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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shay O Donnelly (ranked 1061 p4p, 131 weight class) and Tj White (ranked 1412 p4p, 168 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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159 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shay O Donnelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tj White!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White takes one to the side of the head.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of O Donnelly's head.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White instigates a clinch.
Come on O Donnelly - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
O Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Donnelly is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but White is keeping busy.
White has a couple of punches blocked by O Donnelly.
White goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnelly controls his hands.
White pushes O Donnelly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
O Donnelly wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
White keeps control of O Donnelly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnelly controls his hands.
O Donnelly is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
White pushes O Donnelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
White misses with the head strike.
White can't find room to land a body shot as O Donnelly controls the action.
O Donnelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White prevents O Donnelly from breaking the clinch.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
White misses with the head strike.
O Donnelly throws a head punch that misses.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Donnelly throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Donnelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circling - O Donnelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White is looking to clinch but O Donnelly is avoiding it.
O Donnelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
O Donnelly with a jab.
O Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
White looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White is looking to clinch.
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!
White wants to clinch up but O Donnelly keeps it at a distance.
O Donnelly looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
White tests O Donnelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from O Donnelly misses.
Jab by O Donnelly.
Oooooh!!! O Donnelly has knocked White down with a huge combo! O Donnelly steps away and waves a wobbly White back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
White is rocked!
It looks like Tj White has been cut.
O Donnelly throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
White is still on wobbly legs! Can O Donnelly finish him?
White takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
O Donnelly throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
O Donnelly lands a big right hand that sends White crashing to the mat! O Donnelly stays standing though and waves White back to his feet!
White misses with a straight right.
White tries to clinch up.
O Donnelly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by White.
White lands a glancing blow to the side of O Donnelly's head.
O Donnelly ducks right into an uppercut from White.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like O Donnelly was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from White.
White throws out a powerful jab.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
O Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
O Donnelly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
O Donnelly throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
White rushes O Donnelly and presses him up against the cage.
White tries to work over O Donnelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Donnelly throws a right hand that misses
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Donnelly.
White has closed the distance and engaged O Donnelly in a clinch.
O Donnelly prevents a body shot from White.
O Donnelly lands a left hand.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
White scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Donnelly misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Donnelly blocks a body shot from White.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
White scores with a nice hook to the head.
White misses with the head strike.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.
White lands a body punch in the clinch.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White misses with a punch to the body.
O Donnelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White moves into the clinch.
O Donnelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnelly controls his hands.
O Donnelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shay O Donnelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tj White's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A left lands for White.
White tries to clinch but O Donnelly is having none of it.
White misses with a looping left.
O Donnelly throws a big shot that misses.
White staying out of range there.
O Donnelly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
O Donnelly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shay O Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Donnelly misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White throws a jab when O Donnelly was well out of range.
White blocks a jab.
O Donnelly is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Donnelly.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly clobbers White with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Donnelly displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
O Donnelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Donnelly slips under a jab.
O Donnelly throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White tries to clinch there but O Donnelly circles away.
White is looking to clinch but O Donnelly is avoiding it.
O Donnelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
O Donnelly throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
White tries to clinch up.
O Donnelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
The fighters circling - O Donnelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Donnelly. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White tries to clinch but O Donnelly moves out of range.
A jab from O Donnelly misses.
O Donnelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
White slips a jab from O Donnelly.
White closes the distance and clinches.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
O Donnelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Donnelly's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly stalling in the clinch but White improves position.
O Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
White tries to clinch up but O Donnelly circles away and keeps his distance.
O Donnelly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
White slips a jab from O Donnelly.
White lands with an uppercut that bounces O Donnelly off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White lands a lovely overhand right.
O Donnelly throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
O Donnelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Donnelly throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Donnelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
O Donnelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
O Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from White.
O Donnelly sizes up White with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Donnelly feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends White sprawling to the canvas! White rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can O Donnelly finish him?!
O Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
O Donnelly misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Donnelly.
White has closed the distance and engaged O Donnelly in a clinch.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Donnelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White working aggressively here.
O Donnelly wants to break the clinch but can't.
White working some nice short punches in the clinch.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
White blocking some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice body punch from White.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White tries to throw a body punch but O Donnelly avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
O Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
O Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Donnelly swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
O Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
Shay O Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Donnelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White ducks under a wild hook from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
O Donnelly looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Donnelly misses with a combination
and O Donnelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Donnelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shay O Donnelly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tj White'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 Donnelly tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Donnelly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
O Donnelly throws a right and a left that both miss.
O Donnelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White is looking to clinch.
O Donnelly looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Donnelly misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White rushes O Donnelly and presses him up against the cage.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Donnelly tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White works on O Donnelly's body with a couple of short punches.
O Donnelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.
A nice right hand lands inside from White.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for White.
O Donnelly blocking some punches.
O Donnelly wants to break the clinch but can't.
White throws a head punch that misses.
White tries to throw a body punch but O Donnelly avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
White misses with the head strike.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
O Donnelly wants to break free but White has control.
O Donnelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Donnelly is trying to break free.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
White throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
O Donnelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White misses with some punches.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Donnelly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
O Donnelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
O Donnelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hook to the body lands for White.
White's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A swing and a miss from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
O Donnelly loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
O Donnelly swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
White has taken the fight to the clinch.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
White scores with a nice hook to the head.
White working some nice short punches in the clinch.
O Donnelly stalling in the clinch but White improves position.
O Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from O Donnelly.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Donnelly misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White blocks a jab.
White throws out a counter right but O Donnelly avoids it with no problem.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - O Donnelly circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Donnelly. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White moves in looking to clinch but O Donnelly pushes him off.
White clinches with his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Donnelly's efforts to push away.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
O Donnelly tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
White misses with a body punch.
A short left from White.
A short uppercut from White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tj White really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tj White's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
White is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
White looks to land a left hand but O Donnelly moved out of range nicely.
White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with O Donnelly, pushing him back against the cage.
White lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
A body shot lands from O Donnelly.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Donnelly.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Donnelly can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Donnelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
White scores with a hook to the body.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly is trying to break free.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
White cracks O Donnelly with a nice body shot.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White has O Donnelly pressed against the cage, preventing O Donnelly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
O Donnelly stalling in the clinch.
White lands a left hand.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
White working some nice short punches in the clinch.
White can't find room to land a body shot as O Donnelly controls the action.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
O Donnelly wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short left from White.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by O Donnelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly blocks a body shot from White.
O Donnelly avoiding damage.
Come on O Donnelly - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with O Donnelly for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A nice right hand lands inside from White.
White lands a shoulder strike.
White misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from White.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White lands a body shot in the clinch.
O Donnelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
O Donnelly wants to break free but White has control.
Good body shot from White.
White working aggressively here.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from White.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
White scores with a shot to the side of O Donnelly's head.
White misses with a punch to the body.
O Donnelly is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Donnelly's elbow.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Donnelly blocks a body shot from White.
White misses with the head strike.
O Donnelly taking a breather.
White has a couple of punches blocked by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
O Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Donnelly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
White moves in looking to clinch but O Donnelly pushes him off.
O Donnelly keeps the fight on the outside.
O Donnelly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
White is looking to clinch.
White wants to clinch.
O Donnelly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Donnelly is looking to counter punch.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White tries to clinch but O Donnelly is having none of it.
White has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Donnelly tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Donnelly loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tj White dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Tj White's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
O Donnelly lands with an uppercut that bounces White off the cage and back into range.
O Donnelly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between White's hands.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from O Donnelly misses the target.
O Donnelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Donnelly misses with a hook.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
O Donnelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A left lands for White.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
O Donnelly misses the jab.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Donnelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
O Donnelly misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Donnelly misses with the combination.
O Donnelly throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Donnelly in his tracks.
O Donnelly misses with a looping left.
White is looking to clinch but O Donnelly is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from O Donnelly does no damage.
O Donnelly scores with a punch to the head.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
White slips under a jab from O Donnelly.
White connects with a good right hand that stumbles O Donnelly. O Donnelly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
White tries to clinch up.
O Donnelly needs to keep his hands up - White had a free shot at his head there.
O Donnelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly ducks right into an uppercut from White.
O Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
O Donnelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Donnelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White ducks under a wild hook from O Donnelly.
White scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
O Donnelly lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot by White.
O Donnelly lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by O Donnelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White wants to clinch up but O Donnelly keeps it at a distance.
White jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
White tries to clinch but O Donnelly is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from O Donnelly there as he acknowledges the shot.
O Donnelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from White finds it's way through O Donnelly's defenses.
White tests O Donnelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Donnelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and White counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from O Donnelly misses.
O Donnelly misses with a series of wild punches.
White tries to clinch but O Donnelly moves out of range.
O Donnelly takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
O Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
O Donnelly misses with a straight right.
White tries to clinch but O Donnelly is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Donnelly misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
White scores with a nice strike.
White has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from O Donnelly finds it's way round the side to connect with White's head.
O Donnelly lands a jab-cross combination.
White slips a jab from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
O Donnelly throws a jab when White was well out of range.
O Donnelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
O Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Donnelly misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Donnelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White ducks under a wild hook from O Donnelly.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
O Donnelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
White has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
White keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
White scores with the left hand. O Donnelly knows he should have avoided that one.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White is looking to clinch but O Donnelly is avoiding it.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White moves out of range as O Donnelly strikes.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Donnelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
O Donnelly throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
O Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Donnelly looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
White moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Donnelly swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
It looked like O Donnelly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shay O Donnelly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think O Donnelly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 48:47
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shay O Donnelly!
Shay O Donnelly retains his lightweight title!
Shay O Donnelly managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Urban Fighter, into his post fight interview.
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