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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gus McCrae (ranked 605 p4p, 1055 weight class) and James Hunt (ranked 92 p4p, 159 weight class). James Hunt has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gus McCrae's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gus McCrae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Hunt!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
Hunt is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
McCrae feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hunts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McCrae scores with a nice strike.
McCrae takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McCrae scores with a sloppy right hand. Hunt should have avoided that one.
Hunt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
McCrae misses with a body shot.
McCrae moves away from the strike by Hunt.
McCrae lands a glancing blow to the side of Hunt's head.
McCrae throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Hunt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McCrae takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hunt! But no joy.
McCrae is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae clinches with his opponent.
McCrae misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCrae tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCrae blocking some punches.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hunt pushes McCrae back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hunt lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCrae backwards.
Hunt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McCrae as Hunt tries to tie him up.
Hunt blocking some punches.
McCrae tries to work over Hunt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCrae misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hunt prevents a body shot from McCrae.
Hunt lands an uppercut.
Hunt lands an uppercut.
Hunt taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
I was talking to McCrae's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A shot in the inside from McCrae.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hunt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McCrae throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCrae misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCrae swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCrae.
McCrae tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing McCrae back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hunt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCrae looks to land a left hand but Hunt moved out of range nicely.
Hunt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McCrae misses with a right hand
and Hunt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from McCrae misses
enabling Hunt to counter with a crisp jab.
McCrae rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunt counters with a nice uppercut.
McCrae moves out of range as Hunt strikes.
McCrae looks to land a right hand but Hunt moved out of range.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCrae. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McCrae misses with an uppercut
and Hunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCrae doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunt circles away.
Hunt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McCrae misses with a series of wild punches.
McCrae closes the distance but Hunt moves to the side
and Hunt counters with a straight right hand.
McCrae darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McCrae lands a glancing blow to the side of Hunt's head.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCrae misses with a wild body shot.
McCrae throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hunt! But no joy.
McCrae misses with a straight left.
Hunt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McCrae misses with a hook.
Hunt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by McCrae.
McCrae lands an overhand right.
Hunt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
McCrae connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCrae throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCrae.
McCrae missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunt is looking for the big counter here.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McCrae moves into range and connects with a jab.
McCrae throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hunt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hunt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McCrae lands a lovely overhand right.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but McCrae moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gus McCrae dominated that round.
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.
McCrae ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
A jab lands there for McCrae.
Hunt blocks a jab.
As McCrae backs off Hunt throws a huge counter combo but McCrae manages to avoid it all.
McCrae tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
McCrae is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hunt can do to turn this around?
Hunt moves forwards but McCrae connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McCrae misses the jab.
Hunt appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
McCrae scores with a decent looking hook.
McCrae lands a nice hook to Hunt's body. Hunt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McCrae moves to clinch but Hunt breaks away
and Hunt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCrae tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCrae waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunt.
McCrae misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McCrae connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hunt's hands.
Hunt throws a shot from downtown. McCrae moves away and avoids it.
McCrae rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McCrae takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gus McCrae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt lands a really nice looking cross but McCrae seems unphased.
McCrae fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hunt, pushing him back against the cage.
McCrae tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing McCrae back against the cage.
McCrae swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Hunt scores with a nice short uppercut.
McCrae goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from McCrae.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hunt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hunt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McCrae swings widly with a right hand
and Hunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hunt on the side of the head.
McCrae throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
Hunt throws a counter combo.
Hunt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCrae sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McCrae steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
McCrae swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hunt might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hunt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
A counter left hand to the body from McCrae misses its target.
McCrae throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt slips under a jab from McCrae.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hunt! But no joy.
McCrae is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunt.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCrae.
Despite the aggression on Hunt's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
McCrae misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
McCrae gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCrae has Hunt pressed against the cage, preventing Hunt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McCrae blocking some punches.
McCrae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCrae doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCrae lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by McCrae.
McCrae throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCrae backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCrae creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Hunt.
McCrae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
James Hunt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCrae softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCrae misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from McCrae on the inside.
McCrae blocks an uppercut.
McCrae lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCrae throws a head punch that misses.
McCrae misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunt working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt misses with the head strike.
McCrae lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McCrae throws a head punch that misses.
McCrae misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hunt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCrae misses with a body shot.
McCrae connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hunt momentarily.
Hunt throws a low kick but it's checked well by McCrae.
McCrae fails to land with a series of punches.
McCrae throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCrae throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
McCrae fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gus McCrae dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hunt looks to land a left hand but McCrae moved out of range nicely.
Gus McCrae is winning the standup battle so far.
McCrae tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCrae misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McCrae digs a good body shot into Hunt's ribs.
McCrae works the jab nicely.
A shot to the liver by McCrae. Beautiful body shot.
McCrae shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hunt eats them both and turns towards McCrae to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
McCrae lands a jab-cross combination.
A shot to the liver by McCrae. Beautiful body shot.
McCrae throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCrae uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Nice cross by McCrae.
McCrae swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae throws an off balance right hand
and Hunt counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunt takes one to the chin there.
Hunt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hunt takes one to the side of the head.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCrae lands a really nice looking cross but Hunt seems unphased.
Hunt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCrae misses with a wild body shot.
McCrae swings widly with a right hand
and Hunt counters with a nice uppercut.
McCrae misses with a two punch combination.
McCrae throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Hunt counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCrae lands with a cross.
McCrae stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hunt.
McCrae thuds his right hand into Hunt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McCrae drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Decent striking displayed by McCrae there.
Nice cross by McCrae.
Hunt slips under a jab from McCrae.
Hunt doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
McCrae throws an off balance right hand
and Hunt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCrae lands with a cross.
McCrae lands with a shot to the body.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but McCrae sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCrae.
McCrae pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hunt! But no joy.
Hunt needs to keep his hands up - McCrae had a free shot at his head there.
Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
James Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A bone on bone clash there as McCrae blocks the leg kick.
A left lands for McCrae.
Gus McCrae is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McCrae cracks Hunt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McCrae misses with a two punch combination.
McCrae misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Hunt is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
McCrae throwing a counter right hand but Hunt manages to avoid it.
McCrae instigates a clinch.
Hunt dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McCrae tries to work over Hunt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCrae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Hunt.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCrae has Hunt pressed against the cage, preventing Hunt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from McCrae fails to land.
McCrae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hunt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hunt lands a left and a right that send McCrae crashing to the mat, dazed. Hunt thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Gus McCrae has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCrae pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt avoids the body shot from McCrae.
And Hunt responds with a good body kick, but McCrae manages to step out the way in time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gus McCrae showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McCrae, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gus McCrae!
Gus McCrae managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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