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I’m not overly familiar with a lot of guys on the undercard here so forgive me if I make a few mistakes early on. Looks like a good top end to the card though so here goes…

Danny Donnelly VS. Ali McClean - Amateur

First round saw some good groundwork by Donnelly who went for numerous submission attempts and did more than enough to win the round.

Second round and the seventeen year old Alli McClean is controlling things on the feet and seems physically stronger than Donnelly. He’s managing to bully him when they get close to the cage and avoid a couple of sloppy takedown half-attempts. They’re both tiring badly though and one good shot could end this. Alli’s round and all-to-play for going into the last.

Fatigue is really setting in for Donnelly in this last round. He’s doing everything he can to avoid Alli’s strikes and his tactics include simply falling to the floor in the hope that he is followed down there. McClean soon smells blood and attempts a guillotine. Donnelly escapes though and after some positioning exchanges on the floor the teenager secures an ankle lock. It doesn’t seem to fully locked in though seemingly lets it go and McClean stands up. Donnelly is hurt though and verbally gives up to the referee.

WINNER: Alli McClean via submission, round three

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Thomas Karlson vs Ruben Vazquez

Really good first round and totally dominating performance from Karlson. He almost ends the fight in the first minute with a rear naked choke before Vazquez is able to power out of it. He then attempts a triangle from the bottom amongst other submissions before ending up on top. He ends the rounds by pounding away on Vazquez and the only the bell saves him as a lot of punches aren’t being intelligently defended.

Second round starts in similar fashion as Karlson secures a takedown straight away and looks to finish what he started at the end of the first. He’s just too experienced and is able to keep top position and land enough shots to make the referee step in and call a stop to the fight. Strong performance.

WINNER: Thomas Karlson, referee stoppage, round two

Tomi Ninimaki VS. Bogdan Christea

Another good round here. Ninimaki has some good jiu-jitsu and and controls the first two minutes. Christea is losing clearly but never looks completely out of the fight ay any point and is showing himself to be very durable. He even manages to end up on top at the end of the round and lands some good body shots as the bell goes to end the round.

Less eventful in the second round although similar to the first in the sense that Ninimaki controlled it for the most part only for Christea to clearly do more in the last minute and possibly leave a good impression in the judge’s minds. Not a whole lot of offence from either guy in that round though. Nanimaki looks really tired though.

Interesting final round as Ninimaki is intent on trying to keep it on the floor despite him apparently being the Finnish kickboxing champion. Christea is impressing me though with his aggression and despite fighting a much more experiences opponent so early in his career, he hasn’t looked daunted and has gotten the better of the stand-up. He hasn’t quite done enough to win this fight but he’s one to keep an eye on.

Judge 1: 29-29
Judge 2: 29-29
Judge 3: 30-28 (Ninimaki)

Some odd judging there, but the right winner I think. Christea looks dissappointed with the decision but he will have impressed with this performance. He’ll come back a better fighter for it.

Jamie McKenzie Vs. Ciaran Kelly

The crowd is going crazy for McKenzie and he seems really psyched up for it too. He comes out throwing leather wildly and connects with some that seem to daze Kelly. The Irishman is a much stronger wrestler though and able to take the Scottish fighter down at will. McKenzie is active from the bottom though and again lands some good shots when the fight goes back to the feet. Another takedown from Kelly in the last minute regains some balance in the fight and it’s going to be very hard to judge this round. Possibly just McKenzie although I may be being swayed by the crowd.

Much stronger second round for McKenzie, who came close to finishing it at th end. Kelly controlled things at the start with his wrestling but the Scot was able to sweep and land solid punches once he took his opponent’s back.

Thirs round was really close with neither man being authoratative. If I had to chose a winner for it then it would be Kelly for his takedowns but could go either way. Let’s see what the men in charge say…

29-28 (McKenzie)
28-28
30-28 (McKenzie)

Again some odd scores. Not sure how the first judge could come to that score as neither man had a point taken off. A draw probably would have been fair but you can’t begrudge McKenzie the win as he was more aggressive throughout and that probably swung things in his favour.

Andy Hillhouse Vs. Luis ‘Godzilla’ Wagner

Two massive guys coming out to the ring, I don’t think we’ll be seeing another decision with this one.

‘Godzilla’ is surprisingly quick for a man of his size and is throwing some really nice head kicks early. He looks generally technically better and connects with some good strikes. Then out of nowhere, Hillhouse connects with a left that outs him down but he fails to capitalise in the way that he perhaps should have. He gains top position on the floor and finsihes the round that way. This, combined with the knockdown means he probably won the round overall.

Round two starts with both men coming out and going for the win with big haymaker punches. It’s not long before they both tire and it seems a matter of time before one goes down. Wagner again shows his technicaly superiority and lands with a right hand through Hillhouse’s defence which puts him down. A couple more shots later and the referee steps in to award the win to the Scandinavian fighter.

WINNER: Luis Wagner, referee stoppage, round two.

Dean Caldwell Vs. Anthoy McIlroy

Caldwell does his best Noguiera impression with an Anaconda Choke to pick up the win at three minutes, fourteen seconss of the first round.

WINNER: Dean Caldwell, submission, round one.

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Lee McKibben Vs. Marcelino Lopepz
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Daniel Abrol Vs. Moien Takalou
Chris Stringer Vs. Casimir Bendy
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