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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Austin (ranked 1559 p4p, 186 weight class) and Jim McNulty (ranked 2120 p4p, 247 weight class). Jim McNulty has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim McNulty!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McNulty was well out of range. Poor timing from Austin.
McNulty appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McNulty connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kyle Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Austin misses.
Austin scores with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of McNulty 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McNulty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Austin. McNulty does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch lands to the side of McNulty 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Austin looks to land a left hand but McNulty moved out of range nicely.
McNulty wants to counter the offense by Austin and move into the clinch position.
Austin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
McNulty missing with a left hand there. Austin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McNulty throws a series of punches but Austin avoids them all with ease.
Austin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Austin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Austin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McNulty was well out of range. Poor timing from Austin.
McNulty tries to clinch up.
Austin throws an off balance right hand
and McNulty counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Austin - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNulty slips a straight right by Austin.
McNulty steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Austin.
Austin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McNulty was well out of range. Poor timing from Austin.
Austin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McNulty moves away.
McNulty tries to counter by closing the distance.
McNulty just misses with a punch to the body.
McNulty scores with a head kick.
McNulty fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Austin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McNulty is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.
Austin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McNulty moves away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McNulty.
Austin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McNulty buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Austin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McNulty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Austin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McNulty sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McNulty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Austin throws out a loose jab but McNulty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Austin looks to throw the jab but McNulty is out of range.
Austin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for McNulty.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Austin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McNulty tries to clinch up.
Austin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McNulty has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Austin misses with a body shot.
McNulty throws a sloppy body shot
letting Austin counter with a right hand.
Austin misses with a body shot.
McNulty lands a head kick. Austin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Austin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A jab from McNulty does it's job there.
Austin misses with a hook.
McNulty slips under a jab.
McNulty fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Austin, pushing him back against the cage.
McNulty blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McNulty prevents Austin from breaking the clinch.
McNulty misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNulty lands an uppercut.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin tries to work over McNulty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Austin tries to circle away but McNulty has him pinned against the cage.
McNulty misses with some punches.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McNulty blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Austin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McNulty backwards.
McNulty misses with a body punch.
Austin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McNulty misses with a short punch on the inside.
McNulty misses with some punches.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by McNulty.
McNulty swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Austin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Austin.
Austin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Austin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Austin pulls McNulty into guard.
Austin has an active guard here but McNulty has managed to pass into half guard.
Austin actively working from the bottom here.
Austin is trying to maintain the position but McNulty is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Austin 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.
Donk. Austin catches McNulty right on the button with a cross.
McNulty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Austin.
Austin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McNulty.
Austin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McNulty was well out of range. Poor timing from Austin.
McNulty wants to clinch up but Austin keeps it at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from McNulty.
McNulty doesn't manage to clinch there - Austin circles away.
Austin lands a jab.
Austin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McNulty can do to turn this around?
Austin misses with an uppercut.
McNulty will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McNulty moves away.
Austin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McNulty.
McNulty has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McNulty there as he acknowledges the shot.
McNulty lands a jab to the nose.
McNulty thumps Austin with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNulty lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Austin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McNulty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Austin manages to avoid it.
Austin cracks McNulty with a right hand to the side of the head.
Austin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McNulty gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Austin.
Austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McNulty ducks under a wild hook from Austin.
Austin throws a right hand that misses
and McNulty counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Austin thinking.
A jab lands there for Austin.
Austin checks a low kick from McNulty.
Austin misses with a body shot.
Kyle Austin is winning the standup battle so far.
Austin tries to keep at a distance but McNulty has taken the fight into the clinch.
McNulty throws a head punch that misses.
Austin scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McNulty misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Austin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Austin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McNulty is breathing heavily.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by McNulty.
McNulty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Austin.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin lands a right hand.
Austin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Austin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McNulty misses with some punches.
McNulty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Austin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McNulty backwards.
McNulty misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin lands with a left to the head.
Austin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McNulty is rocked!
Austin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McNulty is still on wobbly legs! Can Austin finish him?
Austin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McNultys head.
McNulty blocking some punches.
Austin lands a big right hand that drops McNulty! The killer instinct kicks in and Austin finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Austin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Austin!
Kyle Austin 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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RATING
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