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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ralph McGuire (ranked 819 p4p, 1850 weight class) and Ian Stronk (ranked 118 p4p, 289 weight class). McGuire comes to the cage accompanied by Confederate Railroad - Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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10 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Stronk!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stronk misses with a straight left.
Stronk wants to clinch
and McGuire counters with a straight right hand.
McGuire scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stronk slips a jab from McGuire.
McGuire pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stronk has closed the distance and engaged McGuire in a clinch.
Stronk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stronk digs a right hand underneath McGuire's ribcage. McGuire let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stronk lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGuire backwards.
Stronk lands with a light punch inside.
McGuire tries to throw a body punch but Stronk avoids it by throwing McGuire back against the cage.
Stronk prevents a body shot from McGuire.
Stronk prevents McGuire from breaking the clinch.
Stronk lands a hook that snaps the head of McGuire backwards.
Stronk is leaning against McGuire and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from McGuire on the inside.
Stronk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McGuire lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire blocking some punches.
McGuire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stronk gets through McGuire's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stronk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGuires head.
McGuire's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stronk misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stronk.
Stronk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stronk misses with the head strike.
Stronk prevents a body shot from McGuire.
Stronk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stronk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from McGuire.
McGuire digs a right hand underneath Stronk's ribcage. Stronk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McGuire misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stronk.
Stronk lands a nice uppercut.
McGuire lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from McGuire.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stronk lands with a short shot to the head.
McGuire lands with a light punch inside.
McGuire scores with a shot to the side of Stronk's head.
McGuire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stronk up against the cage.
Stronk wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by McGuire.
McGuire manages to break the clinch.
McGuire takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McGuire pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ian Stronk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stronk moves in looking to clinch but McGuire pushes him off.
Stronk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stronk throws a lazy right hand but McGuire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGuire feints a jab promting Stronk to slip. McGuire then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stronk slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Ian Stronk has been cut.
McGuire misses the shot to the body.
Stronk wants to counter with a clinch but McGuire pushes him away.
McGuire takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stronk takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stronk tries to clinch there but McGuire circles away.
McGuire swats away the attempt to clinch by Stronk.
McGuire swats away the attempt to clinch by Stronk.
McGuire tried to counter with a leg kick but Stronk avoided it.
Stronk wants to clinch up but McGuire keeps it at a distance.
Stronk tries to clinch but McGuire is having none of it.
Stronk tries to clinch but McGuire is having none of it.
Stronk tries to clinch but McGuire is having none of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by McGuire. That's going to slow Stronk down.
Stronk tries to clinch up but McGuire circles away and keeps his distance.
McGuire works Stronk's body with a nice hook.
Stronk takes the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from McGuire.
A short left from McGuire.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stronk lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McGuire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stronk.
McGuire lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stronk tries a body shot but McGuire blocks it.
Stronk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGuire or not.
McGuire lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stronk looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGuire lands a left hand.
McGuire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good exchange - McGuire coming out on top.
McGuire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stronk was well out of range. Poor timing from McGuire.
Stronk wants to clinch but McGuire slips to the side
and McGuire counters with a right hand to the body.
McGuire drops Stronk with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Stronk looks back up at him and smiles so McGuire waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Stronk's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McGuire connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stronk scrambles back to his feet.
Stronk is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGuire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab by Stronk.
McGuire drops Stronk with a big left hand! Stronk is injured, injured bad! McGuire jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ralph McGuire!
During a confident post fight interview, Ralph McGuire thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
70% |
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