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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anton Viper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Oreily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anton Viper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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167 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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175 cm
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155 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Anton Viper!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Oreily!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oreily shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Viper as he avoids it easily.
Viper throws a hook but Oreily blocks it.
Oreily looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Viper!
Oreily pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Viper avoids a series of strikes thrown by Oreily.
Oreily is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Viper can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Viper is looking to get to half guard.
Viper trying desperately to get to his feet.
Oreily looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oreily working for a submission but Viper is keeping him at bay.
Viper can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oreily swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Viper is now in Oreily's guard. A big mistake from Oreily there, giving up the dominant position!
Oreily wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Viper is now in half guard.
Oreily is looking to control Viper's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Oreily avoid being mounted?
Viper trying to mount his opponent but Oreily defends it.
Viper is thwarting Oreily's attempts to control the position.
Viper wants to control but Oreily is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Oreily looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Oreily looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Oreily looks gassed!
Viper trying to control the pace.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Viper connects with a jab.
Oreily takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Ryan Oreily has been cut.
Oreily blocks a jab.
Viper misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oreily keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Viper throws a series of punches but Oreily avoids them all with ease.
Viper wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Viper throws a series of punches but Oreily avoids them all with ease.
Oreily shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Viper as he jumps to the side.
Oreily avoids the body shot from Viper.
Viper thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Oreily.
Viper stuns Oreily with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oreily takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viper misses with a double jab.
Anton Viper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Viper misses the shot to the body.
Viper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anton Viper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Oreily.
Oreily avoids the body shot from Viper.
Viper misses with a double jab.
Viper stuffs the takedown attempt from Oreily. Oreily gets slowly back to his feet.
Viper throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oreily takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oreily takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anton Viper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Oreily's cut.
That's time! Viper's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Viper misses with a looping left.
Oreily looks for a takedown but Viper sprawls well.
Viper fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Viper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oreily slips a straight right by Viper.
Viper works over Oreily's head and body with a nice combination.
Oreily avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oreily showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Viper.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oreily misses with a head kick.
Oreily closes the distance and pushes Viper back into the ropes.
Oreily goes for a takedown attempt but Viper pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A jab from Viper finds it's way through Oreily's defenses.
Viper misses with a hook. Oreily ducked under it nicely.
Viper misses with an uppercut. Oreily saw that one coming.
Viper throws a hook but Oreily blocks it.
Viper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oreily was well out of range. Poor timing from Viper.
Oreily fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Viper sprawls well initially but Oreily persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oreily trying to control the action but Viper is working from the bottom.
Oreily trying to pass the guard but Viper defending well.
Viper trying to control here.
Oreily trying to control the action but Viper is working from the bottom.
Viper tries to get to full guard but Oreily has control of the leg.
Viper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oreily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viper is defending against the submission attempts here by Oreily.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Oreily dodges the punch combination from Viper.
Viper misses the shot to the body.
Oreily shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oreily showed some decent athleticism there.
Oreily wants to control but Viper is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oreily wants to free his trapped foot but Viper is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Viper is looking to improve his position.
Oreily is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Viper doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Oreily.
Viper pushes Oreily off looking to stand but Oreily dives back in and keeps control.
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 Anton Viper will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ryan Oreily's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Viper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Viper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Viper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oreily was well out of range. Poor timing from Viper.
Viper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oreily.
Viper scores with the left hand. Oreily knows he should have avoided that one.
Viper lands a jab to Oreily's midsection.
Nice defenses there by Oreily.
Oreily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Viper.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Viper lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Viper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oreily.
Oreily with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Viper to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oreily bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Viper is trying to improve his position.
Oreily is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Viper has escaped the position, nice work there.
Oreily trying to control the position but Viper is working away.
Oreily tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Viper is not content to let Oreily control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viper manages to work his way to half guard, despite Oreily's best efforts.
Viper is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Oreily's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Oreily's back!
Oreily tries to escape but Viper has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Viper throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Oreily!
Viper scores with strikes from the back.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Viper's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viper lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Viper.
Oreily trying to control the position but Viper manages to sink in the hooks.
Viper looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Viper softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Viper throwing damaging strikes from the back! Oreily could be in trouble here!
Oreily is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Viper's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Viper has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Oreily.
Viper trying to control momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oreily is really stuck here.
Viper is punishing Oreily with strikes - can he finish him?!
Viper is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Oreily up.
Oreily looking very determined here, making life difficult for Viper.
Viper softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Oreily turns into Viper and is now in his guard.
Oreily missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Viper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anton Viper clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Oreily's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Viper misses with a straight right.
Viper throws a shot from downtown. Oreily moves away and avoids it.
Oreily uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Viper.
Oreily fails to land the takedown.
Viper throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Viper scores with a hook to the body. Oreily takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab from Viper.
Oreily looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Oreily postures up.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Viper keeping moving, preventing Oreily from controlling successfully.
Viper is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ryan Oreily has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oreily wants to pass the guard but Viper is keeping the position.
Oreily wants to control from the top but Viper keeps moving.
Oreily working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Viper wants to sweep but no luck.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No joy there for Viper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Viper stuffs the takedown attempt from Oreily. Oreily gets slowly back to his feet.
A combination from Viper does no damage.
Viper closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Oreily closes the distance and pushes Viper back into the ropes.
Viper is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oreily is keeping busy.
Oreily drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Viper gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Anton Viper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Oreily.
Oreily blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oreily is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Viper pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Oreily letting Viper take a breather here.
Viper is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Viper misses with a punch on the inside.
Oreily changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Viper fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Oreily takes one to the side of the head.
Viper thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anton Viper is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A punch combination from Viper misses.
A jab from Oreily misses.
Viper jabs at Oreily's body.
Viper lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Viper.
Oreily misses with a takedown attempt - Viper sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oreily showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Viper.
Viper misses with a wild combination.
Viper misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anton Viper had his way with Ryan Oreily in that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Oreily's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Oreily scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Oreily is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Viper wants to control but Oreily is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Oreily is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Viper sees it coming and defends easily.
Viper works his way to full guard. Good work.
Oreily throwing strikes but missing.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Viper bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Oreily's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oreily working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Viper has passed into half guard!
Oreily trying to get back to full guard but Viper takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Viper landing shots from mount.
Viper controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Viper cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oreily bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Oreily drops back, looking for a kneebar! Viper looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Viper looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Viper!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oreily tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Viper has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Oreily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Viper.
Viper looks to land a combination. Oreily sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Viper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Viper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oreily manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viper with a hook.
Viper catches Oreily with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oreily looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Viper is fending him off so far but Oreily persists. Nope, Viper circles away and we're back to standing.
Viper misses with a two punch combination.
Viper misses with a series of wild punches.
Oreily shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Viper as he jumps to the side.
Anton Viper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Oreily.
Viper displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A slow jab from Viper misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viper just misses with a punch to the body.
Oreily shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Viper pinned against the cage. Viper gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Viper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anton Viper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oreily defending well as Viper loads up on a big left hand.
Viper connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Viper missing with a left hand there. Oreily was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oreily scores a takedown into full mount!
Ryan Oreily has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Viper is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anton Viper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Viper, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Glass scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anton Viper!
Anton Viper retains his lightweight title!
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