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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Noonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Liebling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Mickey Noonan has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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170 lbs
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180 cm
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175 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mickey Noonan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Liebling!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liebling shoots in for a takedown but Noonan shows good takedown defense.
Liebling misses the shot to the body.
Noonan slips a jab from Liebling.
Nice defenses there by Liebling.
Noonan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liebling moves away.
A shot to the body from Liebling misses
and Noonan counters with a nice body shot.
A shot to the body from Noonan misses
and Liebling counters with a stiff right hand.
Liebling tries to clinch but Noonan moves out of range.
Liebling gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Noonan counters with a right hand to the body.
Liebling looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Noonan.
Noonan takes a swing at Liebling's ribcage but misses.
Noonan is looking to wear down Liebling with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Liebling ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Liebling avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Noonan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Noonan looks to score with a jab to the body but Liebling is just out of range.
Liebling throws a sloppy body shot
and Noonan counters with a beautiful punch that sends Liebling to the canvas!
Liebling is rocked!
Noonan postures up and lands a big shot to Liebling's brow.
Liebling is still in real trouble! Can Noonan finish him?
Noonan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Liebling's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liebling had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Noonan is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Liebling Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Noonan's back instead.
Noonan trying to control the action but Liebling just sinks the hooks in.
Liebling seems to have recovered his senses.
Noonan is in bad spot here.
Liebling gets his hands free as Noonan looks to control.
Noonan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Liebling seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Noonan's chin but Noonan turns very nicely into Liebling's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Noonan.
Noonan landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Noonan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Liebling lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Noonan!
Noonan looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Noonan is desperately trying to improve his position but Liebling has a good base and remains in mount.
Liebling trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Noonan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Liebling tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Liebling prevents Noonan from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noonan blocking the ground and pound.
Noonan prevents Liebling from taking his back.
Liebling goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Noonan is on top in guard.
Noonan wants to control from the top but Liebling keeps moving.
Noonan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Liebling's head.
Liebling wants to sweep but no luck.
Noonan looking to pass the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Liebling is on top in guard.
Noonan is pulling down on Liebling's head to control his posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Liebling trying to move into half guard but instead Noonan has managed to sweep!
Liebling manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Liebling wants to take his opponent's back but Noonan doesn't allow it.
Liebling swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Noonan is now in Liebling's guard. A big mistake from Liebling there, giving up the dominant position!
Noonan distracts Liebling with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Noonan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noonan trying to control the position from guard on top but Liebling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Liebling manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Noonan manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Noonan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Liebling closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Liebling is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Noonan defends it well.
Liebling works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noonan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Liebling wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Noonan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Liebling throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Liebling misses with a head shot. Noonan uses the momentum to regain guard.
Liebling advances position into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Liebling's best efforts.
Liebling looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Liebling thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Noonan's head.
Liebling throwing shots but Noonan is blocking nicely.
Noonan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Noonan is defending against the submission attempts here by Liebling.
Noonan wants to control but Liebling is keeping busy and won't allow it.
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.
Noonan gets full guard.
Liebling preventing the sweep.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Noonan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Liebling tries for a takedown but Noonan circles away easily
and Noonan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Liebling is breathing heavily.
Noonan misses with a wild body shot.
Liebling gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Noonan misses the shot to the body.
Noonan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Noonan throws a hook but Liebling avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liebling closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Noonan to the mat! Noonan manages to get full guard.
Liebling wants to control from the top but Noonan keeps moving.
Liebling is looking to advance position but Noonan has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Liebling is trying to escape the mount.
Noonan jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Liebling manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Noonan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Noonan working the ground and pound.
Liebling gets back to half guard.
Liebling gets full guard.
Noonan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liebling lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Noonan!
Liebling throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Liebling throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Noonan because Liebling loaded up on that one.
Liebling punching from mount but Noonan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Liebling goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Noonan is on top in guard.
Noonan trying to control the position from guard on top but Liebling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Noonan looking to pass the guard.
Noonan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Liebling's head.
Noonan throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mickey Noonan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Liebling throws a sloppy body shot
and Noonan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Noonan throws a body punch but Liebling moves out of range.
Noonan thows a body shot but no joy.
Noonan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Liebling's head backwards.
Liebling misses with a takedown attempt
and Noonan counters with a stiff right hand.
Noonan looks to land a right hand but Liebling moved out of range.
Liebling wants to clinch but Noonan slips to the side
and Noonan counters with a left to the body.
Noonan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Liebling with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Noonan to score with a decent uppercut.
Mickey Noonan is winning the standup battle so far.
Noonan lands a really nice looking cross but Liebling seems unphased.
Noonan misses the shot to the body.
Liebling has his takedown stuffed
and Noonan counters with a nice body shot.
Liebling takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noonan works Liebling's body with a nice hook.
Noonan connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Noonan misses with a hook to the body
and Liebling counters with a takedown into side control.
Liebling working away.
Noonan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Noonan controlling the position well.
Liebling is working for a kimura but Noonan is defending it quite comfortably.
Liebling is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Noonan still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Noonan has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan working the head and body with strikes.
Liebling regains half guard.
Liebling is not content to let Noonan control the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Noonan connects with a nice short shot to Liebling's temple.
Liebling is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Noonan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Noonan is nestled in close to Liebling, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fighters are battling for position here. Liebling manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Liebling looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Noonan scoring with some ground and pound.
Noonan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noonan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liebling working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Noonan.
Noonan wants to control from the top but Liebling keeps moving.
Liebling lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Noonan!
Liebling goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Noonan is on top in guard.
Noonan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Noonan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Noonan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Noonan won't allow Liebling to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan passes Liebling's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Liebling gets back to full guard.
Noonan wants to control from the top but Liebling keeps moving.
Liebling working for a triangle but Noonan defends it easily.
Noonan lands a couple of elbows.
Liebling trying to control the position.
Liebling avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liebling has momentary wrist control but Noonan slips an elbow through the middle.
Liebling wants to sweep here but Noonan controlling him for the moment.
Noonan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Noonan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Noonan 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey Noonan!
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energy
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hype
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