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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henry Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnie O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, No Easy Way Out. O Brien comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rocky Road to Dublin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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141 lbs
15 - 13 - 0 |
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172 cm
31
142 lbs
28 - 10 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Morgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Donnie O Brien !
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morgan digs a good hook to O Brien 's body.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Brien was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A jab from O Brien misses.
O Brien drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgan blocks a jab.
O Brien just misses with a punch to the body.
O Brien walks into a straight right hand from Morgan.
Morgan closes the distance and pushes O Brien back into the cage.
Morgan lands an elbow just above O Brien 's eye.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan is working O Brien over against the cage.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan working O Brien over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan landing knees to the head.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into O Brien 's ribcage.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Morgan tries a body shot but O Brien blocks it.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but O Brien is blocking nicely.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike.
Morgan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Brien is defending well for now.
O Brien avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
O Brien avoids the elbow strike from Morgan, against the cage.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Brien .
Morgan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Brien is defending well for now.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
O Brien is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morgan scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Brien blocks it with crossed arms.
O Brien is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Morgan is defending well.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Brien 's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Morgan lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Brien .
Morgan with a knee to the head.
O Brien is trying to pull guard but Morgan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Henry Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donnie O Brien .
O Brien jumps guard but Morgan stands there with O Brien around his waist. O Brien gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
O Brien avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
O Brien is looking for a takedown.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but O Brien is blocking nicely.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien dodges an elbow strike from Morgan.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but O Brien avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morgan obliges.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but O Brien avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien looking for a takedown.
Morgan landing knees to the head.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Brien .
O Brien blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
O Brien blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Brien is looking for a takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien pulls Morgan into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Brien pulls Morgan in close to prevent any damage.
O Brien utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Morgan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Morgan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morgan cracks O Brien with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Donnie O Brien is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice combination there by Morgan.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
Morgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O Brien misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Brien misses with an uppercut
and Morgan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O Brien missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morgan throws a series of strikes that have O Brien backpedaling.
O Brien is rocked!
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Brien is still on wobbly legs! Can Morgan finish him?
O Brien throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
O Brien seems to have recovered his senses.
Morgan tries to clinch up but O Brien circles away and keeps his distance.
O Brien lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Brien throws out a loose jab but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan lands with a nice body punch.
Morgan is looking to wear down O Brien with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A punch combination from O Brien misses.
Morgan connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien misses with the combination.
Morgan moves into range and clinches up with O Brien .
O Brien on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but O Brien blocks with his arms.
O Brien tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Still in the clinch, Morgan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Brien or not.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but O Brien is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan has O Brien pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. O Brien is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Morgan - that's hurt O Brien badly! Oh, another knee lands and O Brien is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but O Brien doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Henry Morgan!
Henry Morgan retains his bantamweight title!
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hype
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