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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Josh Doyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Tyre (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 Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Josh Doyle!
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, Stephen Tyre!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doyle just misses with a punch to the body.
Doyle stuffs the takedown.
Tyre has a takedown stuffed.
Tyre shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Doyle but Doyle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Josh Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephen Tyre.
Tyre clinches up with Doyle and pushes him back against the cage.
Doyle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doyle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Doyle closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tyre counters with a head kick.
Tyre slips a jab and a cross from Doyle.
No joy there for Tyre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyre gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Doyle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Doyle pinned against the cage. Doyle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tyre keeps the fight on the outside.
Tyre shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tyre showed some decent athleticism there.
Doyle wants to improve his position but Tyre is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyre thows a huge punch but Doyle dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doyle tries to get to full guard but Tyre has control of the leg.
Tyre is thwarting Doyle's attempts to control the position.
Doyle is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tyre's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tyre's back!
Tyre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Doyle lands shots from the back.
Tyre tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doyle won't let Tyre get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tyre is desperately trying to improve his position but Doyle has a good base and remains in mount.
Doyle looking to control but Tyre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Doyle has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tyre's face.
Doyle content just to control the position here.
Doyle's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Doyle with good strikes from the mount here!
Doyle has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle controlling the position easily from mount.
Tyre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Doyle unloading with bombs!
You get the feeling that Tyre really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Tyre looks gassed!
Doyle looking to control but Tyre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Doyle raining down shots from the mount!
Tyre wants to get back to his feet.
Doyle wants to control but instead Tyre manages to regain half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Doyle in particular looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Josh Doyle just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Tyre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyre fails to land the takedown.
Doyle drives through with a takedown into guard.
Doyle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tyre working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Doyle has passed into half guard!
Doyle keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Doyle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Doyle dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Doyle fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Doyle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doyle lands with a nice combination. Tyre backs away looking to recover.
Tyre is rocked!
Tyre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doyle.
Tyre is still on wobbly legs! Can Doyle finish him?
No joy there for Doyle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doyle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tyre.
Doyle misses with a two punch combination.
Tyre slips a jab and a cross from Doyle.
Doyle throws a series of punches but Tyre moves out of range.
Josh Doyle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Doyle.
Doyle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Doyle throws a lazy right hand but Tyre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Doyle closes the distance looking for a takedown. Tyre stuffs it but Doyle still has hold of him. Doyle picks Tyre up in a fireman's lift! The crowd roars in approval. Doyle slams Tyre to the floor and that's really hurt Tyre - he doesn't know where he is! Doyle throws a couple of strikes and the referee steps in to save him! This one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Doyle!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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