCormick misses with the head strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Risley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McCormick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Risley lands with a short shot to the head.
Risley tries a body shot but McCormick blocks it.
Risley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McCormick fails to land.
McCormick misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McCormick fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCormick.
McCormick throws a head punch that misses.
McCormick misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCormick misses with some punches.
McCormick misses with some punches.
Risley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Risley blocking some punches.
McCormick has a couple of punches blocked by Risley.
Risley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCormick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCormick misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Risley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCormick struggles to land a body shot inside as Risley controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Risley.
McCormick throws a punch but it's blocked by Risley.
Risley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Risley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCormick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Risley.
Risley connects with a good right hand that stumbles McCormick. McCormick circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McCormick blocks a head kick by Risley.
McCormick throws a low kick but it's checked well by Risley.
McCormick throws a looping overhand right but Risley ducks down to avoid it.
Risley throws a lazy right hand but McCormick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Risley backing away here, and McCormick unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Risley lands with a nice combination. McCormick backs away looking to recover.
Risley avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A slapping leg kick lands for McCormick.
Risley misses with a looping right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Risley.
McCormick throws a chopping leg kick but Risley manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Risley feinted with a counter takedown.
That's four 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!
Risley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Risley throws a big counter combination but McCormick scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Risley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCormick.
Risley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Risley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCormick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Risley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCormick avoids the body shot from Risley.
Risley slips under a jab.
A jab from McCormick misses.
McCormick looks to land a body kick but Risley moved away.
Risley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McCormick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Risley.
McCormick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Risley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Risley swings for the body but McCormick moves out of range.
McCormick tries a quick counter leg kick but Risley is wise to it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McCormick, right into the meat.
Risley misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kenny McCormick will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Risley misses with a series of wild punches.
Risley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McCormick darts in and clinches Risley up against the cage.
Risley wants to break free but McCormick has control.
McCormick blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Risley.
McCormick scores with a nice hook to the head.
McCormick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Risley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Risley throws a punch but it's blocked by McCormick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short body shot lands from McCormick as the two fighters clinch.
Risley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Risley misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Risley.
McCormick misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Risley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCormick.
Risley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCormick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McCormick throws a punch but it's blocked by Risley.
Risley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Risley tries to keep at a distance but McCormick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Risley taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McCormick takes a shot to the head.
Risley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCormick misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCormick working aggressively here.
Risley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Risley misses with the head strike.
Risley is trying to break the clinch but McCormick is controlling him.
Risley lands with a left to the head.
Risley is trying to force a seperation but McCormick has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCormick tries to work over Risley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCormick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from McCormick.
McCormick scores with a shot to the side of Risley's head.
McCormick lands a hook that snaps the head of Risley backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCormick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Risley is trying to break free.
McCormick gets through Risley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Risley pressing his opponent against the cage.
Still in the clinch, McCormick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Risley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCormick blocking some punches.
McCormick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Risley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Risley throws the left hand but McCormick avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from McCormick.
McCormick slips a straight right by Risley.
McCormick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCormick misses with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Risley.
Nice jab there from McCormick.
McCormick throws a quick inside leg kick.
Risley throws a head kick but McCormick moves out of range.
McCormick throws a low kick, looking for Risley's leg but Risley calmly moves out of range.
Risley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
McCormick's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Risley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McCormick scrambles back to his feet.
McCormick throws a body punch but Risley moves out of range.
Risley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McCormick on the side of the head.
Risley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCormick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Risley moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCormick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCormick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Risley manages to avoid it.
Risley appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Risley throws a hook to the side of McCormick's head but McCormick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Risley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Risley misses with a looping left.
McCormick stuns Risley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Risley lands a nice leg kick that just misses McCormick's sensitive parts.
Risley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
McCormick misses with a straight left.
Risley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McCormick misses with a hook. Risley ducked under it nicely.
Risley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Risley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Risley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
McCormick moves away from the strike by Risley.
Risley throws the left hand but McCormick avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kenny McCormick will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!
McCormick looks to score with a jab to the body but Risley is just out of range.
McCormick connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McCormick scoring well with a low kick there.
McCormick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Risley avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Risley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McCormick scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Risley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Risley tries to score with a low kick but McCormick moves his leg out of the way.
Risley scores with a crisp jab that stopped McCormick in his tracks.
Good work by Risley as he checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCormick blocks a jab.
McCormick tries to land a leg kick but Risley saw it coming and moves away.
Risley lands a right hook to the body.
Risley walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McCormick checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Risley misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCormick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Risley was well out of range. Poor timing from McCormick.
McCormick checks a low kick from Risley.
McCormick rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
so Risley counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
McCormick is trying to control the position but Risley postures up.
Risley trying to control but McCormick is working from the bottom.
Risley stays in close to McCormick's body and controls the position.
McCormick wants to control but Risley passes easily into half guard.
McCormick trying to control here.
McCormick is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Risley perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
McCormick trying to control here.
Risley wants to control but McCormick is keeping him busy.
McCormick trying to hold on to Risley's head to control him but Risley postures up.
Risley is trying to control. McCormick wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Risley passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for McCormick!
McCormick is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McCormick in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCormick reaches up and holds on to Risley to control the position.
McCormick wants to control but Risley is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Risley is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McCormick can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Risley wants to take McCormick's back but he can't do it this time.
McCormick wants to hold on but Risley pushes him away.
McCormick is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Risley lands with some strikes.
McCormick is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCormick is looking to improve his position but Risley isn't that keen on the idea.
McCormick is still in real trouble! Can Risley finish him?
Joe Risley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McCormick wants to control but Risley is having none of it.
McCormick takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McCormick defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Risley.
Risley avoids the attempt from McCormick to control.
Joe Risley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Risley connects with a bit shot that sees McCormick covering up! More strikes from Risley and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Risley is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Risley!
Joe Risley decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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