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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aidan Glenswilly (ranked 2335 p4p, 2798 weight class) and Walter Waters (ranked 228 p4p, 269 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aidan Glenswilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Walter Waters!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Waters lands.
Glenswilly jabs Waters to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Walter Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Waters clinches up against the cage.
Waters lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Glenswilly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Glenswilly blocking some punches.
Glenswilly can't find room to land a body shot as Waters controls the action.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waters misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waters.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Waters is stalling here.
Waters gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Glenswilly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glenswilly's elbow.
Waters tries to work over Glenswilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Waters lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Glenswilly.
Waters lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Waters fails to land.
Waters scores with a nice hook to the head.
Waters misses with a hook from the clinch.
Waters looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Glenswilly blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenswilly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Waters tries to work over Glenswilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Glenswilly is trying to break the clinch but Waters has him pressed against the cage.
Waters throws a punch but it's blocked by Glenswilly.
Waters misses with a punch to the body.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
Glenswilly is trying to force a seperation but Waters has the dominant position.
Good body shot from Waters.
A short uppercut from Waters.
A frustrated look appears on Glenswilly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Waters struggles to land a body shot inside as Glenswilly controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Waters.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Glenswilly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters can't find room to land a body shot as Glenswilly controls the action.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
Glenswilly blocking some punches.
Waters is stalling here.
Waters throws a punch but it's blocked by Glenswilly.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glenswilly is trying to force a seperation but Waters has the dominant position.
Glenswilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glenswilly can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters taking a breather.
Waters fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Glenswilly.
Waters working aggressively here.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waters taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Glenswilly wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Waters fails to land.
Waters pushes Glenswilly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Waters 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.
Glenswilly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Waters throws out the jab.
Waters throws a sloppy body shot
and Glenswilly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Waters rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Glenswilly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Walter Waters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Glenswilly throws a hook but Waters blocks it.
Waters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glenswilly.
Waters lands a head shot.
Glenswilly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Waters on the side of the head.
Waters has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Glenswilly takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Waters lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Waters uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Glenswilly.
Waters connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Waters closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short body shot lands from Waters as the two fighters clinch.
Glenswilly blocks an uppercut.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
Waters has a couple of punches blocked by Glenswilly.
Waters keeps control of Glenswilly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Waters softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Waters fails to land.
Waters misses with a short punch on the inside.
Glenswilly can't break the clinch.
Glenswilly is trying to break the clinch but Waters is controlling him.
Waters doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Glenswilly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Waters has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Glenswilly tries to break free but Waters pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters misses with a hook from the clinch.
Waters leaning his opponent against the cage.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waters working aggressively here.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waters keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Glenswilly's efforts to push away.
Waters taking a breather.
Waters is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters tries to work over Glenswilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waters misses with a short punch on the inside.
Glenswilly tries to circle away but Waters has him pinned against the cage.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glenswilly is trying to break the clinch but Waters is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Glenswilly.
Waters taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Waters holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Waters working aggressively here.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Waters swings wildly with an uppercut but Glenswilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glenswilly tries to break free but Waters pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Glenswilly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Waters misses with the head strike.
Walter Waters seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A short uppercut from Waters.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Waters tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glenswilly's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Waters showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Glenswilly keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Glenswilly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Waters scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Glenswilly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Waters momentarily.
Waters tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Glenswilly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Glenswilly does it's job there.
Waters fails to land with a series of punches.
Waters tries to clinch there but Glenswilly circles away.
Glenswilly was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Waters moves into the clinch successfully.
Glenswilly takes a shot to the head.
Waters misses with a short punch on the inside.
Waters lands a right hand.
Glenswilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Waters has a couple of punches blocked by Glenswilly.
Waters lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters misses with some punches.
Glenswilly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Waters wants to clinch.
Glenswilly drops down looking for a counter takedown but Waters sprawls and moves away.
Glenswilly swats away the attempt to clinch by Waters.
Glenswilly tries to counter with a takedown but Waters is quick to defend against it.
Glenswilly misses with a straight left.
Waters takes a swing at Glenswilly's ribcage but misses.
Waters tries to clinch but Glenswilly is having none of it.
Waters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter Waters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Waters misses with a straight right.
Waters with a jab.
Waters is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenswilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Glenswilly misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Waters! But no joy.
Glenswilly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waters.
An attempted straight right counter from Glenswilly misses the target.
Waters is looking to clinch.
Waters throws a right hand that Glenswilly ducks under and follows up with a left that Glenswilly also avoids with ease.
Glenswilly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Glenswilly walks into a stiff left hand from Waters.
Waters tries to clinch but Glenswilly is having none of it.
Waters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Glenswilly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A combination from Glenswilly does no damage.
Waters instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glenswilly tries to circle away but Waters has him pinned against the cage.
Glenswilly blocks an uppercut.
Waters tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glenswilly's elbow.
Aidan Glenswilly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Waters throws a punch but it's blocked by Glenswilly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waters.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waters.
Waters throws a punch but it's blocked by Glenswilly.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waters misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walter Waters is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Glenswilly.
Glenswilly wants to get back to striking at distance but Waters won't allow it.
Glenswilly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters thows a left - swing and a miss!
Waters tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Glenswilly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Glenswilly throws a low kick but Waters moves out of range easily.
Waters tries to clinch there but Glenswilly circles away.
Walter Waters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Glenswilly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Waters checks it well.
Glenswilly misses with a body shot.
Waters doesn't manage to clinch there - Glenswilly circles away.
Glenswilly swings for the body but Waters moves out of range.
Glenswilly takes a swing at Waters's ribcage but misses.
Glenswilly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Glenswilly throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Waters misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Glenswilly misses the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Waters comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Waters has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 26:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Waters!
A very excited looking Walter Waters made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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