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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Waldorf Astoria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Noonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waldorf Astoria has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Waldorf Astoria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mickey Noonan!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noonan misses with a looping left.
Astoria connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Noonan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Noonan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Noonan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Astoria moves away.
Astoria throws a head kick but Noonan moves out of range.
Noonan swings for the body but Astoria moves out of range.
Astoria avoids the body shot from Noonan.
Noonan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Noonan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Astoria throws a nice head kick!
Astoria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Noonan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Astoria was well out of range. Poor timing from Noonan.
Astoria keeps Noonan at a distance using the push kick.
Noonan lands a nice shot to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Astoria.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Astoria.
Astoria scores with a hook.
Good shot there by Astoria.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noonan misses with a body shot.
Astoria lands a head kick. Noonan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Astoria bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Astoria connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Astoria throws a head kick that half lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan lands a nice looking body shot.
Noonan throws a jab when Astoria was well out of range.
Noonan throws a body punch but Astoria moves out of range.
Astoria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Noonan looks to land a right hand but Astoria moved out of range.
Astoria throws a head kick that Noonan semi-blocks.
Noonan thows a body shot but no joy.
Astoria lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Astoria lands with a thumping leg kick.
Astoria uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Noonan has time to react.
Astoria punishes Noonan's body with a nice straight punch.
Astoria on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Astoria ducks under a wild hook from Noonan.
Crunch! Astoria slams his shin into Noonan's torso.
Astoria thuds a left hand into Noonan's body.
The fighters circling - Noonan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mickey Noonan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noonan. Astoria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Astoria moves away from the strike by Noonan.
Noonan misses with a body punch
and Astoria connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Astoria blocks a jab.
Astoria plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Astoria throws a head kick that half lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Astoria.
Noonan is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Noonan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Noonan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Astoria.
Astoria cracks Noonan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Astoria uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Noonan has time to react.
Astoria throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Noonan.
Noonan throws an overhand right that lands on Astoria's shoulder, as Astoria tries to avoid the shot.
Astoria is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Noonan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Astoria.
Noonan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Noonan misses with a hook to the body
and Astoria counters with a nice body shot.
Astoria lands a nice leg kick that just misses Noonan's sensitive parts.
Astoria ducks under a wild hook from Noonan.
Noonan swings for the body but Astoria moves out of range.
Astoria is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Noonan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Noonan cracks a nice hook into Astoria's ribs.
Noonan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Astoria stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Noonan shoots in looking for a takedown. Astoria tries to sprawl out of it but Noonan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Astoria manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Noonan misses with a hook. Astoria ducked under it nicely.
Noonan throws out a loose jab but Astoria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astoria lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astoria smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Astoria thuds his shin into the meat of Noonan's side.
A shot to the body from Noonan misses
and Astoria counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Noonan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Astoria lands a nice hook to Noonan's body. Noonan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Noonan looks gassed!
Astoria lands with a kick to the temple. Noonan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Astoria is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Astoria lands a nice shot to the body.
Noonan throws out a loose jab but Astoria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astoria throws a leg kick which misses Noonan's front leg but catches the back leg as Noonan tries to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Astoria, right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Noonan.
Astoria scores with a nice head shot.
Astoria uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Noonan.
Astoria ducks under a wild hook from Noonan.
Noonan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Astoria at a distance.
Astoria lands a head kick. Noonan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Noonan misses with an uppercut.
Astoria feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Noonan's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Astoria lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Noonan backs up against the cage.
An inside leg kick lands from Astoria.
Noonan ducks right into an uppercut from Astoria.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan dodges the punch combination from Astoria.
A solid body kick from Astoria.
Noonan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Astoria manages to avoid it.
Astoria connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Noonan's hands.
Astoria cracks the inside of Noonan's front leg.
Noonan looks to throw the jab but Astoria is out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Astoria.
Astoria jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Noonan misses the target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Astoria.
Astoria wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Noonan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Astoria misses with a series of wild punches.
Noonan misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Noonan dives in and grabs Astoria's left leg, looking for a takedown. Astoria pushes down on Noonan's head and hops out.
Astoria throws a quick inside leg kick.
Astoria dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Astoria throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Noonan's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Waldorf Astoria 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.
Astoria lands a nice hook to Noonan's body. Noonan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Astoria scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Noonan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Astoria fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Noonan.
Astoria lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Noonan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Astoria has got the better of the exchanges.
Noonan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Astoria.
Astoria uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Noonan.
A decent looking cross lands there for Astoria.
Astoria throws out a powerful jab.
Astoria blocks a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Astoria.
Astoria throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Noonan.
Noonan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Astoria counters with a solid body kick.
Astoria throws a quick inside leg kick.
Astoria goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Astoria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Astoria is looking to slow Noonan down with leg kicks.
Noonan misses with a body punch
and Astoria counters with an inside leg kick.
Astoria with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Astoria lands a nice leg kick that just misses Noonan's sensitive parts.
Noonan misses with a jab to the body
and Astoria counters with a nice body kick.
Noonan is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Astoria there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Astoria throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Noonan.
Astoria lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Noonan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Astoria scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Noonan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Astoria counters with a body kick.
Astoria works Noonan's body with a nice hook.
Astoria dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Noonan. That did some damage!
Astoria throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Astoria.
Astoria thuds a left hand into Noonan's body.
Noonan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Astoria scores with a jab.
Noonan drops his hands momentarily and Astoria takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Astoria jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Astoria lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Astoria.
A shot to the body from Noonan misses
and Astoria counters with a slapping leg kick.
Astoria connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Noonan momentarily.
Astoria changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astoria lands a head kick!
Astoria lands a head kick!
Astoria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Waldorf Astoria is winning the standup battle so far.
Astoria slips a jab from Noonan.
Astoria jabs at Noonan's body.
Noonan misses the body punch
and Astoria counters with a thumping low kick.
Noonan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Astoria scoring well with a low kick there.
Noonan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Noonan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Astoria ducks under a wild hook from Noonan.
Astoria lands a nice leg kick that just misses Noonan's sensitive parts.
Astoria chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Noonan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Noonan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Astoria.
Astoria lands a nice hook to Noonan's body. Noonan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Astoria connects with a body shot.
Astoria feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Noonan's calf.
Noonan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noonan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Noonan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slapping leg kick lands for Astoria.
Astoria scores with a nice strike.
Astoria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Astoria wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Astoria scores with a jab to the head.
Noonan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Astoria counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Astoria sizes up Noonan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Astoria punishes Noonan's body with a nice straight punch.
Noonan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Astoria.
Astoria throws a leg kick which misses Noonan's front leg but catches the back leg as Noonan tries to avoid it.
Astoria throws a nice inside leg kick.
Astoria turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Astoria changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Astoria bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noonan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good leg kick by Astoria there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Noonan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Astoria throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan throws a lazy right hand but Astoria sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab lands there for Astoria.
Astoria throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big left from Noonan misses.
Astoria moves into range and connects with a jab.
A shot to the body from Noonan misses
and Astoria counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Astoria lands a head kick!
Noonan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Astoria lands a jab.
Noonan missing with a left hand there. Astoria was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Astoria lands with a cross.
Astoria throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Astoria.
Noonan misses with a straight left.
Astoria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Astoria connects with a looping right hand.
Noonan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Astoria sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Waldorf Astoria dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Astoria throws a head kick that half lands.
Noonan misses with a jab to the body
and Astoria counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Astoria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Noonan thows a body shot but no joy.
Noonan throws a sloppy body shot
and Astoria counters with a good low kick that Noonan was not able to check.
Astoria jabs at Noonan's body.
Noonan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Astoria throws a nice inside leg kick.
Noonan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Astoria. That's going to slow Noonan down.
Astoria cracks the inside of Noonan's front leg.
Noonan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Astoria connects with the punch.
Astoria bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Noonan's head backwards.
Noonan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Noonan throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Astoria.
Astoria connects with a crisp jab.
Noonan throws a sloppy body shot
and Astoria counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Noonan misses with a body shot
and Astoria counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Noonan thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Noonan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Astoria connects with a looping right hand.
Astoria goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Noonan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Noonan misses with a looping left.
Noonan misses with a jab to the body
and Astoria counters with a thumping low kick.
Noonan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Astoria thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Noonan if he has to take too many more of those.
Astoria is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Noonan can do to turn this around?
A solid leg kick lands there for Astoria.
Astoria lands with a kick to the temple. Noonan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A nice leg kick lands there from Astoria.
Astoria throws a head kick that half lands.
Astoria stuns Noonan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Astoria dips to his left and cracks Noonan with an uppercut!
Noonan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Astoria to score with a decent uppercut.
Astoria works Noonan's body with a nice hook.
Noonan misses the body punch
and Astoria connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Noonan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mickey Noonan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan misses with an uppercut. Astoria saw that one coming.
Noonan throws a hook but Astoria avoids it easily.
Noonan throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Astoria counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Astoria avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Noonan throws a sloppy body shot
and Astoria counters with a head kick. That will keep Noonan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Astoria with a hook.
Astoria scores with a nice strike.
Astoria throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Noonan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Astoria counters with a nice body kick.
Noonan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Astoria sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Astoria jabs at Noonan's body.
Noonan misses with an uppercut.
Noonan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Noonan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Astoria throws a nice inside leg kick.
Noonan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Astoria explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Astoria scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Astoria keeps Noonan at a distance using the push kick.
Noonan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astoria lands a glancing blow to the side of Noonan's head.
Astoria throws a leg kick which misses Noonan's front leg but catches the back leg as Noonan tries to avoid it.
Astoria connects with a right hand. Noonan shakes it off.
Astoria fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Noonan.
Astoria works Noonan's body with a nice hook.
Astoria throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Astoria scores with a leg kick.
Noonan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Astoria can pounce on him.
Astoria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Noonan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Astoria.
A swing and a miss from Noonan.
Astoria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Noonan ducks right into an uppercut from Astoria.
Noonan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Astoria.
Astoria jabs at Noonan's body.
Noonan drops his hands momentarily and Astoria takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Astoria connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
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!
Noonan misses with a jab to the body
and Astoria counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Noonan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Astoria rather than just go for the knockout.
Astoria digs a good body shot into Noonan's ribs.
Good shot there by Astoria.
Astoria connects with a high kick.
Astoria lands with a kick to the temple. Noonan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Astoria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Astoria scores with a crisp jab that stopped Noonan in his tracks.
Noonan throws a jab when Astoria was well out of range.
Noonan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Astoria.
Astoria throws a head kick that half lands.
Noonan is rocked!
Astoria lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Noonan backs up against the cage.
Noonan is still on wobbly legs! Can Astoria finish him?
Astoria chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Astoria moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Astoria changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Astoria lands a jab to the head.
Astoria scores with a sloppy right hand. Noonan should have avoided that one.
Astoria connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Waldorf Astoria is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Astoria dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Noonan. That did some damage!
And that's the end of the fight!
Waldorf Astoria showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Astoria 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Waldorf Astoria!
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