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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William OConnor (ranked 3263 p4p, 2521 weight class) and Lake Bonney (ranked 413 p4p, 334 weight class). Bonney is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Coastliner. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 8 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, William OConnor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lake Bonney!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonney throws an overhand right that lands on OConnor's shoulder, as OConnor tries to avoid the shot.
Bonney closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bonney lands a body shot.
OConnor throws an elbow but it misses.
OConnor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, OConnor throws an elbow but misses.
OConnor takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like William OConnor has been cut.
OConnor misses with some punches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bonney has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bonney lands with a right to the head.
OConnor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bonney is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bonney lands with a left to the head.
Bonney blocks an elbow strike from OConnor.
A short body shot lands from Bonney as the two fighters clinch.
Bonney avoids the elbow strike from OConnor, against the cage.
Bonney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
OConnor is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonney throws a punch but it's blocked by OConnor.
Oh OConnor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bonney with a knee to the head.
Bonney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonney misses with a short punch on the inside.
OConnor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bonney throws a head punch that misses.
Bonney has a couple of punches blocked by OConnor.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bonney.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OConnor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
OConnor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
OConnor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bonney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bonney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonney lands an elbow that stopped OConnor in his tracks for a moment.
Bonney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bonney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
OConnor is fighting off a takedown attempt but Bonney is just too persistent for him and manages to trip OConnor to the mat. OConnor regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Bonney forces his way into half guard.
Bonney is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bonney is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, OConnor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bonney lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt OConnor quite badly. OConnor pulls Bonney in close trying to recover. Bonney postures up and lands two really hard shots that put OConnor on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but OConnor doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lake Bonney!
A relieved looking Lake Bonney thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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