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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Hay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evan Darrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nick Hay!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Evan Darrow!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow slips a jab and a cross from Hay.
Darrow feints a counter leg kick.
Hay keeps Darrow at a distance using the push kick.
Darrow slips a jab and a cross from Hay.
Darrow lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hay swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nick Hay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darrow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darrow lands with a nice body punch.
Hay misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hay throws a nice looking combination but Darrow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch lands to the side of Hay 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Hay throws a right and a left that Darrow avoids nicely.
Darrow tries to clinch up.
Darrow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hay tries to bum rush Darrow with a series of wild strikes but Darrow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Darrow lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hay misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Darrow feints and then cracks Hay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hay down.
Darrow connects with a leg kick. Hay looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Darrow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hay looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Darrow throws a head kick that half lands.
Darrow has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Darrow connects with a jab.
Hay misses with a hook. Darrow ducked under it nicely.
Darrow let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Darrow scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hay doesn't seem bothered though.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darrow.
Darrow fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hay on the side of the head.
Hay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darrow circles away quickly and effectively.
Darrow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hay.
Darrow feints a counter leg kick.
Hay closes the distance and clinches.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Hay.
Hay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Darrow defending well as Hay loads up on a big left hand.
Darrow closes the distance and pushes Hay back into the cage.
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!
Hay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Darrow keeps the fight on the outside.
Darrow with a jab.
Darrow digs a good hook to Hay's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow dodges the punch combination from Hay.
Darrow slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Darrow scoring well with a low kick there.
Hay on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hay throws a looping overhand right but Darrow ducks down to avoid it.
Hay misses with a kick to the body.
Hay swinging wildly here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darrow. That's going to slow Hay down.
Darrow lands with a thumping leg kick.
Darrow lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darrow feints and then cracks Hay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hay down.
Hay tries to clinch up.
Hay backing away here, and Darrow unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Darrow slips under a jab.
Hay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hay misses with a hook
and Darrow counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Darrow connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hay. Hay circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Darrow lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hay takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hay connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Darrow's hands.
A jab from Hay finds it's way through Darrow's defenses.
It looks like Evan Darrow has been cut.
Hay forces Darrow back against the cage and clinches.
Darrow tries to work over Hay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Darrow misses with some punches.
Darrow tries to work over Hay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darrow lands a body punch.
Darrow works on Hay's body with a couple of short punches.
Darrow misses with the head strike.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Darrow.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow working aggressively here.
Hay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Hay.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Hay.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow can't find room to land a body shot as Hay controls the action.
Hay manages to break the clinch.
Hay walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darrow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Darrow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evan Darrow's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Darrow throws a shot to the body.
Hay takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Darrow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hay throws a nice looking combination but Darrow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hay throws a hook to the side of Darrow's head but Darrow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darrow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Darrow throws a sloppy head kick and Hay moves out of range easily.
Hay is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Darrow throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hay throws a combination that misses
and Darrow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice inside leg kick there by Darrow. That's going to slow Hay down.
Darrow cracks the inside of Hay's front leg.
Hay scores with a punch to the head.
Darrow slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
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!
A big right from Hay misses.
Hay throws a series of punches but Darrow moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darrow.
Hay throws a hook but Darrow avoids it easily.
Darrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hay throws a nice looking combination but Darrow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Hay does no damage.
Darrow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hay, pushing him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Darrow lands a body shot in the clinch.
Darrow lands with a right to the head.
Hay takes a shot to the head.
Darrow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darrow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hay tries to break the clinch but Darrow is controlling the position.
Hay working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Darrow on the inside.
Evan Darrow seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Darrow has Hay pressed against the cage, preventing Hay from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Darrow throws an elbow that misses.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hay.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hay.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darrow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hay's efforts to push away.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hay.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow is leaning against Hay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Hay.
Hay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darrow can't find room to land a body shot as Hay controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darrow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hay breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darrow.
Hay misses with a two punch combination.
Evan Darrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hay pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hay stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darrow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hay on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hay swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Darrow connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darrow.
A head kick misses from Darrow.
Darrow lands a right hook to the body.
Darrow lands a lovely overhand right.
Hay misses with a hook. Darrow ducked under it nicely.
Darrow jabs Hay to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A right-left combo lands from Hay.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darrow moves forwards but Hay connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Darrow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hay.
Darrow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hay takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Darrow thuds a left hand into Hay's body.
Darrow is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hay rather than just go for the knockout.
Hay misses with a few strikes there.
Darrow scores with a hook to the body. Hay takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Darrow connects with a body shot.
Darrow throws a leg kick which misses Hay's front leg but catches the back leg as Hay tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow moves out of range as Hay strikes.
Hay throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darrow appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Darrow.
Darrow works Hay's body with a nice hook.
Nick Hay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darrow manages to avoid it.
Darrow getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Darrow connects with a right hand. Hay shakes it off.
Darrow lands with a hook. Hay tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hay misses with an uppercut
and Darrow counters with a left to the body.
Darrow fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hay takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hay takes one on the button.
Hay throws a hook to the side of Darrow's head but Darrow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darrow.
A little jabbing left from Darrow on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow defending well as Hay loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Hay throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darrow doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Darrow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Darrow there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Darrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Evan Darrow'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.
Darrow connects with a leg kick. Hay looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Darrow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Darrow lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hay's sensitive parts.
Hay on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Darrow lands with a thumping leg kick.
Darrow tests Hay's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hay gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice cross by Darrow.
Darrow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hay.
Hay keeps the fight on the outside.
Hay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hay looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hay on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hay looks to land a combination but Darrow avoids it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hay.
No joy there for Hay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Darrow doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow moves into range and connects with a jab.
Darrow lands a leg kick that knocks Hay off balance momentarily.
Hay takes one to the side of the head.
Hay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Darrow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Darrow throws a nice inside leg kick.
Darrow lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hay is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darrow.
Darrow slips a jab and a cross from Hay.
Darrow scoring well with a low kick there.
Darrow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Darrow.
Hay throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Darrow throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darrow needs to keep his hands up - Hay had a free shot at his head there.
Darrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darrow feints a counter leg kick.
Hay misses with a two punch combination.
Darrow lands a jab.
Darrow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hay. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hay throws out a loose jab but Darrow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darrow keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hay misses with a series of wild punches.
Darrow scoring well with a low kick there.
Darrow stuns Hay with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darrow swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hay.
Hay misses with a straight left.
Darrow doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hay rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Darrow counters with a low kick, right behind Hay 's knee.
Darrow lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Darrow lands with an uppercut that bounces Hay off the cage and back into range.
Darrow throws a shot to the body.
Hay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darrow circles away quickly and effectively.
Darrow lands with a shot to the body.
Darrow takes the fight into the clinch.
Darrow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hay or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hay or not.
Hay prevents a body shot from Darrow.
Darrow prevents Hay from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darrow.
Hay has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Darrow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hays head.
Darrow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hay wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darrow has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Darrow.
A shot in the inside from Darrow.
Darrow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hay has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Hay.
Hay is trying to break the clinch but Darrow is controlling him.
Darrow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darrow lands an elbow inside.
Darrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hay is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow working aggressively here.
Hay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow is leaning against Hay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Darrow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Darrow.
Darrow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Darrow really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evan Darrow'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.
Hay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darrow.
Hay stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darrow.
Darrow blocks the body kick.
Hay blocks a head kick by Darrow.
Darrow has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hay finds it's way round the side to connect with Darrow's head.
Darrow slips under a jab from Hay.
Darrow feints and then cracks Hay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hay down.
Hay takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Darrow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hay.
Darrow slips under a jab from Hay.
Darrow feints a counter leg kick.
Darrow lands with a good body shot.
Hay drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Darrow scores with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hay scores with the left hand. Darrow knows he should have avoided that one.
Darrow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hay.
Hay swinging wildly here.
Hay pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow connects with a body shot that sends Hay's belly button to the back.
Darrow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darrow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hay. That did some damage!
Darrow wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Hay misses.
Darrow cracks Hay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hay throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darrow.
Darrow scores with the left hand. Hay knows he should have avoided that one.
A shot to the liver by Darrow. Beautiful body shot.
Darrow scores with a nice head shot.
Darrow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hay.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Darrow.
Darrow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands a hook that snaps the head of Hay backwards.
Darrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darrow.
Darrow misses with a punch to the body.
Hay's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow throws a head punch that misses.
Darrow tries to work over Hay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darrow.
Darrow lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Hay is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Darrow creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Hay! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Darrow.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evan Darrow!
Evan Darrow is the new featherweight champion!
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