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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Third Eye (ranked 296 p4p, 760 weight class) and Cornelius Myers (ranked 40 p4p, 107 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent grappler
World class 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 18 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Third Eye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cornelius Myers!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eye rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Myers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Third Eye has been cut.
Myers has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Myers there as he acknowledges the shot.
Third Eye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Myers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eye.
Eye throws a half hearted mid kick.
Eye throws a big shot that misses.
Eye misses with an uppercut
and Myers counters with a nice uppercut.
Eye throws out a powerful jab.
Eye swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Myers.
A big right from Eye misses.
Myers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Eye. That snapped Myers's head back.
A jab lands there for Eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eye throws a leg kick but Myers sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Eye throws a leg kick but Myers sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Myers swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Eye misses with a looping left.
Myers missing with a left hand there. Eye was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Eye misses the target.
Eye tests Myers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eye connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Eye throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Myers.
Eye is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Myers.
Myers misses the shot to the body.
Eye throws a lazy right hand but Myers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Myers lands a nice looking kick to the body. Eye takes a step back to recover.
Myers on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Myers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Eye sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Eye looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eye misses the jab.
Myers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Eye catches Myers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Myers slips under a jab.
Myers ducks under a wild hook from Eye.
Myers throws a jab when Eye was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Myers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eye.
Eye throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Myers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Myers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Myers throws a big shot that misses.
Eye ducks under a wild hook from Myers.
Eye lands a body shot.
Eye connects with a single shot there.
Myers connects with a body shot that sends Eye's belly button to the back.
Eye is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Eye throws a shot to the body.
Eye throws a looping overhand right but Myers ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Myers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Eye misses with a straight left.
Myers let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Eye lands a jab to Myers's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myers has closed the distance and engaged Eye in a clinch.
Eye has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Myers fails to land.
Eye pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eye takes one to the side of the head.
Eye throws a sloppy head kick and Myers moves out of range easily.
Eye throws a lazy uppercut
and Myers counters with a nice uppercut.
Eye misses with a hook.
Eye lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Eye definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Eye misses with a hook. Myers ducked under it nicely.
Eye uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Myers.
It looked like Eye wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Eye throws a leg kick but Myers moved away.
Myers staying out of range there.
Myers misses with an uppercut. Eye saw that one coming.
Myers throws a hook to the side of Eye's head but Eye sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Eye scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Eye misses with a shot to the body
letting Myers counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Myers throws a jab when Eye was well out of range.
Eye tests Myers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Myers avoids the head kick by Eye.
A head kick misses from Eye.
Myers drives through and clinches with Eye against the cage.
Myers pushes Eye back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Third Eye's cut is getting worse.
Myers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eye's efforts to push away.
Myers struggles to land a body shot inside as Eye controls his hands.
Myers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eye's efforts to push away.
Eye breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Myers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Eye fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Myers.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Myers takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Myers tries a low kick but Eye avoids it.
Eye feints a jab promting Myers to slip. Eye then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Myers slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Myers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Third Eye dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Third Eye's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Myers moves into range and connects with a jab.
Myers throws a hook but Eye avoids it easily.
Eye scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Myers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Myers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Eye avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eye jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Eye throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Myers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Eye motions for Myers to come forward. Eye throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Myers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Myers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Myers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eye.
A jab from Eye misses.
Myers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eye lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Eye.
Eye is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Myers can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers moves into the clinch.
Eye blocks an uppercut.
Eye swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eye blocks a body shot from Myers.
Eye blocks a body shot from Myers.
Myers is leaning against Eye and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Eye wants to break free but Myers has control.
Myers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Eye backwards.
Eye pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eye throws out a powerful jab.
Myers fails to land with a series of punches.
Myers rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Eye counters with a nice uppercut.
Eye throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Myers misses the shot to the body.
Myers has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Eye cracks Myers with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eye throws out a powerful jab.
Myers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Eye.
Myers tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eye scores with the left hand. Myers knows he should have avoided that one.
Eye getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Myers moves away from the strike by Eye.
Myers misses with a hook
and Eye counters with a two punch combo.
Eye misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Myers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Eye throws a lazy uppercut
and Myers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Myers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Myers misses with an uppercut.
Third Eye is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Myers takes a jab right on the kisser.
Myers throws a hook but Eye avoids it easily.
Eye waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Myers.
Eye lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
No joy there for Eye, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Myers slips a jab from Eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Myers. Eye does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Myers.
Myers throws out a counter right but Eye avoids it with no problem.
A big right from Eye misses.
Myers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Eye lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Myers ducks under a wild hook from Eye.
Myers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eye circles away quickly and effectively.
Myers slips a straight right by Eye.
Eye throws a body punch but Myers moves out of range.
Eye connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Eye slips a straight right by Myers.
Eye throws a big shot that misses.
Eye throws a leg kick but Myers checks it.
Eye throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Myers counters with a low kick, right behind Eye 's knee.
Eye misses with an uppercut
and Myers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Third Eye's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Eye scores with a punch to the head.
Eye thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eye tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Myers was well out of range. Poor timing from Eye.
Myers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eye scoring well with a low kick there.
Myers lands with a kick to the temple. Eye shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Eye is rocked!
Nice cross by Eye.
Third Eye is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice cross by Eye.
Eye bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eye keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Myers.
Myers checks a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Eye lands an impressive looking overhand right. Myers doesn't seem phased though.
Myers looks to throw the jab but Eye is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Myers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Myers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eye lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Myers backs up against the cage.
Eye stalks Myers and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Myers's face. Myers staggers backwards, shaken.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Third Eye dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Third Eye's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Eye scores with a crisp jab that stopped Myers in his tracks.
Myers takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Myers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Eye cracks Myers with a good jab.
Eye throws a low kick but Myers avoids it.
Eye connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Myers's hands.
Eye takes one to the chin there.
Eye throws a jab but it's blocked by Myers.
Myers looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Eye with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Eye uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Myers has time to react.
A head kick misses from Eye.
Myers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eye.
Myers flicks out a counter leg kick but Eye steps away.
Nice body punch from Eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Myers on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Eye avoids the body shot from Myers.
Myers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers misses with a body kick.
Eye swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Eye misses with a wild combination.
Myers throws a jab when Eye was well out of range.
Eye throws a hook but Myers blocks it.
Eye cracks Myers with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Eye misses with a straight left.
Eye fails to land with a series of punches.
Myers tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Myers tries to move into range but Eye moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A big left from Eye misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Myers! But no joy.
Myers lands with an uppercut that bounces Eye off the cage and back into range.
Myers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Myers throws a hook but Eye blocks it.
Cornelius Myers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eye misses with a looping left.
Myers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Eye loads up on a big right hand but Myers slips the punch.
Eye works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Myers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eye swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Eye swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Myers throws a hook but Eye blocks it.
A low kick lands for Eye.
Myers misses with a looping right.
Eye throws a leg kick
and Myers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jeez, Third Eye's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Eye dips to his left and cracks Myers with an uppercut!
Myers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eye throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Myers. Eye does a little dance to reset his feet.
Myers's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Eye looks to score with a jab to the body but Myers is just out of range.
Myers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Myers on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Eye tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Myers was well out of range. Poor timing from Eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eye scores with a decent looking hook.
Myers on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Eye. Eye obviously looking to wear him down.
Eye walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Oh Eye is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Third Eye's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cornelius Myers!
Cornelius Myers decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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