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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maverick Darling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan ORourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maverick Darling has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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143 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
30
143 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maverick Darling!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ivan ORourke!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ORourke clinches with his opponent.
Darling presses ORourke against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on ORourke - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
ORourke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darling's elbow.
ORourke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
ORourke trying to control the position but instead, Darling has worked for underhooks and has pushed ORourke into the cage.
Nice body punch from Darling - that landed with a thud.
ORourke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
ORourke cracks Darling with a nice body shot.
Darling throws a head punch that misses.
Darling working hard to break the clinch.
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!
ORourke lands a left hand.
ORourke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Darling.
ORourke holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, ORourke scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darling tries to break the clinch but ORourke is controlling the position.
ORourke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Darling is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, ORourke throws an elbow but misses.
ORourke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
ORourke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Darling misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from ORourke.
ORourke slows down the pace here.
Darling's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
ORourke cracks Darling with a nice body shot.
ORourke tries a body shot but Darling blocks it.
A short right from ORourke.
ORourke pushes Darling back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
ORourke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Darling backwards.
ORourke is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
ORourke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
ORourke is stalling here.
ORourke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darling lands with a left to the head.
Darling wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darling tries a body shot but ORourke blocks it.
ORourke lands with a left to the head.
ORourke keeps control of Darling as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for ORourke.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darling.
Darling misses with a body punch.
ORourke tries to throw a body punch but Darling avoids it by throwing ORourke back against the cage.
Darling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
ORourke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Darling backwards.
Darling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
ORourke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darling throws a punch but it's blocked by ORourke.
Darling's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
ORourke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
ORourke blocks a body shot from Darling.
ORourke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
ORourke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darling throws a punch but it's blocked by ORourke.
Darling misses with a punch to the body.
Darling is trying to break the clinch but ORourke is controlling him.
A hook to the body from Darling.
Darling wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
ORourke leaning against his opponent.
ORourke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darling misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from ORourke.
ORourke misses with a punch to the body.
ORourke scores with a shot to the side of Darling's head.
ORourke is struggling to control the position.
Darling looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
ORourke gets through Darling's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Darling goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darling breaks from the clinch.
ORourke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darling swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darling throws a leg kick that is checked
and ORourke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maverick Darling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Darling throws a shot from downtown. ORourke moves away and avoids it.
ORourke avoids the body shot from Darling.
Darling cracks ORourke with an open hand slap.
Darling lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A good leg kick by Darling.
Darling tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
ORourke throws a leg kick which misses Darling's front leg but catches the back leg as Darling tries to avoid it.
ORourke doesn't manage to clinch there - Darling circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
ORourke throws a series of punches but Darling moves out of range.
Darling stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from ORourke.
Darling throws a push kick but ORourke slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan ORourke dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Darling throws a poor cross that misses
and ORourke counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Darling misses the body punch
and ORourke counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Darling swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darling throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darling tries to score with a low kick but ORourke moves his leg out of the way.
Darling avoids the head kick by ORourke.
Darling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but ORourke manages to avoid it.
Darling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ORourke moves away.
Darling tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and ORourke is able to avoid easily.
ORourke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A low kick from Darling is predictable there
and ORourke counters by clinching up.
Darling avoiding damage as ORourke throws knees to the body.
Darling tries to work over ORourke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ORourke keeps control of Darling as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Darling has had enough of the clinch but ORourke keeps him there for the moment.
Darling lands a nice uppercut.
ORourke lands with a left to the head.
Darling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from ORourke.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, ORourke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
ORourke avoiding damage.
ORourke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darling backwards.
Good body shot from Darling.
ORourke is leaning against Darling and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
ORourke slowing the pace effectively.
ORourke continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
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!
ORourke working aggressively here.
ORourke can't find room to land a body shot as Darling controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from ORourke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ORourke stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ivan ORourke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
ORourke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darling backwards.
ORourke is working Darling over against the cage.
Darling letting ORourke take a breather here.
ORourke lands a shoulder strike.
ORourke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darlings head.
ORourke pushes Darling back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Darling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with ORourke's elbow.
ORourke lands an elbow just above Darling 's eye.
A short right from ORourke on the inside.
A short right from ORourke on the inside.
ORourke struggles to land a body shot inside as Darling controls his hands.
ORourke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darlings head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by ORourke.
Darling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with ORourke's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for ORourke.
Darling struggles to land a body shot inside as ORourke controls his hands.
ORourke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
ORourke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
ORourke scores with a shot to the side of Darling's head.
Darling looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
ORourke digs a right hand into Darling's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Darling's gas tank.
ORourke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Darling backwards.
ORourke keeps control of Darling as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Darling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with ORourke's elbow.
ORourke lands with a left to the head.
Darling is rocked!
ORourke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
ORourke is stalling here.
A short uppercut from ORourke.
Oh Darling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darling tries to break free but ORourke pushes him back against the cage.
Darling seems to have got his legs back now.
ORourke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from ORourke.
ORourke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
ORourke scores with a shot to the side of Darling's head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from ORourke.
A hook to the body from ORourke.
Darling misses with a short punch on the inside.
ORourke scores with a shot to the side of Darling's head.
Darling is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from ORourke.
A right hand to the body from ORourke.
ORourke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Darling.
Darling misses with a hook to the ribs.
A bit of stalling here from ORourke.
ORourke lands a good knee to the midsection. Darling won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
ORourke is stalling here.
ORourke receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
ORourke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan ORourke 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!
ORourke tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darling connects with the punch.
ORourke wants to clinch.
A good leg kick by ORourke.
ORourke misses with a two punch combination.
Darling lands a glancing blow to the side of ORourke's head.
Nice jab there from Darling.
Darling misses with a wild body shot.
Darling misses with a body shot
and ORourke counters with a left and a right... And another left! Darling is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan ORourke!
Ivan ORourke is the new bantamweight champion!
Ivan ORourke gave a mention to O'Brannigan's Fightwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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