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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Morales (ranked 2288 p4p, 1425 weight class) and Dempsey O�Neill (ranked 327 p4p, 209 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dempsey O�Neill!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morales looks to throw the jab but O�Neill is out of range.
O�Neill is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A solid body kick from O�Neill.
Ricardo Morales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O�Neill throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
O�Neill wants to clinch.
O�Neill throws out a loose jab but Morales uses good head movement to avoid it.
O�Neill takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morales lands an overhand right.
O�Neill blocks a leg kick.
Morales throws a body kick that misses.
O�Neill throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morales sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O�Neill scores with a shot to the body.
Morales wants to slow O�Neill down by chopping away at his legs.
O�Neill chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morales can pounce on him.
Morales misses with a body punch
enabling O�Neill to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Ricardo Morales has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales throws a solid leg kick but O�Neill takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morales.
O�Neill is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morales with a body shot.
O�Neill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morales paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O�Neill moves away.
O�Neill flicks out a counter leg kick but Morales steps away.
O�Neill gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O�Neill misses with a body shot.
Morales buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morales lands with a nice body punch.
O�Neill takes one to the side of the head.
Morales lands a nice hook to O�Neill's body. O�Neill takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morales fakes a jab and throws a low kick but O�Neill checks it well.
O�Neill cracks Morales with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Morales takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice straight punches there by Morales. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morales.
A telegraphed right hand from O�Neill misses the target.
Morales fires out a quick counter leg kick but O�Neill just manages to avoid it.
O�Neill rushes Morales and presses him up against the cage.
Morales misses with a hook from the 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!
O�Neill blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, O�Neill scores with a nice short uppercut.
O�Neill misses with a punch to the body.
Morales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from O�Neill on the inside.
O�Neill swings wildly with an uppercut but Morales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morales is trying to break the clinch but O�Neill is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to work over O�Neill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morales misses with a punch on the inside.
O�Neill lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morales backwards.
O�Neill stalling in the clinch.
Morales escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morales doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
O�Neill avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
O�Neill catches Morales with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Morales is rocked!
O�Neill swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oh Morales is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morales tries to get into range but O�Neill steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Morales! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! O�Neill scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dempsey O�Neill!
Dempsey O�Neill seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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