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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shay O Donnelly (ranked 1576 p4p, 2206 weight class) and Marco Silva (ranked 191 p4p, 247 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shay O Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Silva!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Donnelly has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.
Silva slips under a jab from O Donnelly.
Silva slips a straight right by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly misses with an uppercut.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but O Donnelly avoids it.
O Donnelly tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Donnelly takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
O Donnelly throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
O Donnelly misses with a looping left.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva replies with a solid counter kick to the body but O Donnelly blocks it well.
O Donnelly cracks Silva with a good jab.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but O Donnelly slips the punch.
O Donnelly scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Donnelly.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva lands with a right hand.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but O Donnelly pushes him off.
Silva swings for the body but O Donnelly moves out of range.
We've been told by O Donnelly's head coaches at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A lazy left from O Donnelly finds it's target.
O Donnelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
O Donnelly throws a big shot that misses.
Silva tries to counter by closing the distance.
A jab from O Donnelly misses.
O Donnelly connects with a body shot that sends Silva's belly button to the back.
O Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like O Donnelly was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Silva.
O Donnelly throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
O Donnelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
O Donnelly throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Nice body punch from O Donnelly.
A big left from O Donnelly misses.
Silva takes a swing at O Donnelly's ribcage but misses.
O Donnelly is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
O Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva thinks about the counter body kick.
O Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but O Donnelly is out of range.
O Donnelly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Marco Silva has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva 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 jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva tries a low kick but O Donnelly avoids it.
O Donnelly lands the left hand.
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
O Donnelly is trying to stall.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Donnelly's efforts to push away.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down O Donnelly.
O Donnelly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
O Donnelly stalling against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries to work over O Donnelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Donnelly blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva cracks O Donnelly with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
O Donnelly is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns O Donnelly into the cage.
Silva has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. O Donnelly seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Silva can turn it around.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Donnelly's efforts to push away.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Donnelly breaks from the clinch.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Donnelly.
Shay O Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Donnelly lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
O Donnelly walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with the left hand. O Donnelly knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Donnelly swinging wildly here.
Silva stalks O Donnelly and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into O Donnelly's face. O Donnelly staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva misses with a looping left.
O Donnelly moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged O Donnelly in a clinch.
O Donnelly is trying to break free.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Donnelly's efforts to push away.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Donnelly's efforts to push away.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnelly controls his hands.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
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 Shay O Donnelly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marco Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
O Donnelly misses with a straight left.
O Donnelly misses with a straight left.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
O Donnelly swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
O Donnelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from O Donnelly.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
O Donnelly misses with a hook.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from O Donnelly.
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
O Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Donnelly on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva pushes O Donnelly away with a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Donnelly tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silva staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
O Donnelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Silva clobbers O Donnelly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
O Donnelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Donnelly bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Donnelly cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with O Donnelly, pushing him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva tries to throw a body punch but O Donnelly avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Donnelly breaks from the clinch.
O Donnelly throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
O Donnelly will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
O Donnelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Silva.
O Donnelly jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Donnelly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of O Donnelly's head.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but O Donnelly moves his leg out of the way.
O Donnelly avoids a kick to the body.
O Donnelly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
O Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
O Donnelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
O Donnelly throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva takes a swing at O Donnelly's ribcage but misses.
O Donnelly lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into range.
O Donnelly throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles O Donnelly's knee momentarily.
O Donnelly scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silva tries to clinch but O Donnelly moves out of range.
O Donnelly throws a one two combo.
O Donnelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a swing at O Donnelly's ribcage but misses.
O Donnelly moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
O Donnelly throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva moves out of range as O Donnelly strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow O Donnelly down.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
O Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Shay O Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
O Donnelly misses with a straight left.
O Donnelly sets himself, and Silva steps forward looking for the clinch! O Donnelly avoids it this time.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silva in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
O Donnelly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva slips under a jab from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
O Donnelly lands with a right hand.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Donnelly misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
O Donnelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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!
O Donnelly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! O Donnelly scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Donnelly moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Donnelly.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
The fighters circling - O Donnelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
O Donnelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
O Donnelly misses with a straight left.
O Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
O Donnelly throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
O Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva throws a counter combo.
O Donnelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses O Donnelly's front leg but catches the back leg as O Donnelly tries to avoid it.
A big left from O Donnelly misses.
Nice straight punches there by O Donnelly. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of O Donnelly.
O Donnelly scores with a nice strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Donnelly.
Silva tries to counter with a clinch but O Donnelly shakes him off and moves away.
O Donnelly misses the shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Silva.
Silva misses with the combination.
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 Marco Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. O Donnelly should have avoided that one.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from O Donnelly.
Silva thows a body kick. O Donnelly tries to catch it but that hurt him.
O Donnelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice shot by Silva.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
O Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva lands with a straight right. O Donnelly didn't see that one coming.
O Donnelly slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Donnelly moves away.
O Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck O Donnelly on the side of the head.
O Donnelly slips a jab from Silva.
Silva throws a push kick but O Donnelly slaps the foot to one side.
Silva looks to land a body kick but O Donnelly moved away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Donnelly lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
O Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
O Donnelly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
O Donnelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from O Donnelly.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - O Donnelly had a free shot at his head there.
Silva throws a jab when O Donnelly was well out of range.
O Donnelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Donnelly throws out the jab.
O Donnelly scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries to clinch but O Donnelly is having none of it.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Donnelly misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a nice kick to the body.
Silva tries to clinch up but O Donnelly circles away and keeps his distance.
O Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Donk. O Donnelly catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
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!
O Donnelly doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
O Donnelly needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
O Donnelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
A left lands for O Donnelly.
Silva looks to land a combination. O Donnelly sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly connects with a jab.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
O Donnelly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
O Donnelly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
O Donnelly moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
O Donnelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
O Donnelly scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
O Donnelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
O Donnelly needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Donnelly cracks Silva with a good jab.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
O Donnelly throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Donnelly misses with a hook.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marco Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Donnelly manages to avoid it.
O Donnelly misses with a straight right.
O Donnelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Donnelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
O Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by O Donnelly.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Donnelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but O Donnelly avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
O Donnelly blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by O Donnelly.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on O Donnelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
O Donnelly is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Donnelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shay O Donnelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Donnelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marco Silva.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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