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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cahill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Namor McKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cahill comes to the cage accompanied by Bringing it Back. McKenzie is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Man From Atlantis. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Cahill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Namor McKenzie!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cahill cracks McKenzie with a good jab.
McKenzie throws a leg kick that misses.
Cahill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McKenzie.
Cahill takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McKenzie rushes Cahill and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McKenzie misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McKenzie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McKenzie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from McKenzie.
Cahill tries to circle away but McKenzie has him pinned against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Cahill.
Cahill tries to work over McKenzie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cahill stalling in the clinch but McKenzie improves position.
A short uppercut from Cahill.
McKenzie takes a shot to the head.
Cahill pushes McKenzie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cahill gets through McKenzie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
It looks like Namor McKenzie has been cut.
McKenzie misses with the head strike.
McKenzie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cahill goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cahill blocks an uppercut.
McKenzie prevents a body shot from Cahill.
Cahill lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKenzie taking a breather.
Cahill blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McKenzie blocks a body shot from Cahill.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKenzie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McKenzie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Matt Cahill has been cut.
Cahill lands a right hand that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
McKenzie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cahill pushes McKenzie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cahill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cahill scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cahill scores with a nice strike.
McKenzie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cahill misses with a double jab
and McKenzie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cahill throws a leg kick that is checked
and McKenzie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cahill turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cahill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cahill rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McKenzie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cahill's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cahill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cahill leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Cahill for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Cahill tries to throw a body punch but McKenzie avoids it by throwing Cahill back against the cage.
Cahill manages to break the clinch.
Cahill throws a head kick that misses
and McKenzie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Matt Cahill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cahill swings away with a body shot that misses
and McKenzie counters with a thumping low kick.
Jab by McKenzie.
Cahill swings away with a body shot that misses
and McKenzie counters with a thumping low kick.
McKenzie lands with a hook. Cahill tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cahill lands a leg kick that knocks McKenzie off balance momentarily.
McKenzie misses with a shot to the body
and Cahill counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cahill throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cahill thows a leg kick but McKenzie checks it
and McKenzie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick by Cahill misses
and McKenzie counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McKenzie clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cahill misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from McKenzie.
Cahill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, McKenzie throws an elbow but misses.
McKenzie cracks Cahill with a nice body shot.
Cahill's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McKenzie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cahill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McKenzie's elbow.
Cahill lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McKenzie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McKenzie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cahill's defenses.
Cahill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McKenzie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cahill is breathing heavily.
McKenzie lands with a short shot to the head.
McKenzie lands a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McKenzie as Cahill tries to tie him up.
Cahill throws a head punch that misses.
McKenzie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cahill goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cahill scores with a hook to the body.
McKenzie lands a left hand.
Matt Cahill's cut is getting worse.
McKenzie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cahill backwards.
Cahill tries to work over McKenzie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McKenzie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cahill presses McKenzie against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McKenzie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cahill backwards.
Cahill lands a right hand.
McKenzie lands a body shot in the clinch.
McKenzie scores with a nice hook to the head.
McKenzie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cahill backwards.
McKenzie throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from McKenzie on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McKenzie.
Cahill's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cahill gets through McKenzie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cahill looking to slow down the pace here.
Cahill managing to block the knees to the body from McKenzie.
Cahill tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cahill blocks an uppercut.
McKenzie lands a nice uppercut.
McKenzie lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McKenzie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cahill's defenses.
Cahill doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cahill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McKenzie's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cahill lands a hook that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Namor McKenzie will probably get the nod.
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.
McKenzie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cahill throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cahill misses with a hook
and McKenzie makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A low kick from Cahill is predictable there
and Cahill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cahill misses with a shot to the body
and McKenzie counters with a slapping leg kick.
McKenzie does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cahill misses with a shot to the body
and McKenzie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cahill misses with a jab to the body
and McKenzie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cahill throws a leg kick
and McKenzie counters with a low kick, right behind Cahill 's knee.
Namor McKenzie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cahill misses with a hook
and McKenzie counters with an inside leg kick.
McKenzie closes the distance and clinches.
McKenzie slowing the pace effectively.
Cahill lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cahill avoids the elbow strike from McKenzie, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Cahill.
Cahill blocking some punches.
McKenzie lands a nice shot to the body.
McKenzie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cahill struggles to land a body shot inside as McKenzie controls his hands.
Cahill has a couple of punches blocked by McKenzie.
A short body shot lands from Cahill as the two fighters clinch.
Cahill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cahill throws a right hand that misses
and McKenzie counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McKenzie looks to land a combination but Cahill avoids it well.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from McKenzie in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A low kick from Cahill misses
and McKenzie counters with a thumping low kick.
McKenzie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from McKenzie tenderised Cahill's leg. Cahill is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cahill cracks McKenzie with a good jab.
Cahill throws a leg kick
and McKenzie counters with a body kick that stops Cahill in his tracks momentarily.
Cahill on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cahill misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McKenzie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cahill is lucky that one didn't land flush.
McKenzie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cahill throws a poor cross that misses
and McKenzie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cahill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cahill misses with an uppercut
and McKenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McKenzie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cahill scores with a jab to the body.
McKenzie throws a head kick but Cahill moves out of range.
Cahill throws a right hand that misses
and McKenzie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cahill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cahill misses with a leg kick
and McKenzie counters with a leg kick.
Cahill throws a right hand that misses
and McKenzie counters with a stiff right hand.
Cahill darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cahill misses with a right hand
and McKenzie counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie throws a leg kick but Cahill sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cahill lands a jab to the head.
Cahill misses with a shot to the body
and McKenzie makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cahill really felt that one!
Cahill misses with a right hand
and McKenzie counters by moving into the clinch.
Cahill pushes McKenzie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for McKenzie.
Cahill struggles to land a body shot inside as McKenzie controls his hands.
Cahill is leaning against McKenzie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cahill misses with a punch on the inside.
Cahill lands a body punch.
Cahill misses with a body punch.
Cahill misses with a body punch.
McKenzie lands with a right to the head.
Cahill takes a shot to the head.
Cahill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McKenzie throws a leg kick
and Cahill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cahill is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cahill throws a combination that misses
and McKenzie counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cahill misses with a hook
and McKenzie counters with a flying knee. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cahill clinches up against the cage.
Cahill has a couple of punches blocked by McKenzie.
McKenzie has a couple of punches blocked by Cahill.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McKenzie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McKenzie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cahill pushes McKenzie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McKenzie has a couple of punches blocked by Cahill.
Cahill lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cahill misses with a punch to the body.
McKenzie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cahill misses with a body punch.
McKenzie swings wildly with an uppercut but Cahill uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from McKenzie.
A short uppercut from McKenzie.
A nice left hand lands by Cahill.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cahill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McKenzie creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cahill lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cahill lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cahill scores with a nice hook to the head.
McKenzie tries to land knees in the clinch but Cahill avoids the damage to the body.
Cahill takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Namor McKenzie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Cahill takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cahill throws a right hand that misses
and Cahill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cahill throws a sloppy head kick
and McKenzie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short body shot lands from Cahill as the two fighters clinch.
Cahill lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McKenzie or not.
Namor McKenzie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A body shot lands from Cahill.
McKenzie working aggressively here.
Cahill stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cahill lands a left hand that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
McKenzie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McKenzie trying to stall but Cahill improves his position.
Cahill misses with a punch to the body.
Cahill wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McKenzie has him pressed against the cage.
Cahill is leaning against McKenzie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McKenzie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McKenzie lands with a left to the head.
Cahill lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
Cahill is leaning against McKenzie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cahill blocks the elbow strike.
Cahill blocking some punches.
Cahill throws a head punch that misses.
McKenzie working aggressively here.
McKenzie takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cahill content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKenzie.
McKenzie trying to land knees to the body.
McKenzie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McKenzie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cahill struggles to land a body shot inside as McKenzie controls his hands.
Cahill works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McKenzie prevents Cahill from breaking the clinch.
A hook to the body from McKenzie.
Cahill lands a nice shot to the body.
Cahill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cahill taking a breather.
Cahill lands with a short shot to the head.
Cahill pushes McKenzie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Cahill scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cahill works on McKenzie's body with a couple of short punches.
Cahill lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Good body shot from Cahill.
Cahill lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKenzie.
McKenzie working aggressively here.
Cahill lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McKenzie.
Cahill working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie prevents Cahill from breaking the clinch.
Cahill lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Cahill.
Cahill can't break the clinch.
Cahill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McKenzie tries to work over Cahill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Cahill.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cahill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Cahill.
Cahill lands a shoulder strike.
McKenzie letting Cahill take a breather here.
Cahill lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cahill effectively controlling the action here.
Cahill pushes McKenzie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cahill lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McKenzie.
Cahill lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McKenzie or not.
McKenzie throws a head punch that misses.
McKenzie takes a shot to the head.
Cahill works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cahill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McKenzie's elbow.
Cahill lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
Cahill lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Namor McKenzie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cahill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cahill scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cahill clinches with his opponent.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McKenzie as Cahill tries to tie him up.
Cahill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cahill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cahill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKenzie moves away.
Cahill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McKenzie manages to avoid it.
Cahill misses with a right hand
and McKenzie counters with a good low kick that Cahill was not able to check.
Cahill dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cahill misses with a body punch
and McKenzie counters with a leg kick.
Cahill rushes McKenzie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Matt Cahill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie misses with an elbow strike.
Cahill goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cahill working aggressively here.
McKenzie prevents a body shot from Cahill.
McKenzie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cahill lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McKenzie.
McKenzie prevents a body shot from Cahill.
A short body shot lands from Cahill as the two fighters clinch.
McKenzie misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cahill.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cahill.
Cahill lands a body punch in the clinch.
McKenzie blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Cahill.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cahill leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Cahill showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McKenzie 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Namor McKenzie!
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