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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Maguire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Live Wire. Maguire has chosen Guns 'n Roses - Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
32 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Maguire!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Maguire takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Maguire throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Maguire moves into range and connects with a jab.
Young tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Maguire lands a jab to Young's midsection.
Maguire throws a low kick but it's checked well by Young.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maguire throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maguire listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Young throws a leg kick but Maguire sees it coming and moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maguire!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Maguire looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Maguire sizes up Young with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
Young avoids the body shot from Maguire.
Maguire scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Young looks to throw a body kick
and Maguire counters with a nice uppercut.
Maguire connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Young 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Young slips under a jab.
Maguire checks a leg kick nicely.
Young takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young throws a hook but Maguire avoids it easily.
Maguire with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maguire thows a body kick. Young tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Young takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maguire.
Maguire rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young swings for the body but Maguire moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young looks to land a left hand but Maguire moved out of range nicely.
Young misses with a low kick.
Maguire cracks Young with an open hand slap.
Young blocks a head kick by Maguire.
Young takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Donk. Maguire catches Young right on the button with a cross.
Cormac Maguire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.
Maguire throws a leg kick but Young moved away.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young works the jab nicely.
Maguire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Maguire is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Maguire circles away.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maguire shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Young is trying to defend but Maguire finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Young tries to roll over but Maguire keeps him under control.
Young is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire not doing much here.
Young won't allow Maguire to pass to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young tries to get to full guard but Maguire has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maguire performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac Maguire dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Maguire pivots, looking for a leg kick but Young is out of range and Maguire settles back down.
Nice body kick from Young.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Maguire.
Young thows a leg kick but Maguire checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maguire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
Maguire throws a low kick but it's checked well by Young.
Maguire checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Maguire throws out a powerful jab.
The fighters circling - Maguire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maguire tries to score a power double leg takedown but Young sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Maguire somewhat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire just misses with a punch to the body.
Young misses with a looping left.
Young tries a low kick but Maguire avoids it.
The fighters circling - Maguire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young 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.
Maguire closes the distance and pushes Young back into the cage.
Maguire gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Young misses with some punches.
Maguire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young lands a nice uppercut.
Maguire missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a hook that snaps the head of Maguire backwards.
Maguire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maguire blocks a body shot from Young.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
A short right from Maguire on the inside.
Young misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Maguire fails to land.
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!
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young blocks a body shot from Maguire.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maguire looking for a takedown.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Young.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Maguire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maguire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maguire scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Maguire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
A hook to the body from Young.
Maguire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire drops down looking for an ankle pick but Young pulls his leg out and moves away.
Angus Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cormac Maguire.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Maguire checks a leg kick.
Maguire ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Maguire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maguire throws a push kick but Young slaps the foot to one side.
Maguire throws a combination that misses
and Young counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young moves out of range as Maguire strikes.
Maguire misses with a looping left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maguire scores with a jab to the body.
Maguire throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maguire. That's going to slow Young down.
Maguire throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Angus Young will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Maguire lands a glancing blow to the side of Young's head.
Maguire finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maguire shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice straight punches there by Maguire. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Maguire.
Young closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maguire lands an overhand right.
Young is looking to clinch but Maguire is avoiding it.
Young looks for the body kick but Maguire saw that one coming.
Maguire lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maguire.
Maguire cracks Young with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Young blocks the body kick.
Maguire looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maguire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Maguire takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Maguire throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maguire.
Young misses with a looping left.
Maguire keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Maguire throws a big shot that misses.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Maguire swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Maguire misses its intended target.
Maguire throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good work by Maguire as he checks the leg kick.
Maguire checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Maguire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Maguire.
Maguire connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maguire looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Young throws a right hand that Maguire ducks under and follows up with a left that Maguire also avoids with ease.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maguire swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young digs a good hook to Maguire's body.
Angus Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young scores with a jab to the head.
Young tries to move into range but Maguire moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maguire throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Maguire throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Maguire bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Young's head.
Cormac Maguire seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
An inside leg kick from Maguire misses.
Maguire lands with a good body shot.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maguire checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maguire throws out the jab.
Maguire throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maguire fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Young.
Maguire connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Young moves into the clinch successfully.
Maguire misses with a body punch.
Maguire misses with a punch to the body.
Maguire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young prevents a takedown attempt there.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Maguire.
Maguire is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Young gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Maguire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maguire lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Young scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maguire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Young backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maguire is trying to break the clinch but Young is controlling him.
Maguire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maguire misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac Maguire really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Maguire lands a lovely overhand right.
Maguire misses with a body shot.
Young blocks a leg kick.
Young is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Young wants to clinch.
Young tries to clinch up but Maguire circles away and keeps his distance.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Maguire.
Maguire connects with a crisp jab.
Maguire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Young tries to move into range but Maguire moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maguire stalks Young and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Young's face. Young staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Young as he connects with a hook.
Young moves away from the strike by Maguire.
Young throws a leg kick
and Maguire counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maguire's head backwards.
Maguire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Maguire.
Maguire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maguire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maguire.
Maguire throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young.
Maguire swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Maguire gets a clinch.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maguire blocks a body shot from Young.
Young lands a left hand.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young misses with the head strike.
Maguire misses with the head strike.
Young looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Maguire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maguire is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.
Maguire swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young prevents Maguire from breaking the clinch.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maguire breaks from the clinch.
Maguire throws a lazy uppercut
and Young counters with a nice leg kick.
Maguire misses with a double jab.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
Young drops Maguire with a beautiful combination! Maguire stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Young is looking for the KO!
Maguire is rocked!
Maguire is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maguire takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Maguire is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
Maguire sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maguire seems to have recovered his senses.
Maguire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young moves away from the strike by Maguire.
Maguire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maguire checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maguire momentarily.
Maguire has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Young finds it's way round the side to connect with Maguire's head.
Maguire connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Maguire scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Young tries to clinch but Maguire moves out of range.
Maguire throws a big shot that misses.
Young tries to clinch up but Maguire circles away and keeps his distance.
Maguire throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maguire takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maguire.
Young lands a jab to Maguire's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young had his way with Cormac Maguire in that round.
That's time! Young's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Maguire connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maguire fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Young.
Maguire throws a low kick but Young avoids it.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maguire.
Maguire thumps Young with a low kick.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maguire.
Young tries to clinch but Maguire is having none of it.
Maguire lands a right hook to the body.
Maguire throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Maguire throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Maguire throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Maguire lands a head kick. Young smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maguire walks into a left hand.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maguire tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maguire takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Maguire slips the punch.
Maguire misses the jab.
Maguire throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Maguire throws a series of punches but Young avoids them all with ease.
Maguire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maguire turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young feints and then cracks Maguire's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maguire down.
Maguire lands a slapping body shot.
Maguire connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Young's hands.
Maguire misses with a few strikes there.
Maguire throws a body kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Maguire misses.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young moves into range and clinches up with Maguire.
Maguire misses with a punch on the inside.
Maguire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maguire lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries a body shot but Maguire blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maguire breaks the clinch.
Maguire shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Young as he jumps to the side.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maguire checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maguire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maguire swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young throws a head kick but Maguire moves out of range.
Maguire misses with a left hand
and Young counters with a one-two to the body.
Maguire misses with a body kick.
Maguire checks a low kick from Young.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young tries to land a front kick but Maguire steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maguire gets tackled into the cage by Young. Young maintains the clinch.
Maguire tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maguire's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Maguire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maguire.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maguire.
Maguire misses with the head strike.
Maguire digs a right hand into Young's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Young's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cormac Maguire comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Maguire has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:49
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac Maguire!
Cormac Maguire is the new featherweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Cormac Maguire thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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