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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Underwood (ranked 5229 p4p, 5302 weight class) and Tom Cullen (ranked 610 p4p, 612 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Larry Underwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Cullen!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Underwood misses with a wild body shot.
Cullen scores with a body shot.
Cullen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Underwood misses the shot to the body.
Underwood slips a jab from Cullen.
Underwood displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Underwood's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Underwood duly obliges.
Underwood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Cullen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Underwood looks to land a combination but Cullen avoids it well.
Cullen throws a right hand that Underwood ducks under and follows up with a left that Underwood also avoids with ease.
Underwood slips a jab and a cross from Cullen.
A left lands for Cullen.
Cullen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Underwood was well out of range. Poor timing from Cullen.
Cullen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cullen lands a jab-cross combination.
Cullen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from Underwood. Those never looked like landing.
Cullen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A combination from Underwood does no damage.
Underwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Underwood misses with a wild body shot.
Cullen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Underwood throws a series of punches but Cullen avoids them all with ease.
Cullen just misses with a punch to the body.
A left and a right from Underwood both land. Nice combination.
Underwood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cullen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cullen throws a right hand that Underwood ducks under and follows up with a left that Underwood also avoids with ease.
Underwood scores with a one two! Cullen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Cullen misses.
Cullen swinging wildly here.
Cullen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Underwood is looking for a counter combo.
Underwood throws a series of punches but Cullen avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Underwood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cullen.
Cullen misses with a series of wild punches.
Underwood takes a swing at Cullen's ribcage but misses.
As Underwood backs off Cullen throws a huge counter combo but Underwood manages to avoid it all.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sloppy strikes from Cullen. Those never looked like landing.
Underwood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A shot to the liver by Cullen. Beautiful body shot.
Underwood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cullen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cullen misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood slips a jab and a cross from Cullen.
Underwood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Underwood lands a nice looking body shot.
Underwood throws a series of punches but Cullen avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Underwood misses.
Cullen loads up on a big right hand but Underwood slips the punch.
Underwood is looking to wear down Cullen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Underwood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Underwood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Underwood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cullen backs up against the cage.
Cullen misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Cullen.
Underwood connects with a looping right hand.
Cullen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Underwood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cullen moves away.
Cullen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cullen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cullen looks winded!
Underwood throws a right hand that Cullen ducks under and follows up with a left that Cullen also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen misses with a straight right.
Cullen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Underwood circles away quickly and effectively.
Underwood looks to score with a jab to the body but Cullen is just out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Cullen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Underwood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Underwood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cullen.
Cullen dodges the punch combination from Underwood.
Cullen lands with a nice combination. Underwood backs away looking to recover.
Underwood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Underwood slips a jab and a cross from Cullen.
Cullen throws a series of punches but Underwood moves out of range.
Underwood misses with a wild combination.
Underwood misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Underwood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Underwood swings for the body but Cullen moves out of range.
Cullen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cullen misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Underwood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cullen is looking for the big counter here.
Underwood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cullen.
Underwood's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Underwood duly obliges.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cullen.
Cullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Underwood manages to avoid it.
Underwood looks to land a combination but Cullen avoids it well.
Cullen misses with a two punch combination.
Cullen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cullen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Underwood cracks Cullen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Cullen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cullen throws a hook but Underwood blocks it.
Cullen throws a jab but it's blocked by Underwood.
Cullen swinging wildly here.
Cullen tries to move into range but Underwood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tom Cullen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Underwood misses with a double jab.
Cullen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Underwood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cullen looks to land a right hand but Underwood moved out of range.
Cullen fails to land with a series of punches.
Cullen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Underwood throws a big counter combination but Cullen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cullen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A punch lands to the side of Cullen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Underwood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cullen circles away quickly and effectively.
Underwood displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Underwood misses with a double jab.
Cullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Underwood manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Underwood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cullen.
Cullen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Underwood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Underwood scores with a shot to the body.
Underwood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cullen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tom Cullen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cullen swinging wildly here.
Underwood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cullen.
Underwood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cullen misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen lands a slapping body shot.
Cullen throws a hook but Underwood avoids it easily.
Underwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cullen is breathing heavily.
Underwood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cullen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Underwood throws a series of punches but Cullen moves out of range.
Cullen scores with a hook.
Underwood tries to bum rush Cullen with a series of wild strikes but Cullen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Underwood slips a jab and a cross from Cullen.
Cullen lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Underwood. Cullen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cullen throws a right and a left that Underwood avoids nicely.
Cullen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cullen walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cullen looks to land a combination but Underwood avoids it well.
Cullen walks into a jab.
Cullen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
No joy there for Cullen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cullen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Underwood.
Underwood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cullen circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen takes a swing at Underwood's ribcage but misses.
Underwood throws a series of punches but Cullen moves out of range.
Underwood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cullen.
Cullen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Underwood.
Cullen jabs at Underwood's body.
Cullen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Underwood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cullen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cullen.
Some wild striking there from Underwood.
Cullen throws a series of punches but Underwood avoids them all with ease.
Cullen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Larry Underwood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Underwood looks to score with a jab to the body but Cullen is just out of range.
Underwood throws a right and a left that Cullen avoids nicely.
Cullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Underwood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cullen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cullen throws a nice looking combination but Underwood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cullen tries to bum rush Underwood with a series of wild strikes but Underwood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Underwood is looking for a counter combo.
Cullen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Underwood circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underwood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cullen.
Underwood looks to land a combination. Cullen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Underwood swinging wildly here.
Underwood scores with a jab to the head.
Cullen scores with a nice right hand.
Underwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cullen was well out of range. Poor timing from Underwood.
Underwood displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A nice combination there by Cullen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cullen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cullen misses with a hook.
Underwood appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cullen throws a series of punches but Underwood moves out of range.
Underwood tries to bum rush Cullen with a series of wild strikes but Cullen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cullen slips a jab and a cross from Underwood.
Cullen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Underwood.
Underwood looks to land a combination but Cullen avoids it well.
Cullen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A combination from Cullen does no damage.
Underwood takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen lands with a nice combination. Underwood backs away looking to recover.
Underwood lands a jab to Cullen's midsection.
Underwood connects with a body shot.
Cullen throws a nice looking combination but Underwood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Underwood clobbers Cullen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Underwood tries to bum rush Cullen with a series of wild strikes but Cullen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cullen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cullen looks to land a combination but Underwood avoids it well.
Underwood throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Underwood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Cullen needs to keep his hands up - Underwood had a free shot at his head there.
A punch combination from Underwood misses.
Underwood connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Danga de danga de dang - Underwood scores with a four punch combination!
Underwood scores with a sloppy right hand. Cullen should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Underwood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Underwood throws a right and a left that Cullen avoids nicely.
Cullen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Underwood listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Larry Underwood dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Cullen throws a right and a left that Underwood avoids nicely.
Underwood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Underwood stuns Cullen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Underwood throws a series of punches but Cullen moves out of range.
Underwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Underwood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cullen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Underwood slips a straight right by Cullen.
Cullen throws a right hand that Underwood ducks under and follows up with a left that Underwood also avoids with ease.
Cullen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Underwood.
Cullen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Underwood on the side of the head.
Underwood misses with a looping right.
Underwood connects with a looping right hand.
Cullen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cullen throws a series of punches but Underwood avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Underwood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cullen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cullen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Underwood throws a body shot but no joy.
Cullen dodges the punch combination from Underwood.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen throws a lazy right hand but Underwood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cullen misses with a few strikes there.
Underwood walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jab by Underwood.
Underwood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Underwood throws a body punch but Cullen moves out of range.
Underwood looks to land a combination but Cullen avoids it well.
Underwood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A right-left combo lands from Cullen.
Cullen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Underwood.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cullen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A nice combination there by Underwood.
Cullen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Underwood circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice combination there by Cullen.
Underwood dodges the punch combination from Cullen.
Underwood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cullen fails to land with a series of punches.
Underwood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Underwood misses with a two punch combination.
Underwood takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
No joy there for Cullen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Underwood misses with the combination.
Underwood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cullen circles away quickly and effectively.
As Underwood backs off Cullen throws a huge counter combo but Underwood manages to avoid it all.
Cullen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cullen.
Danga de danga de dang - Cullen scores with a four punch combination!
Underwood throws a right hand that Cullen ducks under and follows up with a left that Cullen also avoids with ease.
Underwood on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Underwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cullen misses with a looping right.
Underwood takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Underwood circles away quickly and effectively.
Underwood fails to land with a series of punches.
Underwood needs to keep his hands up - Cullen had a free shot at his head there.
Underwood connects with a body shot that sends Cullen's belly button to the back.
Underwood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cullen misses with a double jab.
Underwood scores with a shot to the body.
Underwood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cullen throws a body shot but no joy.
Cullen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Underwood just misses with a punch to the body.
Underwood slips a jab and a cross from Cullen.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cullen misses the jab.
Cullen throws a right hand that Underwood ducks under and follows up with a left that Underwood also avoids with ease.
Underwood connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cullen. Cullen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Underwood swings for the body but Cullen moves out of range.
Underwood avoids the body shot from Cullen.
Underwood digs a good body shot into Cullen's ribs.
Underwood jabs at Cullen's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Underwood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cullen slips a jab and a cross from Underwood.
Cullen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cullen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Underwood was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Underwood throws a body shot but no joy.
Cullen misses with a wild combination.
Underwood seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Underwood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cullen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Underwood connects with a body shot that sends Cullen's belly button to the back.
Underwood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cullen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice uppercut there from Underwood.
Underwood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Underwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cullen fails to land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cullen scores with a jab.
A punch combination from Cullen misses.
Underwood looks to land a combination but Cullen avoids it well.
Cullen tries to bum rush Underwood with a series of wild strikes but Underwood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cullen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tom Cullen.
I think Cullen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tom Cullen!
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