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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggio's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Speak Softly Love. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Maggio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Boy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maggio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maggio.
Maggio is looking to clinch but Boy is avoiding it.
Maggio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boy clinches but Maggio breaks the clinch
and Maggio holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Boy is trying to break the clinch but Maggio is controlling him.
Boy wants to break free but Maggio has control.
Boy is looking to break free of the clinch but Maggio has double underhooks.
Boy takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Danny Boy has been cut.
Boy working hard to break the clinch.
Boy is trying to maintain a safe position but Maggio gets an underhook and turns Boy into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Boy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maggio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maggio obliges.
Boy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Maggio lands a damaging elbow.
Maggio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maggio stops a takedown attempt from Boy.
Boy looks gassed!
Maggio landing knees to the head.
Maggio drops Boy with a big knee straight up the middle! Boy is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Boy is rocked!
Boy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Boy is still on wobbly legs! Can Maggio finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boy seems to have recovered his senses.
Maggio darts in and clinches Boy up against the cage.
Maggio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tony Maggio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maggio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maggio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maggio.
Maggio tries to clinch but Boy moves out of range.
Maggio lands with a slapping head kick.
Boy throws a lazy right hand but Maggio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maggio scores with a leg kick.
Maggio ducks under a wild hook from Boy.
Maggio keeps Boy at a distance using the push kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maggio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maggio tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maggio closes the distance and pushes Boy back into the cage.
Boy tries to throw a body punch but Maggio avoids it by throwing Boy back against the cage.
Maggio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maggio lands an elbow just above Boy 's eye.
Maggio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Maggio lands a knee to the head.
Maggio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maggio pushes Boy up against the cage in a clinch.
Boy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Come on Maggio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Maggio lands an elbow that stopped Boy in his tracks for a moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Boy is trying to break the clinch but Maggio is controlling him.
Boy is trying to force a seperation but Maggio has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio leaning his opponent against the cage.
Maggio gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A knee to the head by Maggio.
Maggio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Danny Boy's cut even more.
Maggio holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Boy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Maggio gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tony Maggio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Boy.
Boy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boy is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Maggio.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Maggio scores a nice knee to the body.
Maggio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maggio stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Maggio.
Maggio manages to break the clinch.
Maggio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maggio bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Boy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maggio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maggio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maggio moves into the clinch successfully.
Maggio lands a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maggio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maggio seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Knees to the body from Maggio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Maggio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny Boy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Maggio cracks the inside of Boy's front leg.
Boy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maggio drives through and clinches with Boy against the cage.
Boy is looking to break free of the clinch but Maggio has double underhooks.
Maggio lands an elbow just above Boy 's eye.
Maggio gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Boy.
Maggio lands an elbow inside that Boy shrugs off.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maggio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Boy wants to break free but Maggio has control.
Maggio prevents Boy from breaking the clinch.
Boy working hard to break the clinch.
Maggio landing knees to the head.
Maggio scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maggio obliges.
Maggio stalls.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy takes an elbow to the temple.
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Boy's ribcage.
Maggio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boy's face.
Maggio taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Boy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boy wants to get back to striking at distance but Maggio won't allow it.
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Boy's ribcage.
Boy takes an elbow to the temple.
Maggio lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Maggio to work.
Boy wants to break free but Maggio has control.
Maggio landing knees to the head.
Maggio landing knees to the body.
Maggio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maggio breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy slips a jab and a cross from Maggio.
Maggio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Maggio tries to clinch there but Boy circles away.
Maggio is looking to clinch but Boy is avoiding it.
Boy has his takedown stuffed
and Maggio counters with a thumping low kick.
Maggio instigates a clinch.
Boy tries to pull guard but Maggio holds him up against the cage and eventually Boy drops back down to his feet.
Tony Maggio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Boy.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maggio.
Maggio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maggio tries to clinch up but Boy circles away and keeps his distance.
Maggio lands a front kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio tries to clinch but Boy is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Maggio.
Maggio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Maggio throws a nice looking combination but Boy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice body kick there by Maggio.
Maggio tries to clinch but Boy moves out of range.
Boy misses the jab.
Maggio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Maggio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tony Maggio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Maggio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boy can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Maggio tries to clinch there but Boy circles away.
Maggio feints and then cracks Boy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boy down.
Tony Maggio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maggio is looking to clinch.
Boy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maggio circles away quickly and effectively.
Boy keeps the fight on the outside.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Maggio - that will leave a mark!
Boy looks to throw a body kick
and Maggio counters with a thumping low kick.
Maggio tries to clinch there but Boy circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maggio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maggio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maggio moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Maggio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Danny Boy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Maggio takes the fight into the clinch.
Maggio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maggio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Maggio.
Maggio scores with a knee to the head.
Maggio scores with a knee to the head.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Maggio is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Maggio lands a knee to the body.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
Maggio landing knees to the body.
Boy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Boy's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio manages to break the clinch.
Boy moves out of range of the body kick.
Boy throws a hook but Maggio avoids it easily.
Boy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maggio moves away.
Boy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maggio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tony Maggio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Boy.
Boy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Boy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boy misses with a takedown attempt - Maggio sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Boy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maggio manages to avoid it.
Maggio gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Maggio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maggio.
Boy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maggio tries to clinch up.
Maggio throws a head kick that half lands.
Maggio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maggio is looking to clinch.
Maggio tries to clinch but Boy moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio tries to clinch there but Boy circles away.
Maggio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Maggio closes the distance and clinches.
Maggio lands a knee to the head.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
The cut above Danny Boy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Boy is trying to break the clinch but Maggio has him pressed against the cage.
Maggio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boy's face.
Maggio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Boy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maggio slows down the pace here.
Boy working hard to break the clinch.
Danny Boy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boy fails to pull guard.
Boy wants to break free but Maggio has control.
Maggio breaks from the clinch.
Maggio stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Maggio wants it to stay on the feet.
Maggio drives through and clinches with Boy against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maggio's elbow.
Maggio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Boy's defenses.
Maggio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Boy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maggio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boy's face.
Boy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maggio blocking some punches.
Boy tries to break free but Maggio pushes him back against the cage.
Maggio lands a damaging elbow.
Maggio slows down the pace here.
Tony Maggio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boy blocks an elbow strike.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.
Boy tries to circle away but Maggio has him pinned against the cage.
Boy throws a punch but it's blocked by Maggio.
Tony Maggio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.
Boy tries to break free but Maggio pushes him back against the cage.
Boy wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Maggio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maggio 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Maggio!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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