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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Olyn Seran (ranked 18 p4p, 51 weight class) and Rod De Minaur (ranked 3 p4p, 7 weight class). Seran kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sound of Silence - Disturbed. De Minaur is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Seek and Destroy . This should be a great matchup!
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Olyn Seran!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rod De Minaur!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Minaur scores with a decent looking hook.
De Minaur takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Seran loads up on a big right hand but De Minaur slips the punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Minaur. That's going to slow Seran down.
Seran blocks a jab.
De Minaur ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rod De Minaur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Minaur is looking to score with low kicks.
Seran appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
De Minaur throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seran tries to move into range but De Minaur moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seran tries for a takedown but De Minaur sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
De Minaur misses with a straight right.
De Minaur lands a nice hook to Seran's body. Seran takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Minaur moves out of range of the strikes.
Seran keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Minaur.
Seran misses with a double jab
and De Minaur counters with a straight right hand.
Seran takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Rod De Minaur has been cut.
Seran lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Minaur throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Minaur shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
De Minaur thumps Seran with a low kick.
De Minaur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seran takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Seran sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A clash of legs there as Seran blocks the low kick.
Seran avoids the body shot from De Minaur.
De Minaur throws a hook to the side of Seran's head but Seran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Minaur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Seran.
Seran is looking to counter punch.
De Minaur scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
De Minaur misses with a hook to the body
and Seran counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Minaur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Minaur lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Seran at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seran on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Seran lands a jab.
Seran dives in and grabs De Minaur's left leg, looking for a takedown. De Minaur pushes down on Seran's head and hops out.
Seran is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Minaur tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Seran is able to avoid easily.
De Minaur throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Minaur misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Seran was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
De Minaur cracks Seran with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Minaur misses with a hook.
De Minaur throws a hook but Seran avoids it easily.
Seran slips a straight right by De Minaur.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seran gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Minaur.
Seran has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Seran there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Minaur is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Minaur is looking to score with low kicks.
Seran checks the leg kick.
De Minaur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seran manages to avoid it.
De Minaur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seran moves away.
De Minaur finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Minaur swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Seran counters with a good low kick that De Minaur was not able to check.
De Minaur wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rod De Minaur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rod De Minaur's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Seran darts in looking for a takedown but De Minaur gets double underhooks and turns Seran into the cage.
Seran is working for takedown but De Minaur is calmly controlling the position for now.
Seran fails to pull guard.
I was talking to Seran's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olyn Seran. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Minaur throws a punch but it's blocked by Seran.
Seran keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Minaur's efforts to push away.
Seran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Minaur is looking to break free of the clinch but Seran has double underhooks.
A short right from De Minaur.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur misses with some punches.
Good body shot from De Minaur.
Seran lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from De Minaur.
Seran fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - De Minaur throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A lazy left from De Minaur finds it's target.
Seran slips a straight right by De Minaur.
De Minaur stuffs the takedown attempt from Seran. Seran gets slowly back to his feet.
A low kick lands for De Minaur.
Seran slips under a jab.
De Minaur scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Seran is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rod De Minaur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seran lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Seran shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as De Minaur sprawls well. De Minaur wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Seran gets slowly back to his feet.
Seran's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Minaur connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Seran scrambles back to his feet.
De Minaur lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seran fails to land with a series of punches.
De Minaur appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
De Minaur throws a hook but Seran avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur takes a swing at Seran's ribcage but misses.
De Minaur lands a nice shot that snaps Seran's head back.
Seran shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
De Minaur goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Seran misses with a body kick.
Seran fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Seran misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
De Minaur tries a head kick but it misses.
Seran closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into De Minaur's guard.
De Minaur has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seran stopping the sweep attempt from De Minaur.
Seran postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! De Minaur is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Seran, into his guard.
De Minaur tries to free his leg and advance position but Seran is retaining full guard.
Seran looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
De Minaur wants to control from the top but Seran keeps moving.
De Minaur stands and throws Seran's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rod De Minaur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rod De Minaur's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
De Minaur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Minaur throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A cross from De Minaur lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seran.
Seran throws a head kick that half lands.
Rod De Minaur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Seran throws the left hand but De Minaur avoids the punch easily.
Seran misses with an uppercut. De Minaur saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and De Minaur wants it to stay on the feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Minaur slips a jab and a cross from Seran.
De Minaur lands with a straight right. Seran didn't see that one coming.
De Minaur misses with an uppercut. Seran saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seran takes one to the chin there.
De Minaur scores with a jab to the body.
Seran walks into a left hand.
A leg kick checked by De Minaur.
Seran bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Seran feinted there with a counter leg kick.
De Minaur chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Minaur gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Seran to score an easy takedown into full guard.
De Minaur is trying to control the position but Seran postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seran tries to free his leg and advance position but De Minaur is retaining full guard.
De Minaur has control of Seran's left arm, preventing Seran from doing any damage.
Seran drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and De Minaur dives on top into guard.
Seran looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but De Minaur is defending well. Seran quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! De Minaur has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Seran celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Olyn Seran!
Olyn Seran retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Olyn Seran thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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