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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steven Christie (ranked 341 p4p, 924 weight class) and Shane O Malley (ranked 45 p4p, 109 weight class). Christie comes to the cage accompanied by Amityville. O Malley has chosen Someone Like Me - by: Jon Connor as his entrance music. Steven Christie 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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Christie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane O Malley!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christie scores with a jab to the body.
O Malley misses with an uppercut.
Jab, jab by Christie - just one landing.
O Malley slips under a jab from Christie.
Christie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Malley.
O Malley throws a series of punches but Christie moves out of range.
The fighters circling - O Malley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
O Malley throws a jab but it's blocked by Christie.
We've been told by Christie's head coaches at Crapollas Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
O Malley throws a shot from downtown. Christie moves away and avoids it.
Christie gets tackled into the cage by O Malley. O Malley maintains the clinch.
Christie blocks the elbow strike.
Christie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Christie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shane O Malley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
O Malley looks for the body kick but Christie saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by O Malley.
O Malley misses with an uppercut
letting Christie counter with a right hand.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that O Malley has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
O Malley swings widly with a right hand
and Christie counters with a left to the body.
Christie scores with a jab.
O Malley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice shot lands for O Malley.
O Malley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christie misses with a looping right.
O Malley misses with a takedown attempt
letting Christie counter with a right hand.
O Malley is rocked!
Christie connects with a crisp jab.
O Malley is still on wobbly legs! Can Christie finish him?
Christie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
O Malley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christie.
O Malley seems to have recovered his senses.
Christie avoids the head kick by O Malley.
O Malley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Christie sizes up O Malley with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Malley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Christie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Christie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
O Malley moves out of range of the strikes.
O Malley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
O Malley's corner calls for a 1-2. O Malley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Malley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Christie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Christie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christie takes one to the chin there.
Christie takes one to the chin there.
O Malley staying out of range there.
O Malley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Christie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christie scores with a jab to the head.
O Malley blocks a jab.
O Malley defending well as Christie loads up on a big left hand.
Christie misses with an uppercut. O Malley saw that one coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by O Malley!
Steven Christie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Christie misses its intended target.
Christie throws a shot from downtown. O Malley moves away and avoids it.
Christie is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
O Malley lands a really nice looking cross but Christie seems unphased.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts O Malley, as that shot connected.
O Malley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Christie is able to avoid easily.
Christie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
O Malley slips under a jab from Christie.
O Malley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big right from Christie misses.
Christie misses with an uppercut. O Malley saw that one coming.
Christie throws a hook to the side of O Malley's head but O Malley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Christie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Christie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from O Malley finds it's way round the side to connect with Christie's head.
Christie looks to land a left hand but O Malley moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christie misses the shot to the body.
O Malley flicks out a counter leg kick but Christie steps away.
Christie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Malley.
A slow jab from Christie misses its intended target.
Christie takes a swing at O Malley's ribcage but misses.
O Malley throws a jab when Christie was well out of range.
Christie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
O Malley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Malley ducks under a wild hook from Christie.
A left lands for Christie.
O Malley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A big right from O Malley misses.
A little feinted left hand from Christie on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
O Malley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
O Malley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Malley throws a low kick but Christie moves out of range easily.
Christie lands a lovely overhand right.
O Malley scoring well with a low kick there.
O Malley slips a jab from Christie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Malley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
O Malley scores with a nice strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Malley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Christie misses.
O Malley feints a counter leg kick.
Christie punishes O Malley's body with a nice straight punch.
O Malley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
O Malley throws an off balance right hand
and Christie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Christie blocks a jab.
Christie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Malley misses with a few strikes there.
Nice defenses there by O Malley.
O Malley misses with a wild body shot.
O Malley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Malley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Christie connects with a body shot.
Christie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Christie connects with a nice looking jab.
Christie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Malley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Christie looks to land a left hand but O Malley moved out of range nicely.
O Malley is looking to clinch.
A big right from Christie misses.
O Malley with the counter takedown but Christie avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Steven Christie 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 Malley clinches with his opponent.
O Malley misses with the head strike.
O Malley looking to stall.
Christie is trying to break the clinch but O Malley is controlling him.
Christie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
O Malley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Malley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christie throws out the jab.
Christie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Malley moves away.
O Malley misses with a looping right.
Christie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and O Malley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Christie cracks O Malley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Malley cracks Christie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Malley. Christie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christie punishes O Malley's body with a nice straight punch.
Christie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A big left from Christie misses.
O Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley throws a low kick but Christie avoids it.
Christie throwing a counter right hand but O Malley manages to avoid it.
O Malley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Christie misses with a wild body shot.
Christie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Christie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
Christie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Malley! But no joy.
Good standup being displayed there by Christie as he connects with a hook.
Christie misses with a hook. O Malley ducked under it nicely.
O Malley appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
O Malley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
O Malley swings for the body but Christie moves out of range.
Christie blocks the body kick.
Christie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Christie throws a hook to the side of O Malley's head but O Malley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Christie checks a leg kick.
O Malley looks to land a right hand but Christie moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Christie.
O Malley misses the jab.
Christie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Christie misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christie blocks a jab.
O Malley takes a swing at Christie's ribcage but misses.
Christie moves out of range of the leg kick from O Malley.
O Malley moves away from the strike by Christie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by O Malley.
O Malley just misses with a punch to the body.
Christie blocks a leg kick.
O Malley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
O Malley fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Malley lands a really nice looking cross but Christie seems unphased.
O Malley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from O Malley.
O Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Christie swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Christie scores with a shot to the body.
O Malley slips under a jab.
O Malley ducks under a wild hook from Christie.
O Malley tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley shoots for a double leg takedown but Christie sprawls well. He's pushed O Malley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Christie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
O Malley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Christie finds it's way round the side to connect with O Malley's head.
Christie misses the jab.
Christie dodges the punch combination from O Malley.
Christie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Christie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Christie moves out of range of the strikes.
Christie swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Christie throws a shot from downtown. O Malley moves away and avoids it.
O Malley slips a jab from Christie.
O Malley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Christie on the side of the head.
O Malley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Christie.
A low kick from O Malley misses
and Christie counters with a nice uppercut.
O Malley connects with a looping right hand.
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 Malley throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Christie to counter with a crisp jab.
Christie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Christie misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Malley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Christie lunges at O Malley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by O Malley's hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by O Malley. That's going to slow Christie down.
Christie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Malley.
A big right from Christie misses.
Christie looks to score with a jab to the body but O Malley is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Malley! But no joy.
Christie moves out of range as O Malley strikes.
A good leg kick by O Malley.
Christie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
O Malley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
O Malley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christie.
Christie misses the jab.
O Malley misses with a head kick.
It looked like Christie was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from O Malley.
O Malley does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
O Malley throws a body kick that misses.
Christie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch combination from O Malley misses.
Christie avoids the body shot from O Malley.
A clash of legs there as Christie blocks the low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Steven Christie will probably get the nod.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
O Malley looks to land a left hand but Christie moved out of range nicely.
O Malley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Christie misses with an uppercut. O Malley saw that one coming.
O Malley changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A big left from O Malley misses.
Christie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
O Malley slips under a jab.
O Malley throws a jab when Christie was well out of range.
Christie throwing a counter right hand but O Malley manages to avoid it.
Christie thuds his right hand into O Malley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
O Malley tries to bum rush Christie with a series of wild strikes but Christie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Malley throws a hook to the side of Christie's head but Christie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christie 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.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
O Malley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
O Malley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Christie.
Nice uppercut there from Christie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christie scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Malley in his tracks.
O Malley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Christie finds it's way round the side to connect with O Malley's head.
O Malley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christie.
A slow jab from Christie misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
O Malley ducks under a wild hook from Christie.
Christie misses with a straight right.
O Malley moves out of range of the strikes.
Christie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Malley.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christie. O Malley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christie looks to land a left hand but O Malley moved out of range nicely.
O Malley moves out of range as Christie strikes.
Christie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
O Malley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Christie's head.
Christie swings for the body but O Malley moves out of range.
Christie misses with a straight left.
O Malley tries to counter by closing the distance.
O Malley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from O Malley misses.
Christie lands with a right hand.
Christie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Steven Christie is winning the standup battle so far.
O Malley slips a jab from Christie.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christie throws a lazy right hand but O Malley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Malley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Christie misses.
O Malley feints the counter takedown.
O Malley misses with a looping left.
O Malley misses with a wild body shot.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Christie darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Christie connects with a single shot there.
Christie dips to his left and cracks O Malley with an uppercut!
Christie throws the left hand but O Malley avoids the punch easily.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
Christie defending well as O Malley loads up on a big left hand.
O Malley throws a low kick, looking for Christie's leg but Christie calmly moves out of range.
Christie cracks O Malley with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
O Malley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christie.
O Malley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Christie thuds his right hand into O Malley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
O Malley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christie.
Christie misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley staying out of range there.
O Malley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
O Malley pushes Christie away with a front kick.
A left lands for Christie.
O Malley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Christie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Malley.
O Malley tries to clinch up.
O Malley tries to work over Christie's front leg with a kick but Christie checks it.
O Malley throws a looping overhand right but Christie ducks down to avoid it.
Christie swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
O Malley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Christie is looking to counter punch.
Christie moves into range and connects with a jab.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
O Malley changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
O Malley misses the shot to the body.
O Malley uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Christie has time to react.
A slow jab from Christie misses its intended target.
O Malley moves out of range of the strikes.
Christie misses with an uppercut. O Malley saw that one coming.
And O Malley tries to counter it with a takedown but Christie pushes his down on his head and steps out.
O Malley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christie misses with a wild body shot.
O Malley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Christie jabs at O Malley's body.
O Malley throws a big shot that misses.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
Christie lands a slapping body shot.
O Malley moves away from the strike by Christie.
O Malley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Christie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
Christie is looking to counter punch.
Christie thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Malley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Christie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Malley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Christie slips under a jab from O Malley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christie takes a swing at O Malley's ribcage but misses.
Christie loads up on a big right hand but O Malley slips the punch.
Shane O Malley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christie defending well as O Malley loads up on a big left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Christie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Christie, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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