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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Andaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jia O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Connor has chosen Parkway Drive - Feed them to the pigs as his entrance music. Keith Andaya had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Keith Andaya!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jia O Connor!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andaya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Connor was well out of range. Poor timing from Andaya.
O Connor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O Connor dodges the punch combination from Andaya.
Andaya scores with a hook to the body. O Connor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Andaya dodges the punch combination from O Connor.
O Connor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andaya.
O Connor misses with an uppercut.
Andaya just misses with a punch to the body.
O Connor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Andaya avoids the head kick by O Connor.
Andaya throws a jab when O Connor was well out of range.
Andaya just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andaya fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but O Connor avoids it really well and circles away.
Andaya takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Andaya swinging wildly here.
O Connor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
O Connor moves away from the strike by Andaya.
Good exchange - O Connor coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Connor lands a left and a right that sends Andaya crashing to the canvas! O Connor dives into mount looking to finish!
Andaya is rocked!
It looks like Keith Andaya has been cut.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
O Connor controlling his opponent.
Oh Andaya is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Connor wants to control the pace but Andaya is squirming around nicely.
Andaya seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Connor throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
O Connor throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
O Connor misses with a head shot.
O Connor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Andaya?
Andaya taking shots to the head.
O Connor is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Andaya is surviving well by controlling O Connor's body position as best he can.
Andaya wants to hold on but O Connor pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andaya taking shots to the head.
O Connor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Andaya?
Andaya is in a horrible position here. O Connor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Andaya takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Connor working the ground and pound effectively.
O Connor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Andaya looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andaya tries to get back to half guard but can't.
O Connor lands a big shot there that rocks Andaya but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
O Connor lands with some strikes.
Andaya tries to lock up and control but O Connor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
O Connor throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
O Connor moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Andaya has worked his arm free - good work by Andaya!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andaya is trying to buck O Connor off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jia O Connor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keith Andaya's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Oooh a lovely combination from O Connor sends Andaya down but not out. O Connor dives into side control looking to finish.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Connor has knee on belly momentarily but Andaya bucks him off and regains half guard.
O Connor is thwarting Andaya's attempts to control the position.
Andaya wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Connor trying to mount his opponent but Andaya defends it.
O Connor not doing much here.
O Connor wants to pass to mount but Andaya is defending the position.
O Connor winds up and cracks Andaya with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Andaya is looking to escape.
Jia O Connor has got the better of the ground game so far.
Andaya tries to get to full guard but O Connor has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andaya taking some punishment here, with O Connor in his half guard.
O Connor trying to control the action but Andaya is working from the bottom.
Andaya is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
O Connor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Andaya trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andaya is refusing to be controlled, as O Connor sits in half guard.
O Connor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
O Connor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
O Connor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Andaya is refusing to be controlled, as O Connor sits in half guard.
O Connor is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Andaya is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andaya is in trouble now - O Connor has advanced to mount!
Andaya wants to control but O Connor is having none of it.
O Connor lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Connor content just to control the position here.
Andaya tries to hold on but O Connor pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jia O Connor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Keith Andaya's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
O Connor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Connor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Andaya thows a body shot but no joy.
Andaya on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Andaya steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from O Connor. That one must have hurt.
Andaya fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A good leg kick by O Connor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Connor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O Connor scores with a sloppy right hand. Andaya should have avoided that one.
O Connor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andaya.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Connor throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Andaya stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. O Connor follows into mount!
O Connor controlling the position easily from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big strike lands for O Connor! That's really hurt Andaya and he's turned his back - O Connor keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! O Connor jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jia O Connor! Jia O Connor retains his light heavyweight title!
Jia O Connor thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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