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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zoran Paunovic (ranked 1381 p4p, 469 weight class) and Patty O Reilly (ranked 215 p4p, 67 weight class). Patty O Reilly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zoran Paunovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patty O Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Summer Carpenter and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Reilly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Paunovic.
A shot to the body from Paunovic misses
and O Reilly counters with an inside leg kick.
Paunovic tries a head kick but it misses.
O Reilly misses with a low kick.
O Reilly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Paunovic.
O Reilly has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
O Reilly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Paunovic.
That kick from O Reilly tenderised Paunovic's leg. Paunovic is trying to keep his angry face on.
O Reilly cracks Paunovic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Paunovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Paunovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Paunovic throws a leg kick but O Reilly moved away.
O Reilly appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Paunovic misses the shot to the body.
O Reilly tried to score with a low kick but Paunovic checks it.
Paunovic tries to keep at a distance but O Reilly has taken the fight into the clinch.
O Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Paunovic.
O Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Reilly tries to pull guard but Paunovic won't allow it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Reilly tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paunovic smiles and moves away.
Paunovic slips a jab from O Reilly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Paunovic is looking to chop away at O Reilly's legs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts O Reilly, as that shot connected.
Paunovic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
O Reilly connects with an inside leg kick.
Paunovic throws a hook to the side of O Reilly's head but O Reilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paunovic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A clash of legs there as O Reilly blocks the low kick.
O Reilly is looking to chop away at Paunovic's legs.
O Reilly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Reilly closes the distance and clinches.
Paunovic misses with a punch to the body.
O Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paunovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paunovic tries to score with a low kick but O Reilly moves his leg out of the way.
O Reilly wants to land a leg kick but Paunovic is out of range.
O Reilly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Paunovic looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Paunovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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!
O Reilly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paunovic scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Reilly in his tracks.
O Reilly on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Paunovic misses with a leg kick.
O Reilly misses with a low kick.
Paunovic tries to clinch up.
Paunovic thuds his shin into the meat of O Reilly's side.
O Reilly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Paunovic moves out of range of the leg kick from O Reilly.
Paunovic throws a low kick but O Reilly moves out of range easily.
O Reilly throws out a counter right but Paunovic avoids it with no problem.
A decent looking cross lands there for Paunovic.
Paunovic wants to clinch up but O Reilly keeps it at a distance.
Paunovic needs to keep his hands up - O Reilly had a free shot at his head there.
Good leg kick by Paunovic.
A slapping leg kick lands for Paunovic.
O Reilly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paunovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paunovic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Paunovic is looking to clinch.
Paunovic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Paunovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Paunovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Paunovic slips a jab from O Reilly.
Paunovic tries to counter by clinching up but O Reilly breaks away and moves out of range.
Paunovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Reilly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Reilly misses with a hook. Paunovic ducked under it nicely.
Paunovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Reilly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Paunovic misses with a lunging right hand
and O Reilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Paunovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Paunovic misses with a straight right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Paunovic.
Paunovic throws a wild body kick that O Reilly sees coming a mile off.
Paunovic throws a poor cross that misses
and O Reilly counters with a leg kick.
That's four 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!
O Reilly misses with a low kick.
Paunovic is looking to counter punch.
O Reilly instigates a clinch.
O Reilly misses with some punches.
Paunovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paunovic misses with a low kick.
Paunovic misses with the body kick
and O Reilly counters with a stiff right hand.
A punch lands to the side of O Reilly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Paunovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Reilly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paunovic.
Paunovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Reilly.
Paunovic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Reilly.
Paunovic throws a quick counter kick to the body but O Reilly avoids it.
O Reilly has managed to clinch.
O Reilly misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paunovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
O Reilly misses with a punch to the body.
Paunovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Patty O Reilly will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
O Reilly scoring well with a low kick there.
Paunovic misses the shot to the body.
O Reilly flicks out a counter leg kick but Paunovic steps away.
Paunovic slips under a jab.
Paunovic slips a jab from O Reilly.
O Reilly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paunovic.
Paunovic checks a low kick from O Reilly.
O Reilly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paunovic.
O Reilly misses with a low kick.
Paunovic throwing a counter right hand but O Reilly manages to avoid it.
O Reilly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Paunovic tries a head kick but it misses.
O Reilly feints a counter leg kick.
Paunovic misses with a right hand
and O Reilly counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Paunovic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
O Reilly misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from O Reilly misses.
O Reilly misses with a leg kick.
Paunovic seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Paunovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Reilly's jab looks to have found its range, popping Paunovic under the eye.
Nice shot lands for O Reilly.
O Reilly will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Paunovic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Paunovic clinches.
O Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Paunovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from O Reilly fails to land.
Paunovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Reilly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Paunovic backwards.
O Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paunovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paunovic lands a hook that snaps the head of O Reilly backwards.
O Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Paunovic scores with a hook to the body.
O Reilly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Paunovic stops a takedown attempt from O Reilly.
Paunovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Reilly.
O Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Paunovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic throws a punch but it's blocked by O Reilly.
O Reilly is looking for a takedown.
Zoran Paunovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patty O Reilly.
O Reilly successfully pulls guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Reilly is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Paunovic defends well.
Paunovic slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
O Reilly is trying to keep Paunovic in close.
Paunovic sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paunovic passes easily into side control. Nice work.
O Reilly struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Paunovic trying to control the action but O Reilly is working from the bottom.
Paunovic is really struggling to control O Reilly but he's trying to hold on to the position.
You can see the frustration on O Reilly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paunovic has control of an arm but O Reilly manages to advance to Paunovic's back!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patty O Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Paunovic pivots, looking for a leg kick but O Reilly is out of range and Paunovic settles back down.
Paunovic throws a leg kick but O Reilly moved away.
Paunovic throws a solid leg kick but O Reilly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Paunovic.
Paunovic throws a jab when O Reilly was well out of range.
O Reilly looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Reilly lands a head shot.
Paunovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Paunovic.
Paunovic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
O Reilly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Paunovic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Paunovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Reilly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Reilly throws a hook but Paunovic avoids it easily.
O Reilly closes the distance looking to clinch
and Paunovic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
O Reilly looks to score with a jab to the body but Paunovic is just out of range.
Paunovic throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic tries a head kick but it misses.
O Reilly thuds his right hand into Paunovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Paunovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Reilly! But no joy.
O Reilly throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Paunovic throws a lazy right hand but O Reilly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paunovic throws a leg kick but O Reilly moved away.
A nice leg kick from O Reilly, right into the meat of the thigh.
Paunovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt O Reilly.
O Reilly lands with a good body shot.
O Reilly misses with a straight left.
As O Reilly tries to get set, Paunovic tries to push him back and clinch up but O Reilly manages to avoid the attempt.
O Reilly misses with a leg kick
and Paunovic counters with a stiff right hand.
Patty O Reilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from O Reilly.
Paunovic connects with a leg kick.
O Reilly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Patty O Reilly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
O Reilly lands a leg kick that knocks Paunovic off balance momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paunovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Paunovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Zoran Paunovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Paunovic.
Paunovic slips under a jab from O Reilly.
Paunovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paunovic misses with a low kick.
Paunovic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O Reilly. O Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
O Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Reilly misses the shot to the body.
O Reilly digs a good body shot into Paunovic's ribs.
Paunovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Paunovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
O Reilly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Paunovic at a distance.
Paunovic looks to land a left hand but O Reilly moved out of range nicely.
A jab from O Reilly finds it's way through Paunovic's defenses.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Reilly. Paunovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paunovic misses with a body kick.
O Reilly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Good exchange - Paunovic coming out on top.
Paunovic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Some bone on bone action there as O Reilly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Paunovic scores with a leg kick.
O Reilly avoids a kick to the body.
Paunovic tried to score with a low kick but O Reilly checks it.
A jab from Paunovic finds it's way through O Reilly's defenses.
O Reilly cracks Paunovic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Paunovic throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Paunovic throws a big shot that misses.
Paunovic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
O Reilly tries for a takedown but Paunovic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
O Reilly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paunovic throws a leg kick but O Reilly sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for O Reilly. That snapped Paunovic's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Reilly.
Paunovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by O Reilly.
A chopping leg kick lands by Paunovic.
O Reilly lands a really nice looking cross but Paunovic seems unphased.
Paunovic tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Paunovic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Paunovic is looking to counter punch.
O Reilly throws a big shot that misses.
Paunovic jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Paunovic gets off balance looking for a body kick
and O Reilly counters with a single leg into guard. Paunovic didn't expect that.
Paunovic pushes O Reilly off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Paunovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts O Reilly, as that shot connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Reilly tries to score with a low kick but Paunovic moves his leg out of the way.
O Reilly checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as O Reilly checks a leg kick.
O Reilly throws out a leg kick but Paunovic moves out of range and O Reilly only half commits.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Patty O Reilly.
Well O Reilly 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patty O Reilly!
Patty O Reilly bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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