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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Meyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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193 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Meyers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Donnelly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donnelly throws a hook but Meyers blocks it.
Donnelly scores with a shot to the body.
Donnelly throws an overhand right that lands on Meyers's shoulder, as Meyers tries to avoid the shot.
Meyers moves away from the strike by Donnelly.
Donnelly scores with a body shot.
Meyers throws a shot from downtown. Donnelly moves away and avoids it.
Nice body punch from Donnelly.
Donnelly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Meyers slips under a jab.
Meyers is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Donnelly.
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!
Meyers misses with a hook.
Donnelly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Meyers throws a shot from downtown. Donnelly moves away and avoids it.
Donnelly sends Meyers crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Donnelly is motioning to the referee to let Meyers up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Meyers is rocked!
Donnelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meyers.
Oh Meyers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Donnelly connects with a body shot.
Meyers seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Donnelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meyers ducks right into an uppercut from Donnelly.
Meyers cracks a nice hook into Donnelly's ribs.
Meyers misses with a looping left.
Good exchange - Donnelly coming out on top.
Meyers scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Meyers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Donnelly doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meyers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donnelly.
Donnelly scores with a hook.
Donnelly moves into the clinch successfully.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Meyers has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly tries to throw a body punch but Meyers avoids it by throwing Donnelly back against the cage.
Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
Donnelly pressing his opponent against the cage.
I was talking to Meyers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Meyers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyers.
Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
Meyers blocking some punches.
Donnelly trying to stall but Meyers improves his position.
Donnelly digs a right hand into Meyers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Meyers's gas tank.
Meyers gets through Donnelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Donnelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Meyers.
Donnelly is trying to stall.
Donnelly misses with a body punch.
Meyers swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyers misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Donnelly.
Meyers has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
Donnelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donnelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meyers's elbow.
Meyers has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Donnelly.
Meyers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meyers swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Meyers misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Meyers on the inside.
Donnelly misses with a body punch.
Meyers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donnelly lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Meyers misses with a punch on the inside.
Meyers misses with the head strike.
Donnelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meyers's elbow.
Donnelly is looking to control Meyers's arms but Meyers gets an underhook and turns him. Now Donnelly has his back to the cage.
Donnelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meyers swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnelly.
Meyers throws a head punch that misses.
Meyers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donnelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meyers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meyers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donnelly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Meyers up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Donnelly dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Donnelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meyers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donnelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Donnelly with a jab.
Meyers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyers manages to avoid it.
Meyers throws a right hand that misses
and Donnelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Donnelly with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meyers walks into a stiff left hand from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a lazy right hand but Meyers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meyers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with a hook.
Brian Donnelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meyers walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Donnelly has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Donnelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
BOOM! Donnelly lands a beautiful left hook that drops Meyers. Meyers tries to recover but Donnelly is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Meyers lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Donnelly!
Brian Donnelly managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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