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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Maguire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maguire comes into the arena with Guns 'n Roses - Welcome To The Jungle blaring out of the sound system. Power has chosen Dangerous as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Maguire!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Power!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power lands with an overhand left.
Power shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Power missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Maguire is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maguire trying to control from the bottom.
Maguire tries to roll over but Power keeps him under control.
Power controlling the action here.
Power trying to mount his opponent but Maguire defends it.
Power trying to control from half guard but Maguire is working away.
Maguire is trying to maintain the position but Power is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Power takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Maguire bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Power's head.
Maguire blocks the body kick.
Power bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maguire's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Maguire, as that shot connected.
Power lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Power fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Maguire sprawls well initially but Power persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maguire regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maguire is on top in guard.
Maguire seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Maguire passes Power's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maguire seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Maguire is looking to advance position but Power won't allow it.
Maguire keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Power wants to get back to full guard.
Power is trying to control but can't.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maguire throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maguire looks to throw the jab but Power is out of range.
Maguire tries to bum rush Power with a series of wild strikes but Power uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maguire misses with a body shot.
Power takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Power throws an off balance right hand
and Maguire counters with a right hand to the body.
Maguire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Power manages to avoid it.
Power feints and as Maguire raises his hands in defense, Power changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Power looking to pass the guard.
Power postures up in Maguire's guard and throws a big left but Maguire blocks it.
Power with a flurry of punches that miss.
Power scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maguire keeping moving, preventing Power from controlling successfully.
Power postures up.
Maguire is really struggling to control Power but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Maguire is pulling down on Power's head. It's preventing any offense from Power, at least for the moment.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Power advances to half guard.
Maguire wants to control but Power is keeping busy.
Maguire keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The ref stands the fighters back up. Cormac Maguire wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maguire!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Danny Power will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Power throws a low kick, looking for Maguire's leg but Maguire calmly moves out of range.
Maguire throws a half hearted mid kick.
Maguire is looking to land body kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Maguire misses the target.
Maguire misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Power. That's going to slow Maguire down.
Maguire takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Power throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Maguire makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Power lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Power crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maguire - the referee stops the clock and Power gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maguire. Power manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Power pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Power misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Maguire.
Maguire connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maguire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Power cracks Maguire with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Maguire fails to land.
Maguire lands a body punch.
Power makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maguire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Power blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maguire pushes off an throws an elbow but Power leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Power pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maguire throws the kick towards the body but Power avoids it.
Maguire with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Power thows a body shot but no joy.
Maguire misses with a low kick.
Maguire thuds a left hand into Power's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maguire scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Power fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maguire looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Maguire looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Power looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maguire tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Power on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Power goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Power holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Power wants to take the fight to the mat but Maguire manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Maguire.
Maguire gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Power.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maguire managing to block the knees to the body from Power.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Power tries a body shot but Maguire blocks it.
Maguire struggles to land a body shot inside as Power controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maguire.
Maguire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maguire tries a body shot but Power blocks it.
Power is trying to break free.
Maguire lands a hook that snaps the head of Power backwards.
Power looking to throw knees to the head but Maguire is blocking nicely.
Power displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maguire up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire missing with knees to the body.
Power has a couple of punches blocked by Maguire.
A short right from Power on the inside.
Maguire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Power is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maguire.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Power is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Power is trying to break free.
Maguire has Power pressed against the cage, preventing Power from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maguire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Power's efforts to push away.
Power misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cormac Maguire will probably get the nod.
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.
Power slips a jab and a cross from Maguire.
Maguire thows a body shot but no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Maguire blocks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maguire. Power does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maguire misses with a series of wild punches.
Power shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Maguire sprawls well. Maguire wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Power gets slowly back to his feet.
Maguire is looking to wear down Power with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Power staying out of range there.
Maguire steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Power. That one must have hurt.
Power lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Power throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Maguire's head.
Maguire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Power.
A telegraphed right hand from Maguire misses the target.
Maguire tries to work over Power's front leg with a kick but Power checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Power at a distance.
Maguire scores with a crisp jab that stopped Power in his tracks.
Maguire takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Power connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maguire's hands.
Power moves out of range as Maguire strikes.
Maguire looks to score with a jab to the body but Power is just out of range.
Maguire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maguire with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Power to score with a decent uppercut.
Maguire waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Power.
Maguire manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Power on his heels. He'll look to pass Power's guard now, I'm sure.
Maguire slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maguire wants to control from the top but Power keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Maguire controlling from the top position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cormac Maguire has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Maguire scores with a kick to the midsection.
Maguire fails to land with a series of punches.
Maguire closes the distance and pushes Power back into the cage.
Maguire prevents a body shot from Power.
Maguire is stalling here.
Power throws a punch but it's blocked by Maguire.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maguire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Power's elbow.
Maguire misses with a punch on the inside.
Power struggles to land a body shot inside as Maguire controls his hands.
Maguire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maguire lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Power scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maguire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maguire throws a head punch that misses.
Power tries to throw a body punch but Maguire avoids it by throwing Power back against the cage.
Power on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Power tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power breaks from the clinch.
Maguire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Power with a hook.
Cormac Maguire is winning the standup battle so far.
Power lands with a hook. Maguire tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jab, jab by Power - just one landing.
Power throws a sloppy head kick and Maguire moves out of range easily.
Power throws the left hand but Maguire avoids the punch easily.
Power finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maguire fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maguire tries to land a front kick but Power steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maguire misses with an uppercut.
Power throws a looping overhand right but Maguire ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Power throws a sloppy head kick and Maguire moves out of range easily.
Power avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Power misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Cormac Maguire did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Power scores with a jab to the body.
Maguire misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Maguire.
Maguire takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Power throws a front kick aimed at Maguire's knee but Maguire avoids it well.
Power fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Maguire has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Maguire on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maguire throws a body punch but Power moves out of range.
Maguire swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Power counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maguire preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Power is looking to work some ground and pound but Maguire has wrist control.
Power is looking to work some ground and pound but Maguire has wrist control.
Maguire is trying to keep Power in close.
Power showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maguire wants to sweep here but Power controlling him for the moment.
Power passes Maguire's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Maguire controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Power is looking to advance position but Maguire won't allow it.
Maguire moves into full guard.
Maguire pulls Power in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power scoring with some ground and pound.
Power postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maguire is on top in guard.
Maguire trying to control but Power is working from the bottom.
Power wants to sweep here but Maguire controlling him for the moment.
Power trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power looking to hit a scissor sweep but Maguire is one step ahead there.
Power controlling the position.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Danny Power wasn't active enough on the ground.
Maguire misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The crowd cheers as Maguire lands an impressive looking overhand right. Power doesn't seem phased though.
Maguire blocks a head kick by Power.
Power closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Power has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Maguire is looking to control Power's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maguire avoid being mounted?
Maguire is trying to get back to full guard.
Maguire is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maguire manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Maguire keeping moving, preventing Power from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Power pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maguire is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Power dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Maguire lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Power takes a swing at Maguire's ribcage but misses.
Power misses with an uppercut
and Maguire connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Power.
Power cracks the inside of Maguire's front leg.
Power gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Maguire slips under a jab from Power.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maguire moves away.
Power lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maguire's sensitive parts.
Maguire throws a looping overhand right but Power ducks down to avoid it.
Maguire with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slapping leg kick lands for Power.
Maguire misses the shot to the body.
Power wants to slow Maguire down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power looks to throw the jab but Maguire is out of range.
A jab lands there for Power.
Power steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Maguire. That one must have hurt.
Power closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Maguire's guard.
Maguire wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Power trying to control the position from guard on top but Maguire is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maguire not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Power trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Maguire pulls Power in close to prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cormac Maguire.
Power stalks Maguire and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Maguire's face. Maguire staggers backwards, shaken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maguire looks to land a body kick but Power moved away.
Power throws a nice outside leg kick.
Maguire moves in looking to clinch but Power pushes him off.
A jab lands there for Power.
Maguire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Power can pounce on him.
Power connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Maguire is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Power uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maguire.
Maguire moves out of range as Power throws a body kick.
Power misses with a low kick.
Maguire fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Maguire moves into range and clinches up with Power.
Maguire prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Power.
Maguire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maguire's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cormac Maguire has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Maguire misses with the head strike.
Power looking for a takedown.
Maguire lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Power digs a right hand into Maguire's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maguire's gas tank.
Maguire gets through Power's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Power blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Power tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maguire fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Power.
Power goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Power blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Power looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maguire keeps control of Power as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Power is working for takedown but Maguire is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cormac Maguire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Power.
Power manages to break the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Power.
And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Power comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Power has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:48
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Danny Power!
Danny Power is the new featherweight champion!
Danny Power seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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