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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien The Omen (ranked 979 p4p, 34 weight class) and Paul Haily (ranked 847 p4p, 33 weight class). The Omen comes to the cage accompanied by Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden. Paul Haily has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Damien The Omen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Haily!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Omen throws a series of punches but Haily avoids them all with ease.
Haily slips a jab from The Omen.
Damien The Omen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Omen throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Omen instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haily.
Haily's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Omen missing with a left hand there. Haily was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haily lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The Omen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Haily avoids the body shot from The Omen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haily avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Omen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haily manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Omen is looking to clinch but Haily is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for The Omen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haily appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The Omen just misses with a punch to the body.
The Omen lands a jab to Haily's midsection.
The Omen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haily, pushing him back against the cage.
The Omen misses with a body punch.
Haily misses with a punch to the body.
The Omen keeps control of Haily as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Omen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Omen swings widly with a right hand
and Haily counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Omen has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Omen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haily prevents a body shot from The Omen.
The Omen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haily's elbow.
Haily is trying to break the clinch but The Omen is controlling him.
Haily tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haily.
Haily wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Omen has him pressed against the cage.
The Omen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that The Omen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The Omen lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Omen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Omen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, The Omen scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Omen.
The Omen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haily lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Omen backwards.
The Omen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Omen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paul Haily is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Omen rushes Haily and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Omen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haily backwards.
The Omen tries a body shot but Haily blocks it.
Haily wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Omen has him pressed against the cage.
The Omen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Omen manages to break the clinch.
The Omen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The Omen tries to clinch there but Haily circles away.
The Omen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Haily circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Omen clinches.
The Omen tries to throw a body punch but Haily avoids it by throwing The Omen back against the cage.
The Omen tries a body shot but Haily blocks it.
A short right from The Omen.
Haily tries to break the clinch but The Omen is controlling the position.
Haily lands a body shot.
The Omen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Omen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Omen closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Omen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Omen pushes Haily up against the cage in a clinch.
The Omen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haily can't break the clinch.
Haily throws a punch but it's blocked by The Omen.
The Omen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The Omen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Omen scores with a hook to the body.
Haily blocking some punches.
The Omen throws a punch but it's blocked by Haily.
The Omen is working Haily over against the cage.
Nice body punch from The Omen - that landed with a thud.
Haily has had enough of the clinch but The Omen keeps him there for the moment.
The Omen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Omen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Haily misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien The Omen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The Omen takes the fight into the clinch.
Haily is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A hook to the body from The Omen.
Haily can't break the clinch.
The Omen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Omen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Omen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haily manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Omen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haily moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Haily steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from The Omen.
The Omen instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haily wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Omen has him pressed against the cage.
Haily misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Omen.
The Omen can't find room to land a body shot as Haily controls the action.
Haily misses with a punch on the inside.
Haily wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Omen works on Haily's body with a couple of short punches.
Haily pushes The Omen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from The Omen.
The Omen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Omen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haily backwards.
The Omen lands with a short shot to the head.
The Omen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haily can do to turn this around?
The Omen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haily's elbow.
Haily breaks the clinch.
The Omen fails to land with a series of punches.
Paul Haily is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Omen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haily manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haily unleashes a big counter combination but The Omen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The Omen connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheers as The Omen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Haily doesn't seem phased though.
The Omen tries to clinch up but Haily circles away and keeps his distance.
The Omen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Haily looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Omen looking to score a takedown here. Haily is defending well but The Omen drives through and ends up in Haily's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haily trying to control the position.
The Omen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Haily avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Omen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Haily really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Omen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Omen wants to pass the guard but Haily is keeping the position.
The Omen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haily is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The Omen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Omen swings for the body but Haily moves out of range.
The Omen closes the distance but Haily moves to the side
and Haily counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Omen misses with a straight right.
The Omen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haily.
Haily swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice uppercut there from The Omen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haily uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Omen.
The Omen tries to close the distance and clinch but Haily swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Omen thuds a left hand into Haily's body.
The Omen instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Omen.
Haily blocks a body shot from The Omen.
The Omen blocking some punches.
Haily lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Haily throws a punch but it's blocked by The Omen.
Haily lands a left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Omen prevents Haily from breaking the clinch.
Haily looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haily has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Omen can't find room to land a body shot as Haily controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien The Omen dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The Omen is looking to clinch.
As The Omen backs off Haily throws a huge counter combo but The Omen manages to avoid it all.
The Omen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hailys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The Omen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Omen wants to clinch but Haily slips to the side
and The Omen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Omen lands with a straight right. Haily didn't see that one coming.
The Omen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haily paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haily takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Omen throws a right and a left that Haily avoids nicely.
Haily swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Omen shoots in and drives through. Haily sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Omen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Omen darts in trying to clinch
and Haily connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Omen cracks Haily with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The Omen lands with a hook. Haily tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The Omen closes the distance and clinches up with Haily, looking for a takedown. The Omen pushes Haily against the cage but Haily circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Haily wants to counter the offense by The Omen and move into the clinch position.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien The Omen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Omen rushes Haily and presses him up against the cage.
Haily is trying to break the clinch but The Omen has him pressed against the cage.
Haily misses with the head strike.
Haily tries to break free but The Omen pushes him back against the cage.
The Omen manages to break the clinch.
Paul Haily has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haily uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Omen.
Haily wants to counter the offense by The Omen and move into the clinch position.
The Omen tries to clinch there but Haily circles away.
The Omen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The Omen tries to clinch but Haily moves out of range.
Haily is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The Omen doesn't manage to clinch there - Haily circles away.
Haily is looking for the big counter here.
The Omen throws a body punch but Haily moves out of range.
Damien The Omen is winning the standup battle so far.
The Omen cracks a nice hook into Haily's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haily takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The Omen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The Omen thuds a left hand into Haily's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Omen misses with a two punch combination.
The Omen drops Haily with a nice combination! The Omen dives into Haily's guard, looking to finish!
Haily is rocked!
It looks like Paul Haily has been cut.
The Omen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Haily looking for a sweep. Not yet Haily, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Omen throws a big right hand that misses.
The Omen landing some decent shots from guard.
Haily utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Omen trying to control but Haily is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Omen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The Omen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Omen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haily working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Omen.
The Omen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Haily is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and The Omen defends well.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The Omen shoots in but no luck this time.
The Omen rushes Haily and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damien The Omen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Omen 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien The Omen!
Damien The Omen thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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