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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Immanuel Ali (ranked 2623 p4p, 2652 weight class) and Darcy Walsh (ranked 235 p4p, 241 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ White 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Immanuel Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darcy Walsh!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Ali misses the target.
Ali takes a swing at Walsh's ribcage but misses.
Ali showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walsh.
Ali will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Immanuel Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walsh slips under a jab.
Ali seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ali closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Walsh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali misses with a punch on the inside.
Ali tries to break free but Walsh pushes him back against the cage.
Ali has had enough of the clinch but Walsh keeps him there for the moment.
Ali lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ali tries a body shot but Walsh blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali is leaning against Walsh and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ali blocking some punches.
Ali is working Walsh over against the cage.
Walsh wants to get back to striking at distance but Ali won't allow it.
Ali gets through Walsh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walsh working hard to break the clinch.
Ali scores with a shot to the side of Walsh's head.
Walsh wants to break free but Ali has control.
Ali avoiding damage as Walsh throws knees to the body.
Ali lands with a short shot to the head.
Ali tries to break free but Walsh pushes him back against the cage.
Walsh blocks an uppercut.
Walsh is trying to break free.
Ali wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walsh misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ali fails to land.
Ali tries to circle away but Walsh has him pinned against the cage.
Ali lands with a short shot to the head.
Walsh breaks the clinch.
Ali darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walsh takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Walsh misses with a double jab.
Ali appears to be looking for a big counter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walsh with a nice calf kick.
Ali gets a clinch.
Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ali closes the distance and clinches.
Ali lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walsh wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ali has him pressed against the cage.
Ali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walsh tries to move into range but Ali moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from Ali misses its intended target.
Walsh is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Walsh loads up on a big right hand but Ali slips the punch.
Ali lands the left hand.
It looks like Darcy Walsh has been cut.
Walsh looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Walsh is rocked!
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Ali swings for the body but Walsh moves out of range.
Ali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walsh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walsh.
Ali misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali avoids the body shot from Walsh.
Walsh misses with a wild combination.
Walsh throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ali moves into the clinch.
Walsh tries to circle away but Ali has him pinned against the cage.
Ali lands with a left to the head.
Ali lands a right hand.
Walsh struggles to land a body shot inside as Ali controls his hands.
Ali scores with a shot to the side of Walsh's head.
Ali looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ali lands with a light punch inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Immanuel Ali dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darcy Walsh's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Walsh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walsh throws a sloppy head kick and Ali moves out of range easily.
Ali is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walsh can do to turn this around?
Ali throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walsh fails to land with a series of punches.
Walsh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A right-left combo lands from Walsh.
Ali moves into range and clinches up with Walsh.
Ali misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Ali.
A shot in the inside from Ali.
Ali softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ali breaks from the clinch.
Ali steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walsh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh throws a series of punches but Ali avoids them all with ease.
Ali digs a good body shot into Walsh's ribs.
Walsh tries to keep at a distance but Ali has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ali scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ali gets through Walsh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ali breaks the clinch.
Walsh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Donk. Ali catches Walsh right on the button with a cross.
Ali uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Walsh has time to react.
Ali throws a body shot but no joy.
Ali comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right-left combo lands from Walsh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ali gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ali is trying to break free.
Ali lands a nice uppercut.
Ali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walsh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ali is looking for a counter combo.
Ali with a nice cross.
Ali ducks right into an uppercut from Walsh.
Ali instigates a clinch.
Ali gets through Walsh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walsh is trying to force a seperation but Ali has the dominant position.
Walsh wants to break free but Ali has control.
Ali lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Immanuel Ali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ali lands with an overhand left.
Walsh is still on wobbly legs! Can Ali finish him?
Ali takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Walsh uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Walsh seems to have recovered his senses.
Ali will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ali. Walsh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ali moves into the clinch successfully.
Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ali throws a lazy right hand but Walsh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ali scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Walsh does it's job there.
Ali takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ali is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walsh scores with a kick to the midsection.
Oh Ali is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Walsh tries a head kick but it misses.
Ali seems to have got his legs back now.
A shot to the body from Ali misses
and Walsh counters with a two punch combo.
Ali moves into range and clinches up with Walsh.
A head punch on the inside from Ali fails to land.
Ali tries a body shot but Walsh blocks it.
Ali lands a nice shot to the body.
Walsh wants to break free but Ali has control.
Walsh throws a punch but it's blocked by Ali.
Ali presses Walsh against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Immanuel Ali dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Darcy Walsh's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Walsh bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ali has managed to clinch.
Ali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walsh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walsh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ali.
A jab from Walsh does it's job there.
No joy there for Walsh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ali has Walsh up against the cage in a clinch.
Ali lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali tries to break the clinch but Walsh is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Walsh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ali misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walsh backwards.
Walsh working hard to break the clinch.
Walsh has had enough of the clinch but Ali keeps him there for the moment.
Ali has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ali lands with a light punch inside.
Ali softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walsh has had enough of the clinch but Ali keeps him there for the moment.
Walsh can't find room to land a body shot as Ali controls the action.
Ali throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Still in the clinch, Ali scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walsh feints a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Walsh.
Ali instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh is trying to break free.
Walsh has had enough of the clinch but Ali keeps him there for the moment.
Ali breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ali throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ali swings for the body but Walsh moves out of range.
Walsh takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ali slips a jab and a cross from Walsh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walsh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ali closes the distance and clinches.
Ali lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walsh backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ali.
Still in the clinch, Ali scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ali keeps control of Walsh as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walsh backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ali.
Walsh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ali lands an uppercut.
Ali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ali misses with a two punch combination.
Walsh connects with the punch.
Ali takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Walsh on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Walsh clobbers Ali with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Walsh slips under a jab from Ali.
Walsh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali tries to clinch but Walsh is having none of it.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walsh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
Walsh shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Darcy Walsh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A good leg kick by Walsh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ali. Walsh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walsh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walsh shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Immanuel Ali showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ali 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Immanuel Ali!
After winning the bout, Immanuel Ali thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Darcy Walsh spoke after the fight, saying 'I aint even know I had a fight today so it don't count you slurry. Time for some nangs'.
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