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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paddy McPhail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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147 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paddy McPhail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Jimenez!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McPhail slips under a jab from Jimenez.
A counter left hand to the body from McPhail misses its target.
Jimenez lands a nice shot to the body.
McPhail throws a body punch but Jimenez moves out of range.
Jimenez slips a straight right by McPhail.
Jimenez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McPhail manages to avoid it.
McPhail slips a jab from Jimenez.
A slow jab from McPhail misses its intended target.
Jimenez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McPhail ducks under a wild hook from Jimenez.
McPhail misses the shot to the body.
McPhail checks a low kick from Jimenez.
McPhail was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jimenez lands with a hook. McPhail tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McPhail throws a lazy uppercut
and McPhail takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimenez throws a quick inside leg kick.
McPhail walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jimenez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jimenez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jimenez sizes up McPhail with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jimenez throws a leg kick but McPhail moved away.
McPhail lands a really nice looking cross but Jimenez seems unphased.
It looks like Hugo Jimenez has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McPhail lands a slapping body shot.
Jimenez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jimenez throws out a powerful jab.
McPhail uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jimenez.
No joy there for Jimenez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McPhail really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
McPhail bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jimenez's head.
McPhail misses with a two punch combination.
McPhail takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
McPhail lands a lovely overhand right.
McPhail slips under a jab.
McPhail misses with a straight left.
Jimenez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jimenez tests McPhail's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jimenez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McPhail throws a jab when Jimenez was well out of range.
McPhail slips a jab from Jimenez.
McPhail looks to score with a jab to the body but Jimenez is just out of range.
A nice side step and Jimenez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPhail lands a lovely overhand right.
Jimenez slips a straight right by McPhail.
Jimenez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jimenez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McPhail takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jimenez misses the jab.
McPhail swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jimenez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McPhail lands a jab to the head.
Jimenez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McPhail scores with a punch to the head.
McPhail scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jimenez doesn't seem bothered though.
McPhail throws an overhand right that lands on Jimenez's shoulder, as Jimenez tries to avoid the shot.
McPhail takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McPhail throws a hook to the side of Jimenez's head but Jimenez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McPhail throws a right and a left that both miss.
McPhail lands a nice looking body shot.
McPhail looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
McPhail checks a leg kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McPhail throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McPhail just misses with a punch to the body.
Jimenez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jimenez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McPhail on the side of the head.
Jimenez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Jimenez misses its intended target.
McPhail is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jimenez misses with a low kick.
Jimenez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jimenez scoring well with a low kick there.
McPhail misses with a looping right.
McPhail lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from McPhail. Jimenez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jimenez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McPhail moves out of range of the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McPhail works Jimenez's body with a nice hook.
Jimenez looks winded!
That kick from Jimenez tenderised McPhail's leg. McPhail is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from McPhail.
McPhail takes a swing at Jimenez's ribcage but misses.
A lazy left from McPhail finds it's target.
Jimenez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jimenez missing with a left hand there. McPhail was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jimenez looks to score with a jab to the body but McPhail is just out of range.
Jimenez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jimenez misses with a looping right.
McPhail connects with a jab.
A slow jab from McPhail misses its intended target.
McPhail is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jimenez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jimenez throws out a loose jab but McPhail uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McPhail fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jimenez looks to throw the jab but McPhail is out of range.
Jimenez lands a slapping body shot.
McPhail connects with a right hand. Jimenez shakes it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Paddy McPhail will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hugo Jimenez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jimenez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McPhail works the jab nicely.
Jimenez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McPhail checks a leg kick.
Jimenez throws a hook but McPhail avoids it easily.
McPhail lands with a straight right. Jimenez didn't see that one coming.
McPhail connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jimenez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jimenez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McPhail throws a good cross that connects.
McPhail swings for the body but Jimenez moves out of range.
A jab from McPhail does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McPhail lands a glancing blow to the side of Jimenez's head.
McPhail misses the shot to the body.
Jimenez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jimenez throws a jab but it's blocked by McPhail.
Jimenez misses with a straight left.
Jimenez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McPhail takes a swing at Jimenez's ribcage but misses.
Jimenez swings for the body but McPhail moves out of range.
Jimenez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McPhail sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jimenez swings for the body but McPhail moves out of range.
McPhail ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McPhail bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McPhail scores with a hook.
Jimenez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McPhail throws out the jab.
McPhail backing away here, and Jimenez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Paddy McPhail is winning the standup battle so far.
Jimenez throws a lazy uppercut
and McPhail counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jimenez throws a front kick aimed at McPhail's knee but McPhail avoids it well.
McPhail is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jimenez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McPhail.
McPhail scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jimenez doesn't seem bothered though.
Jimenez is breathing heavily.
Jimenez loads up on a big right hand but McPhail slips the punch.
A punch combination from McPhail misses.
Jimenez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McPhail misses the shot to the body.
McPhail lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting McPhail here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McPhail misses with a left hand
letting Jimenez counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McPhail.
McPhail defending well as Jimenez loads up on a big left hand.
Jimenez thows a leg kick but McPhail checks it
and McPhail counters with a nice uppercut.
McPhail is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jimenez can do to turn this around?
McPhail slips a jab from Jimenez.
Jimenez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McPhail was well out of range. Poor timing from Jimenez.
Jimenez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McPhail.
Jimenez looks to land a combination but McPhail avoids it well.
McPhail scores with a body shot.
McPhail keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jimenez.
Jimenez misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from McPhail misses the target.
Jimenez throws a body punch but McPhail moves out of range.
McPhail connects with a single shot there.
McPhail connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That has opened up Hugo Jimenez's cut even more.
McPhail takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jimenez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McPhail was well out of range. Poor timing from Jimenez.
McPhail scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McPhail works the jab nicely.
Jimenez is rocked!
Jimenez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jimenez is still on wobbly legs! Can McPhail finish him?
McPhail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jimenez seems to have recovered his senses.
Jimenez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut there from McPhail.
McPhail throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McPhail lands a nice shot that snaps Jimenez's head back.
McPhail scores with a jab to the body.
McPhail throws a looping overhand right but Jimenez ducks down to avoid it.
McPhail lands with an uppercut that bounces Jimenez off the cage and back into range.
Jimenez throws a leg kick that is checked
and McPhail counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jimenez throws a right hand that misses
and McPhail counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jimenez throws the left hand but McPhail avoids the punch easily.
McPhail swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jimenez tried to score with a low kick but McPhail checks it.
McPhail stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez slips under a jab.
Jimenez throws a jab but it's blocked by McPhail.
Jimenez swings for the body but McPhail moves out of range.
McPhail lands a big uppercut and Jimenez crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Jimenez looks OK. McPhail waves Jimenez back to his feet!
McPhail just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Jimenez lands.
Jimenez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McPhail throws out the jab.
Jimenez throws an overhand right that lands on McPhail's shoulder, as McPhail tries to avoid the shot.
McPhail gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jimenez throws a right and a left that McPhail avoids nicely.
McPhail takes a swing at Jimenez's ribcage but misses.
Jimenez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McPhail lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McPhail lands a right hook to the body.
McPhail slips under a jab from Jimenez.
McPhail moves away from the strike by Jimenez.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jimenez might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, McPhail has got the better of the exchanges.
McPhail lands with a nice body punch.
McPhail ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paddy McPhail dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Jimenez's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from McPhail. Those never looked like landing.
Jimenez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McPhail bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jimenez's head.
McPhail throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jimenez! But no joy.
Jimenez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McPhail throws out the jab.
McPhail comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jimenez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jimenez misses with a series of wild punches.
Jimenez tries a low kick but McPhail avoids it.
Jimenez throws a lazy uppercut
and McPhail cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McPhail lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Jimenez goes down and covers up as McPhail starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paddy McPhail!
Paddy McPhail decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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