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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Doyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael McCready (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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184 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Arthur Doyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael McCready!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCready tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Doyle swivels and escapes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McCready.
McCready avoids a punch combination nicely.
Doyle lands with a hook. McCready tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Doyle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Doyle swats away the attempt to clinch by McCready.
McCready tries to land a leg kick but Doyle saw it coming and moves away.
McCready tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Doyle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doyle shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McCready sprawls well. McCready wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Doyle gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice uppercut there from Doyle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle stuffs the takedown.
McCready tries for a takedown but Doyle sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Arthur Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael McCready.
McCready doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Doyle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Doyle!
McCready doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Doyle counters with a left to the body.
McCready looks gassed!
A right-left combo lands from Doyle.
Doyle gets a clinch.
McCready fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Doyle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McCready backwards.
Doyle scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Doyle.
McCready misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCready is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Doyle gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Doyle prevents a takedown attempt there.
Doyle blocks an uppercut.
Doyle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Doyle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Doyle gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McCready.
Doyle gets underhooks to prevent McCready's takedown attempt.
A short uppercut from Doyle.
Doyle taking a breather.
Doyle breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Doyle. Beautiful body shot.
Doyle moves into the clinch successfully.
Doyle has dropped down and is working for a takedown. McCready is trying to keep an underhook but Doyle manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Doyle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Doyle passes the guard and advances to mount!
Doyle postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McCready looks a forlorn figure.
Doyle 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.
Doyle sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Doyle throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
McCready is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
McCready holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Doyle tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle is landing with some decent strikes but McCready is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
McCready tries to reverse the position but Doyle maintains control.
Doyle controlling the pace for now.
McCready trying desperately to get to his feet.
Doyle with shots to the head and body - McCready looks very uncomfortable down there.
McCready is looking to improve his position but Doyle isn't that keen on the idea.
Doyle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Doyle punching from mount but McCready doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Doyle dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McCready wants to clinch but Doyle slips to the side
letting Doyle counter with a right hand.
McCready gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Doyle counters with a left and a right that stings McCready.
Doyle works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Doyle moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Doyle moves into the clinch.
Doyle tries for a takedown. No joy.
Doyle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McCready tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
McCready is trying to break the clinch but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Doyle cracks McCready with a nice body shot.
Doyle scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCready fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Arthur Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael McCready.
McCready tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Doyle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McCready shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McCready is breathing heavily.
Doyle with a hook.
McCready tries for a takedown but Doyle circles away easily
so Doyle counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
McCready keeping moving, preventing Doyle from controlling successfully.
Doyle works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McCready taking some punishment here, with Doyle in his half guard.
McCready avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Doyle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCready is refusing to be controlled, as Doyle sits in half guard.
Doyle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McCready avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Doyle.
Doyle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Doyle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Doyle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McCready's head.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McCready misses with a combination
and Doyle counters with a nice uppercut.
McCready gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCready preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Doyle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McCready keeping moving, preventing Doyle from controlling successfully.
Doyle not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
McCready utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Doyle pushes down on McCready's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Doyle is thwarting McCready's attempts to control the position.
Doyle is trying to control. McCready wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Doyle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McCready wants to get back to his feet.
Doyle drops an elbow to the side of McCready's head.
McCready blocking the ground and pound attempt from Doyle.
McCready gets back to full guard.
Doyle sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed McCready's guard.
Doyle is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Doyle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Doyle dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
McCready throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Doyle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab lands there for Doyle.
Nice sprawl there from Doyle as McCready shoots in.
Donk. Doyle catches McCready right on the button with a cross.
Doyle scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McCready gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Doyle to counter with a crisp jab.
McCready takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doyle changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McCready takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Doyle throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle shoots for a takedown but McCready saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Doyle connects with a right hand. McCready shakes it off.
McCready fails with the takedown
and Doyle counters with a two punch combo.
Arthur Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael McCready.
McCready darts in trying to clinch
and Doyle counters with a nice body shot.
Doyle lands a really nice looking cross but McCready seems unphased.
Doyle cracks McCready with an open hand slap.
McCready shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Doyle counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming McCready to the mat! McCready manages to get full guard.
McCready keeping moving, preventing Doyle from controlling successfully.
McCready preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Doyle is working McCready over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McCready looking to hit a scissor sweep but Doyle is one step ahead there.
McCready keeping moving, preventing Doyle from controlling successfully.
Doyle postures up in McCready's guard and throws a big left but McCready blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle thows a big elbow that misses.
Doyle trying to control the position from guard on top but McCready is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McCready gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Doyle counters with a nice uppercut.
Doyle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McCready circles away quickly and effectively.
Doyle has McCready up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Doyle.
A shot in the inside from Doyle.
Doyle lands with a left to the head.
McCready misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Doyle on the inside.
Arthur Doyle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McCready tries to pull guard but Doyle holds him up against the cage and eventually McCready drops back down to his feet.
Doyle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Doyle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McCready is trying to break the clinch but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Doyle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCready can do to turn this around?
McCready is looking to control Doyle's arms but Doyle gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCready has his back to the cage.
McCready's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McCready being controlled against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Doyle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Doyle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Doyle 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Doyle!
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