Spike.com is here Live at the very special Fight for the Troops from Fayetteville, North Carolina. We'll be live blogging the action from my prime spot cageside at the arena. Remember the live broadcast starts at 9 p.m. ET/6 PT, but the undercards will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 PT, so hit us up to check out this exclusive look at the fights.
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The undercards are about to start as McCully makesw his way into the cage. The arena is only about half full so far, but the roof is about to blow off this place ya'll!
Round 1:
Off the bell, they're right into the clinch. Sanchez almost scored a takedown but no dice. Back to the clinch and a few nice knees on both sides. McCully has him pinned against the fence, then Sancez breaks free. After a ew vicious exchanges, McCully has him pinned again and lands a solid knee to the mid-section. McCully lands a big right. Justin backs off and bring the action back to the center of the cage. Sanchez scores a takedown and lays some solid elbows for the remainder of the round.
Round 2:
Justin fires a nice combo but misses. Sanchez landed a mean right hook and shook up McCully, but he goes in for the clinch and pins Sanchez on the fence. Sanchez breaks lose. McCully lands cleanly and sparks an exchange then lands a headkick. The action subsides ab it but Sanchez is bleeding from the mouth. McCully dropped Sanchez but he recovered quickly. Both men appear to be gassed. They ties up then break with a few attempted uppercuts. Sanchez rocked McCully with a combo that sent him sailing back, but the fence caught him and they clinched up for the remainder of the round.
Round 3:
It's Sanchez on the offensive and lands a hard right uppercut. They tie up and exchange a few short punches. They're both teeing off now and knees are wobbling, but they both recover. They're toe-to-toe now and hurting each other badly, but no one falls. McCully scores a takedown but doesn't hold it. Don't forget to donate. McCully is cut under his right eye. McCully glanced at the clock. They are both very tired but not backing down. There has been a lot of clinch work at the final minutes of this bout but as the last seconds burn off, McCully lands a monsterous combo and ut looked like he scored the KO, but the bell rang, It was enough to earn a unanimous decision from the judges.
McCully is very emotional after the announcement. He thanks Al "Stankie" then makesa heart-flet plea to donate to the troops. Just a few bucks.
Round 1:
Right off the there's a low blow to Hill, but no official stop and they tap gloves. Hill is pushing the action and quickly scores a takedown. Hartt nearly but Hill holds on and ends up in half guard. "Ranger Up!" someone yells behind me. Hill holds the half guard, but isn't dont much and eventually, Hartt recovers. Hill lands a headkick at light speed and follows up with a body shot. Hill eats a leg kick but barely flinches. The crowd begins to boo and almost as an answer, Hill shots in for a takedown and scores another half guard. Hartt pulls full and attempts a submission, but Hill fends it off. The ref stands them up, maybe a little too quickly. Hartt catches a head kick, but fails to capitalize with a takedown.
Round 2:
Hartt hurts Hill badly and sends him flying to his back. Hartt mounts, but the ref calls a stop almost immediately and Hill is writhing in pain. It appears to be an injury to his lower leg. The medical staff is on the ball and in moments surround him. Hill will not be able to continue. There was no illegal maneuver, so Hartt wins via TKO. We hope he's alright.
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Round 1:
Wolff, the retired Navy SEAL, elicits a mixed reception from the crowd, which is a little surprising, but hey, there's no Navy at Fort Bragg.
Saunders employs an excellent Clinch and is FIRING knees but Wolff is doing a great job of blocking with his elbows. Still the knees are relentless. Wolff shows a ton of heart by eating approximately 1,000,000 knees to the head before he falls, but after a while it's too much to bear and the match is called to a stop.
Joe Rogan just claimed Saunders has just earned honors of "Best Muay Thai Clinch," taking the crown away from Anderson Silva. No arguments here.
Wolff has now bled on the battlefield and bled in the Octagon in the name of his brothers in arms, now how about shedding a few dollars to help our injured troops.
Rouund 1:
Rees, too, employs a Muay Thai clinch but Bruno breaks it before too much damage is inflicted. Rees has him against the fence and eventually scores a takedown. Bruno Recovers and lands a kick which knocks Rees to the canvas. Bruno jumps onto and ends up in a north/south then Bruno takes the back of Rees, but scores nothing major. Bruno slams him against the cage and again, earns the back of Rees. Bruno does nothing with it and the ref breaks the action. There are a few bombs exchanged, but no major damage. Rees now has Bruno pinned up against the fence.
Round 2:
Bruno pushes him to the fence and hold him, He takes Rees' back and Rees falls to his knees. Now back to the feet, Bruno still in back. Rees spins and faces his opponent. Referee break the action. Rees scores on a pretty nice combo, but it's not long before they're back against the fence. Rees shakes Bruno with an uppercut but he recovers and scores a takedown. Rees is breathing heavily and Bruno takes Rees' back again. It's seconds before he sinks in the RNC. It's not very tight yet and Rees is fight it, but Bruno readjusts and there's nothing to but tap.
Bruno tells Joe Rogan his Navy helicopter was shot down in September 2002 and the Army put him on a Black Hawk, saving his life. A very sincere thank you the troops here at the Crown Coliseum. The crowd roars. Please go doante, he implores the fans, in his final goodbye.
There's a minor rumbling on the other end of the arena, which turns into more of major disturbance. It turns out to be Chuck Liddell taking pictures with the fans.
Farber walks out to George Thorogood's Bad to the Bone. Awesome.
Hi, Arianny.
Round 1:
Luigi scores an early takedown and pins Farber on the fence. He passes gaurd without thinking too much about it and goes to work in the side mount. Farber gets to his knees momentarily and lands back on hins back but pulls half guard... not for long. Luigi is back in side mount. Farber gets to his knees and Luigi goes for a guillotine. No dice. Farber recovers, but breifly, they end up back on the mat and Fioravanti has hi back. He sinks in the rear naked choke but doesn't have it locked up. Farber recovers to his feet. Luigi gets another takedown to side mount. He attmepts a full mount but Farber stuffs him and recovers to his feet.
Round 2:
Farber uses the clinch to land a couple mean knees but Luigi catchs one and scores another takedown. He's in side mount. Farber attempts a wild triangle, but misses which results in Fioravanti taking his back again. Farber recovers, but Luigi gets it back. Farber almost locks up a kimura from the bottom but can't hold it and Luigi escapes to his feet. Farber scores commanding takedown, but just in time for the bell.
Round 3:
Farber goes back to the clinch and lands a few knees. Luigi get a takedown and again goes right to side mount. This is time he gets the full mount and throws a little ground-n-pound, but Farber gets out. Only for a moment. Luigi is at his back again and goes for another RNC. Nothing. Back to the feet. Someone yells, "I thought you were a Marine!" He must have heard. He dropped his hands breifly, then began stalking his opponent until he score another takedown and again gets the back of Farber. He's trying for the rear naked choke, but still can't lock it up. With about seven seconds left, he finally sinks it tightly, but Farber holds off until the bell.
Unanimous decision for Fioravanti.The crowd is pleased to see their Marine brother get the W.
That's it for the undercards. Go donate some cash, then check back for the Jim Miller and Matt Wiman to kick off the main event in a few minutes.
