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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean McNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bon Joy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McNamara comes to the cage accompanied by Massive Attack - Teardrop (House M.D.). Joy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Prodigy - Breathe. Sean McNamara had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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203 lbs
11 - 11 - 0 |
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199 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean McNamara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bon Joy!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNamara shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McNamara showed some decent athleticism there.
Joy is pressing down on McNamara's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Joy looking for a sweep. Not yet Joy, not yet.
McNamara lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Joy looking to hit a scissor sweep but McNamara is one step ahead there.
Joy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. McNamara doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. McNamara manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
McNamara trying to control but Joy is working from the bottom.
McNamara controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sean McNamara has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
McNamara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Joy counters with a series of strikes. McNamara will be more careful next time no doubt.
Joy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Joy finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
McNamara throws a leg kick
and Joy counters with an outside leg kick.
Joy connects with an inside leg kick.
McNamara shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Joy counters with a thumping low kick.
McNamara is breathing heavily.
Joy moves into the clinch successfully.
A left hand lands to the body for Joy.
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!
Joy scores with a shot to the side of McNamara's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNamara takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joy scores with a shot to the side of McNamara's head.
Joy scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joy.
Joy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McNamara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Joy cracks McNamara with a nice body shot.
Joy lands a nice elbow.
A short body shot lands from Joy as the two fighters clinch.
Joy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McNamaras head.
Joy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Joy lands a right hand that snaps the head of McNamara backwards.
Joy lands a damaging elbow.
Joy lands an elbow just above McNamara 's eye.
Joy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Joy lands a right hand.
Joy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joy breaks the clinch.
Joy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McNamara's calf.
McNamara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Joy.
Joy lands with a good body shot.
Joy scores with a leg kick.
Sean McNamara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Joy finds it's way through McNamara's defenses.
McNamara closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Joy feints and then cracks McNamara's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McNamara down.
McNamara tries for a takedown but Joy circles away easily
and Joy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McNamara thinking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joy.
Joy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Joy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Joy throws a nice inside leg kick.
McNamara takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Joy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Joy.
Joy pushes McNamara away with a front kick.
Joy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Joy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McNamara moves forwards but Joy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Joy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Joy scores with a push kick.
Joy lands a lovely overhand right.
Joy throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Joy.
McNamara throws a left and a right that both miss
and Joy counters with a nice body shot.
Joy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Joy lands a nice leg kick that just misses McNamara's sensitive parts.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Joy - that will leave a mark!
Joy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McNamara had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
McNamara has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Joy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McNamara with a poor takedown
and Joy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean McNamara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Joy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McNamara has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McNamara will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Crunch! Joy slams his shin into McNamara's torso.
Joy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bon Joy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Joy is looking to slow McNamara down with leg kicks.
McNamara 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.
Joy closes the distance and clinches.
Joy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Joy lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Joy.
Joy lands an elbow that stopped McNamara in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Joy.
A bit of stalling here from Joy.
Joy lands a good knee to the midsection. McNamara won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McNamara takes one to the side of the head.
McNamara shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Joy counters with a body kick that stops McNamara in his tracks momentarily.
Joy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joy moves into range and clinches up with McNamara.
Joy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joy scores with a shot to the side of McNamara's head.
Joy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Joy breaks the clinch.
Joy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McNamara has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice shot by Joy.
Joy scores with a nice head shot.
Sean McNamara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Joy's corner calls for a 1-2. Joy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Joy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Joy keeps McNamara at a distance using the push kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Joy, as that shot connected.
Joy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McNamara. That did some damage!
Joy connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Joy, right into the meat.
Joy scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNamara throws a leg kick that is checked
and Joy counters with a body kick that stops McNamara in his tracks momentarily.
Nice cross by Joy.
McNamara takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
McNamara gets tackled into the cage by Joy. Joy maintains the clinch.
Joy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Joy stalling against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Joy.
Joy scores with a knee to the head.
Joy lands an elbow that stopped McNamara in his tracks for a moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Joy.
A knee to the head by Joy.
Joy lands an elbow inside.
Still in the clinch, Joy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Joy landing knees to the body.
Joy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joy closes the distance and clinches.
Joy lands a hook that snaps the head of McNamara backwards.
Joy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Joy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McNamara has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joy.
McNamara is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McNamara on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McNamara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Joy counters with a good low kick that McNamara was not able to check.
McNamara has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Joy finds it's way round the side to connect with McNamara's head.
Joy moves into range and clinches up with McNamara.
Joy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Joy lands an elbow that stopped McNamara in his tracks for a moment.
Joy breaks from the clinch.
Crunch! Joy slams his shin into McNamara's torso.
Joy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Joy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
McNamara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Joy to counter with a crisp jab.
McNamara drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joy throws a head kick that McNamara semi-blocks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Joy.
Joy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joy closes the distance and clinches.
Joy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Joy lands a left hand that snaps the head of McNamara backwards.
Joy connects with a nasty looking knee right to McNamara's face.
Joy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Joy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Joy.
McNamara wants a takedown but no success here.
Joy manages to break the clinch.
Bon Joy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McNamara takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
An inside leg kick lands from Joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A good leg kick by Joy.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McNamara takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bon Joy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
McNamara throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Joy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joy closes the distance and clinches.
Joy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McNamara.
Joy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McNamara looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Joy lands a right hand.
Joy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Joy lands a shoulder strike.
Joy lands with a right to the head.
Joy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Joy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Joy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joy is looking to slow McNamara down with leg kicks.
Joy feints and then cracks McNamara's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McNamara down.
McNamara doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
McNamara sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bon Joy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Joy lands a right hook to the body.
Joy scores with a head kick.
Joy scoring well with a low kick there.
Joy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Joy scores with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Joy.
Joy lands with a kick to the ribs.
Joy connects with a leg kick. McNamara looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joy. That's going to slow McNamara down.
Joy cracks the inside of McNamara's front leg.
Joy scores with a nice right hand.
Joy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
McNamara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Joy counters with a nice low kick that buckles McNamara's knee momentarily.
Joy lands a really nice looking cross but McNamara seems unphased.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McNamara on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Joy. Joy obviously looking to wear him down.
Joy pushes McNamara away with a front kick.
McNamara misses with a double jab
and Joy counters with a straight right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! McNamara crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Joy - the referee stops the clock and McNamara gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Joy. McNamara manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
McNamara takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joy moves into range and clinches up with McNamara.
Joy breaks from the clinch.
Joy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Joy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Joy digs a good hook to McNamara's body.
Joy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joy digs a good hook to McNamara's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Joy.
That kick from Joy tenderised McNamara's leg. McNamara is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Joy scores with the left hand. McNamara knows he should have avoided that one.
Joy lands with a nice body kick.
Joy scores with a nice body kick.
Crunch! Joy slams his shin into McNamara's torso.
Joy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Joy.
Joy cracks a nice hook into McNamara's ribs.
Joy is looking to slow McNamara down with leg kicks.
Joy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Joy!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joy's jab looks to have found its range, popping McNamara under the eye.
Joy pushes McNamara away with a front kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joy.
That kick from Joy tenderised McNamara's leg. McNamara is trying to keep his angry face on.
Joy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McNamara's calf.
Joy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Joy lands a nice knee to the body.
Joy scores with a shot to the side of McNamara's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Joy.
A nice left hand lands by Joy.
McNamara wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Joy has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Joy.
McNamara has Joy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Joy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Joy breaks from the clinch.
Joy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Joy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on McNamara if he has to take too many more of those.
McNamara takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McNamara walks into a jab.
McNamara walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sean McNamara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bon Joy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Joy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 24:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 24:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bon Joy!
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hype
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