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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I can't Dance-Phil Collins. William O Leary will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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199 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trevor Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William O Leary!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley moves into the clinch successfully.
A short body shot lands from O Leary as the two fighters clinch.
O Leary lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Trevor Daley has been cut.
O Leary throws a punch but it's blocked by Daley.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from O Leary.
Daley is working for takedown but O Leary is calmly controlling the position for now.
O Leary prevents a takedown attempt there.
O Leary scores with a nice hook to the head.
O Leary's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Leary.
Daley moves out of range of the strikes.
O Leary drops Daley with a big left hand and mounts him. Daley is in big trouble!
Daley is rocked!
O Leary controlling from the full mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daley is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Daley's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Daley is breathing heavily.
Daley tries to reverse the position but O Leary maintains control.
Daley trying desperately to get to his feet.
Daley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Daley is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
O Leary controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Daley's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
O Leary is landing with some decent strikes but Daley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
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.
O Leary unloading with bombs!
O Leary pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
O Leary takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Daley wants to control but O Leary is having none of it.
Daley is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Daley really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Daley is working hard here to advance position.
The referee warns Daley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
O Leary lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
O Leary trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Daley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Daley really wants to buck O Leary off and get back to his feet.
Daley can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
O Leary trying to control but Daley is having none of it.
O Leary takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
O Leary avoids the attempt from Daley to control.
Daley squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William O Leary dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Daley'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 Leary throws a hook to the side of Daley's head but Daley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Leary ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daley moves away.
A big right from O Leary misses.
O Leary throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Leary pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Leary connects with a right hand. Daley shakes it off.
O Leary misses with a looping left.
Nice body punch from O Leary.
Daley moves away from the strike by O Leary.
O Leary tries to clinch
and Daley counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Leary manages to get to full guard.
O Leary is pulling down on Daley's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as O Leary holds on and takes a little breather.
Daley gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Daley moves into the clinch successfully.
O Leary lands with a short shot to the head.
O Leary softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
O Leary lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from O Leary.
Daley taking a breather.
O Leary lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Daley backwards.
Nice body punch from O Leary - that landed with a thud.
O Leary manages to break the clinch.
O Leary pushes Daley up against the ropes in a clinch.
Daley goes for a takedown in the clinch but O Leary prevents it.
O Leary taking a breather.
O Leary digs a right hand underneath Daley's ribcage. Daley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
O Leary works on Daley's body with a couple of short punches.
O Leary lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daley takes an elbow to the forehead.
O Leary lands a right hand.
O Leary lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
O Leary's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Leary slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
O Leary misses with a looping right.
A jab from O Leary misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley ducks under a wild hook from O Leary.
O Leary closes the distance and clinches.
O Leary's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Leary wants to clinch up but Daley keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from O Leary.
O Leary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daley.
A slow jab from O Leary misses its intended target.
A combination from O Leary does no damage.
O Leary swings for the body but Daley moves out of range.
Daley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Leary connects with a body shot.
William O Leary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Daley shoots in but O Leary avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A big left from O Leary misses.
Daley wants to clinch up but O Leary keeps it at a distance.
Daley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
O Leary swinging wilding here.
O Leary throws a right and a left that Daley avoids nicely.
Daley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Leary.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daley staying out of range there.
Daley gets the takedown into side control.
O Leary taking a bit of punishment here - Daley scoring with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William O Leary showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Trevor Daley's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
O Leary lands a right hook to the body.
O Leary throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daley.
O Leary tries to bum rush Daley with a series of wild strikes but Daley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Daley shoots for a takedown but O Leary saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Daley tries for a takedown but O Leary sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
O Leary is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Leary misses with an uppercut.
O Leary is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Leary lands a with a good body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by O Leary as he connects with a hook.
Nice shot by O Leary.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by Daley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Leary misses with a hook.
Daley shoots for a takedown but O Leary saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trevor Daley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice cross by O Leary.
Some wild striking there from O Leary.
Daley slips under a jab from O Leary.
O Leary swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Daley counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Daley.
Daley scoring with some ground and pound.
O Leary keeping moving, preventing Daley from controlling successfully.
Daley throws and elbow that misses. O Leary uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Daley's guard. Nice move by O Leary!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
O Leary not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
O Leary trying to control the position from guard on top but Daley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Leary really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Daley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
O Leary would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Daley is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Trevor Daley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Daley looking for a sweep. Not yet Daley, not yet.
Daley working for a triangle but O Leary defends it easily.
Daley is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
William O Leary is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four 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.
O Leary gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
O Leary throws a series of punches but Daley moves out of range.
O Leary misses with a body shot
and Daley counters with a takedown into side control.
Daley with the ground and pound but O Leary regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Daley tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Daley is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but O Leary still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, O Leary has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Trevor Daley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daley is trying to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to William O Leary.
I've got O Leary winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William O Leary!
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