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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Siduri Rafter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sheamus Noonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Siduri Rafter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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144 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Siduri Rafter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sheamus Noonan!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noonan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rafter shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rafter was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Noonan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rafter will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rafter breaks from Noonan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Noonan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rafter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rafter trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rafter thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Rafter throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Rafter scoring with strikes but Noonan is staying in there.
Noonan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rafter scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rafter.
Noonan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Noonan is desperately trying to improve his position but Rafter has a good base and remains in mount.
Rafter throws some wild stikes that Noonan manages to avoid easily.
Rafter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rafter misses with a head shot.
Rafter looking to control but Noonan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rafter is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Noonan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rafter looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rafter breaks from Noonan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rafter avoids the attempt from Noonan to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Noonan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rafter lands a big shot there that rocks Noonan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rafter breaks from Noonan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Noonan is looking to improve his position but Rafter isn't that keen on the idea.
Rafter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rafter misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rafter throwing strikes here but Noonan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Noonan reaches up and holds on to Rafter to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noonan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rafter lands a big shot there that rocks Noonan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Noonan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rafter avoids the attempt from Noonan to control.
Noonan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Noonan desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Noonan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rafter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rafter's back!
Rafter trying to control the position but Noonan manages to sink in the hooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Rafter is in bad spot here.
Rafter covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Noonan lands a shot to the body.
Noonan is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Noonan.
Noonan scores with punches and elbows.
Noonan throwing damaging strikes from the back! Rafter could be in trouble here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noonan thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Rafter controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.
Noonan lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Siduri Rafter dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Noonan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rafter.
A jab from Noonan does it's job there.
A telegraphed right hand from Noonan misses the target.
Noonan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rafter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rafter moves out of range as Noonan strikes.
Rafter staying out of range there.
Sheamus Noonan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noonan lands the left hand.
Noonan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rafter.
Noonan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Noonan throws a shot from downtown. Rafter moves away and avoids it.
Noonan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rafter tries for a takedown but Noonan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A jab from Noonan finds it's way through Rafter's defenses.
Noonan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rafter was well out of range. Poor timing from Noonan.
A jab from Noonan misses.
Rafter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Noonan just misses with a punch to the body.
Rafter looks to throw the jab but Noonan is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rafter.
Rafter throws a right and a left that Noonan avoids nicely.
Noonan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Noonan takes a swing at Rafter's ribcage but misses.
Rafter throws a body punch but Noonan moves out of range.
Noonan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Noonan connects with a looping right hand.
Noonan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rafter.
Sheamus Noonan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A left and a right from Noonan both land. Nice combination.
Rafter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A combination from Noonan does no damage.
Rafter shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Noonan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Noonan sneaks back into half guard.
Noonan keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Rafter trying to control the action but Noonan is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan gets back to full guard.
Rafter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Siduri Rafter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Noonan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Noonan trying to keep a closed guard but Rafter is proving a slippery customer.
Noonan looking for a sweep. Not yet Noonan, not yet.
Noonan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Noonan controlling Rafter's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Noonan is on top in guard.
Rafter wants to sweep but no luck.
Noonan stands and throws Rafter's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rafter parries the strikes from Noonan easily there. Noonan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Rafter to escape.
Noonan working the strikes but Rafter uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Noonan thows a huge punch but Rafter dodges it nicely.
Noonan thows a huge punch but Rafter dodges it nicely.
Noonan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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.
Noonan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Noonan throws a strike but Rafter avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rafter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Noonan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rafter's hands.
Rafter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noonan.
Noonan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rafter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Noonan looks to land a right hand but Rafter moved out of range.
Noonan misses the shot to the body.
Noonan throws a body punch but Rafter moves out of range.
Noonan cracks Rafter with an open hand slap.
Rafter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noonan circles away quickly and effectively.
Rafter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rafter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noonan.
Noonan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rafter.
Noonan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sheamus Noonan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Noonan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Noonan.
Rafter takes one on the button.
Nice uppercut there from Noonan.
Noonan jabs at Rafter's body.
Noonan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rafter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Noonan was well out of range. Poor timing from Rafter.
Noonan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rafter.
Noonan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Noonan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rafter was well out of range. Poor timing from Noonan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noonan. Rafter does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noonan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rafter.
Nice defenses there by Rafter.
Noonan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Noonan throws a sloppy body shot
and Rafter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Noonan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafter takes one to the side of the head.
Noonan throws a jab when Rafter was well out of range.
Noonan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Noonan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rafter.
Noonan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Noonan thows a body shot but no joy.
Noonan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Noonan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Noonan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rafter.
Noonan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Noonan duly obliges.
Noonan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Noonan misses its intended target.
Rafter throws a series of punches but Noonan moves out of range.
Rafter thuds a left hand into Noonan's body.
Noonan jabs at Rafter's body.
Noonan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Noonan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rafter was well out of range. Poor timing from Noonan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafter throws a big shot that misses.
Noonan misses with a hook.
Noonan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Noonan lands a nice looking body shot.
A shot to de liver by Noonan. Beautiful body shot.
Rafter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rafter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rafter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rafter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice body punch from Noonan.
Noonan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rafter.
Noonan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Noonan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rafter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Noonan lands with a hook. Rafter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rafter ducks under a wild hook from Noonan.
Noonan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rafter on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noonan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Noonan misses with a straight left.
Noonan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Noonan throws a hook but Rafter blocks it.
Rafter moves away from the strike by Noonan.
Rafter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rafter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rafter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Noonan throws out the jab.
Rafter slips a straight right by Noonan.
Noonan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rafter counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Noonan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noonan has Rafter pulled in close to control his posture.
Noonan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rafter's guard.
Noonan is in close to Rafter's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Noonan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rafter looking for a sweep. Not yet Rafter, not yet.
Noonan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rafter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Noonan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Noonan throws a big right hand that misses.
Noonan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Noonan throws and elbow that misses. Rafter uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Noonan's guard. Nice move by Rafter!
Noonan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Let's hope that Noonan has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sheamus Noonan really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Noonan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Noonan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big right from Rafter misses.
Noonan scores with a three punch combo!
Noonan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rafter manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Rafter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rafter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Noonan misses with a body punch
letting Rafter counter with a right hand.
Rafter misses the jab.
Sheamus Noonan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noonan just misses with a punch to the body.
Noonan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rafter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rafter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rafter slips under a jab.
Some wild striking there from Rafter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan misses with a jab to the body
and Noonan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Noonan misses with a body shot.
Noonan throws a hook but Rafter blocks it.
Rafter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Noonan throws out the jab.
Noonan looks to land a right hand but Rafter moved out of range.
Noonan digs a good body shot into Rafter's ribs.
Noonan misses with a hook.
Rafter looks to throw the jab but Noonan is out of range.
Noonan jabs at Rafter's body.
Noonan throws a body punch but Rafter moves out of range.
Noonan throws a right hand that Rafter ducks under and follows up with a left that Rafter also avoids with ease.
Rafter throws out a loose jab but Noonan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Noonan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice shot lands for Noonan.
Rafter walks into a jab.
Noonan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rafter avoids the body shot from Noonan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan leaves Rafter with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Noonan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Noonan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Noonan digs a good hook to Rafter's body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Noonan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rafter blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Noonan misses its intended target.
Good exchange - Noonan coming out on top.
Rafter blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Noonan misses its intended target.
Noonan lands with a nice body punch.
Rafter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Noonan moves away.
Rafter fails to land the takedown.
Noonan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafter avoids the body shot from Noonan.
Nice jab there from Noonan.
Noonan misses with a straight right.
Noonan misses with a hook to the body
so Rafter counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Noonan looking for a sweep. Not yet Noonan, not yet.
Rafter controlling from the top position.
Rafter looking to pass the guard.
Noonan has his hands on Rafter's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan keeping moving, preventing Rafter from controlling successfully.
Noonan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Noonan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rafter!
Noonan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Noonan misses with some ground and pound and Rafter recovers position to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sheamus Noonan dominated that fourth 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!
Noonan looks to score with a jab to the body but Rafter is just out of range.
Noonan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rafter.
Noonan throws out a loose jab but Rafter uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Noonan.
Noonan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Noonan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rafter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noonan. Rafter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rafter is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rafter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Noonan.
Rafter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Noonan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noonan misses with a looping right.
Noonan dips to his left and cracks Rafter with an uppercut!
Rafter throws a jab when Noonan was well out of range.
Noonan misses the shot to the body.
Noonan cracks Rafter with a good jab.
Noonan lands a nice hook to Rafter's body. Rafter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rafter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rafter closes the distance and clinches up with Noonan, looking for a takedown. Rafter pushes Noonan against the cage but Noonan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
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.
Rafter misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Noonan looks to land a right hand but Rafter moved out of range.
Rafter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Noonan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Noonan lands a jab to Rafter's midsection.
Noonan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Noonan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rafter shoots for a double leg takedown but Noonan sprawls well. He's pushed Rafter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Siduri Rafter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noonan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Noonan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rafter takes a swing at Noonan's ribcage but misses.
Rafter ducks under a wild hook from Noonan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rafter at a distance.
Rafter defending well as Noonan loads up on a big left hand.
Noonan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Noonan.
Noonan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rafter walks into a stiff left hand from Noonan.
Noonan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rafter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Noonan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Noonan misses with a looping left.
Nice cross by Noonan.
Rafter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rafter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Noonan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice shot by Noonan.
Rafter ducks under a wild hook from Noonan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Noonan.
Noonan lands a head shot.
Noonan takes a swing at Rafter's ribcage but misses.
Noonan misses the shot to the body.
Noonan digs a good hook to Rafter's body.
Noonan lands with a right hand.
Noonan cracks a nice hook into Rafter's ribs.
Noonan with a hook.
Noonan misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Noonan there.
Rafter moves out of range as Noonan strikes.
Rafter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Noonan finds it's way round the side to connect with Rafter's head.
A punch lands to the side of Rafter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Noonan misses with the combination.
Noonan clobbers Rafter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Siduri Rafter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rafter slips a jab from Noonan.
Noonan misses with a straight right.
Noonan blocks a jab.
A combination from Noonan does no damage.
Rafter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Noonan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rafter circles away quickly and effectively.
Noonan lands the left hand.
Noonan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Noonan misses with a jab to the body
and Rafter counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Noonan's guard now.
Noonan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rafter manages to get himself to full guard.
Noonan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Noonan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Noonan throws a strike but Rafter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Noonan wants to sweep here but Rafter controlling him for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sheamus Noonan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Noonan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 46:49
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 46:49
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sheamus Noonan! Sheamus Noonan retains his featherweight title!
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