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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anurak Bualuang (ranked 184 p4p, 262 weight class) and Sean O Malley (ranked 12 p4p, 17 weight class). Bualuang comes to the cage accompanied by シャンティ. O Malley has chosen Goat Talk- Sugar Sean as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sean O Malley will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Anurak Bualuang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean O Malley!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Bualuang.
Bualuang takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bualuang checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
O Malley throws out a leg kick but Bualuang moves out of range and O Malley only half commits.
Bualuang lands a jab to the head.
O Malley throws a hook to the side of Bualuang's head but Bualuang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from O Malley misses the target.
Bualuang appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
O Malley walks into a stiff left hand from Bualuang.
Bualuang throws a quick head kick that skims the top of O Malley's head.
Bualuang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Malley.
Bualuang slips under a jab from O Malley.
Bualuang lands with an overhand left.
O Malley moves out of range of the leg kick from Bualuang.
O Malley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Danga de danga de dang - Bualuang scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Malley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Malley is looking to land body kicks.
Bualuang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Malley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bualuang.
Bualuang moves out of range of the body kick from O Malley.
O Malley misses with a body shot.
We've been told by Bualuang's head coaches at The Italian Job that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
O Malley misses the jab.
Anurak Bualuang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bualuang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bualuang tries to clinch but O Malley moves out of range.
That kick from Bualuang tenderised O Malley's leg. O Malley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bualuang tries to clinch up.
O Malley misses with a wild body shot.
Bualuang has O Malley up against the cage in a clinch.
O Malley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Malley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bualuang slips a straight right by O Malley.
Bualuang's jab looks to have found its range, popping O Malley under the eye.
A slow jab from O Malley misses its intended target.
Bualuang misses with a low kick.
O Malley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bualuang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping O Malley at a distance.
O Malley tries to keep at a distance but Bualuang has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bualuang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bualuang has O Malley pressed against the cage, preventing O Malley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bualuang lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bualuang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
O Malley breaks the clinch.
Bualuang misses with a shot to the body
and O Malley counters with a left to the body.
Bualuang sizes up O Malley with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Malley misses with an uppercut.
Bualuang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
O Malley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bualuang.
O Malley misses the shot to the body.
Bualuang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bualuang punishes O Malley's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice straight punches there by O Malley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of O Malley.
Bualuang throws a shot from downtown. O Malley moves away and avoids it.
O Malley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Malley misses with an uppercut
and Bualuang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Malley misses with a straight left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bualuang.
O Malley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bualuang.
O Malley tries to move into range but Bualuang moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley misses with a body shot.
O Malley misses with a looping right.
O Malley swings widly with a right hand
and Bualuang counters with a leg kick.
Bualuang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Malley moves away.
Bualuang checks a leg kick nicely.
A jab lands there for Bualuang.
No joy there for Bualuang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Malley connects with a body shot.
Bualuang doesn't manage to clinch there - O Malley circles away.
Bualuang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick lands for Bualuang.
O Malley throws a sloppy head kick and Bualuang moves out of range easily.
O Malley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Malley throws a sloppy body shot
and Bualuang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O Malley swings for the body but Bualuang moves out of range.
Bualuang has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bualuang there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - O Malley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fighters circle momentarily. O Malley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bualuang closes the distance and clinches.
O Malley blocks an uppercut.
O Malley manages to break the clinch.
Bualuang closes the distance looking to clinch
and O Malley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
O Malley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bualuang with a nice calf kick.
O Malley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bualuang avoids the body shot from O Malley.
Bualuang moves out of range as O Malley strikes.
Bualuang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
O Malley manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bualuang takes a swing at O Malley's ribcage but misses.
Bualuang's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bualuang duly obliges.
Bualuang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Malley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Malley throws the left hand but Bualuang avoids the punch easily.
Bualuang tries to clinch up but O Malley circles away and keeps his distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anurak Bualuang dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
O Malley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bualuang doesn't manage to clinch there - O Malley circles away.
Bualuang scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bualuang throws the left hand but O Malley avoids the punch easily.
Bualuang throws a leg kick but O Malley sees it coming and moves out of range.
O Malley fails to land with a series of punches.
Bualuang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
O Malley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bualuang scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bualuang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bualuang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and O Malley counters with a nice uppercut.
O Malley misses with a head kick.
Bualuang connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
O Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bualuang blocks a low kick nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Bualuang misses the target.
O Malley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick from Bualuang, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bualuang fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Malley flicks out a counter leg kick but Bualuang steps away.
Bualuang lands a jab to O Malley's midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bualuang closes the distance and pushes O Malley back into the cage.
Bualuang misses with some punches.
Bualuang lands a nice uppercut.
O Malley breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Malley. Bualuang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bualuang fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Malley getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
O Malley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
O Malley throws a body punch but Bualuang moves out of range.
A lazy left from O Malley finds it's target.
O Malley needs to keep his hands up - Bualuang had a free shot at his head there.
O Malley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Malley misses with an uppercut.
Bualuang scores with the left hand. O Malley knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Bualuang.
O Malley misses with a straight right.
Bualuang looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bualuang scores with a decent looking hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Bualuang misses
and O Malley counters with a stiff right hand.
O Malley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
O Malley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bualuang clinches up with O Malley and pushes him back against the cage.
O Malley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bualuang scores with a nice body kick.
O Malley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
O Malley misses the jab.
O Malley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bualuang swings for the body but O Malley moves out of range.
Bualuang looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bualuang closes the distance and pushes O Malley back into the cage.
Bualuang throws a punch but it's blocked by O Malley.
Bualuang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Malley's efforts to push away.
Bualuang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bualuang keeps control of O Malley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
O Malley blocking some punches.
Anurak Bualuang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bualuang misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley wants to break free but Bualuang has control.
O Malley blocking some punches.
Bualuang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bualuang lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Bualuang.
Bualuang lands a hook to the side of the head.
O Malley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bualuang has him pressed against the cage.
Bualuang lands a left hand.
Bualuang has a couple of punches blocked by O Malley.
Bualuang digs a right hand into O Malley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on O Malley's gas tank.
O Malley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bualuang displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Donk. Bualuang catches O Malley right on the button with a cross.
O Malley throws a looping overhand right but Bualuang ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Malley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bualuang swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
O Malley lands the left hand.
Sean O Malley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
O Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bualuang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Malley can do to turn this around?
O Malley missing with a left hand there. Bualuang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bualuang walks into a straight right hand from O Malley.
Bualuang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from O Malley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
O Malley misses the shot to the body.
Bualuang misses with a wild body shot.
Bualuang is looking to clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bualuang, as that shot connected.
Bualuang misses with a double jab
and O Malley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bualuang ducks under a wild hook from O Malley.
Bualuang tries to clinch there but O Malley circles away.
O Malley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bualuang tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Malley throws a hook to the side of Bualuang's head but Bualuang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley throws an off balance right hand
and Bualuang counters with a straight right hand.
O Malley ducks under a wild hook from Bualuang.
O Malley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bualuang looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anurak Bualuang dominated that second round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bualuang uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A cross from Bualuang lands.
O Malley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bualuang 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.
Bualuang tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Malley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bualuang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bualuang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bualuang lands with an overhand left.
O Malley throws a poor cross that misses
and Bualuang counters with an outside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Bualuang.
O Malley uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bualuang throws a quick inside leg kick.
O Malley lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bualuang takes a swing at O Malley's ribcage but misses.
O Malley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by O Malley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bualuang moves into range and clinches up with O Malley.
O Malley is trying to force a seperation but Bualuang has the dominant position.
O Malley breaks the clinch.
O Malley loads up on a big right hand but Bualuang slips the punch.
O Malley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bualuang misses with a body kick.
A low kick lands for Bualuang.
Bualuang throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Malley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bualuang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Malley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Malley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bualuang is looking to clinch but O Malley is avoiding it.
O Malley looks for the body kick but Bualuang saw that one coming.
Bualuang misses with a hook.
Bualuang tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Malley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bualuang throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Anurak Bualuang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley takes one on the button.
O Malley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bualuang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Malley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bualuang is out of range.
O Malley tries a low kick but Bualuang avoids it.
Bualuang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Malley.
O Malley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Malley tries to keep at a distance but Bualuang has taken the fight into the clinch.
O Malley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
O Malley manages to break the clinch.
O Malley looks to throw the jab but Bualuang is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bualuang misses the target.
Sean O Malley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A right-left combo lands from Bualuang.
Bualuang moves into the clinch successfully.
O Malley manages to break the clinch.
Bualuang lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bualuang moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bualuang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bualuang scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bualuang has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bualuang prevents O Malley from breaking the clinch.
O Malley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bualuang has O Malley pressed against the cage, preventing O Malley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bualuang has O Malley pressed against the cage, preventing O Malley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bualuang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Malley. Bualuang does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Malley throws a right hand that misses
and O Malley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bualuang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
Bualuang fires out a quick counter leg kick but O Malley just manages to avoid it.
O Malley throws the left hand but Bualuang avoids the punch easily.
Bualuang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
Bualuang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before O Malley has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bualuang moves out of range as O Malley strikes.
Bualuang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and O Malley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
O Malley misses with a low kick.
Bualuang checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That kick from Bualuang tenderised O Malley's leg. O Malley is trying to keep his angry face on.
O Malley throws a jab when Bualuang was well out of range.
O Malley misses the shot to the body.
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!
Bualuang is looking to clinch but O Malley is avoiding it.
A left lands for Bualuang.
O Malley throws a jab when Bualuang was well out of range.
A combination from Bualuang does no damage.
O Malley was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
O Malley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bualuang fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. O Malley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bualuang connects with a body shot that sends O Malley's belly button to the back.
O Malley throws the left hand but Bualuang avoids the punch easily.
O Malley just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Bualuang misses the target.
O Malley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anurak Bualuang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bualuang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anurak Bualuang!
Anurak Bualuang took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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