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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Callaghan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kah Fing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fing has chosen Whats My Name as his entrance music. Richard Callaghan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kah Fing's chin.
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Good wrestling
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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Callaghan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kah Fing!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Callaghan is defended easily by Fing.
Callaghan misses with a few strikes there.
Callaghan scores with a nice head shot.
Fing scores with a body shot.
Fing explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fing takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fing jabs Callaghan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fing scores with a kick to the midsection.
Crunch! Fing slams his shin into Callaghan's torso.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Callaghan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fing has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Callaghan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fing lands a jab to the nose.
Callaghan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fing fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Callaghan, pushing him back against the cage.
Callaghan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Kah Fing has been cut.
Fing misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Callaghan working aggressively here.
Fing working aggressively here.
Callaghan blocks the elbow strike.
Callaghan missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Fing fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Callaghan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fing.
Fing working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fing lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Callaghan.
Callaghan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Callaghan misses with an elbow strike.
Callaghan throws an elbow that misses.
Fing lands a left hand that snaps the head of Callaghan backwards.
Callaghan wants to take the fight to the mat but Fing manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Fing - that landed with a thud.
Fing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Callaghan blocks it with crossed arms.
Callaghan misses with the head strike.
Fing misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Callaghan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan avoids a wild elbow strike from Fing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fing unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fing throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fing can't find room to land a body shot as Callaghan controls the action.
Fing makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Callaghan working aggressively here.
Fing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fing's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fing just misses with a elbow thrown towards Callaghan's brow.
Callaghan misses with an elbow over the top.
Callaghan misses with a punch to the body.
Fing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fing softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Callaghan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fing tries to throw a body punch but Callaghan avoids it by throwing Fing back against the cage.
Fing working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fing tries to land a knee to the head but Callaghan blocks with his arms.
Fing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Callaghan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fing is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan lands an elbow that stopped Fing in his tracks for a moment.
Callaghan blocks a body shot from Fing.
Good body shot from Callaghan.
Fing putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Callaghan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fing blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fing lands with a right to the head.
Callaghan dodges an elbow strike from Fing.
Fing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Callaghan is defending well for now.
Fing tries a knee to the head but Callaghan blocks it.
Fing blocks an elbow strike from Callaghan.
Callaghan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fing backwards.
Callaghan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Callaghan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fing gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Callaghan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fing unloads a knee to the mid-section. Callaghan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fing unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Callaghan is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Callaghan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fing.
Fing scores with a shot to the side of Callaghan's head.
Callaghan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Fing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fing tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Callaghan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Callaghan trying to land knees to the body.
Callaghan can't find room to land a body shot as Fing controls the action.
Callaghan working aggressively here.
Callaghan misses with a knee strike.
Callaghan scores with a shoulder strike.
Callaghan has a couple of punches blocked by Fing.
Fing taking a breather.
Callaghan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Callaghan tries to throw a body punch but Fing avoids it by throwing Callaghan back against the cage.
Fing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fing avoids a wild elbow strike from Callaghan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Callaghan scores a nice knee to the body.
Fing lands a shoulder strike.
Callaghan avoiding damage as Fing throws knees to the body.
Fing lands an elbow inside.
Fing using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Callaghan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kah Fing dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kah Fing's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fing throws a push kick but Callaghan slaps the foot to one side.
Callaghan is looking to clinch.
Callaghan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Callaghan throws the left hand but Fing avoids the punch easily.
Callaghan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fing throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Callaghan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fing instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Callaghan.
Callaghan prevents a body shot from Fing.
Callaghan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Callaghan tries a body shot but Fing blocks it.
Kah Fing seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fing has a couple of punches blocked by Callaghan.
Fing throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fing missing with knees to the body.
Fing tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Callaghan lands an elbow that stopped Fing in his tracks for a moment.
Fing fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Callaghan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Callaghan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fing's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Callaghan.
Callaghan takes a shot to the head.
Fing trying to land knees to the body.
Callaghan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fing throws a head punch that misses.
Fing can't find room to land a body shot as Callaghan controls the action.
Callaghan managing to block the knees to the body from Fing.
Fing lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Callaghan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fing backwards.
Callaghan blocks a body shot from Fing.
Callaghan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fing trying to control the position but instead, Callaghan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fing into the cage.
Fing with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fing throws a head punch that misses.
Fing swings wildly with an uppercut but Callaghan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fing tries a body shot but Callaghan blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Callaghan on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Callaghan lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Kah Fing's cut even more.
Fing blocks an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Fing.
Callaghan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fing dodges an elbow strike from Callaghan.
Callaghan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fing in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fing lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Callaghan backwards.
Fing blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fing looking to slow down the pace here.
Still in the clinch, Callaghan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fing lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Callaghan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Callaghan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fing tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Callaghan throws an elbow but it misses.
Callaghan scores a nice knee to the body.
Fing is breathing heavily.
Fing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Callaghan lands with a left to the head.
Callaghan scores with a shot to the side of Fing's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Fing.
Callaghan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Callaghan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fing takes an elbow to the temple.
Fing tries to throw a body punch but Callaghan avoids it by throwing Fing back against the cage.
Fing blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fing scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fing lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Callaghan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Callaghan can't find room to land a body shot as Fing controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Callaghan.
Callaghan digs a right hand into Fing's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fing's gas tank.
A hook to the body from Fing.
Fing throws an elbow but it misses.
Callaghan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Callaghan blocks an elbow strike from Fing.
Fing avoids the elbow strike from Callaghan, against the cage.
Callaghan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fing working aggressively here.
Callaghan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fing tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fing lands a nice elbow.
Callaghan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fing tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fing unloads a knee to the mid-section. Callaghan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fing throws an elbow but misses.
Fing doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Richard Callaghan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kah Fing's cut.
That's time! Callaghan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fing.
Callaghan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fing tries to clinch up.
Callaghan blocks the body kick.
Fing lands with a hook. Callaghan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fing throws a poor cross that misses
and Callaghan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Callaghan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Fing eats them both and turns towards Callaghan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fing doesn't manage to clinch there - Callaghan circles away.
Callaghan ducks under a wild hook from Fing.
Fing moves in looking to clinch but Callaghan pushes him off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Callaghan clobbers Fing with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Callaghan loads up on a big right hand but Fing slips the punch.
Richard Callaghan is winning the standup battle so far.
Fing misses with a jab, cross combination.
Callaghan looks for the body kick but Fing saw that one coming.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Callaghan throws a right hand that Fing ducks under and follows up with a left that Fing also avoids with ease.
Fing throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaghan tries to clinch but Fing moves out of range.
Callaghan moves forwards but Fing connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Callaghan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fing throws a body kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Fing.
Callaghan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fing swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fing keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Fing misses.
Fing lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Good exchange - Fing coming out on top.
Callaghan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fing tries to close the distance and clinch but Callaghan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richard Callaghan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Callaghan. Fing shrugs it off though.
Fing is looking to clinch but Callaghan is avoiding it.
Callaghan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Fing counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan misses with a wild body shot.
Fing explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fing keeps the fight on the outside.
Donk. Fing catches Callaghan right on the button with a cross.
Callaghan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fing.
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!
Fing scoring well with a low kick there.
Fing throws a wild body kick that Callaghan sees coming a mile off.
Fing connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Callaghan momentarily.
Callaghan throws a jab but it's blocked by Fing.
Fing swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Callaghan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fing fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Callaghan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fing scores with a punch to the head.
Fing uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Callaghan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fing throws a head kick that misses.
Callaghan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fing in his tracks.
Fing gets a clinch.
Callaghan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Callaghan lands a shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Callaghan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Callaghan lands an uppercut.
Fing tries to land knees in the clinch but Callaghan avoids the damage to the body.
Fing is looking to control Callaghan's arms but Callaghan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fing has his back to the cage.
Fing avoiding damage as Callaghan throws knees to the body.
Callaghan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Callaghan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fing.
Fing blocks a body shot from Callaghan.
Fing scores with a shot to the side of Callaghan's head.
Fing tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Callaghan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fing backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fing just misses with a elbow thrown towards Callaghan's brow.
Fing throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Callaghan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Callaghan presses Fing against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Callaghan scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Callaghan.
Callaghan misses with a punch to the body.
Callaghan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fing creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Callaghan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fing backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Callaghan blocks an uppercut.
Callaghan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Callaghan pushes off an throws an elbow but Fing leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fing takes a shot to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Callaghan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Callaghan 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Callaghan!
Richard Callaghan made sure to mention his sponsor, Milwaukee's Best 159's - $45 in his post fight interview.
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