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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Cleary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Novoselic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Novoselic has chosen The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - Alice in Chains as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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183 lbs
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174 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Cleary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Novoselic!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novoselic connects with a jab.
Novoselic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Novoselic scores with a shot to the body.
Cleary is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cleary misses with a hook. Novoselic ducked under it nicely.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cleary - that will leave a mark!
Novoselic misses the body punch
and Cleary cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Novoselic ducks under a wild hook from Cleary.
Cleary throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Novoselic counters with a nice uppercut.
Novoselic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Novoselic slips under a jab from Cleary.
Cleary misses with a hook. Novoselic ducked under it nicely.
Novoselic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Novoselic throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cleary makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cleary motions for Novoselic to come forward. Cleary throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Novoselic misses.
Cleary throws a low kick but Novoselic moves out of range easily.
Cleary fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Novoselic manages to avoid it.
Cleary misses the jab.
Cleary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Novoselic lands a nice looking body shot.
Novoselic throws out a powerful jab.
Cleary throws an off balance right hand
and Novoselic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cleary throws the left hand but Novoselic avoids the punch easily.
Novoselic swings for the body but Cleary moves out of range.
Novoselic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cleary. Cleary circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Novoselic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Novoselic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cleary throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Novoselic counter with a right hand.
Novoselic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cleary.
A head kick by Cleary misses
and Novoselic counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cleary throws a push kick but Novoselic slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Cleary.
Cleary backing away here, and Novoselic unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary scores with a spinning back kick!
Novoselic lands a nice hook to Cleary's body. Cleary takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Patrick Cleary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cleary throws a looping overhand right but Novoselic ducks down to avoid it.
Novoselic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cleary stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cleary on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Novoselic. Novoselic obviously looking to wear him down.
Novoselic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cleary's calf.
A shot to the body from Cleary misses
and Novoselic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Novoselic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cleary.
It looked like Cleary wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Novoselic throws a body punch but Cleary moves out of range.
Novoselic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cleary throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cleary misses with a low kick.
Cleary misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick from Novoselic misses.
Cleary lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Novoselic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cleary had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleary throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Novoselic lands with a straight right. Cleary didn't see that one coming.
Novoselic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cleary's sensitive parts.
Novoselic scores with a spinning back kick!
Cleary blocks a jab.
Cleary takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cleary gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Novoselic.
Novoselic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Novoselic misses with a lunging right hand
and Cleary counters with an outside leg kick.
Cleary lands the left hand.
Novoselic throws the kick towards the body but Cleary avoids it.
Cleary thinks about countering with a body kick.
Novoselic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cleary moves out of range as Novoselic throws a body kick.
Novoselic scores with a leg kick.
Cleary lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleary lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cleary scores with a body shot.
Novoselic blocks a jab.
Cleary throws a front kick aimed at Novoselic's knee but Novoselic avoids it well.
Novoselic fakes the leg kick and cracks Cleary in the body.
A lazy left from Novoselic finds it's target.
Novoselic moves out of range as Cleary strikes.
Cleary rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Novoselic counters with a stiff right hand.
Novoselic scoring well with a low kick there.
Novoselic lands a leg kick that knocks Cleary off balance momentarily.
Novoselic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cleary. That did some damage!
Novoselic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cleary counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Novoselic lands with an overhand left.
Novoselic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cleary.
Novoselic cracks the inside of Cleary's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Novoselic dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cleary connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Alex Novoselic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good leg kick by Cleary there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cleary tries to work over Novoselic's front leg with a kick but Novoselic checks it.
Novoselic lands a jab to the head.
Cleary slips under a jab.
Novoselic connects with a solid leg kick.
Novoselic slips a straight right by Cleary.
Good leg kick by Novoselic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Novoselic throws a low kick but Cleary avoids it.
Novoselic lands a glancing blow to the side of Cleary's head.
Cleary throws a leg kick
and Novoselic counters with a nice uppercut.
Novoselic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Novoselic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Novoselic scoring well with a low kick there.
Novoselic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Both fighters circling a little - Novoselic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleary looks to score with a jab to the body but Novoselic is just out of range.
A left lands for Novoselic.
Crunch! Cleary slams his shin into Novoselic's torso.
Nice jab there from Novoselic.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cleary.
Novoselic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Novoselic scores with a sloppy right hand. Cleary should have avoided that one.
Novoselic lands a jab to the nose.
A chopping leg kick lands by Novoselic.
Cleary misses with a body punch
and Novoselic counters with a straight right hand.
Cleary has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Novoselic finds it's way round the side to connect with Cleary's head.
Cleary is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleary misses with a left hand
and Novoselic scores with a counter punch that sends Cleary to the canvas! Novoselic smells blood - he's punishing Cleary with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Cleary has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Novoselic!
A very excited looking Alex Novoselic made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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