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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Dunne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emmanuel Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dunne comes to the cage accompanied by Cunninlynguists - Tear tracks. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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222 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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182 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Dunne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Emmanuel Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rodriguez throws a sloppy head kick and Dunne moves out of range easily.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick which misses Dunne's front leg but catches the back leg as Dunne tries to avoid it.
Rodriguez looks to land a combination but Dunne avoids it well.
Dunne throws a front kick aimed at Rodriguez's knee but Rodriguez avoids it well.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Dunne pushes Rodriguez away with a front kick.
Dunne is looking to slow Rodriguez down with leg kicks.
Rodriguez looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Dunne misses
and Rodriguez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick
and Dunne counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dunne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Emmanuel Rodriguez has been cut.
Dunne stalling against the cage.
Dunne seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dunne.
Dunne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dunne lands a nice knee to the body.
Dunne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dunne throws an elbow but misses.
Dunne crunches a lovely knee into Rodriguez's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunne crunches a lovely knee into Rodriguez's ribcage.
Dunne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dunne scores a nice knee to the body.
Dunne lands a nice knee to the body.
Dunne scores a nice knee to the body.
Dunne lands a nice knee to the body.
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dunne is struggling to control the position.
Rodriguez takes an elbow to the temple.
Dunne keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez tries to circle away but Dunne has him pinned against the cage.
Dunne lands a nice knee to the body.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dunne stalls.
Dunne prevents Rodriguez from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling him.
Dunne lands a knee to the head.
Dunne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Dunne.
Dunne lands a knee to the body.
Rodriguez working hard to break the clinch.
Dunne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dunne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dunne keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dunne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dunne lands a good knee to the midsection. Rodriguez won't want to take too many of those.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dunne crunches a lovely knee into Rodriguez's ribcage.
Dunne just leaning against Rodriguez, taking a breather.
Dunne connects with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dunne scores with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rodriguez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling him.
Dunne working Rodriguez over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dunne obliges.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dunne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling him.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunne has double underhooks.
Dunne has Rodriguez pressed against the cage.
Dunne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Dunne landing knees to the body.
Rodriguez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Dunne working Rodriguez over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dunne.
Dunne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Dunne pushes him back against the cage.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rodriguez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Dunne.
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.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Dunne won't allow it.
Dunne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodriguez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez blocks the elbow strike.
Dunne with a knee to the head.
Dunne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodriguez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dunne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Dunne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodriguez blocks it with crossed arms.
Dunne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling him.
Dunne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dunne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dunne stalling against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Dunne pushes him back against the cage.
Rodriguez tries to circle away but Dunne has him pinned against the cage.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Dunne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emmanuel Rodriguez's cut.
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.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dunne looks for the body kick but Rodriguez saw that one coming.
Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
A low kick from Dunne is predictable there
and Rodriguez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dunne's knee momentarily.
Rodriguez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dunne's calf.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dunne avoids the head kick by Rodriguez.
A combination from Rodriguez does no damage.
A head kick by Dunne misses
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dunne throws a leg kick which misses Rodriguez's front leg but catches the back leg as Rodriguez tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dunne lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rodriguez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rodriguez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dunne is looking to chop away at Rodriguez's legs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rodriguez misses with a double jab
and Dunne counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Dunne
and Rodriguez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Good leg kick by Dunne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dunne lands a head kick!
Rodriguez misses with a double jab
and Dunne counters with a solid body kick.
Dunne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dunne misses with a low kick.
Rodriguez throws a combination. Dunne tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dunne tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rodriguez is able to avoid easily.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dunne.
Dunne goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rodriguez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dunne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rodriguez can do to turn this around?
Rodriguez lands a high kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dunne.
Dunne throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dunne drives through and clinches with Rodriguez against the cage.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunne has double underhooks.
Dunne lands an elbow inside.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Dunne slows down the pace here.
Rodriguez avoids a wild elbow strike from Dunne.
Dunne has Rodriguez pressed against the cage, preventing Rodriguez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dunne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dunne connects with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling him.
Josh Dunne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dunne slows down the pace here.
Rodriguez tries to circle away but Dunne has him pinned against the cage.
Rodriguez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dunne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodriguez's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling the position.
Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dunne has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dunne slowing the pace effectively.
Rodriguez is trying to force a seperation but Dunne has the dominant position.
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dunne slowing the pace effectively.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Dunne keeps him there for the moment.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Dunne won't allow it.
Rodriguez tries to circle away but Dunne has him pinned against the cage.
Dunne crunches a lovely knee into Rodriguez's ribcage.
Dunne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez dodges an elbow strike from Dunne.
Dunne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rodriguez wants to break free but Dunne has control.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dunne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dunne connects with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Dunne.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Dunne won't allow it.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunne has double underhooks.
Dunne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dunne tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks with his arms.
Dunne stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dunne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rodriguez is trying to force a seperation but Dunne has the dominant position.
Dunne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodriguez's face.
Dunne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dunne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodriguez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dunne with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dunne has Rodriguez pressed against the cage, preventing Rodriguez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dunne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Dunne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Emmanuel Rodriguez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A combination from Rodriguez does no damage.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Dunne.
Rodriguez scores with a three punch combo!
Rodriguez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dunne.
Josh Dunne is winning the standup battle so far.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Dunne.
Dunne looks for the body kick but Rodriguez saw that one coming.
Dunne slips a jab and a cross from Rodriguez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunne avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dunne throws a leg kick
and Rodriguez counters with a nice uppercut.
Rodriguez misses with a body kick.
Emmanuel Rodriguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dunne throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rodriguez counters with a one-two to the body.
Rodriguez throws a one two combo.
Dunne has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Dunne.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dunne throws and low kick but Rodriguez moves out of range easily.
Dunne misses with a leg kick
and Rodriguez counters with a left and a right that stings Dunne.
Good leg kick by Dunne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez avoids the head kick by Dunne.
Dunne cracks the inside of Rodriguez's front leg.
Dunne moves into the clinch successfully.
Rodriguez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dunne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dunne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Rodriguez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to break free.
Dunne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rodriguez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to force a seperation but Dunne has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dunne lands a knee to the head.
Dunne scores with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dunne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dunne.
Dunne forces Rodriguez back against the cage and clinches.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dunne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunne pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dunne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dunne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodriguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rodriguez tries to circle away but Dunne has him pinned against the cage.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Dunne pushes him back against the cage.
Dunne tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dunne obliges.
Dunne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rodriguez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dunne obliges.
Dunne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodriguez's face.
Dunne prevents Rodriguez from breaking the clinch.
Dunne has Rodriguez pressed against the cage, preventing Rodriguez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dunne connects with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez tries to circle away but Dunne has him pinned against the cage.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Dunne keeps him there for the moment.
Dunne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodriguez's face.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dunne taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dunne throws an elbow but misses.
Rodriguez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Dunne.
That's four 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.
Rodriguez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Dunne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodriguez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dunne tries a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez working hard to break the clinch.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez being controlled against the cage.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Dunne won't allow it.
Dunne keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez is trying to break free.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Dunne just leaning against Rodriguez, taking a breather.
Rodriguez tries to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling the position.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunne lands a nice knee to the body.
Dunne scores with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dunne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Dunne clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Emmanuel Rodriguez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dunne cracks the inside of Rodriguez's front leg.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rodriguez.
Rodriguez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rodriguez misses with a double jab.
Dunne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dunne working Rodriguez over with knees to the body.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Dunne keeps him there for the moment.
Dunne slows down the pace here.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Dunne misses with an elbow strike.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Dunne pushes him back against the cage.
Dunne connects with a knee to the head.
Dunne will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rodriguez up against the cage.
Dunne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rodriguez.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rodriguez is trying to break free.
Dunne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dunne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunne crunches a lovely knee into Rodriguez's ribcage.
Rodriguez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dunne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Dunne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dunne landing knees to the body.
Dunne landing knees to the body.
Dunne just leaning against Rodriguez, taking a breather.
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunne prevents Rodriguez from breaking the clinch.
Dunne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodriguez's face.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Dunne lands a knee to the head.
Dunne scores a nice knee to the body.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dunne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rodriguez up against the cage.
Dunne lands a knee to the body.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunne has double underhooks.
Rodriguez tries to circle away but Dunne has him pinned against the cage.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Dunne pushes him back against the cage.
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.
Dunne has Rodriguez pressed against the cage.
Dunne lands a knee to the head.
Rodriguez manages to break the clinch.
A low kick from Dunne misses
and Rodriguez counters with a good low kick that Dunne was not able to check.
Rodriguez is looking to score with low kicks.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dunne counters with a leg kick.
Dunne scores with a nice head shot.
Dunne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dunne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dunne tries a head kick but it misses.
Rodriguez connects with a high kick.
Rodriguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Dunne is predictable there
and Rodriguez counters with a straight right hand.
Dunne slips a jab and a cross from Rodriguez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunne misses the shot to the body.
Dunne lands a nice looking body kick.
Rodriguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dunne can pounce on him.
Dunne is looking to slow Rodriguez down with leg kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dunne.
Dunne misses with a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rodriguez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dunne - the referee stops the clock and Rodriguez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dunne. Rodriguez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dunne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rodriguez blocks the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Dunne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunne tries to work over Rodriguez's front leg with a kick but Rodriguez checks it.
Rodriguez misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Rodriguez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dunne.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dunne.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dunne.
Dunne takes the fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
Dunne with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Dunne.
Dunne misses with a knee to the head.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rodriguez is trying to force a seperation but Dunne has the dominant position.
Dunne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dunne missing with knees to the body.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Dunne won't allow it.
Dunne throws an elbow but it misses.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dunne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodriguez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rodriguez managing to block the knees to the body from Dunne.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Dunne had his way with Emmanuel Rodriguez in that round.
The cut man is working on Emmanuel Rodriguez's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rodriguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rodriguez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dunne.
Nice uppercut lands for Rodriguez. That snapped Dunne's head back.
Dunne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
Dunne throws a leg kick
and Dunne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rodriguez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dunne counters with a good, hard body kick but Rodriguez shrugs it off.
Dunne feints and then cracks Rodriguez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rodriguez down.
Dunne throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Dunne moves into the clinch.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dunne landing knees to the body.
Dunne scores a nice knee to the body.
Dunne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rodriguez tries to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling the position.
Rodriguez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dunne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dunne just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodriguez's brow.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
Dunne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunne stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rodriguez working hard to break the clinch.
Dunne controlling the action here for a moment.
Dunne keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dunne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodriguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rodriguez tries to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling the position.
Rodriguez is trying to force a seperation but Dunne has the dominant position.
Dunne throws an elbow that misses.
Dunne prevents Rodriguez from breaking the clinch.
Dunne crunches a lovely knee into Rodriguez's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Dunne.
Dunne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Dunne stalls.
Rodriguez managing to block the knees to the body from Dunne.
Rodriguez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dunne connects with a knee to the head.
Dunne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rodriguez wants to break free but Dunne has control.
Dunne keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dunne effectively controlling the action here.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dunne avoiding damage.
Dunne tries a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks it.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Rodriguez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Dunne won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Dunne.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dunne tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Dunne keeps him there for the moment.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Dunne keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dunne obliges.
Dunne lands a knee to the body.
Dunne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dunne lands a good knee to the midsection. Rodriguez won't want to take too many of those.
Rodriguez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunne taking a breather.
Dunne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Dunne scores a nice knee to the body.
Dunne lands a knee to the body.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rodriguez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Dunne pushes him back against the cage.
Dunne working Rodriguez over with knees to the body.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dunne avoiding damage.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Dunne keeps him there for the moment.
Dunne working Rodriguez over with knees to the body.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A knee to the head by Dunne.
Dunne keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dunne has him pressed against the cage.
Dunne lands a knee to the body.
Dunne lands a nice knee to the body.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Dunne pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dunne has Rodriguez pressed against the cage, preventing Rodriguez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Dunne landing knees to the body.
Dunne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rodriguez wants to break free but Dunne has control.
Rodriguez tries to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling the position.
Dunne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dunne keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Dunne pushes him back against the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriguez tries to break the clinch but Dunne is controlling the position.
Dunne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rodriguez up against the cage.
Dunne connects with a knee to the head.
Dunne stalling against the cage.
Dunne landing knees to the head.
Emmanuel Rodriguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunne crunches a lovely knee into Rodriguez's ribcage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Dunne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dunne 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 50:44
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 50:44
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 50:44
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Dunne!
Josh Dunne is the new light heavyweight champion!
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