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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barry Dingle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Castle Irons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dingle comes to the cage accompanied by The Dingle Puck Goat. Barry Dingle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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162 lbs
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168 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Dingle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Castle Irons!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irons misses with a double jab.
Dingle motions for Irons to come forward. Dingle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dingle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Irons is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dingle is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
Irons dodges an elbow strike from Dingle.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dingle takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Barry Dingle has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Dingle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Irons.
Irons blocks an elbow strike.
Dingle trying to land knees to the body.
Irons looking to throw knees to the head but Dingle is blocking nicely.
Irons doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Irons lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dingle backwards.
Irons missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Irons.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Irons.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Irons goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Dingle misses with an elbow over the top.
Irons avoids the elbow strike from Dingle, against the cage.
Irons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dingle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons dodges an elbow strike from Dingle.
Dingle lands a nice elbow.
Irons trying to stall but Dingle improves his position.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Irons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Irons presses Dingle against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dingle throws an elbow but it misses.
Irons looking to throw knees to the head but Dingle is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dingle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Irons lands a nice shot to the body.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dingle lands a damaging elbow.
Irons takes an elbow to the temple.
Irons avoids the elbow strike from Dingle, against the cage.
Dingle throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
Irons blocks an elbow strike.
Irons blocks an elbow strike from Dingle.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Irons scores with a shot to the side of Dingle's head.
Irons takes an elbow to the forehead.
Irons unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dingle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Irons dodges an elbow strike from Dingle.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
Irons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dingle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dingle missing with knees to the body.
Irons blocks an elbow strike from Dingle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dingle.
Dingle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Irons.
Irons with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Irons tries to stall but Dingle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
Dingle throws an elbow that misses.
Dingle lands an elbow inside.
Irons has a couple of punches blocked by Dingle.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Irons is struggling to control the position.
A shot in the inside from Irons.
Dingle lands an elbow just above Irons 's eye.
It looks like Castle Irons has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingle avoiding damage as Irons throws knees to the body.
Irons takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dingle lands an elbow that stopped Irons in his tracks for a moment.
Dingle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dingle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Irons lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dingle backwards.
Irons takes a knee to the side of the body.
Irons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
Irons misses with a knee to the head.
Irons looking to throw knees to the head but Dingle is blocking nicely.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Irons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dingle blocks it with crossed arms.
Irons looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Irons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
Irons gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Irons misses with an elbow over the top.
Irons avoids the elbow strike from Dingle, against the cage.
Dingle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingle lands a damaging elbow.
Irons lands with a light punch inside.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
Dingle misses with an elbow over the top.
Dingle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Irons tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Irons softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dingle misses with an elbow over the top.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dingle as Irons tries to tie him up.
Irons misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dingle.
Irons throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Dingle.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Irons taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Irons pushes Dingle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dingle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Irons scores with a nice short uppercut.
Irons misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dingle.
Dingle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dingle lands a damaging elbow.
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dingle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Irons looks gassed!
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Dingle dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Dingle is looking to clinch.
Irons pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Irons lands a two punch combo.
Dingle finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Irons chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dingle can pounce on him.
Irons takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dingle ducks under a wild hook from Irons.
Dingle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Irons swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dingle takes the fight into the clinch.
Irons blocks the elbow strike.
Irons lands an uppercut.
Irons avoiding damage as Dingle throws knees to the body.
Dingle working Irons over with knees to the body.
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dingle blocks a body shot from Irons.
Knees in the clinch landing for Irons.
Irons has a couple of punches blocked by Dingle.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dingle throws an elbow that misses.
Irons on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dingle throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dingle throws an elbow but it misses.
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dingle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Irons managing to block the knees to the body from Dingle.
Dingle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Irons.
Dingle lands an elbow just above Irons 's eye.
Irons blocks the elbow strike.
Dingle takes an elbow to the temple.
Dingle lands a damaging elbow.
Dingle throws an elbow but it misses.
Irons scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Irons scores a nice knee to the body.
Irons blocks an elbow strike from Dingle.
Dingle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Irons managing to block the knees to the body from Dingle.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dingle.
Irons lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Irons takes an elbow to the temple.
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Irons landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dingle lands a nice elbow.
Irons trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dingle avoiding damage as Irons throws knees to the body.
Dingle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dingle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Irons.
Dingle lands an elbow inside.
Dingle letting Irons take a breather here.
Irons looking to throw knees to the head but Dingle is blocking nicely.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Irons working Dingle over with knees to the body.
Irons dodges an elbow strike from Dingle.
Dingle working Irons over with knees to the body.
Irons missing with knees to the body.
Irons lands a knee to the head.
Irons dodges an elbow strike from Dingle.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but Dingle blocks with his arms.
Irons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dingle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Irons takes an elbow to the temple.
Dingle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Irons in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dingle misses with an elbow over the top.
Stalling in the clinch from Irons.
Dingle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Irons avoids it.
Dingle trying to land knees to the body.
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingle lands an elbow just above Irons 's eye.
Dingle lands an elbow just above Irons 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
Irons with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dingle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dingle throws an elbow but it misses.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Irons blocks an elbow strike from Dingle.
Irons tries a knee to the head but Dingle blocks it.
Irons connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dingle's face.
Irons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dingle managing to block the knees to the body from Irons.
Barry Dingle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dingle lands an elbow that stopped Irons in his tracks for a moment.
Dingle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Irons's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
Irons creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Irons takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dingle.
Dingle avoiding damage as Irons throws knees to the body.
Dingle lands an elbow inside that Irons shrugs off.
Dingle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dingle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dingle as Irons tries to tie him up.
Dingle lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
Dingle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Irons in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dingle lands an elbow inside that Irons shrugs off.
Irons takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dingle lands an elbow inside.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Irons gets through Dingle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dingle tries to land knees in the clinch but Irons avoids the damage to the body.
Dingle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Irons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dingle throws an elbow but it misses.
Dingle throws an elbow but it misses.
Dingle trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Irons avoiding damage as Dingle throws knees to the body.
Irons misses with a knee to the head.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dingle.
Irons avoids the elbow strike from Dingle, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Dingle dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Dingle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Dingle throws a body kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dingle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Irons is looking to chop away at Dingle's legs.
Barry Dingle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dingle misses with a leg kick
and Irons counters with an inside leg kick.
Dingle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irons.
Dingle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dingle.
Dingle forces Irons back against the cage and clinches.
Irons blocks the elbow strike.
Irons misses with some punches.
Dingle lands a nice elbow.
Dingle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Irons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Irons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Irons takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Irons lands a nice uppercut.
Irons takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dingle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Irons has a couple of punches blocked by Dingle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dingle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Irons avoids the elbow strike from Dingle, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Irons.
Dingle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Irons misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dingle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dingle.
Irons on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dingle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dingle.
Irons dodges an elbow strike from Dingle.
Dingle landing knees to the body.
Dingle misses with an elbow over the top.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dingle managing to block the knees to the body from Irons.
Dingle throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Irons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dingle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Irons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dingle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Castle Irons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dingle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Irons landing knees to the body.
Dingle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dingle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dingle misses with an elbow strike.
Dingle lands a nice knee to the body.
Dingle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Irons's defenses.
Irons stalling in the clinch.
Dingle lands an elbow inside that Irons shrugs off.
Irons scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dingle misses with an elbow over the top.
Dingle misses with an elbow over the top.
Irons avoiding damage as Dingle throws knees to the body.
Irons blocks an elbow strike from Dingle.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dingle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Irons's brow.
Dingle lands an elbow inside.
Dingle throws an elbow but it misses.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but Dingle blocks with his arms.
Dingle lands an elbow inside that Irons shrugs off.
Dingle missing with knees to the body.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons blocks the elbow strike.
Irons blocks an elbow strike from Dingle.
Irons tries to land a knee to the head but Dingle blocks with his arms.
Irons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dingle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dingle throws an elbow that misses.
Irons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dingle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dingle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Dingle.
Irons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dingle blocks it with crossed arms.
Dingle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Irons's defenses.
Irons blocks the elbow strike.
Dingle pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Irons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Irons is trying to stall.
Irons avoids the elbow strike from Dingle, against the cage.
Irons pushes Dingle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dingle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Irons blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Irons.
Dingle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Irons is defending well for now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Irons.
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.
Dingle throws an elbow that misses.
Irons on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dingle blocks an uppercut.
Irons misses with an elbow over the top.
Dingle landing knees to the body.
Dingle lands a knee to the body.
Dingle avoids the elbow strike from Irons, against the cage.
Dingle lands an elbow inside.
Irons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Irons throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dingle throws an elbow but misses.
Irons avoiding damage as Dingle throws knees to the body.
Irons is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dingle is defending well for now.
Dingle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Irons's defenses.
Irons lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dingle.
Dingle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Irons avoids it.
Dingle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dingle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dingle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barry Dingle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Irons lands with a short shot to the head.
Irons doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barry Dingle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dingle, 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry Dingle!
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