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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Dennehy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny O Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennehy comes into the arena with The Homeland blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Liam Dennehy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny O Donnelly!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Donnelly fails with a takedown attempt.
O Donnelly tries to keep at a distance but Dennehy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dennehy misses with an elbow strike.
Dennehy connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Donnelly's face.
It looks like Danny O Donnelly has been cut.
O Donnelly takes an elbow to the forehead.
O Donnelly lands an elbow just above Dennehy 's eye.
O Donnelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
O Donnelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dennehy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Donnelly blocks it with crossed arms.
O Donnelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Dennehy avoids the damage to the body.
O Donnelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
O Donnelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dennehy.
O Donnelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
Dennehy pushes off an throws an elbow but O Donnelly leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Donnelly avoids the elbow strike from Dennehy, against the cage.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Donnelly avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Donnelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Dennehy avoids the damage to the body.
O Donnelly missing with knees to the body.
Dennehy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Donnelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Donnelly takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly leaning against his opponent.
Dennehy managing to block the knees to the body from O Donnelly.
Dennehy avoiding damage as O Donnelly throws knees to the body.
O Donnelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dennehy.
O Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dennehy is defending well for now.
O Donnelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dennehy avoids it.
Dennehy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
O Donnelly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dennehy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Donnelly blocks it with crossed arms.
O Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dennehy is defending well for now.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the head but O Donnelly blocks with his arms.
Dennehy throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
O Donnelly lands a nice knee to the body.
O Donnelly lands an elbow just above Dennehy 's eye.
O Donnelly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dennehy's defenses.
O Donnelly tries to work over Dennehy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dennehy is defending well for now.
Dennehy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dennehy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dennehy missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Dennehy avoids the damage to the body.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
Dennehy tries to land knees in the clinch but O Donnelly avoids the damage to the body.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly taking a breather.
O Donnelly misses with an elbow strike.
O Donnelly missing with knees to the body.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
Dennehy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, O Donnelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dennehy's brow.
O Donnelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dennehy is breathing heavily.
Dennehy misses with an elbow strike.
O Donnelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dennehy trying to land knees to the body.
O Donnelly tries to land a knee to the head but Dennehy blocks with his arms.
O Donnelly avoiding damage.
Dennehy throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Donnelly misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from O Donnelly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dennehy avoids a wild elbow strike from O Donnelly.
Nice elbow from Dennehy.
O Donnelly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
O Donnelly utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
O Donnelly tries to stall but Dennehy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dennehy managing to block the knees to the body from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Dennehy avoids the damage to the body.
O Donnelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
O Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dennehy is defending well for now.
O Donnelly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dennehy's defenses.
O Donnelly trying to land knees to the body.
O Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dennehy is defending well for now.
O Donnelly takes an elbow to the forehead.
O Donnelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by O Donnelly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Donnelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dennehy avoids it.
Dennehy connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Donnelly's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by O Donnelly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly throws an elbow that misses.
Dennehy blocks an elbow strike from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Donnelly avoids it.
O Donnelly lands a nice elbow.
O Donnelly blocks an elbow strike from Dennehy.
Dennehy dodges an elbow strike from O Donnelly.
Dennehy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dennehy trying to stall but O Donnelly improves his position.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Donnelly avoids it.
O Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
Dennehy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dennehy managing to block the knees to the body from O Donnelly.
Dennehy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dennehy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Donnelly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dennehy blocks it with crossed arms.
Dennehy misses with an elbow strike.
O Donnelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Dennehy avoids the damage to the body.
Dennehy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through O Donnelly's defenses.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny O Donnelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny O Donnelly's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Dennehy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
O Donnelly drives through and clinches with Dennehy against the cage.
Dennehy trying to land knees to the body.
O Donnelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dennehy lands a nice knee to the body.
O Donnelly just leaning against Dennehy, taking a breather.
Dennehy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dennehy throws an elbow but it misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, O Donnelly throws an elbow but misses.
Dennehy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Donnelly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Donnelly lands an elbow that stopped Dennehy in his tracks for a moment.
O Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dennehy is defending well for now.
O Donnelly trying to land knees to the body.
O Donnelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Donnelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dennehy.
Dennehy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Donnelly can't find room to land a body shot as Dennehy controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dennehy.
O Donnelly landing knees to the body.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Donnelly avoids it.
Danny O Donnelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
O Donnelly lands an elbow just above Dennehy 's eye.
O Donnelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dennehy blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dennehy.
Dennehy throws an elbow that misses.
Dennehy missing with knees to the body.
Dennehy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Donnelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
O Donnelly trying to land knees to the body.
O Donnelly misses with an elbow over the top.
O Donnelly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Donnelly trying to stall but Dennehy improves his position.
O Donnelly blocks an elbow strike.
Dennehy managing to block the knees to the body from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Dennehy avoids the damage to the body.
O Donnelly avoiding damage as Dennehy throws knees to the body.
Dennehy lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dennehy misses with an elbow over the top.
O Donnelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dennehy avoids it.
Dennehy misses with a knee strike.
O Donnelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the head but O Donnelly blocks with his arms.
O Donnelly blocks the elbow strike.
O Donnelly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dennehy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Donnelly missing with knees to the body.
O Donnelly blocks an elbow strike from Dennehy.
O Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
O Donnelly throws an elbow that misses.
O Donnelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dennehy misses with a knee strike.
O Donnelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dennehy avoids a wild elbow strike from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly lands a knee to the body.
O Donnelly lands an elbow that stopped Dennehy in his tracks for a moment.
Dennehy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
O Donnelly throws an elbow but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
O Donnelly avoids a wild elbow strike from Dennehy.
Dennehy takes an elbow to the forehead.
O Donnelly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly is trying to maintain a safe position but Dennehy gets an underhook and turns O Donnelly into the cage.
Dennehy managing to block the knees to the body from O Donnelly.
Dennehy missing with knees to the body.
Dennehy avoids a wild elbow strike from O Donnelly.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dennehy.
O Donnelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
O Donnelly is leaning against Dennehy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
O Donnelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dennehy blocks an elbow strike.
O Donnelly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dennehy lands an elbow just above O Donnelly 's eye.
O Donnelly trying to land knees to the body.
O Donnelly blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dennehy managing to block the knees to the body from O Donnelly.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Donnelly.
O Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dennehy is defending well for now.
Dennehy blocks the elbow strike.
O Donnelly lands an elbow just above Dennehy 's eye.
Dennehy blocks a body shot from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly blocks an elbow strike from Dennehy.
Dennehy misses with an elbow over the top.
O Donnelly missing with knees to the body.
O Donnelly managing to block the knees to the body from Dennehy.
O Donnelly avoids the elbow strike from Dennehy, against the cage.
O Donnelly throws an elbow but it misses.
O Donnelly lands a good knee to the midsection. Dennehy won't want to take too many of those.
O Donnelly lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Donnelly misses with an elbow strike.
O Donnelly missing with knees to the body.
Dennehy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Donnelly wants to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dennehy just misses with a elbow thrown towards O Donnelly's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny O Donnelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Danny O Donnelly's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
O Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Liam Dennehy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dennehy has closed the distance and engaged O Donnelly in a clinch.
Dennehy avoiding damage as O Donnelly throws knees to the body.
O Donnelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Donnelly misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dennehy throws an elbow but misses.
O Donnelly missing with knees to the body.
O Donnelly trying to land knees to the body.
O Donnelly missing with knees to the body.
Dennehy lands a nice elbow.
O Donnelly lands an elbow just above Dennehy 's eye.
Dennehy avoiding damage as O Donnelly throws knees to the body.
O Donnelly looking to stall.
Dennehy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Donnelly lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Donnelly tries to stall but Dennehy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dennehy misses with a knee to the head.
Dennehy misses with a knee strike.
O Donnelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dennehy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dennehy avoiding damage as O Donnelly throws knees to the body.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Donnelly avoids it.
Dennehy stalling in the clinch but O Donnelly improves position.
O Donnelly lands an elbow inside that Dennehy shrugs off.
O Donnelly lands a damaging elbow.
O Donnelly lands an elbow inside that Dennehy shrugs off.
O Donnelly crunches a lovely knee into Dennehy's ribcage.
O Donnelly throws an elbow that misses.
Dennehy avoiding damage as O Donnelly throws knees to the body.
Dennehy managing to block the knees to the body from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dennehy managing to block the knees to the body from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly blocks an elbow strike from Dennehy.
O Donnelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dennehy avoids it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from O Donnelly.
Dennehy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through O Donnelly's defenses.
O Donnelly is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dennehy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Donnelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dennehy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Donnelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Donnelly content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dennehy tries a knee to the head but O Donnelly blocks it.
O Donnelly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dennehy's defenses.
O Donnelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Dennehy avoids the damage to the body.
O Donnelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
O Donnelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dennehy.
O Donnelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dennehy.
Dennehy lands an elbow that stopped O Donnelly in his tracks for a moment.
Dennehy blocks an elbow strike.
Dennehy avoids the elbow strike from O Donnelly, against the cage.
Dennehy throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Donnelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
O Donnelly blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by O Donnelly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly dodges an elbow strike from Dennehy.
Dennehy misses with an elbow over the top.
Dennehy avoiding damage as O Donnelly throws knees to the body.
Dennehy looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Donnelly.
O Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dennehy is defending well for now.
Dennehy avoiding damage as O Donnelly throws knees to the body.
Dennehy throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Donnelly lands a good knee to the midsection. Dennehy won't want to take too many of those.
Dennehy throws an elbow but it misses.
O Donnelly missing with knees to the body.
Dennehy throws an elbow that misses.
O Donnelly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dennehy's face.
O Donnelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
O Donnelly managing to block the knees to the body from Dennehy.
O Donnelly blocks an elbow strike from Dennehy.
O Donnelly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
O Donnelly lands an elbow just above Dennehy 's eye.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from O Donnelly.
Danny O Donnelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Donnelly lands a nice knee to the body.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
O Donnelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dennehy.
Dennehy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, O Donnelly throws an elbow but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Donnelly dodges an elbow strike from Dennehy.
Dennehy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Donnelly.
Liam Dennehy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Donnelly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
O Donnelly is stalling here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Danny O Donnelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got O Donnelly winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny O Donnelly!
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