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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eddie O Hare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luigi Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Hare comes into the arena with Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight blaring out of the sound system. Watanabe has chosen Bad Man A Step as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Eddie O Hare has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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166 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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24
164 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eddie O Hare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luigi Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe misses with a combination
and O Hare counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watanabe's knee momentarily.
Watanabe lands a glancing blow to the side of O Hare's head.
Watanabe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Watanabe tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but O Hare swivels and escapes.
O Hare tries to land a front kick but Watanabe steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
No joy there for Watanabe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Hare buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O Hare misses with a low kick as Watanabe jumps back.
O Hare swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Watanabe.
Luigi Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Hare works Watanabe's body with a nice hook.
O Hare swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watanabe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Watanabe misses with a combination
and O Hare counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watanabe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from O Hare finds it's way round the side to connect with Watanabe's head.
Watanabe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Hare paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from O Hare.
Sloppy strikes from Watanabe. Those never looked like landing.
Nice uppercut there from O Hare.
O Hare avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Watanabe. Those never looked like landing.
O Hare with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watanabe misses with a two punch combination.
O Hare tests Watanabe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Watanabe misses with a combination
and O Hare counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by O Hare.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watanabe keeping full guard, as O Hare tries to pass.
O Hare throwing strikes from guard but Watanabe blocks nicely.
O Hare throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Hare is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
O Hare postures up in Watanabe's guard and throws a big left but Watanabe blocks it.
O Hare throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Watanabe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watanabe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Watanabe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Hare tries to free his leg and advance position but Watanabe is retaining full guard.
O Hare trying to control but Watanabe is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch combination from Watanabe misses.
Watanabe throws a series of punches but O Hare avoids them all with ease.
O Hare tries to land a front kick but Watanabe steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Watanabe displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from O Hare.
Watanabe takes one to the chin there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Watanabe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Hare blocks an elbow strike.
Watanabe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe gets underhooks to prevent O Hare's takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Watanabe.
It looks like Eddie O Hare has been cut.
O Hare dodges an elbow strike from Watanabe.
Watanabe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Watanabe takes an elbow to the temple.
Watanabe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Hare takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from O Hare.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Hare tries a body shot but Watanabe blocks it.
Watanabe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
O Hare lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
O Hare using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Watanabe looks gassed!
O Hare lands a left hand.
O Hare digs a right hand underneath Watanabe's ribcage. Watanabe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hook to the body lands for O Hare.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from O Hare.
O Hare working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Watanabe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Hare is defending well for now.
O Hare landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
O Hare landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie O Hare dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie O Hare's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
O Hare fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
O Hare dodges the punch combination from Watanabe.
Eddie O Hare is winning the standup battle so far.
Watanabe throws a combination that misses
and O Hare counters with a two punch combo.
Watanabe is rocked!
Watanabe misses with a two punch combination.
Watanabe is still on wobbly legs! Can O Hare finish him?
O Hare lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Horrible takedown by Watanabe or perhaps it was just good defense by O Hare which made him look bad.
O Hare thuds a left hand into Watanabe's body.
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!
Watanabe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Hare lands a nice hook to Watanabe's body. Watanabe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Hare scores with a jab to the body.
Watanabe tries to keep at a distance but O Hare has taken the fight into the clinch.
Watanabe seems to have recovered his senses.
O Hare cracks Watanabe with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Hare.
O Hare lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
O Hare tries a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks it.
Watanabe is breathing heavily.
O Hare throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Hare lands a nice uppercut.
O Hare blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Hare lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Watanabe.
A short right from O Hare on the inside.
O Hare pulls guard effortlessly.
O Hare lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Watanabe!
Watanabe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
O Hare misses with a head shot.
O Hare trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Hare working the ground and pound effectively.
O Hare trying to control but he's not successful this time.
O Hare thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
O Hare throws some wild stikes that Watanabe manages to avoid easily.
O Hare with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Hare trying to control but he's not successful this time.
O Hare punching from mount but Watanabe doing a good job of avoiding damage.
O Hare postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Watanabe in real trouble here! The ref calls for Watanabe to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie O Hare!
A relieved looking Eddie O Hare thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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