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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Niall McJangly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carolann Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Niall McJangly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carolann Williams!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Some wild striking there from McJangly.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McJangly.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McJangly.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
McJangly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A nice combination there by McJangly.
Williams rushes McJangly and presses him up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Williams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Williams goes for a takedown attempt but McJangly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
McJangly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams dodges the punch combination from McJangly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McJangly throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Niall McJangly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
McJangly misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams shoots in for a double leg but McJangly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Niall McJangly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carolann Williams.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but McJangly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams is looking to clinch but McJangly is avoiding it.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but McJangly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams dodges the punch combination from McJangly.
McJangly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
McJangly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A combination from McJangly does no damage.
McJangly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McJangly throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McJangly throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
McJangly is breathing heavily.
McJangly misses with a double jab.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Williams shoots in for a double leg but McJangly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
McJangly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McJangly throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - McJangly sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Williams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
McJangly misses with a double jab.
Williams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McJangly's waist but McJangly gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Williams off to one side.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from McJangly.
McJangly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Williams tries to clinch there but McJangly circles away.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
McJangly displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McJangly with a nice cross.
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McJangly.
Williams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Williams wants to clinch up but McJangly keeps it at a distance.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and McJangly is able to avoid easily.
No luck for Williams with that takedown attempt.
Williams on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McJangly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McJangly throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
McJangly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Niall McJangly dominated that round.
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.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
McJangly closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Williams wants to clinch.
McJangly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
No joy there for McJangly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McJangly throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McJangly throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
McJangly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McJangly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but McJangly shows good takedown defense.
McJangly throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Niall McJangly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carolann Williams.
McJangly lands a slapping body shot.
McJangly digs a good body shot into Williams's ribs.
McJangly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McJangly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McJangly is fending him off so far but Williams persists. Nope, McJangly circles away and we're back to standing.
Niall McJangly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McJangly misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Williams shoots in and drives through. McJangly sprawls well.
Williams rushes McJangly and presses him up against the cage.
McJangly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McJangly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McJangly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
McJangly tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. McJangly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
McJangly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McJangly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams keeps control of McJangly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McJangly is trying to break free.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McJangly is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McJangly just misses with a punch to the body.
McJangly stuffs the takedown.
McJangly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McJangly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. McJangly tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McJangly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McJangly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McJangly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Williams lands with a slapping head kick.
Williams closes this distance looking for a takedown but McJangly circles away.
McJangly throws a combination. Williams tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
McJangly looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
McJangly scores with a jab to the body.
McJangly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
McJangly is looking to wear down Williams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McJangly misses with a wild combination.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McJangly keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McJangly misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Niall McJangly dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
No luck for Williams with that takedown attempt.
McJangly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
McJangly scores with a nice right hand.
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McJangly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but McJangly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Left hook, right uppercut from McJangly.
Williams slips a straight right by McJangly.
McJangly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McJangly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McJangly tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams looking for a takedown.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McJangly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McJangly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Williams jumps guard and drags McJangly to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
McJangly wants to stand and escape but instead Williams has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but McJangly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McJangly wants to stand up but Williams is controlling him.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
McJangly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Williams can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
McJangly on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McJangly tries to get out of the position.
McJangly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McJangly is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Williams is controlling him.
Williams wants to control from the top but McJangly keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McJangly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McJangly is fending him off so far but Williams persists. Nope, McJangly circles away and we're back to standing.
Niall McJangly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carolann Williams.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Williams wants to stall.
McJangly tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
McJangly swinging wilding here.
McJangly throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
McJangly swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Williams throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
McJangly lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McJangly as he avoids it easily.
McJangly tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McJangly lands a nice shot to the body.
Williams closes the distance and pushes McJangly back into the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McJangly walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
McJangly avoids the head kick by Williams.
Williams tries to clinch up
and McJangly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
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 Niall McJangly.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McJangly, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Niall McJangly!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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