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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Martin O Neill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adis Tankov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Neill's entrance music is Sing for the moment - Eminem. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
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177 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Martin O Neill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adis Tankov!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Neill misses with a lunging right hand
and Tankov counters with a nice low kick that buckles O Neill's knee momentarily.
Martin O Neill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from O Neill.
Tankov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A head kick misses from O Neill.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tankov.
Tankov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tankov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
O Neill punishes Tankov's body with a nice straight punch.
Tankov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
O Neill scores with a nice strike.
Tankov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Neill steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tankov. That one must have hurt.
Tankov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Neill.
Tankov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tankov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
O Neill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
O Neill looks to throw the jab but Tankov is out of range.
Tankov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on O Neill if he has to take too many more of those.
O Neill takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
O Neill throws a hook to the side of Tankov's head but Tankov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Neill waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tankov.
Tankov lands a leg kick that knocks O Neill off balance momentarily.
Tankov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Neill.
O Neill throws a big shot that misses.
O Neill throws a hook but Tankov blocks it.
Adis Tankov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tankov doesn't manage to clinch there - O Neill circles away.
Tankov throws a head kick that misses.
O Neill misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tankov throws a front kick aimed at O Neill's knee but O Neill avoids it well.
O Neill takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
O Neill shoots for a takedown but Tankov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin O Neill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tankov pushes O Neill away with a front kick.
O Neill is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Neill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tankov was well out of range. Poor timing from O Neill.
Tankov slips a straight right by O Neill.
O Neill gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tankov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tankov will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
O Neill looks to throw the jab but Tankov is out of range.
O Neill misses with a wild body shot.
O Neill misses with a straight left.
Tankov tries a head kick but it misses.
Tankov checks a low kick from O Neill.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tankov lands an elbow just above O Neill 's eye.
O Neill trying to control the position but instead, Tankov has worked for underhooks and has pushed O Neill into the cage.
Tankov lands a knee to the body.
Tankov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
O Neill stalling in the clinch but Tankov improves position.
O Neill takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tankov lands an elbow that stopped O Neill in his tracks for a moment.
Tankov working O Neill over with knees to the body.
Tankov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
O Neill is breathing heavily.
O Neill is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tankov obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tankov connects with a knee to the head.
Tankov lands an elbow inside.
Tankov lands an elbow just above O Neill 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tankov obliges.
Tankov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tankov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
O Neill takes an elbow to the temple.
Tankov is struggling to control the position.
O Neill trying to control the position but instead, Tankov has worked for underhooks and has pushed O Neill into the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by O Neill as Tankov tries to tie him up.
O Neill tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Neill is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tankov lands a nice elbow.
O Neill takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adis Tankov dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Both fighters circling a little - Tankov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A jab from O Neill misses.
Tankov checks a leg kick nicely.
Tankov checks a low kick from O Neill.
Tankov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from O Neill.
Tankov blocks a jab.
O Neill just misses with a punch to the body.
O Neill misses the shot to the body.
Tankov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Neill stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tankov.
O Neill checks the leg kick.
Tankov misses with a low kick.
Adis Tankov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tankov tries a low kick but O Neill avoids it.
Tankov avoids the body shot from O Neill.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tankov staying out of range there.
O Neill throws a right hand that misses
and Tankov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
O Neill cracks Tankov with a good jab.
Tankov lands a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tankov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tankov leaves O Neill with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
O Neill on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tankov. Tankov obviously looking to wear him down.
Tankov tries to clinch up.
O Neill throws a low kick but Tankov moves out of range easily.
O Neill blocks a head kick by Tankov.
O Neill avoids a kick to the body.
O Neill tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Neill misses with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tankov, right into the meat.
O Neill looks to score with a jab to the body but Tankov is just out of range.
Tankov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tankov bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tankov lands a nice looking kick to the body. O Neill takes a step back to recover.
Tankov scores with a leg kick.
Tankov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Neill is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tankov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of O Neill's head.
Tankov fakes the leg kick and cracks O Neill in the body.
A good leg kick by Tankov.
O Neill has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tankov.
Tankov connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tankov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and O Neill has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tankov tried to score with a low kick but O Neill checks it.
Nice body kick there by Tankov.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tankov. That's going to slow O Neill down.
O Neill has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tankov.
Tankov throws a head kick that half lands.
Tankov instigates a clinch.
O Neill takes a knee right on the jaw!
O Neill fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin O Neill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tankov breaks the clinch.
Tankov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tankov throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neill blocks a head kick by Tankov.
O Neill steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tankov. That one must have hurt.
Tankov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tankov shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tankov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tankov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tankov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A good leg kick by Tankov.
Tankov throws a head kick that misses.
O Neill throws a big shot that misses.
Tankov lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Neill on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tankov. Tankov obviously looking to wear him down.
Tankov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tankov has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adis Tankov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Tankov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tankov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Adis Tankov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tankov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A telegraphed right hand from O Neill misses the target.
Tankov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tankov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
O Neill misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tankov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tankov is looking to clinch but O Neill is avoiding it.
Tankov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tankov takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Tankov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tankov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
O Neill stalling in the clinch but Tankov improves position.
O Neill avoiding damage as Tankov throws knees to the body.
O Neill struggles to land a body shot inside as Tankov controls his hands.
O Neill can't find room to land a body shot as Tankov controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tankov is struggling to control the position.
Adis Tankov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tankov lands an elbow inside that O Neill shrugs off.
Tankov missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Tankov.
O Neill trying to stall but Tankov improves his position.
Tankov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tankov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Neill avoids it.
Tankov throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tankov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tankov connects with a knee to the head.
O Neill avoiding damage as Tankov throws knees to the body.
O Neill takes an elbow to the temple.
Tankov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
O Neill blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tankov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tankov lands an elbow that stopped O Neill in his tracks for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tankov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
O Neill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Neill misses with a wild body shot.
Tankov scores with a head kick. O Neill tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tankov ducks under a wild hook from O Neill.
Tankov lands a high kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tankov, right into the meat.
An inside leg kick lands from Tankov.
Tankov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but O Neill checks it well.
Tankov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tankov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Neill.
Tankov fakes the leg kick and cracks O Neill in the body.
Martin O Neill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Neill looks to land a right hand but Tankov moved out of range.
Tankov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tankov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from O Neill misses.
O Neill throws a big shot that misses.
O Neill throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tankov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neill chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tankov can pounce on him.
Tankov throws a head kick that misses.
O Neill throws a body punch but Tankov moves out of range.
Tankov lands a nice leg kick that just misses O Neill's sensitive parts.
O Neill walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tankov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tankov scores with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Neill takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tankov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Adis Tankov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Neill. Tankov does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Neill throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tankov forces O Neill back against the cage and clinches.
O Neill takes an elbow to the temple.
O Neill misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adis Tankov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tankov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adis Tankov!
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energy
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hype
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