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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Masaru Hideki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hideki's entrance music is I've Just Seen a Face. A fine choice. Donelly has chosen Jump Around as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 lbs
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187 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
30 - 12 - 2, fighting out of London, Masaru Hideki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Donelly!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hideki misses with a combination
and Donelly counters with a nice uppercut.
Donelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Hideki should have avoided that one.
Donelly misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Hideki misses the target.
Hideki takes a swing at Donelly's ribcage but misses.
Donelly throws a jab when Hideki was well out of range.
Donelly misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Hideki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hideki blocks a jab.
Donelly scores with the left hand. Hideki knows he should have avoided that one.
Hideki looks to land a right hand but Donelly moved out of range.
Hideki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Donelly is fending him off so far but Hideki persists. Nope, Donelly circles away and we're back to standing.
Donelly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hideki misses with a straight left.
Hideki goes for a double leg but Donelly avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Donelly continues to drive forward.
We've been hearing reports that Hideki has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Donelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Donelly.
It looks like Masaru Hideki has been cut.
Donelly told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Hideki working aggressively here.
Hideki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hideki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hideki misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Donelly.
Hideki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hideki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Donelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hideki misses with an uppercut.
Hideki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donelly.
Donelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donelly misses with the combination.
Hideki misses with an uppercut
and Donelly counters with an outside leg kick.
Donelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hideki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donelly throws a big shot that misses.
Hideki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donelly lands a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donelly slips under a jab from Hideki.
Hideki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Donelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hideki throws a right hand that misses
and Donelly counters with a two punch combo.
Donelly checks a leg kick nicely.
Hideki misses with an uppercut.
Hideki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph Donelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A lazy left from Donelly finds it's target.
Hideki drives through and clinches with Donelly against the cage.
Hideki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Hideki tries a head kick but it misses.
Donelly connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly throws a hook but Hideki avoids it easily.
Hideki clinches up with Donelly and pushes him back against the cage.
Donelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short uppercut from Hideki.
Hideki working aggressively here.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hideki breaks from the clinch.
Donelly lands a body shot.
Donelly moves into range and clinches up with Hideki.
Donelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Donelly.
Hideki lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donelly tries a body shot but Hideki blocks it.
Hideki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Donelly can't find room to land a body shot as Hideki controls the action.
Donelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hideki avoids it.
Donelly scores with a shot to the side of Hideki's head.
Donelly misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donelly tries to throw a body punch but Hideki avoids it by throwing Donelly back against the cage.
Hideki is looking to break free of the clinch but Donelly has double underhooks.
Hideki is trying to break the clinch but Donelly is controlling him.
Donelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Donelly cracks Hideki with a nice body shot.
Donelly lands an uppercut.
Donelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hidekis head.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Donelly.
Hideki breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Hideki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Donelly doesn't seem phased though.
Donelly misses with a right hand
and Hideki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hideki is thwarting Donelly's attempts to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donelly blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hideki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Donelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masaru Hideki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hideki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donelly.
Hideki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donelly manages to avoid it.
Hideki throws a leg kick but Donelly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hideki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Donelly tries to clinch there but Hideki circles away.
Hideki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hideki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Donelly misses with a straight left.
Donelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hideki moves out of range of the leg kick from Donelly.
Hideki checks a leg kick nicely.
Donelly feints and then cracks Hideki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hideki down.
Nice body punch from Donelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly checks a low kick from Hideki.
Donelly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donelly jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hideki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Donelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hideki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hideki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Donelly misses with a double jab.
Hideki throws a front kick aimed at Donelly's knee but Donelly avoids it well.
Hideki loads up on a big right hand but Donelly slips the punch.
A cross from Donelly lands.
Hideki motions for Donelly to come forward. Hideki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donelly lands a right hook to the body.
Donelly scores with a punch to the head.
Donelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hideki circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph Donelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hideki moves out of range of the body kick.
Hideki throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donelly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hideki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good leg kick by Donelly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Donelly looks to land a combination. Hideki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hideki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hideki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hideki misses with a straight right.
Donelly misses with a wild body shot.
Hideki avoids the head kick by Donelly.
Donelly wants to slow Hideki down by chopping away at his legs.
Donelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hideki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly blocks a low kick nicely.
Donelly lands with a cross.
A jab from Hideki does it's job there.
Hideki throws an off balance right hand
and Donelly counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Hideki does it's job there.
Hideki keeps the fight on the outside.
Donelly scores with a decent looking hook.
Hideki looks to land a combination but Donelly avoids it well.
Donelly throws a lazy right hand but Hideki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donelly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Hideki.
Hideki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Donelly on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Hideki. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donelly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Donelly there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Donelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hideki.
Left hook, right uppercut from Donelly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donelly. Hideki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hideki connects with a solid leg kick.
Donelly blocks a jab.
Hideki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaru Hideki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hideki looks to score with a jab to the body but Donelly is just out of range.
Donelly checks a low kick from Hideki.
Donelly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hideki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Donelly.
Hideki misses with a hook. Donelly ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Donelly.
Nice uppercut lands for Donelly. That snapped Hideki's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Donelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Masaru Hideki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hideki throws a sloppy head kick and Donelly moves out of range easily.
Hideki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Donelly. Donelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Donelly wants to clinch up but Hideki keeps it at a distance.
Hideki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hideki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Donelly misses with a body shot.
Donelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Hideki.
Hideki scores with a jab.
Donelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Hideki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Donelly tries to clinch but Hideki moves out of range.
Donelly throws a shot from downtown. Hideki moves away and avoids it.
Donelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donelly is looking to slow Hideki down with leg kicks.
Donelly scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly throws an overhand right that lands on Hideki's shoulder, as Hideki tries to avoid the shot.
Donelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hideki.
Donelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Donelly blocks the leg kick.
Hideki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donelly misses with a straight left.
Hideki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Donelly, pushing him back against the cage.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donelly lands an elbow just above Hideki 's eye.
Donelly lands a nice uppercut.
Donelly prevents a body shot from Hideki.
Donelly misses with some punches.
Donelly working aggressively here.
Hideki blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Donelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hideki struggles to land a body shot inside as Donelly controls his hands.
Donelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Joseph Donelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Donelly misses with some punches.
Hideki lands an uppercut.
Donelly lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Donelly throws an elbow that misses.
Donelly working aggressively here.
Donelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hideki is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hideki.
Donelly prevents a body shot from Hideki.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hideki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hideki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hideki has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Donelly regains guard immediately.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly is looking to stand up but Hideki isn't so interested in that idea.
Hideki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hideki won't allow Donelly to sweep him here.
Donelly is looking to stand up but Hideki isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hideki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Donelly is keeping the position for now.
Hideki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Masaru Hideki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donelly keeping moving, preventing Hideki from controlling successfully.
Joseph Donelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hideki throws a big right hand that misses.
Hideki drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Donelly dives on top into guard.
Donelly wants to control from the top but Hideki keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Masaru Hideki.
Donelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Donelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Donelly 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Donelly!
An out of breath Joseph Donelly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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