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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shane O Malley (ranked 871 p4p, 294 weight class) and Hugo Loris (ranked 80 p4p, 30 weight class). O Malley comes to the cage accompanied by Someone Like Me - by: Jon Connor. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 15 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane O Malley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hugo Loris!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Loris.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Loris sizes up O Malley with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Loris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Malley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Malley misses with a right hand
and Loris counters with a thumping low kick.
O Malley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Loris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Loris misses with an uppercut. O Malley saw that one coming.
Loris avoids the head kick by O Malley.
Loris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Malley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Loris.
O Malley throws a big shot that misses.
O Malley blocks a leg kick.
Loris moves away from the strike by O Malley.
O Malley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loris.
Loris blocks a jab.
O Malley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Loris.
A telegraphed right hand from O Malley misses the target.
Loris tries to counter by closing the distance.
Loris throws a hook but O Malley avoids it easily.
Nice cross by O Malley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Malley slips under a jab from Loris.
Loris missing with a left hand there. O Malley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Malley tries to work over Loris's front leg with a kick but Loris checks it.
O Malley defending well as Loris loads up on a big left hand.
O Malley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Loris.
Loris ducks under a wild hook from O Malley.
A low kick lands for O Malley.
O Malley throws a shot from downtown. Loris moves away and avoids it.
Shane O Malley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Malley loads up on a big right hand but Loris slips the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Loris. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Loris.
Loris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
O Malley misses with a straight right.
Some bone on bone action there as O Malley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A shot to the liver by Loris. Beautiful body shot.
O Malley throws an off balance right hand
and Loris counters with a stiff right hand.
O Malley misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Loris! But no joy.
Loris takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Loris misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from O Malley misses the target.
A jab from Loris finds it's way through O Malley's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Malley scores with a jab to the jaw.
Loris throws a low kick but O Malley moves out of range easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Loris.
O Malley slaps away a takedown attempt from Loris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Malley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loris was well out of range. Poor timing from O Malley.
Loris looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Loris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Loris throws a body punch but O Malley moves out of range.
Loris misses with a straight right.
O Malley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loris was well out of range. Poor timing from O Malley.
O Malley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loris slips under a jab from O Malley.
O Malley misses with a body shot
and Loris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O Malley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Loris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
O Malley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Loris wants to land a leg kick but O Malley is out of range.
A big left from O Malley misses.
O Malley throws a head kick but Loris moves out of range.
Loris misses with a looping left.
O Malley throws out a loose jab but Loris uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loris. O Malley does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Malley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Loris. That did some damage!
O Malley blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loris misses with a straight left.
O Malley ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Loris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Malley.
Loris thumps O Malley with a low kick.
Loris shoots in for a double leg but O Malley sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A low kick lands for Loris.
Loris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Loris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
Loris shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Loris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
A shot to the liver by O Malley. Beautiful body shot.
Loris takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
O Malley misses with a looping right.
Loris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
O Malley throwing a counter right hand but Loris manages to avoid it.
Loris slips a jab from O Malley.
Loris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Loris throws a hook but O Malley avoids it easily.
Loris scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of O Malley's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Malley checks a leg kick.
Loris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Loris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
O Malley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Loris on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Loris looks to score with a jab to the body but O Malley is just out of range.
Loris lands with a shot to the body.
Loris scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
O Malley tries a head kick but it misses.
O Malley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Malley throws a low kick but Loris avoids it.
O Malley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loris misses with a body shot.
O Malley feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Loris moves out of range of the strikes.
Loris slips under a jab from O Malley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Malley works the jab nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Loris.
Loris looks to throw the jab but O Malley is out of range.
Loris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big left from Loris misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hugo Loris dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
O Malley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hugo Loris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Loris just misses with a punch to the body.
O Malley misses with a head kick.
O Malley scores with a leg kick.
O Malley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loris tries to land a leg kick but O Malley saw it coming and moves away.
A shot to the liver by O Malley. Beautiful body shot.
Loris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Malley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Malley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from O Malley lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Loris has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Loris and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
O Malley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
O Malley blocks a head kick by Loris.
Loris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Loris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Shane O Malley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
O Malley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Loris can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - Loris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Loris throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from O Malley misses the target.
O Malley moves out of range as Loris strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loris throws a big shot that misses.
O Malley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Loris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O Malley. O Malley obviously looking to wear him down.
O Malley tries to move into range but Loris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
O Malley tries to move into range but Loris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Loris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and O Malley is able to avoid easily.
O Malley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loris moves away.
O Malley walks into a straight right hand from Loris.
A big right from O Malley misses.
Loris takes a head kick and keeps coming.
O Malley connects with a crisp jab.
O Malley lands a right hook to the body.
O Malley connects with a body shot that sends Loris's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Loris takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Loris is looking to score with low kicks.
Loris throws a solid leg kick but O Malley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Loris.
Loris needs to keep his hands up - O Malley had a free shot at his head there.
O Malley misses with a body kick.
O Malley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Loris connects with a good right hand that stumbles O Malley. O Malley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Loris is able to avoid easily.
Loris scores with a jab to the jaw.
Loris throws a good cross that connects.
Loris attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
O Malley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Loris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Loris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Loris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from O Malley.
Loris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Loris misses with a wild body shot.
Loris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Loris misses with a low kick.
O Malley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Loris doesn't seem bothered though.
Loris throws a body shot but no joy.
Loris lands a really nice looking cross but O Malley seems unphased.
Loris misses with a body kick.
O Malley misses with a low kick.
O Malley looks to throw the jab but Loris is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Loris.
Nice defenses there by Loris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley staying out of range there.
O Malley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O Malley takes a swing at Loris's ribcage but misses.
Loris lands a jab to the head.
A slow jab from O Malley misses its intended target.
Loris explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
O Malley throws a hook to the side of Loris's head but Loris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Loris connects with a right hand. O Malley shakes it off.
Nice defenses there by Loris.
Loris sizes up O Malley with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Loris blocks a jab.
Loris with a jab.
O Malley tries to work over Loris's front leg with a kick but Loris checks it.
Good leg kick by Loris.
Loris misses with a hook. O Malley ducked under it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Malley wants to slow Loris down by chopping away at his legs.
O Malley slips a straight right by Loris.
O Malley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Loris under the eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Loris throws a big shot that misses.
O Malley ducks under a wild hook from Loris.
O Malley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loris moves away.
O Malley backing away here, and Loris unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Loris connects with a good right hand that stumbles O Malley. O Malley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
O Malley misses with a hook. Loris ducked under it nicely.
O Malley misses with an uppercut.
O Malley misses with a hook.
Loris digs a good body shot into O Malley's ribs.
A big left from O Malley misses.
Nice defenses there by O Malley.
O Malley cracks Loris with a good jab.
Loris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of O Malley's head.
O Malley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loris changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. O Malley looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Loris is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loris in side control lands a decent elbow.
Loris creates some space and throws a big elbow, but O Malley sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hugo Loris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Loris lands with a shot to the body.
O Malley throws a hook but Loris blocks it.
Loris throws a looping overhand right but O Malley ducks down to avoid it.
O Malley appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
O Malley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Loris just misses with a punch to the body.
Loris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says O Malley as he avoids it easily.
O Malley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
O Malley throws an off balance right hand
letting Loris counter with a right hand.
A big right from O Malley misses.
O Malley clobbers Loris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
O Malley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Loris is able to avoid easily.
Loris flicks out a counter leg kick but O Malley steps away.
Loris cracks O Malley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
O Malley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Loris takes a swing at O Malley's ribcage but misses.
O Malley with the inside leg kick.
Loris lands with a thumping leg kick.
O Malley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loris.
O Malley backing away here, and Loris unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
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!
Loris misses with a hook. O Malley ducked under it nicely.
Loris throws a hook but O Malley blocks it.
O Malley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Loris misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley throws a head kick that misses.
O Malley keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Loris as he connects with a hook.
Loris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Malley throws a body shot but no joy.
O Malley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Loris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Malley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Loris closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Loris throws a leg kick but O Malley sees it coming and moves out of range.
O Malley throws a lazy right hand but Loris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Malley moves out of range as Loris strikes.
O Malley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Loris under the eye.
A shot to the body from O Malley misses
and Loris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
O Malley with a jab.
Loris throws a hook but O Malley avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Loris finds it's target.
O Malley lands a jab to the nose.
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!
Loris missing with a left hand there. O Malley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hugo Loris is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Malley manages to avoid it.
Loris throws a hook to the side of O Malley's head but O Malley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A decent looking cross lands there for O Malley.
O Malley 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.
Loris with the inside leg kick.
Loris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Loris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Loris slips a straight right by O Malley.
Loris throws a leg kick that misses.
O Malley lands a body shot.
O Malley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Loris.
Loris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Malley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Malley throws a hook to the side of Loris's head but Loris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
O Malley checks the leg kick nicely there.
O Malley goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
O Malley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loris manages to avoid it.
O Malley misses with a leg kick.
Loris connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loris throws a lazy uppercut
and O Malley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good leg kick by O Malley.
A nice inside leg kick there by Loris. That's going to slow O Malley down.
Loris's hands are dropping dangerously low here and O Malley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Loris scrambles back to his feet.
O Malley moves out of range of the leg kick from Loris.
Loris lands an overhand right.
O Malley misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Loris on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from O Malley misses.
O Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Loris misses the target.
O Malley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for O Malley.
The fighters circling - O Malley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Loris throws a hook but O Malley blocks it.
Loris lands a leg kick that knocks O Malley off balance momentarily.
O Malley connects with an inside leg kick.
Loris throws a leg kick but O Malley moved away.
O Malley throwing a counter right hand but Loris manages to avoid it.
O Malley moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Malley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Malley.
Loris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
O Malley tries to move into range but Loris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Loris does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Loris connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed O Malley momentarily.
O Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
A good leg kick by Loris.
O Malley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Loris throws out the jab.
O Malley wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
O Malley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
O Malley throws a leg kick but Loris checks it.
Loris lands with a cross.
Loris loads up on a big right hand but O Malley slips the punch.
Loris misses with a body shot.
Loris throws out a loose jab but O Malley uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Loris.
Loris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Loris missing with a left hand there. O Malley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body punch from O Malley.
Shane O Malley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Malley looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hugo Loris.
Well Loris 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugo Loris!
In his post fight interview, Hugo Loris started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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