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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kieran Foran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie ODonnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kieran Foran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jamie ODonnell!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ODonnell doesn't manage to clinch there - Foran circles away.
ODonnell tries to clinch up.
Foran tries to keep at a distance but ODonnell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from ODonnell.
ODonnell lands an elbow inside.
ODonnell manages to break the clinch.
ODonnell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Foran.
Sloppy strikes from Foran. Those never looked like landing.
ODonnell is looking to clinch.
Foran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
ODonnell is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Foran.
ODonnell drops his hands momentarily and Foran takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Foran throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
ODonnell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Foran manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from ODonnell misses.
Foran swinging wildly here.
Foran connects with a jab.
Foran throws a nice looking combination but ODonnell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Foran swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foran thuds his right hand into ODonnell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
ODonnell throws a series of punches but Foran moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - ODonnell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
ODonnell wants to clinch up but Foran keeps it at a distance.
ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Foran swats him away and circles back towards the center.
ODonnell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
ODonnell clinches up with Foran and pushes him back against the cage.
ODonnell breaks the clinch.
ODonnell doesn't manage to clinch there - Foran circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Foran.
It looks like Jamie ODonnell has been cut.
ODonnell wants to clinch up but Foran keeps it at a distance.
ODonnell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ODonnell takes one to the chin there.
Foran misses with a series of wild punches.
Foran misses with the combination.
Foran misses with a two punch combination.
Foran lands a jab-cross combination.
Foran throws a series of punches but ODonnell avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ODonnell doesn't manage to clinch there - Foran circles away.
ODonnell closes the distance and pushes Foran back into the cage.
ODonnell lands an elbow inside that Foran shrugs off.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from ODonnell.
Foran is looking to break free of the clinch but ODonnell has double underhooks.
ODonnell drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Foran gets the underhooks and prevents it.
ODonnell looks gassed!
Foran is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
ODonnell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Foran is trying to push ODonnell away but ODonnell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Foran gets underhooks to prevent ODonnell's takedown attempt.
Foran working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Foran pushes ODonnell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Foran trying to control the position but instead, ODonnell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Foran into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foran is looking to break free of the clinch but ODonnell has double underhooks.
ODonnell lands an elbow that stopped Foran in his tracks for a moment.
Foran is trying to break the clinch but ODonnell is controlling him.
ODonnell lands a nice elbow.
Foran can't find room to land a body shot as ODonnell controls the action.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
ODonnell is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Foran takes an elbow to the temple.
Foran takes a knee right on the jaw!
Foran takes an elbow to the temple.
ODonnell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Foran lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Foran closes the distance and lands a one-two.
ODonnell tries to clinch up but Foran circles away and keeps his distance.
Foran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Foran lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
ODonnell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Foran tests ODonnell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Foran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
ODonnell misses with a combination
and Foran counters with a three punch combo that has ODonnell backing up. ODonnell nods at Foran to acknowledge the strikes.
Foran misses with a two punch combination.
ODonnell tries to clinch but Foran moves out of range.
A low kick from Foran is predictable there
and ODonnell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Foran throws a right and a left that both miss.
Foran tries to bum rush ODonnell with a series of wild strikes but ODonnell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
ODonnell tries to clinch there but Foran circles away.
Foran swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and ODonnell counters by clinching up.
ODonnell breaks from the clinch.
Foran scores with the left hand. ODonnell knows he should have avoided that one.
ODonnell wants to clinch but Foran slips to the side
and Foran counters with a lovely straight right hand!
ODonnell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
ODonnell gets a clinch.
ODonnell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
ODonnell blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kieran Foran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamie ODonnell's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
ODonnell closes the distance and clinches.
ODonnell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Foran throws a shot to the body.
ODonnell avoids a punch combination nicely.
ODonnell moves in looking to clinch but Foran pushes him off.
ODonnell takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
ODonnell shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
ODonnell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Foran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
ODonnell missing with a left hand there. Foran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
ODonnell tries to clinch up but Foran circles away and keeps his distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Foran as he connects with a hook.
Foran lands with a hook. ODonnell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Foran swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Foran swinging wildly here.
ODonnell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
ODonnell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foran avoids the body shot from ODonnell.
ODonnell throws a lazy uppercut
and Foran counters with a straight right hand.
Foran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
ODonnell closes the distance looking to clinch
and Foran connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Foran is working the combinations to good effect here.
A big left from ODonnell misses.
Foran is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
ODonnell tries to clinch up but Foran circles away and keeps his distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Foran lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and ODonnell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from ODonnell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
No joy there for Foran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Foran moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Foran throws a series of punches but ODonnell moves out of range.
ODonnell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
ODonnell takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Foran swinging wildly here.
ODonnell fails with an attempt to clinch.
ODonnell closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ODonnell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Foran is trying to push ODonnell away but ODonnell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
ODonnell changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Foran fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A left lands for Foran.
Foran scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kieran Foran is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
ODonnell is looking to clinch but Foran is avoiding it.
Foran lands with a straight right. ODonnell didn't see that one coming.
ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch but Foran swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Foran.
Foran scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Foran misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from ODonnell. Those never looked like landing.
ODonnell moves in looking to clinch but Foran pushes him off.
ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Foran paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A cross from Foran lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foran lands a body shot.
ODonnell tries to clinch
and Foran counters with a straight right hand.
ODonnell clinches up with Foran and pushes him back against the cage.
ODonnell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Foran throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and ODonnell counters with a two punch combo.
Foran feints a jab promting ODonnell to slip. Foran then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. ODonnell slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
ODonnell is looking to clinch but Foran is avoiding it.
ODonnell throws a right and a left that Foran avoids nicely.
Foran fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches ODonnell on the side of the head.
ODonnell tries to clinch up.
Foran attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice uppercut lands for Foran. That snapped ODonnell's head back.
Foran keeps the fight on the outside.
Foran misses with a two punch combination.
ODonnell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ODonnell doesn't manage to clinch there - Foran circles away.
Foran lands a lovely overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
ODonnell doesn't manage to clinch there - Foran circles away.
Foran cracks ODonnell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Foran scores with a punch to the head.
Foran sizes up ODonnell with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kieran Foran is winning the standup battle so far.
ODonnell has Foran up against the cage in a clinch.
Foran working hard to break the clinch.
Foran trying to control the position but instead, ODonnell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Foran into the cage.
ODonnell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
ODonnell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - ODonnell scores with a four punch combination!
Foran scores with a one two! ODonnell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
ODonnell moves into the clinch successfully.
ODonnell prevents Foran from breaking the clinch.
Foran is trying to break the clinch but ODonnell has him pressed against the cage.
ODonnell lands an elbow inside that Foran shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kieran Foran dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jamie ODonnell's cut.
That's time! Foran's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Foran throws a body punch but ODonnell moves out of range.
ODonnell throws a jab but it's blocked by Foran.
ODonnell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Foran darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
ODonnell tries to clinch but Foran is having none of it.
Foran misses with a jab, cross combination.
ODonnell throws a poor cross that misses
and Foran counters with a straight right hand.
A left lands for Foran.
ODonnell wants to clinch.
ODonnell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
ODonnell avoids a punch combination nicely.
ODonnell is looking to clinch but Foran is avoiding it.
ODonnell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Foran counters with a left and a right that stings ODonnell.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
ODonnell takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foran throws a nice looking combination but ODonnell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
ODonnell tries to clinch up.
ODonnell is looking to clinch.
ODonnell misses with a double jab.
Foran stalks ODonnell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into ODonnell's face. ODonnell staggers backwards, shaken.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Foran!
Foran misses with a double jab.
ODonnell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch but Foran swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Foran misses with a jab, cross combination.
ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch but Foran swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
ODonnell is looking to clinch but Foran is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Foran.
ODonnell throws a series of punches but Foran moves out of range.
Foran displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
ODonnell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Foran manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
ODonnell fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Foran scores with a jab.
ODonnell is looking to clinch.
ODonnell avoids a punch combination nicely.
ODonnell is looking to clinch.
ODonnell moves in looking to clinch but Foran pushes him off.
Foran lands a two punch combo.
Jab by Foran.
A right-left combo lands from Foran.
Foran pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces ODonnell back to the cage. Foran follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
ODonnell wants to clinch up but Foran keeps it at a distance.
Foran lands a head shot.
A punch combination from Foran misses.
ODonnell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Foran.
ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Foran paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ODonnell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Foran circles away from the clinch attempt.
Foran scores with a three punch combo!
Foran scores with a sloppy right hand. ODonnell should have avoided that one.
Foran misses with a two punch combination.
ODonnell tries to clinch up but Foran circles away and keeps his distance.
ODonnell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Foran.
ODonnell is looking to clinch but Foran is avoiding it.
ODonnell tries to clinch up.
Foran lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Foran.
ODonnell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ODonnell has closed the distance and engaged Foran in a clinch.
Foran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with ODonnell's elbow.
ODonnell breaks from the clinch.
ODonnell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A punch combination from Foran misses.
Foran misses with a double jab
and ODonnell moves into the clinch.
Jamie ODonnell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foran tries to break the clinch but ODonnell is controlling the position.
ODonnell lands with a left to the head.
ODonnell breaks from the clinch.
ODonnell wants to clinch up but Foran keeps it at a distance.
ODonnell walks into a left hand.
Foran lands a nice shot to the body.
ODonnell swinging wildly here.
ODonnell is looking to clinch but Foran is avoiding it.
Foran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Foran avoids a punch combination nicely.
Foran throws a series of punches but ODonnell moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Foran keeps the fight on the outside.
Foran misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kieran Foran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Foran scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jamie ODonnell.
I think Foran has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kieran Foran!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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