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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus Farrelly (ranked 771 p4p, 123 weight class) and Neil Gilas (ranked 380 p4p, 62 weight class). Gilas has chosen Remember The Name - Fort Minor as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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221 lbs
32 - 18 - 1 |
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213 lbs
18 - 12 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seamus Farrelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Neil Gilas!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilas avoids the head kick by Farrelly.
Farrelly lands a body shot.
Gilas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Farrelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gilas.
Farrelly throws a leg kick but Gilas moved away.
Gilas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gilas misses the body punch
enabling Farrelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Gilas throws a wild body kick that Farrelly sees coming a mile off.
Gilas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Farrelly throws a jab when Gilas was well out of range.
Gilas slips under a jab.
Gilas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been informed that Gilas has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Farrelly gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gilas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Farrelly controlling the position.
Farrelly'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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrelly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gilas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gilas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Farrelly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Farrelly holds on and takes a little breather.
Gilas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gilas throwing strikes but missing.
Gilas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Farrelly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gilas is one step ahead there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Farrelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gilas manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrelly is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Gilas keeping moving, preventing Farrelly from controlling successfully.
Farrelly is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gilas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gilas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gilas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Farrelly manages to get himself to full guard.
Farrelly uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Gilas.
Farrelly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Farrelly moves out of range of the body kick from Gilas.
Farrelly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gilas takes a step back to recover.
Gilas is looking to land body kicks.
Gilas tries to land a front kick but Farrelly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Farrelly swings for the body but Gilas moves out of range.
Farrelly checks a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Farrelly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Farrelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Gilas slips under a jab from Farrelly.
Farrelly scores with a jab to the head.
Farrelly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Farrelly. That snapped Gilas's head back.
Gilas circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gilas works the jab nicely.
Farrelly scores with a jab. Gilas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Farrelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Farrelly lands a jab to the nose.
Farrelly throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gilas counters with a shoot takedown. Farrelly fights it but they end up in guard.
Farrelly pushes Gilas off and scrambles back to his feet.
Farrelly cracks the inside of Gilas's front leg.
Gilas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gilas throws a leg kick that misses.
Farrelly appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gilas throws a leg kick that misses.
Farrelly lands a jab to the head.
Farrelly throws a leg kick but Gilas checks it.
Farrelly backing away here, and Gilas unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus Farrelly dominated that round.
That's time! Farrelly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Farrelly moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gilas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Farrelly - that will leave a mark!
Farrelly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gilas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Farrelly checks a leg kick.
Farrelly is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Farrelly misses with a head kick.
Farrelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gilas was well out of range. Poor timing from Farrelly.
Farrelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gilas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Farrelly.
Gilas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Farrelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilas scores with a leg kick.
Gilas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gilas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gilas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Farrelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Seamus Farrelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilas throws a push kick but Farrelly slaps the foot to one side.
Farrelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gilas can do to turn this around?
Gilas tries to land a front kick but Farrelly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Farrelly throws a shot from downtown. Gilas moves away and avoids it.
Gilas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farrelly.
Gilas appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Farrelly throws a head kick that misses.
Gilas avoids the body shot from Farrelly.
Farrelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gilas.
Farrelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gilas.
Farrelly misses with a jab to the body
and Gilas counters with a good low kick that Farrelly was not able to check.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gilas.
Gilas misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gilas lands with a right hand.
Gilas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Farrelly punishes Gilas's body with a nice straight punch.
Farrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gilas moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gilas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Farrelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gilas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gilas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Farrelly's hands.
Farrelly is looking to score with low kicks.
Gilas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gilas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Farrelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gilas.
Farrelly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Farrelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gilas throws a leg kick that misses.
Farrelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gilas was well out of range. Poor timing from Farrelly.
Farrelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gilas's sensitive parts.
Gilas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilas wants to clinch up but Farrelly keeps it at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gilas blocks an uppercut.
Farrelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Farrelly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gilas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Farrelly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Farrelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Gilas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farrelly's elbow.
Farrelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Farrelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Farrelly working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farrelly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Farrelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gilas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Farrelly.
Farrelly works on Gilas's body with a couple of short punches.
Gilas dodges an elbow strike from Farrelly.
Gilas managing to block the knees to the body from Farrelly.
Farrelly has a couple of punches blocked by Gilas.
Gilas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Farrelly lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gilas struggles to land a body shot inside as Farrelly controls his hands.
Farrelly misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilas.
Farrelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gilas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Farrelly has a couple of punches blocked by Gilas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus Farrelly dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gilas cracks the inside of Farrelly's front leg.
Gilas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gilas blocks the body kick.
Gilas counters with a body kick.
Farrelly tries to clinch there but Gilas circles away.
Farrelly throws out a powerful jab.
Farrelly throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gilas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Farrelly misses with a straight left.
Farrelly lands with a hook. Gilas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Farrelly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gilas.
Farrelly clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilas.
Farrelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrelly misses with the head strike.
Seamus Farrelly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gilas tries to throw a body punch but Farrelly avoids it by throwing Gilas back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Farrelly fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gilas's elbow.
Gilas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Farrelly is keeping busy.
Gilas lands a hook that snaps the head of Farrelly backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Farrelly throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Farrelly fails to land.
Farrelly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Farrelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Gilas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gilas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Farrellys head.
Gilas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Farrelly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Farrelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farrelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Gilas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gilas digs a right hand underneath Farrelly's ribcage. Farrelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gilas avoiding damage as Farrelly throws knees to the body.
Gilas gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrelly wants to get back to full guard.
Farrelly keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Farrelly wants to control but Gilas is keeping busy.
Gilas working over Farrelly with some ground and pound. Farrelly looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Neil Gilas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Farrelly tries to get to full guard but Gilas has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilas is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Seamus Farrelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Farrelly is trying to stand up here but Gilas is controlling him well.
Farrelly holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Farrelly wants to get back to his feet.
Farrelly regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Gilas.
Farrelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gilas manages to get himself to full guard.
Seamus Farrelly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gilas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilas controls Farrelly momentarily but Farrelly frees himself.
Farrelly being controlled here momentarily.
Gilas throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Farrelly escapes and throws Gilas's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Gilas is trying to improve his position.
Gilas keeps trying to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Seamus Farrelly.
Well Farrelly 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seamus Farrelly!
Seamus Farrelly was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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