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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miles O Brien (ranked 1040 p4p, 962 weight class) and Malig Hunt (ranked 152 p4p, 139 weight class). O Brien comes to the cage accompanied by Sweet Leaf. Malig Hunt is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miles O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Malig Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Brien.
O Brien takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hunt moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hunt is looking to clinch but O Brien is avoiding it.
O Brien closes the distance and pushes Hunt back into the cage.
Hunt has O Brien pressed against the cage, preventing O Brien from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hunt tries to work over O Brien's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Brien lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt stalling the fight.
Hunt is looking to control O Brien's arms but O Brien gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hunt has his back to the cage.
O Brien blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
O Brien blocks an uppercut.
Hunt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hunt misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Brien letting Hunt take a breather here.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt lands a hook that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
Hunt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
O Brien misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunt throws a head punch that misses.
O Brien takes a shot to the head.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Hunt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunt throws a head punch that misses.
O Brien breaks from the clinch.
O Brien takes a body punch but keeps moving.
O Brien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Brien misses with a body shot.
O Brien throws a hook but Hunt avoids it easily.
O Brien misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
Hunt is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is looking to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Brien is looking to counter punch.
Hunt has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Hunt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hunt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
O Brien tries to break the clinch but Hunt is controlling the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from O Brien.
O Brien pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hunt connects with a right hand. O Brien shakes it off.
Hunt instigates a clinch.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Brien definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
O Brien working aggressively here.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hunt stalling against the cage.
O Brien lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien is trying to push Hunt away but Hunt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hunt.
Hunt lands with a light punch inside.
Hunt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
O Brien breaks from the clinch.
Malig Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Hunt as he connects with a hook.
O Brien staying out of range there.
Hunt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hunt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. O Brien does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Brien is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunt.
Hunt cracks O Brien with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Brien misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down O Brien rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt cracks O Brien with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hunt throws a poor cross that misses
and O Brien counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hunt's knee momentarily.
Hunt throws a right hand that misses
and O Brien counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hunt swings for the body but O Brien moves out of range.
It looked like O Brien was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hunt.
Hunt throws a jab when O Brien was well out of range.
Hunt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hunt cracks O Brien with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hunt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hunt throws a body shot but no joy.
O Brien is looking to counter punch.
O Brien moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like O Brien wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hunt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hunt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Brien throws out the jab.
Hunt just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Malig Hunt 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 Brien slips under a jab.
Hunt bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Hunt as he connects with a hook.
O Brien throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Brien throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Brien clinches with his opponent.
Hunt prevents a body shot from O Brien.
O Brien breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A swing and a miss from Hunt.
O Brien staying out of range there.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt digs a good body shot into O Brien's ribs.
Hunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brien.
O Brien was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
O Brien missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps O Brien's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hunt slips a straight right by O Brien.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from O Brien 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 Hunt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hunt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A slow jab from O Brien misses its intended target.
O Brien uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Hunt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hunt throws a lazy uppercut
and O Brien counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O Brien swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt moves into range and clinches up with O Brien.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Hunt as the two fighters clinch.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.
O Brien tries to work over Hunt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Brien is trying to push Hunt away but Hunt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hunt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hunt blocks an uppercut.
Hunt lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hunt - that landed with a thud.
O Brien can't find room to land a body shot as Hunt controls the action.
O Brien lands a shot to the body.
Hunt slowing the pace effectively.
Hunt lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Brien lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hunt backwards.
O Brien cracks Hunt with a nice body shot.
O Brien doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Brien misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hunt.
Hunt lands with a left to the head.
O Brien digs a right hand into Hunt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hunt's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
Hunt scores with a shoulder strike.
O Brien blocks a body shot from Hunt.
Hunt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Malig Hunt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
O Brien is working Hunt over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a left hand.
Hunt is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
O Brien blocks a body shot from Hunt.
Hunt can't find room to land a body shot as O Brien controls the action.
Hunt can't find room to land a body shot as O Brien controls the action.
Hunt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by O Brien.
A left hand lands to the body for O Brien.
O Brien escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hunt connects with a body shot that sends O Brien's belly button to the back.
Hunt throws a jab when O Brien was well out of range.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Brien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
O Brien is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like O Brien was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hunt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Brien manages to avoid it.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Brien.
O Brien ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Hunt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
O Brien uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hunt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hunt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of O Brien's head.
O Brien takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hunt slips a straight right by O Brien.
O Brien misses with a right hand
and Hunt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Hunt misses.
Malig Hunt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt looks to land a combination but O Brien avoids it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Malig Hunt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
O Brien lands a jab to Hunt's midsection.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
O Brien takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hunt lands a glancing blow to the side of O Brien's head.
O Brien misses with a straight left.
O Brien shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
O Brien throws a series of punches but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt throws the left hand but O Brien avoids the punch easily.
Hunt digs a good hook to O Brien's body.
Hunt moves into range and clinches up with O Brien.
A shot in the inside from Hunt.
Hunt lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Brien lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
O Brien breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of O Brien's head but O Brien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Hunt. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hunt.
O Brien slips a jab from Hunt.
O Brien slips under a jab from Hunt.
Hunt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Brien scores with a sloppy right hand. Hunt should have avoided that one.
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
O Brien throws a low kick but Hunt moves out of range easily.
Hunt misses with a double jab.
O Brien went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
O Brien throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hunt counters with a stiff right hand.
A cross from Hunt lands.
Miles O Brien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throws a sloppy body shot
and Hunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Hunt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling O Brien to score with a decent uppercut.
Hunt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Brien counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O Brien misses with a straight right.
A cross from O Brien lands.
Hunt jabs at O Brien's body.
O Brien takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hunt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling O Brien to counter with a crisp jab.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but O Brien ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Hunt.
Hunt lands a nice hook to O Brien's body. O Brien takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from O Brien misses.
Hunt wants to counter with a clinch but O Brien pushes him away.
O Brien takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hunt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Brien.
O Brien drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
O Brien ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
O Brien throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Brien takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hunt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Brien sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Brien takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hunt forces O Brien back against the cage and clinches.
Hunt working aggressively here.
Hunt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hunt takes a shot to the head.
Hunt lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
Hunt misses with a body punch.
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!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
O Brien misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Hunt.
O Brien tries to work over Hunt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Hunt.
Hunt working aggressively here.
O Brien looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
O Brien lands a body punch.
Hunt pressing his opponent against the cage.
O Brien can't find room to land a body shot as Hunt controls the action.
Hunt tries to throw a body punch but O Brien avoids it by throwing Hunt back against the cage.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Brien goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hunt stalling in the clinch but O Brien improves position.
Nice body punch from O Brien.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Brien.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malig Hunt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hunt 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malig Hunt!
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energy
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hype
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