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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Quinn McDonagh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Donally (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Quinn McDonagh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Donally!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonagh misses with a looping left.
Donally only half commits to the counter leg kick.
McDonagh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donally throws out a counter right but McDonagh avoids it with no problem.
McDonagh scores with a jab.
McDonagh misses with an attempted mid kick.
Donally is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McDonagh with a body shot.
A jab from McDonagh does it's job there.
McDonagh throws a right and a left that Donally avoids nicely.
Donally now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McDonagh moves into range and connects with a jab.
McDonagh throws a lazy right hand but Donally sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDonagh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donally moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonagh throws a nice outside leg kick.
McDonagh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donally manages to avoid it.
McDonagh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donally throws out a counter right but McDonagh avoids it with no problem.
McDonagh just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from McDonagh misses.
Donally flicks out a counter leg kick but McDonagh steps away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donally takes one on the button.
McDonagh takes a swing at Donally's ribcage but misses.
McDonagh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donally throws out a counter right but McDonagh avoids it with no problem.
Donally moves out of range of the body kick.
McDonagh backing away here, and Donally unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
McDonagh connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Donally checks a low kick from McDonagh.
Donally is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McDonagh with a body shot.
McDonagh connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McDonagh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donally ducks under a wild hook from McDonagh.
McDonagh misses with a hook. Donally ducked under it nicely.
Donally looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McDonagh connects with a high kick.
Good standup being displayed there by McDonagh as he connects with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from McDonagh misses.
McDonagh backing away here, and Donally unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
McDonagh throws a sloppy head kick and Donally moves out of range easily.
Donally is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McDonagh with a body shot.
McDonagh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McDonagh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McDonagh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donally on the wrong end of a nice jab.
McDonagh throws a head kick that Donally semi-blocks.
McDonagh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McDonagh takes a swing at Donally's ribcage but misses.
Donally swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McDonagh throws a big shot that misses.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McDonagh misses with a hook
letting Donally counter with a right hand.
McDonagh throws a jab when Donally was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donally slips a straight right by McDonagh.
McDonagh tries to land a front kick but Donally steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Donally moves out of range of the strikes.
Donally tries a quick counter leg kick but McDonagh is wise to it.
Donally moves out of range as McDonagh strikes.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donally defending well as McDonagh loads up on a big left hand.
A nice side step and Donally releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
McDonagh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donally throws out a counter right but McDonagh avoids it with no problem.
McDonagh throws an overhand right that lands on Donally's shoulder, as Donally tries to avoid the shot.
McDonagh tests Donally's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Donally slips a jab from McDonagh.
Donally doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
McDonagh takes a swing at Donally's ribcage but misses.
Donally flicks out a counter leg kick but McDonagh steps away.
McDonagh is looking to slow Donally down with leg kicks.
Donally has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McDonagh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donally on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McDonagh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donally throws out a counter right but McDonagh avoids it with no problem.
Nice shot lands for McDonagh.
McDonagh moves into range and connects with a jab.
McDonagh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDonagh misses with a looping left.
McDonagh goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Donally uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McDonagh.
McDonagh throws out a loose jab but Donally uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donally keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McDonagh throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Donally.
The fighters circling - McDonagh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Quinn McDonagh 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.
McDonagh connects with the punch.
James Quinn McDonagh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonagh throws an overhand right that lands on Donally's shoulder, as Donally tries to avoid the shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Donally misses.
Donally ducks under a wild hook from McDonagh.
Donally swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McDonagh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Donally has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donally and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McDonagh is looking to land body kicks.
A nice side step and Donally releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
McDonagh scores with a jab. Donally acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McDonagh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Donally can do to turn this around?
Donally keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donally appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
McDonagh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McDonagh throws a jab but it's blocked by Donally.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonagh. Donally does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Donally on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Donally checks a leg kick.
McDonagh scores with a leg kick.
Donally checks the leg kick nicely there.
Donally swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - McDonagh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Donally might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, McDonagh has got the better of the exchanges.
McDonagh walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donally checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donally is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McDonagh with a body shot.
Good leg kick by McDonagh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Donally bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McDonagh scores with a punch to the head.
McDonagh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Donally swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Donally avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McDonagh throws out a loose jab but Donally uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donally moves out of range of the leg kick from McDonagh.
McDonagh lands with an uppercut that bounces Donally off the cage and back into range.
McDonagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donally.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McDonagh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from McDonagh.
McDonagh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donally ducks under a wild hook from McDonagh.
Donally checks a leg kick.
McDonagh throws a lazy right hand but Donally sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donally looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McDonagh throws a lazy right hand but Donally sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donally tries a quick counter leg kick but McDonagh is wise to it.
Donally takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donally ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donally takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A big right from McDonagh misses.
The fighters circling - McDonagh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonagh takes a swing at Donally's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McDonagh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McDonagh misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut there from McDonagh.
McDonagh misses with a hook.
Donally flicks out a counter leg kick but McDonagh steps away.
McDonagh looks to throw the jab but Donally is out of range.
Donally feints a counter leg kick.
McDonagh jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
James Quinn McDonagh is winning the standup battle so far.
McDonagh misses with a body kick.
Donally appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McDonagh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Donally appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Donally slips under a jab from McDonagh.
Donally ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McDonagh throws a low kick, looking for Donally's leg but Donally calmly moves out of range.
Donally looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonagh loads up on a big right hand but Donally slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Donally on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McDonagh swinging wildly here.
Donally ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donally flicks out a counter leg kick but McDonagh steps away.
Donally avoids the body shot from McDonagh.
McDonagh throws a shot from downtown. Donally moves away and avoids it.
McDonagh misses with an uppercut. Donally saw that one coming.
A cross from McDonagh lands.
McDonagh throws a body punch but Donally moves out of range.
Donally takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDonagh misses with a hook. Donally ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Donally! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Quinn McDonagh dominated that second round.
That's time! McDonagh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
McDonagh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donally appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McDonagh throws a body shot but no joy.
Donally throws out a counter right but McDonagh avoids it with no problem.
McDonagh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donally was well out of range. Poor timing from McDonagh.
A little jabbing left from Donally on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Donally blocks a jab.
Donally throws out a counter right but McDonagh avoids it with no problem.
McDonagh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donally.
McDonagh throws a hook to the side of Donally's head but Donally sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab by McDonagh.
McDonagh lands with an uppercut that bounces Donally off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonagh. Donally does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donally moves out of range of the leg kick from McDonagh.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Donally! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from McDonagh misses the target.
Good work by Donally as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonagh throws a leg kick but Donally sees it coming and moves out of range.
McDonagh throws a sloppy head kick and Donally moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McDonagh misses with a kick to the body.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A head kick from McDonagh lands but Donally takes it in his stride.
McDonagh lands a jab.
McDonagh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donally sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donally doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Donally defending well as McDonagh loads up on a big left hand.
Donally only half commits to the counter leg kick.
McDonagh finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
McDonagh misses with a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Donally on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McDonagh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donally sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donally uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McDonagh.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McDonagh throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Donally doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. McDonagh catches Donally right on the button with a cross.
McDonagh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donally.
Donally swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Donally blocks the body kick.
McDonagh throws a big shot that misses.
Donally only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice body punch from McDonagh.
Donally ducks under a wild hook from McDonagh.
McDonagh fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Donally.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonagh digs a good body shot into Donally's ribs.
Donally staying out of range there.
Donally swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McDonagh misses with a straight left.
Donally flicks out a counter leg kick but McDonagh steps away.
McDonagh throws a body kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from McDonagh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donally takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McDonagh misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Donally on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Donally moves out of range of the strikes.
Donally looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McDonagh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McDonagh connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A right-left combo lands from McDonagh.
Donally slips a straight right by McDonagh.
Donally swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McDonagh wants to land a leg kick but Donally is out of range.
It seemed like Donally was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McDonagh misses the shot to the body.
Donally staying out of range there.
McDonagh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonagh takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McDonagh throws an overhand right that lands on Donally's shoulder, as Donally tries to avoid the shot.
McDonagh stuns Donally with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donally gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McDonagh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDonagh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Donally keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McDonagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donally.
Donally doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
James Quinn McDonagh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters circling - McDonagh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donally looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McDonagh throws a shot from downtown. Donally moves away and avoids it.
Donally tries a quick counter leg kick but McDonagh is wise to it.
Donally slips under a jab from McDonagh.
Ray Donally has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McDonagh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Quinn McDonagh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McDonagh has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Quinn McDonagh!
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