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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oisin O Conghaile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Fenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think O Conghaile might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Deer's Cry by Angelina. Oisin O Conghaile has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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201 lbs
34 - 26 - 0 |
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220 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oisin O Conghaile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Fenix!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fenix is looking to clinch.
O Conghaile misses with a kick to the body
and Fenix counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Oisin O Conghaile has been cut.
Fenix misses with a leg kick.
It appears O Conghaile was looking to counter with a kick there.
Fenix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Conghaile.
O Conghaile scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
O Conghaile connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fenix momentarily.
Fenix scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
O Conghaile tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Fenix.
O Conghaile looking to land some kicks to the body here.
O Conghaile tests Fenix's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fenix blocks a head kick by O Conghaile.
O Conghaile tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fenix tries a head kick but it misses.
O Conghaile defending well as Fenix loads up on a big left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Conghaile has taken the fight to the clinch.
O Conghaile breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Conghaile showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fenix.
A head kick misses from O Conghaile.
O Conghaile swats away the attempt to clinch by Fenix.
Fenix takes a body punch but keeps moving.
O Conghaile tries to clinch but Fenix moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for O Conghaile.
Fenix misses with a straight right.
O Conghaile lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fenix takes a step back to recover.
Fenix steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Conghaile.
Fenix flicks out a counter leg kick but O Conghaile steps away.
Fenix misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Conghaile was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
O Conghaile lands a front kick.
O Conghaile throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fenix.
O Conghaile slips a straight right by Fenix.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenix scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Conghaile throws a hook to the side of Fenix's head but Fenix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fenix throws a push kick but O Conghaile slaps the foot to one side.
O Conghaile avoids the body shot from Fenix.
O Conghaile throws a quick counter kick to the body but Fenix avoids it.
O Conghaile takes one to the chin there.
Fenix moves out of range of the body kick from O Conghaile.
Fenix throws a shot from downtown. O Conghaile moves away and avoids it.
O Conghaile was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fenix throws a lazy head kick
and Fenix takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fenix throws a lazy uppercut
and O Conghaile connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
O Conghaile tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fenix was well out of range. Poor timing from O Conghaile.
Fenix swats away the attempt to clinch by O Conghaile.
Fenix has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fenix there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fenix throws a jab but it's blocked by O Conghaile.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Conghaile wants to clinch.
Fenix doesn't manage to clinch there - O Conghaile circles away.
O Conghaile was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab lands there for O Conghaile.
Fenix moves into the clinch successfully.
O Conghaile prevents a body shot from Fenix.
Fenix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
O Conghaile goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Conghaile goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fenix.
O Conghaile misses with a punch to the body.
O Conghaile misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Conghaile is trying to break free.
O Conghaile tries a body shot but Fenix blocks it.
O Conghaile blocks a body shot from Fenix.
Fenix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of O Conghailes head.
Fenix misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Conghaile tries to break the clinch but Fenix is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenix throws a punch but it's blocked by O Conghaile.
O Conghaile misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Conghaile tries to throw a body punch but Fenix avoids it by throwing O Conghaile back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Fenix.
Fenix is pushing O Conghaile up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fenix throws a punch but it's blocked by O Conghaile.
O Conghaile lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Conghaile wants to break the clinch but can't.
O Conghaile misses with the head strike.
Fenix content to slow the pace in the clinch.
O Conghaile prevents a body shot from Fenix.
Fenix blocks an uppercut.
Fenix wants to stall.
O Conghaile misses with a punch to the body.
O Conghaile misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Oisin O Conghaile will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Oisin O Conghaile's cut.
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.
O Conghaile attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
O Conghaile scores with a push kick.
Fenix tries to clinch up but O Conghaile circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from O Conghaile.
Fenix doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
O Conghaile cracks Fenix with a right hand to the side of the head.
O Conghaile gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fenix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
O Conghaile tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fenix tries to work over O Conghaile's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Conghaile tries a body shot but Fenix blocks it.
Fenix prevents a body shot from O Conghaile.
O Conghaile has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fenix misses with a body punch.
O Conghaile misses with the head strike.
Fenix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fenix stalling the fight.
O Conghaile manages to break the clinch.
O Conghaile pushes Fenix away with a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Conghaile walks forward, straight into a front kick from Fenix.
Fenix throws a body punch but O Conghaile moves out of range.
O Conghaile throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fenix swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Oisin O Conghaile is winning the standup battle so far.
O Conghaile dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fenix steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Conghaile.
O Conghaile lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fenix's sensitive parts.
Fenix is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Conghaile tries to clinch but Fenix moves out of range.
O Conghaile throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Conghaile tries to close the distance and clinch but Fenix swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for O Conghaile, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fenix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Conghaile's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fenix under the eye.
O Conghaile throws a chopping leg kick but Fenix manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
O Conghaile has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fenix finds it's way round the side to connect with O Conghaile's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenix moves to clinch but O Conghaile breaks away
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and O Conghaile counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Conghaile is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fenix.
O Conghaile avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Conghaile throws a leg kick
and Fenix counters with a stiff right hand.
Oisin O Conghaile's cut is getting worse.
Fenix tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Conghaile swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Conghaile misses with a head kick.
Fenix avoids the head kick by O Conghaile.
Fenix lands a nice hook to O Conghaile's body. O Conghaile takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fenix scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Conghaile in his tracks.
Fenix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Conghaile.
Fenix throws out a counter right but O Conghaile avoids it with no problem.
Fenix avoids the head kick by O Conghaile.
O Conghaile connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fenix. Fenix circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fenix misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Conghaile moves away from the strike by Fenix.
A jab from Fenix finds it's way through O Conghaile's defenses.
O Conghaile scores with the left hand. Fenix knows he should have avoided that one.
O Conghaile misses with a low kick as Fenix jumps back.
Fenix with the counter takedown but O Conghaile avoids it easily.
Fenix misses with an uppercut.
O Conghaile throws a quick counter kick to the body but Fenix avoids it.
O Conghaile clinches up with Fenix and pushes him back against the cage.
O Conghaile misses with a punch to the body.
O Conghaile can't find room to land a body shot as Fenix controls the action.
O Conghaile blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fenix gets through O Conghaile's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fenix misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Fenix.
O Conghaile is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
O Conghaile misses with an elbow strike.
A short body shot lands from O Conghaile as the two fighters clinch.
Fenix stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Conghaile is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fenix is keeping busy.
O Conghaile struggles to land a body shot inside as Fenix controls his hands.
O Conghaile throws a punch but it's blocked by Fenix.
Fenix can't find room to land a body shot as O Conghaile controls the action.
O Conghaile misses with a punch to the body.
Fenix tries to throw a body punch but O Conghaile avoids it by throwing Fenix back against the cage.
Fenix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fenix misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Conghaile misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Conghaile misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fenix misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Conghaile misses with a body punch.
O Conghaile wants to break free but Fenix has control.
O Conghaile escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fenix ducks under a wild hook from O Conghaile.
O Conghaile closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oisin O Conghaile dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oisin O Conghaile's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Fenix misses with a leg kick
and O Conghaile counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from O Conghaile misses its intended target.
O Conghaile looks to score with a jab to the body but Fenix is just out of range.
O Conghaile tries a head kick but it misses.
Fenix throws a leg kick which misses O Conghaile's front leg but catches the back leg as O Conghaile tries to avoid it.
Fenix tries to clinch up.
O Conghaile was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fenix gets a clinch.
O Conghaile blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Conghaile breaks from the clinch.
O Conghaile misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fenix was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fenix takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Conghaile throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fenix sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fenix misses with a combination
and O Conghaile counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fenix scores with a hook to the body. O Conghaile takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marcus Fenix is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Conghaile throws a lazy right hand but Fenix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fenix takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
O Conghaile turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fenix moves out of range of the body kick.
Fenix moves out of range of the leg kick from O Conghaile.
Fenix misses with a body shot.
Fenix moves in looking to clinch but O Conghaile pushes him off.
O Conghaile is looking to counter with a body kick.
Fenix fails to land with a series of punches.
O Conghaile tries to land a body kick
and Fenix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Fenix.
It appears O Conghaile was looking to counter with a kick there.
Fenix misses with a looping left.
O Conghaile is looking to counter with head kicks.
Fenix is looking to clinch but O Conghaile is avoiding it.
Nice body kick from Fenix.
O Conghaile tests Fenix's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Conghaile throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and O Conghaile takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenix throws an off balance right hand
and O Conghaile counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Conghaile throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
O Conghaile displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fenix throws out the jab.
Fenix ducks under a wild hook from O Conghaile.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Conghaile looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fenix moves out of range as O Conghaile throws a body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fenix.
Fenix stuns O Conghaile with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fenix tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Conghaile tries to land a front kick but Fenix steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
O Conghaile uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fenix.
Fenix takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fenix gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fenix misses with a punch on the inside.
Fenix lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Conghaile or not.
Fenix prevents a body shot from O Conghaile.
Fenix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
O Conghaile tries to work over Fenix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fenix lands with a short shot to the head.
O Conghaile tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Fenix on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fenix.
Oisin O Conghaile is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Conghaile tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fenix's elbow.
Fenix misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fenix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fenix scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marcus Fenix seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fenix misses with a punch to the body.
Fenix has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from O Conghaile.
O Conghaile lands a hook that snaps the head of Fenix backwards.
O Conghaile misses with a body punch.
O Conghaile makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenix scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Fenix working aggressively here.
Fenix has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. O Conghaile seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Fenix can turn it around.
Fenix lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fenix.
Fenix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fenix presses O Conghaile against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fenix cracks O Conghaile with a nice body shot.
Fenix lands a shot to the body.
Fenix scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fenix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oisin O Conghaile's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fenix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of O Conghailes head.
Marcus Fenix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fenix lands a shoulder strike.
O Conghaile is rocked!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Oh O Conghaile is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fenix lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops O Conghaile to his knees! Fenix keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Fenix!
A less than humble Marcus Fenix misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Oisin O Conghaile was interviewed post fight and said 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.
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