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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zachary Challinor (ranked 1778 p4p, 3429 weight class) and Tim Cahill (ranked 198 p4p, 343 weight class). Challinor comes to the cage accompanied by Down Under. Tim Cahill is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zachary Challinor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tim Cahill!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Challinor gets the takedown into side control.
Challinor is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Cahill knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Cahill tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Challinor in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Challinor working away.
Cahill is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cahill looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Challinor not doing much here.
Challinor landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Challinor content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Challinor lands with a punch from half guard.
Cahill is looking to improve his position.
Challinor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cahill wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Challinor there.
Challinor is thwarting Cahill's attempts to control the position.
Challinor has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Cahill with the active half guard here but Challinor passes nicely into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challinor landing strikes.
You can see the frustration on Cahill's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Challinor landing strikes.
You can see the frustration on Cahill's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cahill on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Cahill's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Challinor grinds an elbow into Cahill's temple.
It looks like Tim Cahill has been cut.
Cahill is trying to control Challinor's posture but Challinor avoids it.
You can see the frustration on Cahill's face as Challinor controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challinor working away.
Challinor lands some shots froms side control.
Cahill struggling a bit here.
Challinor controlling from side mount.
Cahill tries to buck Challinor off but Challinor is having none of it.
Cahill struggling a bit here.
The referee asks Challinor politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Challinor prefers to stall for the moment though.
Challinor landing a few strikes.
Challinor scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cahill is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here as Challinor stalls from top position.
Challinor works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
A lull in the action here as Challinor stalls from top position.
Challinor tries for a kimura but Cahill is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cahill wants to control but Challinor postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zachary Challinor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Cahill's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Challinor tries to clinch up.
Challinor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cahill moves away.
No luck for Cahill with that takedown attempt.
Cahill tries to sprawl but Challinor drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Cahill looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cahill looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Challinor passes to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Challinor lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Challinor scores with punches from side control.
Challinor in side control lands a decent elbow.
Cahill is looking to regain half guard here but Challinor keeps moving and retains side control.
Challinor trying to control the action but Cahill is working from the bottom.
Cahill being controlled for a moment.
Challinor working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challinor cracks Cahill with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cahill is trying to get back to half guard.
Challinor works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cahill being controlled for a moment.
Cahill is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Challinor landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cahill is looking for a sweep.
Cahill sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Cahill is trying to maintain the position but Challinor is very close to passing his half guard.
Challinor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cahill can do to turn this around?
Cahill on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Challinor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Challinor working over Cahill with some ground and pound. Cahill looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Challinor passes the guard and advances to mount!
Zachary Challinor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cahill is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Challinor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Challinor punishing his opponent with strikes.
That has opened up Tim Cahill's cut even more.
Cahill is trying to escape the mount.
Cahill is squirming around, avoiding Challinor's attempts to control the action.
Cahill is in all sorts of trouble here.
Challinor controlling his opponent.
Cahill wants to control but Challinor is having none of it.
Cahill really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Challinor controlling from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zachary Challinor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Cahill's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Challinor fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cahill to the ground. Challinor is now in Cahill's guard.
Cahill looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Challinor passes into half guard.
Challinor is controlling the pace.
Challinor is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cahill manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Cahill has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Challinor should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Cahill has tightened it up now! Challinor should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tim Cahill!
In defeat, Zachary Challinor stepped up to the mic, saying 'I’ve wrestled my whole life, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned—it’s not about how you fall, but how you get back up. Respect to my opponent, my team, and everyone who supports me. This isn’t the end. I’ll regroup, come back stronger, and next time, I won’t miss.'.
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