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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Nguyen (ranked 137 p4p, 123 weight class) and Sean O Malley (ranked 16 p4p, 14 weight class). Nguyen comes to the cage accompanied by In One Ear. O Malley has chosen Goat Talk- Sugar Sean as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Nguyen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean O Malley!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nguyen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Malley doesn't seem bothered though.
O Malley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nguyen is out of range.
O Malley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nguyen misses with a looping right.
O Malley cracks Nguyen with a good jab.
Nguyen stuns O Malley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nguyen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nguyen throws a sloppy body shot
and Nguyen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Malley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Malley misses with a straight right.
O Malley throws a leg kick but Nguyen moved away.
Nguyen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
O Malley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nguyen throws a jab when O Malley was well out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nguyen throws a looping overhand right but O Malley ducks down to avoid it.
O Malley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
O Malley with a nice calf kick.
O Malley connects with a jab.
Nguyen ducks under a wild hook from O Malley.
Nguyen shoots in but O Malley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
O Malley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nguyen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley tests Nguyen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nguyen swings for the body but O Malley moves out of range.
O Malley misses with a lunging right hand
letting Nguyen counter with a right hand.
O Malley swings widly with a right hand
and Nguyen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps O Malley thinking.
Nguyen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
O Malley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Jimmy Nguyen has been cut.
Nguyen loads up on a big right hand but O Malley slips the punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for O Malley.
Nguyen staying out of range there.
O Malley tries to move into range but Nguyen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nguyen misses with a lunging right hand
and O Malley counters with a straight right hand.
O Malley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nguyen.
O Malley throws a hook to the side of Nguyen's head but Nguyen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
O Malley blocks a jab.
O Malley throws out a counter right but Nguyen avoids it with no problem.
Nguyen lands the left hand.
Nguyen connects with a right hand. O Malley shakes it off.
Sean O Malley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen misses with a two punch combination.
Nguyen scores with a nice head shot.
Nguyen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nguyen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nguyen blocks a head kick by O Malley.
Nguyen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - O Malley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
O Malley moves out of range as Nguyen strikes.
O Malley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nguyen lands with a cross.
O Malley looks to land a left hand but Nguyen moved out of range nicely.
O Malley looks to land a right hand but Nguyen moved out of range.
O Malley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nguyen tries to clinch up
and O Malley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
O Malley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Malley was well out of range. Poor timing from Nguyen.
Nguyen scores with a jab to the body.
Nguyen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nguyen moves away from the strike by O Malley.
Nguyen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in O Malley's guard.
O Malley scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Nguyen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nguyen misses with a body shot
and O Malley makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nguyen checks a leg kick.
O Malley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nguyen throws a hook but O Malley blocks it.
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 misses with a straight left.
Nguyen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nguyen lands with a good body shot.
Nguyen cracks O Malley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
O Malley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nguyen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Malley drops his hands momentarily and Nguyen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen just misses with a punch to the body.
Nguyen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Malley.
O Malley throws a lazy uppercut
and Nguyen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut lands for Nguyen. That snapped O Malley's head back.
Nguyen blocks a jab.
Nguyen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
O Malley misses with a hook
and O Malley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nguyen cracks a nice hook into O Malley's ribs.
Nguyen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Malley flicks out a counter leg kick but Nguyen steps away.
Nguyen throws a body punch but O Malley moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Nguyen.
Nguyen throws a looping overhand right but O Malley ducks down to avoid it.
Nguyen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Malley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nguyen connects with a body shot.
Nguyen misses with a wild body shot.
Nguyen throws a right hand that misses
and O Malley counters with a body kick that stops Nguyen in his tracks momentarily.
O Malley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Nguyen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Nguyen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A nice leg kick lands there from O Malley.
Nguyen misses with a right hand
and O Malley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A thudding body kick lands there by O Malley!
O Malley thuds a left hand into Nguyen's body.
O Malley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nguyen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from O Malley.
O Malley cracks Nguyen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
O Malley throws an overhand right that lands on Nguyen's shoulder, as Nguyen tries to avoid the shot.
Nguyen digs a good hook to O Malley's body.
Nguyen tries to score a power double leg takedown but O Malley sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nguyen somewhat.
A little jabbing left from O Malley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A slow jab from Nguyen misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nguyen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Malley was well out of range. Poor timing from Nguyen.
Nguyen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Malley.
O Malley works the jab nicely.
O Malley staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Malley.
O Malley throws a jab when Nguyen was well out of range.
Nguyen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nguyen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and O Malley counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nguyen has his takedown stuffed
and O Malley counters with a nice uppercut.
Nguyen lands a nice looking body shot.
Nguyen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nguyen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
O Malley lands a really nice looking cross but Nguyen seems unphased.
Sean O Malley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
O Malley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nguyen under the eye.
O Malley misses with a hook. Nguyen ducked under it nicely.
O Malley with the inside leg kick.
O Malley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Malley blocks a jab.
Nguyen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nguyen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Malley.
O Malley throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from O Malley misses
and Nguyen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nguyen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Malley was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nguyen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Malley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nguyen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Malley.
O Malley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nguyen checks a leg kick.
Nguyen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nguyen 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.
O Malley misses with a hook
and Nguyen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nguyen misses with a straight left.
A jab from O Malley misses.
O Malley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
O Malley looks to land a right hand but Nguyen moved out of range.
Nguyen drops down looking for a counter takedown but O Malley sprawls and moves away.
Nguyen digs a good hook to O Malley's body.
Nguyen scores with a jab. O Malley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Nguyen.
Nguyen is looking to take a break and control but O Malley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley pushes Nguyen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nguyen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Nguyen wants to control but O Malley is keeping him busy.
O Malley explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
O Malley moves out of range of the strikes.
O Malley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nguyen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Malley misses with a body shot.
Nguyen avoids the body shot from O Malley.
Nguyen feinted with a counter takedown.
O Malley throws a hook but Nguyen avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Nguyen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
O Malley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
O Malley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
O Malley misses with a left hand
and O Malley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nguyen throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nguyen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Nguyen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Malley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nguyen misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nguyen misses with a wild body shot.
O Malley just misses with a punch to the body.
Nguyen slips a straight right by O Malley.
Nguyen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
O Malley misses with a straight left.
Nguyen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sean O Malley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Nguyen's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Nguyen throws out a loose jab but O Malley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nguyen thuds a left hand into O Malley's body.
O Malley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nguyen throws a hook but O Malley blocks it.
O Malley was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
O Malley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nguyen tries for a takedown but O Malley circles away easily
and O Malley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
O Malley throws a hook to the side of Nguyen's head but Nguyen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley throws a low kick but Nguyen avoids it.
Nguyen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
O Malley with a jab.
O Malley loads up on a big right hand but Nguyen slips the punch.
Nguyen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nguyen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nguyen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
Nguyen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Malley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
O Malley staying out of range there.
O Malley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nguyen misses with an uppercut. O Malley saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from O Malley misses the target.
O Malley throws a leg kick but Nguyen moved away.
O Malley misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Nguyen misses the target.
Nguyen moves out of range of the strikes.
O Malley misses with a hook.
Nguyen swings for the body but O Malley moves out of range.
Nguyen moves out of range of the strikes.
Nguyen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. O Malley did well to prevent Nguyen getting side control.
Nguyen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. O Malley defending well though.
Nguyen stops O Malley from getting back to his feet.
Nguyen seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead O Malley has recovered full guard.
Sean O Malley has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nguyen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen stands and throws O Malley's legs to the side, diving into side control.
O Malley is trying to buck Nguyen off.
Nguyen controls the position.
Nguyen trying to control the position but O Malley is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. O Malley knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
O Malley takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
A lull in the action here as Nguyen stalls from top position.
Nguyen wants to control but O Malley is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nguyen passes to full mount! That's big trouble for O Malley!
Nguyen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as O Malley is looking to escape.
Nguyen is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. O Malley is in real trouble.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
O Malley trying to get back to his feet but Nguyen is in full control for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jimmy Nguyen.
I think Nguyen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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