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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mr Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eoin Andershannon O Darby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes to the cage accompanied by yes. O Darby has chosen I'm Shipping up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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177 cm
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158 lbs
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170 cm
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154 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Mr Green! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Eoin Andershannon O Darby! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! O Darby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. O Darby scores with a crisp jab that stopped Green in his tracks. Green drops his hands momentarily and O Darby takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Eoin Andershannon O Darby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Green closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Green lands in his opponent's guard. Green working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Green tries to free his leg and advance position but O Darby is retaining full guard. O Darby has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Green can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Green trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Green slips nicely into half guard. 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! Green working the head and body with strikes. O Darby tries to get to full guard but Green has control of the leg. Green throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Green stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
That's one minute gone in the round. Green thows a body shot but no joy. O Darby throws a jab when Green was well out of range. Green jabbing away but nothing is landing. Green getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Green moves away from the strike by O Darby. O Darby scores with a sloppy right hand. Green should have avoided that one. O Darby walks into a straight right hand from Green. Green lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. O Darby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Green lands a slapping body shot.
O Darby throws a jab but it's blocked by Green. O Darby throws a big shot that misses. Good leg kick by Green there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Green catches O Darby with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Green motions for O Darby to come forward. Green throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. O Darby looks to score with a jab to the body but Green is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Green displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Darby throws out the jab. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Green takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. O Darby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Green. O Darby gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Green clinches up against the cage. Green pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. O Darby throws a hook but Green blocks it. O Darby ducks under a wild hook from Green. O Darby shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Green tries to reverse the position but O Darby maintains control. O Darby looking to finish with strikes here!
Green gets back to half guard. Green wants to improve his position but O Darby is controlling well.
Green slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Green looking to hit a scissor sweep but O Darby is one step ahead there. O Darby drops back looking for a leg! Green is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Green manages to kick O Darby off! O Darby jumps back into Green's guard. O Darby trying to control but Green is working from the bottom. Green is looking for a triangle but O Darby pushes his legs off easily.
Green throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Green keeping moving, preventing O Darby from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Green had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. O Darby defends it easily. Green is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
O Darby trying to control but Green is working from the bottom. Green looking to sweep here. No luck so far. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as O Darby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Green keeping moving, preventing O Darby from controlling successfully. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Green is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Green dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
O Darby 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. Green displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Darby throws out the jab. Green staying out of range there. O Darby slips a jab from Green. Green throws a low kick but O Darby avoids it. Green jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice shot by O Darby. Green scores with a decent looking hook. O Darby takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Green slips a straight right by O Darby. Green wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. O Darby might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Green scores with a shot to the body.
O Darby throws a jab when Green was well out of range. Green shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Green was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! O Darby working to try and regain half guard.
O Darby is in a horrible position here. Green smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Green is landing with some decent strikes but O Darby is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. O Darby keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Green landing strikes from the mount. Green prevents O Darby from getting the reversal. Green lands a big shot there that rocks O Darby but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mr Green overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Green landing strikes from the mount and O Darby is in trouble!
O Darby is rocked! Green punishing his opponent with strikes. O Darby is still in real trouble! Can Green finish him? A nice elbow there by Green. Green has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. 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! O Darby takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Green postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt O Darby bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Green and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mr Green! Mr Green retains his featherweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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