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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Rosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcos Rosa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mickey O Doherty's chin.
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130 lbs
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138 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcos Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mickey O Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosa looks for the body kick but O Doherty saw that one coming.
O Doherty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rosa slips a jab from O Doherty.
O Doherty throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with O Doherty but O Doherty pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rosa doesn't manage to clinch there - O Doherty circles away.
Rosa closes this distance looking for a takedown but O Doherty circles away.
O Doherty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rosa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
O Doherty misses the shot to the body.
Rosa tries for a takedown but O Doherty sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Rosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Doherty thows a body shot but no joy.
Rosa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
O Doherty throws out a loose jab but Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosa slips under a jab.
Rosa takes a swing at O Doherty's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Doherty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Doherty lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
O Doherty cracks a nice hook into Rosa's ribs.
O Doherty throws a right hand that Rosa ducks under and follows up with a left that Rosa also avoids with ease.
O Doherty lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rosa circles away quickly and effectively.
O Doherty throws a combination that misses
and Rosa counters with a leg kick.
Mickey O Doherty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Doherty scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rosa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by O Doherty.
Jab, jab by O Doherty - just one landing.
A combination from O Doherty does no damage.
O Doherty scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
O Doherty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rosa.
O Doherty misses with a straight right.
O Doherty scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosa avoids the body shot from O Doherty.
Rosa tries to bum rush O Doherty with a series of wild strikes but O Doherty uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rosa fails with a takedown attempt.
Rosa is breathing heavily.
Rosa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rosa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts O Doherty as he jumps to the side.
Rosa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Rosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with O Doherty but O Doherty pushes him off and we're back to square one.
O Doherty throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rosa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Doherty looks to land a combination. Rosa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rosa is rocked!
Rosa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oh Rosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Doherty rushes Rosa with punches - Rosa moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Rosa goes down! O Doherty follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey O Doherty!
Mickey O Doherty spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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