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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nino Niederreiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Mcdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 lbs
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183 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nino Niederreiter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Mcdonald!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Niederreiter. That snapped Mcdonald's head back.
Niederreiter throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Mcdonald counters with a nice body kick.
Mcdonald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Niederreiter lands a nice shot that snaps Mcdonald's head back.
Mcdonald uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niederreiter.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mcdonald lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Niederreiter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Niederreiter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Niederreiter lands a nice shot to the body.
Niederreiter misses with a leg kick.
Mcdonald swings for the body but Niederreiter moves out of range.
Mcdonald stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws a lazy right hand but Mcdonald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mcdonald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Niederreiter.
We've been told by Niederreiter's head coaches at Fenrir MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mcdonald's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Niederreiter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mcdonald scrambles back to his feet.
Mcdonald checks a low kick from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald misses with a low kick.
Mcdonald closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Niederreiter attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mcdonald checks a leg kick.
Niederreiter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Some bone on bone action there as Mcdonald checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niederreiter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mcdonald misses with a body kick.
Mcdonald goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Niederreiter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mcdonald doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Niederreiter throws a shot to the body.
Niederreiter slips a jab from Mcdonald.
Nice uppercut there from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald scores with a jab to the jaw.
Niederreiter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Mcdonald checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Niederreiter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Niederreiter explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Niederreiter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mcdonald finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Niederreiter misses its target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niederreiter moves out of range of the leg kick from Mcdonald.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mcdonald crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Niederreiter - the referee stops the clock and Mcdonald gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Niederreiter. Mcdonald manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mcdonald misses with an uppercut.
Mcdonald misses with a body shot
and Niederreiter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Crunch! Niederreiter slams his shin into Mcdonald's torso.
Niederreiter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Niederreiter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Niederreiter motions for Mcdonald to come forward. Niederreiter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mcdonald let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Niederreiter throws a lazy body kick
enabling Mcdonald to counter with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Niederreiter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mcdonald walks into a straight right hand from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Niederreiter connects with a leg kick. Mcdonald looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Niederreiter scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Niederreiter. That's going to slow Mcdonald down.
Niederreiter ducks under a wild hook from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mcdonald avoids the body shot from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mcdonald misses with a low kick.
Mcdonald throws a push kick but Niederreiter slaps the foot to one side.
Niederreiter lands a front kick.
Mcdonald misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mcdonald looks to throw the jab but Niederreiter is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Mcdonald.
Niederreiter connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A nice inside leg kick there by Niederreiter. That's going to slow Mcdonald down.
Mcdonald misses with a low kick.
Niederreiter is looking to land body kicks.
Mcdonald walks forward, straight into a front kick from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter staying out of range there.
Mcdonald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mcdonald throws a jab but it's blocked by Niederreiter.
Mcdonald looks to throw the jab but Niederreiter is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Niederreiter there.
Niederreiter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mcdonald manages to avoid it.
Mcdonald takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Niederreiter ducks under a wild hook from Mcdonald.
Niederreiter fires out a quick counter leg kick but Mcdonald just manages to avoid it.
Niederreiter scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick but Mcdonald moved away.
Mcdonald's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Niederreiter misses with an uppercut. Mcdonald saw that one coming.
Niederreiter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Mcdonald was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Niederreiter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A looping hook to the body misses from Niederreiter. Mcdonald does a little dance to reset his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mcdonald.
Niederreiter delivers a nice body kick.
Mcdonald moves out of range of the body kick from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald tries a quick counter leg kick but Niederreiter is wise to it.
Mcdonald moves into range and connects with a jab.
Niederreiter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mcdonald.
Niederreiter looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Niederreiter misses with a lunging right hand
and Mcdonald connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Niederreiter missing with a left hand there. Mcdonald was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice side step and Mcdonald releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niederreiter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mcdonald misses with an uppercut.
Mcdonald looks to score with a jab to the body but Niederreiter is just out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mcdonald.
Mcdonald throws an overhand right that lands on Niederreiter's shoulder, as Niederreiter tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Niederreiter dominated that round.
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.
Mcdonald is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Niederreiter.
Mcdonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Mcdonald backs away, Niederreiter returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Niederreiter throws a wild body kick that Mcdonald sees coming a mile off.
Mcdonald was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Niederreiter avoids a punch combination nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Niederreiter on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Niederreiter lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mcdonald takes a step back to recover.
Niederreiter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mcdonald can do to turn this around?
Niederreiter feints and then cracks Mcdonald's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mcdonald down.
A good leg kick by Niederreiter.
Mcdonald displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Niederreiter just misses with a punch to the body.
Niederreiter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Niederreiter.
Nino Niederreiter is winning the standup battle so far.
Niederreiter throws the kick towards the body but Mcdonald avoids it.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick
and Mcdonald counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mcdonald throws a hook but Niederreiter avoids it easily.
It appears Niederreiter was looking to counter with a kick there.
Nino Niederreiter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Mcdonald throws an overhand right that lands on Niederreiter's shoulder, as Niederreiter tries to avoid the shot.
Niederreiter connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcdonald lands a jab.
Niederreiter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mcdonald waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Niederreiter.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mcdonald checks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mcdonald! But no joy.
Niederreiter connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mcdonald's hands.
Niederreiter lands with a straight right. Mcdonald didn't see that one coming.
Niederreiter checks a leg kick nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Niederreiter.
Niederreiter lunges at Mcdonald with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mcdonald's hand.
Niederreiter throws a shot from downtown. Mcdonald moves away and avoids it.
Jab from Mcdonald.
Niederreiter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Niederreiter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Niederreiter tries to land a front kick but Mcdonald steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A countering left hand to the body from Mcdonald misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Niederreiter.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mcdonald might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Niederreiter has got the better of the exchanges.
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!
Mcdonald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch combination from Mcdonald misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mcdonald looks to land a left hand but Niederreiter moved out of range nicely.
Niederreiter throws a hook but Mcdonald avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Niederreiter.
A swing and a miss from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald tries to score with a low kick but Niederreiter moves his leg out of the way.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald throws a sloppy head kick and Niederreiter moves out of range easily.
Mcdonald takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Niederreiter lands with an overhand left.
Mcdonald misses with a low kick.
Niederreiter feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Niederreiter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick
and Mcdonald counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Niederreiter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mcdonald has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Mcdonald misses.
Mcdonald misses with a body shot.
Mcdonald on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A shot to the body from Niederreiter misses
and Mcdonald counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mcdonald blocks a low kick nicely.
Niederreiter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Niederreiter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Niederreiter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mcdonalds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A nice leg kick lands there from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald throws a hook but Niederreiter avoids it easily.
Mcdonald throws a jab but it's blocked by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Niederreiter looks to score with a jab to the body but Mcdonald is just out of range.
Niederreiter dodges the punch combination from Mcdonald.
Niederreiter throws a quick counter kick to the body but Mcdonald avoids it.
Niederreiter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mcdonald tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mcdonald throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Niederreiter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald looks to throw the jab but Niederreiter is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mcdonald misses with a kick to the body.
Niederreiter dips to his left and cracks Mcdonald with an uppercut!
Niederreiter throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mcdonald misses with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Niederreiter. That's going to slow Mcdonald down.
Mcdonald misses with a low kick as Niederreiter jumps back.
Niederreiter misses with a straight left.
Mcdonald misses with a body shot.
Niederreiter misses with a body kick.
Niederreiter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mcdonald was well out of range. Poor timing from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald moves out of range of the body kick.
Mcdonald has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Niederreiter.
Mcdonald walks into a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Niederreiter lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mcdonald has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mcdonald and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mcdonald slips under a jab.
Niederreiter tries to work over Mcdonald's front leg with a kick but Mcdonald checks it.
Mcdonald has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Niederreiter.
Decent striking displayed by Mcdonald there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Niederreiter dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Mcdonald cracks a nice hook into Niederreiter's ribs.
Niederreiter lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mcdonald takes a swing at Niederreiter's ribcage but misses.
Niederreiter quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Niederreiter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Niederreiter misses the shot to the body.
Niederreiter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mcdonald sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Niederreiter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mcdonald lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Niederreiter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Niederreiter.
Mcdonald throws the left hand but Niederreiter avoids the punch easily.
Mcdonald throws a lazy right hand but Niederreiter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niederreiter lands with an overhand left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Niederreiter.
Niederreiter misses the jab.
Mcdonald looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Niederreiter checks a leg kick.
Mcdonald tries a low kick but Niederreiter avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niederreiter attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niederreiter scores with a jab.
Niederreiter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Niederreiter lands a head shot.
Niederreiter looks to land a right hand but Mcdonald moved out of range.
Mcdonald misses with a body kick.
Niederreiter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Niederreiter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mcdonald has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mcdonald misses with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Mcdonald.
Mcdonald swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Niederreiter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Niederreiter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Niederreiter misses with a leg kick
and Mcdonald counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Niederreiter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mcdonald is out of range and Niederreiter settles back down.
Good standup being displayed there by Niederreiter as he connects with a hook.
Mcdonald moves out of range of the body kick.
Niederreiter digs a good hook to Mcdonald's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut there from Mcdonald.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Mcdonald misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Niederreiter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mcdonald counters with a nice uppercut.
Niederreiter misses with a hook
and Mcdonald connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick but Mcdonald sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mcdonald misses with a low kick.
Niederreiter misses with a hook to the body
and Mcdonald connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Niederreiter misses with a low kick.
Mcdonald takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Niederreiter connects with an inside leg kick.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick
and Mcdonald counters with a straight right hand.
Mcdonald bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Niederreiter throws an overhand right that lands on Mcdonald's shoulder, as Mcdonald tries to avoid the shot.
Mcdonald throws a leg kick but Niederreiter sees it coming and moves out of range.
Niederreiter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mcdonald walks into a jab.
Niederreiter lands with a shot to the body.
Niederreiter defending well as Mcdonald loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald lands a nice leg kick that just misses Niederreiter's sensitive parts.
Mcdonald tries to land a front kick but Niederreiter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mcdonald throws a hook to the side of Niederreiter's head but Niederreiter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mcdonald misses with a body kick.
Niederreiter lands with a straight right. Mcdonald didn't see that one coming.
Mcdonald feints and then cracks Niederreiter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Niederreiter down.
Mcdonald is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Niederreiter feints and then cracks Mcdonald's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mcdonald down.
Niederreiter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mcdonald tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mcdonald throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mcdonald throws a low kick but it's checked well by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Niederreiter blocks the leg kick.
Niederreiter moves out of range as Mcdonald strikes.
Mcdonald throws a looping overhand right but Niederreiter ducks down to avoid it.
Mcdonald fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab from Niederreiter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niederreiter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mcdonald is out of range and Niederreiter settles back down.
A swing and a miss from Mcdonald.
Niederreiter getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mcdonald. Niederreiter does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Mcdonald misses.
Mcdonald looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nino Niederreiter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Niederreiter defending well as Mcdonald loads up on a big left hand.
Niederreiter lands a nice shot to the body.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick but Mcdonald checks it.
Niederreiter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mcdonald.
Niederreiter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Niederreiter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Niederreiter connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niederreiter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Niederreiter misses with a hook to the body
and Mcdonald counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mcdonald misses with a kick to the body.
Kevin Mcdonald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Niederreiter defending well as Mcdonald loads up on a big left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nino Niederreiter.
Well Niederreiter has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nino Niederreiter!
An out of breath Nino Niederreiter thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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