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BUI Title Fight - Shanon, Ireland

[Champ] Jim Dunn, Ireland, 15-4-1 (9) vs Kevin McBride, Ireland, 16-2-0 (14)

Dunn has come into this fight a little heavier than usual but it looks like he has been lifting. And his new-found strength has helped to put the Clones Colossus down on the mat in the 1st round of this BUI Title fight. McBride comes back and takes the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Dunn hurts McBride again in the 4th, 15-11. The 5th is a give and take round with both fighters landing effective punches. 12-7, McBride in the 6th. Dunn lands some good power shots in the 7th, 10-4. The 8th is good for the champ, 17-2, as McBride now has some bad swelling around his right eye. A good flurry late wins the 10th for McBride, 10-4. Dunn keeps landing some big shots but just cant put away this kid, 20-7, in the 11th. The champ is cut in the 12th under his right eye. McBride needs to go to work now, but both men are tired and the round is one full of clinches, 4-4. We enter the championship rounds, McBride lands some nice shots that reopens the cut under and over the right eye of the champ. Wait, the action has been stopped, and the doctor has come up to look at the cuts. That is the end of the fight as Kevin McBride wins the BUI belt by TKO!

Winner: McBride
Result: (TKO14)(Cuts)
Cards: 124-123 McBride, 124-122 McBride, 123-123
Punch stats: 267-733, 36.4% Dunn - 264-849, 31.1% McBride