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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Idaho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duncan Idaho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duncan Idaho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pat O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Idaho moves out of range as O Brien strikes.
Idaho clobbers O Brien with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Idaho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Brien moves away.
O Brien now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Idaho. O Brien does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Brien walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Idaho scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Idaho lands a nice shot that snaps O Brien's head back.
Idaho scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Idaho lands with a shot to the body.
Idaho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Brien.
Idaho is looking to wear down O Brien with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Idaho paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
Idaho misses the jab.
Idaho throws a hook to the side of O Brien's head but O Brien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pat O Brien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Brien looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Idaho uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've been informed that O Brien has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
O Brien misses with a wild body shot.
O Brien dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Idaho is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
O Brien misses the jab.
O Brien works Idaho's body with a nice hook.
O Brien avoids the body shot from Idaho.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Brien! But no joy.
Idaho throws a body punch but O Brien moves out of range.
Idaho throws a good cross that connects.
Idaho on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like Duncan Idaho has been cut.
Idaho throws a hook but O Brien avoids it easily.
O Brien lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Idaho throws a lazy uppercut
enabling O Brien to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Brien looks to throw the jab but Idaho is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idaho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Brien takes a shot right to the bread basket.
O Brien with a jab.
O Brien has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Idaho finds it's way round the side to connect with O Brien's head.
Idaho throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like O Brien was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Idaho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Brien moves out of range as Idaho strikes.
Idaho connects with the punch.
O Brien lands a glancing blow to the side of Idaho's head.
Idaho misses the shot to the body.
O Brien lands the left hand.
Idaho throws a predictable looking body shot
and O Brien counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Idaho misses with a wild body shot.
Idaho takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Idaho is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Idaho is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Idaho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Idaho really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
O Brien moves away from the strike by Idaho.
O Brien moves away from the strike by Idaho.
Idaho closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
Idaho lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien avoids the elbow strike from Idaho, against the cage.
Idaho tries a body shot but O Brien blocks it.
O Brien struggles to land a body shot inside as Idaho controls his hands.
O Brien blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Brien goes for a takedown in the clinch but Idaho prevents it.
O Brien goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Idaho lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
O Brien prevents a body shot from Idaho.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
O Brien managing to block the knees to the body from Idaho.
O Brien working aggressively here.
O Brien struggles to land a body shot inside as Idaho controls his hands.
Idaho lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
O Brien can't find room to land a body shot as Idaho controls the action.
O Brien misses with a punch on the inside.
O Brien lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, O Brien scores with a nice short uppercut.
Idaho looking to throw knees to the head but O Brien is blocking nicely.
Idaho tries to land a knee to the head but O Brien blocks with his arms.
Idaho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Idaho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Brien misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Idaho misses with a knee strike.
Idaho gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from O Brien.
Duncan Idaho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pat O Brien.
Idaho misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan Idaho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duncan Idaho's cut.
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.
Idaho uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before O Brien has time to react.
Idaho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Brien.
Nice body punch from Idaho.
Idaho takes a swing at O Brien's ribcage but misses.
O Brien misses with an uppercut. Idaho saw that one coming.
Duncan Idaho is winning the standup battle so far.
Idaho looks to throw the jab but O Brien is out of range.
Idaho scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Brien in his tracks.
Idaho throws a hook to the side of O Brien's head but O Brien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Brien ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Brien throws a hook but Idaho avoids it easily.
Idaho throwing a counter right hand but O Brien manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Idaho lands a really nice looking cross but O Brien seems unphased.
Idaho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Idaho is looking to clinch.
O Brien swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
O Brien might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Idaho looks to score with a jab to the body but O Brien is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Idaho moves away.
Idaho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Idaho misses with an uppercut
and O Brien counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
O Brien scores with a body shot.
Idaho lands with a nice body punch.
Idaho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Brien.
Idaho walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
O Brien takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good shot there by Idaho.
Idaho takes the fight into the clinch.
O Brien blocks an elbow strike.
Idaho breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Brien scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idaho throws out a loose jab but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Brien throws a body punch but Idaho moves out of range.
Idaho defends well against a solid takedown attempt from O Brien.
Idaho is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Brien can do to turn this around?
O Brien misses with a lunging right hand
and Idaho counters with a straight right hand.
Idaho lands with a right hand.
O Brien displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Idaho throws out the jab.
O Brien tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Idaho defends well and O Brien ends up having to push Idaho into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Idaho lands with an uppercut that bounces O Brien off the cage and back into range.
Idaho lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Idaho. O Brien does a little dance to reset his feet.
Idaho scores with a nice right hand.
O Brien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Idaho throws a hook but O Brien avoids it easily.
Idaho throws a hook to the side of O Brien's head but O Brien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idaho is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
O Brien throws a looping overhand right but Idaho ducks down to avoid it.
Idaho looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Idaho slips a jab from O Brien.
O Brien fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Brien throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Idaho counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut there from O Brien.
Idaho has managed to clinch.
Idaho tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Brien stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Idaho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from O Brien misses.
Idaho is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Idaho misses with a hook.
O Brien lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Brien uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Idaho.
O Brien looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Brien misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Idaho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Idaho has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Idaho there as he acknowledges the shot.
O Brien takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Idaho getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A telegraphed right hand from Idaho misses the target.
Idaho lands with a straight right. O Brien didn't see that one coming.
O Brien connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Idaho has closed the distance and engaged O Brien in a clinch.
Idaho throws a punch but it's blocked by O Brien.
Idaho has a couple of punches blocked by O Brien.
Idaho stops a takedown attempt from O Brien.
Duncan Idaho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pat O Brien.
O Brien working aggressively here.
O Brien's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan Idaho dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Duncan Idaho's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Idaho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Idaho throwing a counter right hand but O Brien manages to avoid it.
Idaho scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Brien in his tracks.
Idaho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Idaho jabs O Brien right on the nose. O Brien blinks but takes it well.
O Brien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Brien slips a straight right by Idaho.
Idaho misses with a body punch
and O Brien counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Idaho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like O Brien was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Idaho loads up on a big right hand but O Brien slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien lands with an overhand left.
O Brien lands a slapping body shot.
O Brien has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
O Brien misses with a takedown attempt - Idaho sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Idaho missing with a left hand there. O Brien was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Idaho.
O Brien throws out a counter right but Idaho avoids it with no problem.
Idaho defending well as O Brien loads up on a big left hand.
O Brien gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Idaho.
Idaho tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Brien swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duncan Idaho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Brien throws a looping overhand right but Idaho ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Idaho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Idaho misses with a straight right.
Idaho cracks O Brien with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from O Brien misses.
Idaho lands with an overhand left.
O Brien tries to bum rush Idaho with a series of wild strikes but Idaho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A little feinted left hand from Idaho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
O Brien changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Idaho tries to avoid it but O Brien manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Idaho to the ground. Idaho escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Duncan Idaho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idaho lands with a cross.
O Brien swings for the body but Idaho moves out of range.
It looked like Idaho wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Idaho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Brien.
O Brien scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Idaho throws a jab but it's blocked by O Brien.
O Brien swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
O Brien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Idaho.
O Brien avoids the body shot from Idaho.
O Brien fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
O Brien fails with a takedown attempt.
Duncan Idaho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pat O Brien.
Idaho looks to land a left hand but O Brien moved out of range nicely.
O Brien misses with an uppercut
and Idaho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Idaho misses with a body shot.
Pat O Brien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Idaho misses its intended target.
Idaho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Brien swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Idaho throws a shot from downtown. O Brien moves away and avoids it.
Idaho stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
O Brien displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Idaho throws out the jab.
O Brien swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
O Brien swings away with a body shot that misses
and Idaho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Idaho thuds a left hand into O Brien's body.
Idaho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Brien manages to avoid it.
Idaho throws a hook but O Brien avoids it easily.
Idaho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Brien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Idaho takes one to the side of the head.
O Brien swings widly with a right hand
and Idaho counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien misses with a wild combination.
O Brien takes one to the chin there.
O Brien slips a straight right by Idaho.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Brien keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Idaho.
Nice shot lands for O Brien.
Decent striking displayed by Idaho there.
Nice shot lands for Idaho.
Idaho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Idaho is looking to counter punch.
Idaho scores with a jab. O Brien acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A shot to the liver by Idaho. Beautiful body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Duncan Idaho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Idaho 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duncan Idaho!
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