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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elwyn Donal (ranked 296 p4p, 1096 weight class) and Euan Daxton (ranked 47 p4p, 162 weight class). Daxton has chosen Mr Brightside as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Good wrestling
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Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Elwyn Donal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Euan Daxton!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donal lands a really nice looking cross but Daxton seems unphased.
It looks like Euan Daxton has been cut.
Donal misses the shot to the body.
Donal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Daxton.
Donal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've been told by Donal's head coaches at League of Shadows MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Oooooh!!! Daxton has knocked Donal down with a huge combo! Daxton steps away and waves a wobbly Donal back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Elwyn Donal has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donal ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Donal moves into the clinch.
Donal swings wildly with an uppercut but Daxton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donal scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Donal fails to land.
Daxton manages to break the clinch.
Daxton keeps the fight on the outside.
Daxton avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Daxton scores with a nice strike.
Daxton tries to keep at a distance but Donal has taken the fight into the clinch.
Donal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daxton swings wildly with an uppercut but Donal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Daxton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Donal.
Donal scores with a shoulder strike.
Donal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Daxton backwards.
A body shot lands from Donal.
A short body shot lands from Donal as the two fighters clinch.
Daxton looks winded!
Daxton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Donal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daxton's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Donal as the two fighters clinch.
Donal lands a hook that snaps the head of Daxton backwards.
Donal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Elwyn Donal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donal throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Donal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That kick from Donal tenderised Daxton's leg. Daxton is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daxton takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Donal moves out of range as Daxton throws a body kick.
and Donal counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Daxton! He's just covering up as Donal starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elwyn Donal!
Elwyn Donal retains his light heavyweight title!
Elwyn Donal spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Euan Daxton had this to say: 'I'd like to thank my opponent for stepping in here with me. It was an honour to eat his punches.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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