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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Danaher (ranked 4868 p4p, 4846 weight class) and Richard Glass (ranked 539 p4p, 535 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Danaher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Richard Glass!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Danaher.
Danaher definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Danaher with the inside leg kick.
Danaher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Danaher wants to clinch up but Glass keeps it at a distance.
Danaher throws a head kick but Glass moves out of range.
Glass misses with a takedown attempt - Danaher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Danaher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Glass! But no joy.
Danaher scores with a head kick. Glass tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Danaher chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick misses from Danaher.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Glass finds it's way through Danaher's defenses.
Danaher scores with a spinning back kick!
Danaher lands a nice leg kick that just misses Glass's sensitive parts.
Danaher closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danaher tries to work over Glass's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danaher tries to break free but Glass pushes him back against the cage.
Danaher throws an elbow but it misses.
Glass avoids a wild elbow strike from Danaher.
Danaher lands a left hand that snaps the head of Glass backwards.
Glass struggles to land a body shot inside as Danaher controls his hands.
Danaher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danaher moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Danaher tries to clinch but Glass moves out of range.
Danaher is looking to clinch.
Glass looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Danaher throws a head kick but Glass moves out of range.
Danaher with a nice calf kick.
Danaher lands with a kick to the temple. Glass shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Glass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danaher moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glass tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danaher was well out of range. Poor timing from Glass.
Glass misses the shot to the body.
That kick from Danaher tenderised Glass's leg. Glass is trying to keep his angry face on.
Glass throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Danaher counters with an outside leg kick.
Danaher lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danaher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danaher tries a head kick but it misses.
Danaher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Glass swats away the attempt to clinch by Danaher.
Glass tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Danaher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Glass feints the counter takedown.
Glass scores with a sloppy right hand. Danaher should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danaher tries to clinch there but Glass circles away.
Danaher slips a straight right by Glass.
Glass throws a shot from downtown. Danaher moves away and avoids it.
Glass's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Glass walks forward, straight into a front kick from Danaher.
A telegraphed right hand from Glass misses the target.
Danaher swings for the body but Glass moves out of range.
Danaher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danaher throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Glass.
Danaher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Glass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Danaher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Glass.
Danaher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Glass throws a body shot but no joy.
Danaher throws a front kick that sends Glass stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glass. Danaher does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danaher throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Glass's head.
Glass has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Danaher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danaher goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danaher moves in looking to clinch but Glass pushes him off.
Danaher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Danaher scores with a leg kick.
Danaher thuds his shin into the meat of Glass's side.
Danaher moves out of range as Glass throws a body kick.
Glass avoids the head kick by Danaher.
Danaher looks for the body kick but Glass saw that one coming.
Glass now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
John Danaher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glass blocks a head kick by Danaher.
Glass now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Danaher 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.
Glass blocks a head kick by Danaher.
Danaher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Glass paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Glass doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Glass keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice side step and Glass releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Danaher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Glass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Glass avoids the head kick by Danaher.
Danaher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Glass.
Glass circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danaher fails with an attempt to clinch.
John Danaher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice leg kick lands there from Danaher.
Danaher is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danaher bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Danaher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Glass can do to turn this around?
Danaher throws a head kick that misses
and Glass counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Glass scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Danaher with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danaher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danaher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters circling a little - Danaher finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Danaher tries to clinch up but Glass circles away and keeps his distance.
Danaher blocks a jab.
Glass misses with a looping left.
Danaher tries to close the distance and clinch but Glass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Glass let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Glass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Danaher tries to clinch but Glass is having none of it.
Glass let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Danaher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glass throws a hook but Danaher avoids it easily.
Danaher throws a head kick that misses.
Glass misses with a head kick.
Danaher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Glass.
Danaher is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danaher tries to clinch but Glass moves out of range.
Glass looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Glass throws a lazy right hand but Danaher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Danaher gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Glass has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Danaher.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Danaher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Glass's brow.
Danaher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glass is defending well for now.
Glass gets through Danaher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Danaher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Glass blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Glass prevents a body shot from Danaher.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danaher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danaher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glass's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass can't break the clinch.
Danaher struggles to land a body shot inside as Glass controls his hands.
Danaher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danaher throws a quick inside leg kick.
Danaher pushes Glass away with a front kick.
Danaher misses with a head kick.
Danaher closes the distance looking to clinch
and Glass counters with a right hand to the body.
Danaher throws a front kick that sends Glass stumbling back into the cage.
Danaher moves in looking to clinch but Glass pushes him off.
A countering left hand to the body from Glass misses.
Glass takes a kick to the side of the head.
Danaher thumps Glass with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Danaher counters with an inside leg kick.
Danaher moves out of range as Glass strikes.
Glass misses the shot to the body.
Danaher tries to clinch up.
Danaher misses with a head kick.
Glass throws a hook to the side of Danaher's head but Danaher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glass tries to score with a low kick but Danaher moves his leg out of the way.
A nice leg kick from Danaher, right into the meat of the thigh.
Danaher on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Danaher.
Danaher lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Danaher wants to clinch
and Glass connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that John Danaher will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Danaher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Glass looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Glass 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.
Danaher connects with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Danaher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Glass doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Danaher bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danaher tries to clinch up.
Danaher connects with an inside leg kick.
Danaher misses with a head kick.
It seemed like Glass was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Glass blocks a head kick by Danaher.
Danaher tries to clinch but Glass moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danaher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danaher tries to clinch but Glass is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Danaher.
Danaher tries to clinch but Glass moves out of range.
Danaher scores with a head kick. Glass tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Danaher tries to close the distance and clinch but Glass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It seemed like Glass was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Danaher - that will leave a mark!
Danaher blocks a jab.
Glass moves out of range as Danaher throws a body kick.
A nice side step and Glass releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A nice inside leg kick there by Danaher. That's going to slow Glass down.
Glass connects with a body shot that sends Danaher's belly button to the back.
Danaher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A countering left hand to the body from Glass misses.
Danaher wants to clinch up but Glass keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danaher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Glass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Danaher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Glass misses.
Danaher tries to clinch there but Glass circles away.
Danaher scoring well with a low kick there.
Richard Glass has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Glass throws a body shot but no joy.
Glass circles away from the clinch attempt.
Glass swats away the attempt to clinch by Danaher.
Glass is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Danaher with a body shot.
Danaher wants to clinch.
Glass throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Danaher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danaher lands with a kick to the temple. Glass shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
John Danaher is winning the standup battle so far.
Danaher wants to clinch.
Glass doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The fight stays on the outside here - Danaher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Glass swats away the attempt to clinch by Danaher.
Danaher throws a wild body kick that Glass sees coming a mile off.
Glass now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Glass tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danaher was well out of range. Poor timing from Glass.
Glass lands a nice looking body shot.
Danaher wants to clinch.
It seemed like Glass was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danaher explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
John Danaher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Danaher plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Danaher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Glass.
Danaher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danaher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Glass takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Danaher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Glass takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danaher is looking to clinch.
Danaher throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Danaher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Danaher 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Danaher!
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