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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cyprian Warga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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201 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Cyprian Warga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, David Byrne!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warga throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Byrne lands a nice shot that snaps Warga's head back.
Byrne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Warga's calf.
Byrne throws a nice looking combination but Warga bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Byrne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Byrne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Warga's calf.
Byrne scores with a leg kick.
Byrne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Byrne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've been told by Warga's head coaches at Polish Top Team Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Byrne clinches up with Warga and pushes him back against the cage.
Byrne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Warga avoids the elbow strike from Byrne, against the cage.
Byrne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Byrne misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Byrne.
It looks like Cyprian Warga has been cut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Byrne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Byrne connects with a knee to the head.
Byrne lands with a short shot to the head.
Byrne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Warga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Byrne looking to throw knees to the head but Warga is blocking nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Byrne.
Byrne has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Warga takes an elbow to the temple.
Warga blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Byrne.
Warga letting Byrne take a breather here.
Byrne trying to land knees to the body.
Warga dodges an elbow strike from Byrne.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Byrne lands an uppercut.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Byrne misses with a knee strike.
Byrne misses with a knee to the head.
Warga blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warga blocks an elbow strike from Byrne.
Warga dodges an elbow strike from Byrne.
Byrne lands a nice elbow.
Warga turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Byrne is looking to reverse the position.
Warga looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Byrne tries to bench press Warga off him but Warga keeps the position.
Byrne struggling a bit here.
Byrne is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warga trying to control the position but Byrne is working away.
Byrne manages to get back to half guard.
Warga is looking to take a break and control but Byrne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Byrne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byrne has his hands clasped together around Warga's back. He's all about the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Byrne wants to improve his position but Warga is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Byrne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cyprian Warga's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Byrne lands a nice shot that snaps Warga's head back.
Cyprian Warga's cut is getting worse.
Warga takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Warga takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Warga misses with an uppercut. Byrne saw that one coming.
Byrne looks to score with a jab to the body but Warga is just out of range.
Byrne connects with a right hand. Warga shakes it off.
Warga wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Warga moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Byrne jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byrne lands with a cross.
Warga is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Warga is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Byrne Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Warga is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). David Byrne!
David Byrne thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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