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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Panfilo Acerbi (ranked 2804 p4p, 1981 weight class) and Cathal Tiernan (ranked 202 p4p, 147 weight class). Acerbi comes to the cage accompanied by Boom Boom Boom Boom - Venga Boys. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Panfilo Acerbi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cathal Tiernan!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acerbi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A little jabbing left from Tiernan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A cross from Tiernan lands.
Cathal Tiernan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Acerbi lands a lovely overhand right.
Tiernan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Acerbi at a distance.
Acerbi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Acerbi throws a series of punches but Tiernan avoids them all with ease.
A punch lands to the side of Acerbi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tiernan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big right from Acerbi misses.
Tiernan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Acerbi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiernan swings for the body but Acerbi moves out of range.
Acerbi scores with a jab.
Tiernan throws a body punch but Acerbi moves out of range.
Acerbi slips a jab from Tiernan.
Acerbi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Acerbi throws a right hand that misses
and Tiernan counters with a stiff right hand.
Acerbi lands with a shot to the body.
Tiernan takes a swing at Acerbi's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acerbi lands a nice shot that snaps Tiernan's head back.
Tiernan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Acerbi wants to slow Tiernan down by chopping away at his legs.
Decent striking displayed by Tiernan there.
Acerbi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tiernan.
Acerbi's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Acerbi duly obliges.
Acerbi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Acerbi throws a solid leg kick but Tiernan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Acerbi.
Acerbi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tiernan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A countering left hand to the body from Tiernan misses.
Acerbi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tiernan.
Tiernan throws a body shot but no joy.
Acerbi misses with a body shot
enabling Tiernan to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Acerbi throws a head kick but Tiernan moves out of range.
Tiernan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Acerbi walks into a left hand.
Tiernan scores with a jab.
Acerbi moves out of range as Tiernan strikes.
Tiernan throws a hook to the side of Acerbi's head but Acerbi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Acerbi misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acerbi looks to score with a jab to the body but Tiernan is just out of range.
Acerbi scores with a body shot.
Tiernan just misses with a punch to the body.
Tiernan throws out a loose jab but Acerbi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Acerbi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tiernan misses with a lunging right hand
letting Acerbi counter with a right hand.
Acerbi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tiernan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tiernan throws a looping overhand right but Acerbi ducks down to avoid it.
Acerbi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tiernan throws a shot to the body.
Acerbi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tiernan scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Acerbi misses.
Tiernan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Acerbi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Acerbi takes a swing at Tiernan's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acerbi slips a straight right by Tiernan.
Tiernan misses the shot to the body.
Acerbi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tiernan in his tracks.
Tiernan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tiernan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Acerbi in his tracks.
Acerbi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tiernan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tiernan loads up on a big right hand but Acerbi slips the punch.
Acerbi scores with a punch to the head.
Crunch! Acerbi slams his shin into Tiernan's torso.
Acerbi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tiernan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiernan misses with an uppercut. Acerbi saw that one coming.
Acerbi works over Tiernan's head and body with a nice combination.
Tiernan throws a hook but Acerbi avoids it easily.
Acerbi lands a lovely overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tiernan slips under a jab from Acerbi.
Acerbi with a hook.
Tiernan jabs at Acerbi's body.
Acerbi takes a swing at Tiernan's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Tiernan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Acerbi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tiernan throws a body punch but Acerbi moves out of range.
Tiernan throws a good cross that connects.
Tiernan slips a jab from Acerbi.
Acerbi defending well as Tiernan loads up on a big left hand.
Acerbi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Acerbi quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Tiernan avoids the head kick by Acerbi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Acerbi throws a chopping leg kick but Tiernan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tiernan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tiernan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Acerbi misses with an uppercut
and Tiernan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice straight punches there by Tiernan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tiernan.
Acerbi throws a big shot that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cathal Tiernan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Acerbi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Acerbi throws a sloppy head kick and Tiernan moves out of range easily.
Tiernan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Acerbi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tiernan lands a nice shot to the body.
Acerbi lands a really nice looking cross but Tiernan seems unphased.
Acerbi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Acerbi is rocked!
Tiernan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Acerbi.
Acerbi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tiernan scores with a nice strike.
Oh Acerbi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tiernan tests Acerbi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tiernan steps in with a hook that catches Acerbi right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Tiernan follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Acerbi looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cathal Tiernan!
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hype
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