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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eoin Andershannon O Darby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konrad Koltun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Darby comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Shipping up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys. Konrad Koltun has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eoin Andershannon O Darby's chin.
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154 lbs
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152 lbs
8 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Eoin Andershannon O Darby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Konrad Koltun!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - O Darby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Koltun uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Darby.
A slow jab from O Darby misses its intended target.
Koltun moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Koltun.
O Darby dodges an elbow strike from Koltun.
Koltun dodges an elbow strike from O Darby.
Still in the clinch, Koltun scores with a nice short uppercut.
O Darby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Darby wants to stall.
Koltun lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koltun.
Koltun controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koltun pushes O Darby back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Koltun displaying some good clinch control by pressing O Darby up against the cage.
O Darby is trying to force a seperation but Koltun has the dominant position.
Koltun slows down the pace here.
O Darby blocking some punches.
Koltun is pushing O Darby up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Konrad Koltun.
O Darby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koltun.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Darby misses with an uppercut
and Koltun counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Koltun.
O Darby just misses with a punch to the body.
O Darby avoids the body shot from Koltun.
O Darby tries for a takedown but Koltun circles away easily
and Koltun counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koltun avoids the body shot from O Darby.
O Darby shoots for a takedown but Koltun saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Koltun avoids a punch combination nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for O Darby.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Darby staying out of range there.
Koltun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Darby lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Koltun just misses with a punch to the body.
O Darby blocks a jab.
Koltun lands a nice shot to the body.
O Darby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Darby throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Koltun shoots for a takedown but O Darby saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Koltun misses with a hook. O Darby ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from O Darby.
O Darby moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Koltun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Darby moves away.
Horrible takedown by O Darby or perhaps it was just good defense by Koltun which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eoin Andershannon O Darby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Darby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koltun waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Darby.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Darby lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Darby staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by O Darby.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Konrad Koltun will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
O Darby works Koltun's body with a nice hook.
Koltun dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
O Darby misses with a shot to the body
and O Darby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Koltun moves away from the strike by O Darby.
Koltun slips under a jab.
O Darby scores with a shot to the body.
O Darby changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Koltun tries to avoid it but O Darby manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Koltun to the ground. Koltun escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
O Darby changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from O Darby.
O Darby is looking to wear down Koltun with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
O Darby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koltun.
O Darby cracks Koltun with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Darby. Koltun does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Koltun.
Koltun gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Koltun shoots in and drives through. O Darby sprawls well.
Koltun throws a poor cross that misses
and O Darby counters with a nice body shot.
Koltun fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koltun tries to clinch up.
O Darby misses with the combination.
Koltun has closed the distance and engaged O Darby in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koltun lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
O Darby's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Koltun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koltun stalling the fight.
Koltun tries to work over O Darby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Koltun on the inside.
O Darby's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koltun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Darby's elbow.
O Darby is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Koltun breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Darby takes a swing at Koltun's ribcage but misses.
O Darby looks to score with a jab to the body but Koltun is just out of range.
Koltun swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Darby thows a body shot but no joy.
O Darby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koltun.
O Darby looks for the body kick but Koltun saw that one coming.
Koltun drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
O Darby utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koltun must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Koltun lands a couple of elbows.
O Darby 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koltun not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Koltun working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
O Darby keeping moving, preventing Koltun from controlling successfully.
Koltun postures up.
Koltun advances position into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Darby prevents Koltun from moving into mount.
O Darby tries to improve position but can't.
O Darby is working to avoid the ground and pound but Koltun connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konrad Koltun showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A lazy left from O Darby finds it's target.
Koltun connects with a body shot.
O Darby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Darby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Koltun ducks under a wild hook from O Darby.
O Darby misses with a body shot.
Koltun clinches up with O Darby and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Koltun.
The referee is keeping an eye on Koltun - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koltun lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Koltun stalling.
O Darby blocks a body shot from Koltun.
Koltun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koltun controlling the action here for a moment.
Koltun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Koltun lands a hook that snaps the head of O Darby backwards.
Koltun pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Konrad Koltun seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The referee calls for Koltun to work.
Koltun throws an elbow that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Koltun.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Konrad Koltun.
Koltun with a jab.
O Darby punishes Koltun's body with a nice straight punch.
O Darby fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
O Darby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koltun moves away.
O Darby cracks Koltun with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Koltun throws a body punch but O Darby moves out of range.
O Darby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koltun manages to avoid it.
O Darby slips a jab from Koltun.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koltun blocks the body kick.
O Darby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koltun.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koltun jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Koltun scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Darby in his tracks.
O Darby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koltun.
Koltun loads up on a big right hand but O Darby slips the punch.
Koltun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koltun misses with a straight right.
Koltun pushes O Darby up against the cage in a clinch.
Konrad Koltun is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
O Darby tries to stall but Koltun uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Koltun lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Koltun.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Darby trying to stall but Koltun improves his position.
Koltun pressing his opponent against the cage.
Koltun digs a right hand into O Darby's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on O Darby's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Koltun.
Koltun taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
O Darby takes a shot to the head.
Koltun effectively controlling the action here.
A nice left hand lands by Koltun.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koltun misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Darby.
Eoin Andershannon O Darby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Darby misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Konrad Koltun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Koltun winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Konrad Koltun!
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