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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve McMichael (ranked 405 p4p, 256 weight class) and Adrian Rose (ranked 56 p4p, 38 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve McMichael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adrian Rose!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McMichael slips under a jab from Rose.
Rose misses with a hook. McMichael ducked under it nicely.
A nice leg kick from Rose, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rose rushes McMichael and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rose misses with the head strike.
Rose misses with a punch on the inside.
Rose lands a right hand that snaps the head of McMichael backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rose.
McMichael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McMichael lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McMichael misses with a short punch on the inside.
McMichael blocking some punches.
McMichael is trying to stall.
Rose's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from McMichael fails to land.
Rose digs a right hand into McMichael's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McMichael's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose lands a hook to the side of the head.
McMichael prevents a body shot from Rose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rose has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. McMichael seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Rose can turn it around.
Rose throws a punch but it's blocked by McMichael.
Rose lands with a right to the head.
Rose misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McMichael.
It looks like Adrian Rose has been cut.
McMichael working aggressively here.
McMichael misses with a punch to the body.
McMichael is trying to maintain a safe position but Rose gets an underhook and turns McMichael into the cage.
McMichael tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
A hook to the body from Rose.
McMichael taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for McMichael.
Rose throws a punch but it's blocked by McMichael.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McMichael.
A short right from Rose.
McMichael misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rose.
Rose controlling the action here for a moment.
McMichael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMichael misses with some punches.
Rose misses with some punches.
McMichael stalling in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from McMichael.
McMichael controlling the action here for a moment.
McMichael lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Rose scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rose lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rose.
McMichael just leaning against Rose, taking a breather.
McMichael slows down the pace here.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMichael lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose misses with a punch on the inside.
McMichael swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rose blocks a body shot from McMichael.
McMichael stalls.
McMichael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose lands a shoulder strike.
Rose lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McMichael tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing McMichael back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rose.
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Rose lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
McMichael lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
McMichael blocks a body shot from Rose.
Rose tries to work over McMichael's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rose swings wildly with an uppercut but McMichael uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMichael stalling.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Rose struggles to land a body shot inside as McMichael controls his hands.
Rose lands a right hand that snaps the head of McMichael backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rose as McMichael tries to tie him up.
Rose struggles to land a body shot inside as McMichael controls his hands.
McMichael misses with a punch to the body.
Rose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McMichael tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rose's elbow.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rose creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McMichael is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from McMichael.
McMichael is looking to control Rose's arms but Rose gets an underhook and turns him. Now McMichael has his back to the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rose.
McMichael is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rose is keeping busy.
McMichael blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adrian Rose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adrian Rose's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
McMichael slips under a jab from Rose.
Rose bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rose swings for the body but McMichael moves out of range.
McMichael is looking to counter punch.
Rose scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rose misses with a body shot.
McMichael swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McMichael misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rose.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rose looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McMichael fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose's corner calls for a 1-2. Rose obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McMichael throws out a loose jab but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by McMichael.
Sloppy strikes from McMichael. Those never looked like landing.
McMichael just misses with a punch to the body.
Rose misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from McMichael misses.
McMichael looks to land a right hand but Rose moved out of range.
McMichael connects with a body shot.
McMichael throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rose lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McMichael at a distance.
Rose takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rose just misses with a punch to the body.
McMichael wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rose lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McMichael just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been told by McMichael's head coaches at The Barn that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McMichael pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McMichael tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rose was well out of range. Poor timing from McMichael.
McMichael punishes Rose's body with a nice straight punch.
Rose misses with a straight right.
Adrian Rose seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rose throws a body punch but McMichael moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to clinch but McMichael is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McMichael.
Nice straight punches there by McMichael. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McMichael.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rose does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McMichael walks into a stiff left hand from Rose.
Rose throws a jab but it's blocked by McMichael.
Adrian Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McMichael keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rose.
McMichael connects with a right hand. Rose shakes it off.
Rose lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McMichael scores with a jab to the body.
Rose takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McMichael avoids the body shot from Rose.
Rose misses with a body shot
and McMichael counters with a straight right hand.
Rose gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McMichael.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose throws a leg kick but McMichael sees it coming and moves out of range.
It looked like McMichael was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rose.
Rose throws a hook but McMichael blocks it.
Rose scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McMichael attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McMichael on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rose avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rose lands a jab to McMichael's midsection.
A nice leg kick from Rose, right into the meat of the thigh.
McMichael misses with a wild body shot.
A punch lands to the side of McMichael 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rose swings for the body but McMichael moves out of range.
Rose fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rose lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from McMichael misses.
McMichael lands a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body kick there by McMichael.
Rose is looking to chop away at McMichael's legs.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rose throws out a loose jab but McMichael uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rose moves away from the strike by McMichael.
McMichael throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McMichael misses the jab.
Rose throws a body shot but no joy.
Rose thows a left - swing and a miss!
McMichael misses with a body shot.
Rose lands a lovely overhand right.
Rose looks to land a left hand but McMichael moved out of range nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Adrian Rose will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Adrian Rose's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rose digs a good body shot into McMichael's ribs.
Adrian Rose is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rose moves out of range of the strikes.
McMichael takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rose lands with a right hand.
McMichael waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rose.
McMichael avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McMichael drops his hands momentarily and Rose takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McMichael misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rose smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rose ducks under a wild hook from McMichael.
Rose ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rose scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMichael slips under a jab from Rose.
Rose throws a body shot but no joy.
Rose lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McMichael at a distance.
Rose keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McMichael throws a lazy right hand but Rose sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rose only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Rose misses with an uppercut. McMichael saw that one coming.
McMichael takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rose throws a body punch but McMichael moves out of range.
Rose on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McMichael uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rose.
Rose clobbers McMichael with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McMichael takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice cross by Rose.
McMichael tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rose is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McMichael with a body shot.
Rose moves out of range as McMichael throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rose lands a nice uppercut.
McMichael holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rose has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McMichael stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as McMichael controls the action.
McMichael blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McMichael scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rose prevents a body shot from McMichael.
A body shot lands from McMichael.
McMichael wants to stall.
McMichael blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McMichael struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.
McMichael goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMichael scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McMichael blocks a body shot from Rose.
Rose throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McMichaels head.
McMichael lands a body shot.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Rose tries to throw a body punch but McMichael avoids it by throwing Rose back against the cage.
Good body shot from Rose.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McMichael.
Rose throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McMichaels head.
McMichael scores with a shoulder strike.
Rose lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McMichael backwards.
Rose lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rose swings wildly with an uppercut but McMichael uses good head movement to avoid it.
McMichael lands with a right to the head.
Adrian Rose seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Rose on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McMichael lands with a light punch inside.
Rose tries to work over McMichael's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McMichael misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by McMichael.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McMichael misses with the head strike.
McMichael misses with the head strike.
McMichael misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve McMichael has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McMichael leaning against his opponent.
A short right from Rose on the inside.
McMichael misses with a body punch.
Rose lands with a left to the head.
McMichael doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from McMichael.
Rose lands a shoulder strike.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from McMichael on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adrian Rose comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rose has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Rose!
A very excited looking Adrian Rose 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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RATING
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