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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Leigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daley comes to the cage accompanied by Rise Against - Prayer Of The Refugee. Leigh has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Paul Daley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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178 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bryan Leigh!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Leigh.
Leigh blocks a jab.
Daley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Daley just misses with a punch to the body.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Leigh doesn't seem bothered though.
Daley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Daley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leigh tries a head kick but it misses.
Leigh looks gassed!
Daley looks to land a left hand but Leigh moved out of range nicely.
Leigh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leigh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leigh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Daley throws a right hand that Leigh ducks under and follows up with a left that Leigh also avoids with ease.
Daley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Daley misses with a series of wild punches.
Leigh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Daley looks to land a combination but Leigh avoids it well.
Daley cracks Leigh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Daley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Daley.
Daley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Leigh tries to work over Daley's front leg with a kick but Daley checks it.
Leigh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daley moves away.
Leigh misses with a straight left.
Daley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leigh misses with a hook.
Leigh ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Leigh is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Daley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Daley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Daley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Leigh in his tracks.
Daley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Leigh eats them both and turns towards Daley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice defenses there by Daley.
Daley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Daley just misses with a punch to the body.
Bryan Leigh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leigh slips a jab and a cross from Daley.
Daley throws a right and a left that Leigh avoids nicely.
Leigh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley tests Leigh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Leigh throws a head kick but Daley moves out of range.
Leigh tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Daley counters with a one-two to the body.
Leigh on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Daley. Those never looked like landing.
Daley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Daley dominated that round.
That's time! Daley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Daley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Daley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leigh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Daley moves out of range as Leigh throws a body kick.
Daley with a nice cross.
Leigh closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Leigh is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Leigh throws a body kick that misses.
Leigh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Leigh is breathing heavily.
Daley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Leigh on the side of the head.
Daley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Daley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley misses with a double jab.
Leigh throws a leg kick but Daley moved away.
Leigh misses with a body kick.
Leigh throws a hook but Daley avoids it easily.
A clash of legs there as Daley blocks the low kick.
Leigh misses with an uppercut. Daley saw that one coming.
Daley swings for the body but Leigh moves out of range.
Daley is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Daley throws a jab when Leigh was well out of range.
Daley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leigh. Leigh obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leigh dodges the punch combination from Daley.
Daley lands the left hand.
A slow jab from Daley misses its intended target.
Leigh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leigh misses with a lunging right hand
and Daley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Daley looks to land a combination. Leigh sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Leigh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Paul Daley is winning the standup battle so far.
Leigh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Daley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leigh manages to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Leigh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Leigh.
Daley looks to land a left hand but Leigh moved out of range nicely.
Leigh goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leigh misses with a low kick.
Daley swinging wildly here.
Daley scores with a shot to the body.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leigh throws a sloppy head kick and Daley moves out of range easily.
Leigh swings away with a body shot that misses
and Daley counters with a left and a right that stings Leigh.
Daley misses with a body shot.
Leigh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Daley blocks the body kick.
Daley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Leigh eats them both and turns towards Daley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Daley lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daley misses with a wild combination.
Daley connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Daley dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Daley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leigh moves away.
Daley throws a nice looking combination but Leigh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Leigh fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Daley.
Daley avoids a kick to the body.
Daley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daley looks to score with a jab to the body but Leigh is just out of range.
Leigh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Leigh moves out of range of the strikes.
Daley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Leigh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh throws a head kick but Daley moves out of range.
Leigh throws a hook but Daley blocks it.
Daley jabs at Leigh's body.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leigh delivers a nice body kick.
Leigh throws a body kick that misses.
Daley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Leigh.
Daley looks to land a combination but Leigh avoids it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley misses with a few strikes there.
Daley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leigh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leigh looks to throw the jab but Daley is out of range.
Daley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leigh wants to clinch
letting Daley counter with a right hand.
Daley scores with a one two! Leigh had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leigh.
Daley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Leigh at a distance.
Leigh has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Leigh blocks a jab.
Daley connects with a body shot.
A punch combination from Daley misses.
Daley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Leigh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Daley.
Daley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Leigh in his tracks.
Leigh throws a hook but Daley blocks it.
Paul Daley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Leigh. Leigh circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Daley looks to land a left hand but Leigh moved out of range nicely.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leigh dodges the punch combination from Daley.
Leigh misses with a head kick.
Bryan Leigh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Daley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Daley 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Daley!
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