Unleashed 9

[Jackson]

UNLEASHED 9
Belfast, Ireland

UNDERCARD

Open Weight Fight
KORE vs Kris Peek

Almost immediately entering into a punching shootout, KORE stuns Peek early in the contest and tries to finish him quickly with follow-up punches. Peek rebounds and lets his fury be known, almost obliterating the newcomer to The Circuit. What follows is a flurry of flying hands, knees, and feet that leaves KORE demolished after just 90 seconds.

Peek defeats KORE via knockout at 3:01.

Heavyweight Division Fight
Sean "Dead Soul" Boden vs Gabriel Chance

In another stellar debut, Boden immediately proves his worth, opening up a nasty cut over Chance's eye, looking for the early advantage. Chance lands a few haymakers that do damage in retaliation, but is stalled when Boden attempts several submissions which hurt Chance but fail to make him give up. The two men struggle, and a critical moment comes as Boden tries to apply a triangle choke. Chance, using all his strength, manages to overpower this attempt and then unbelievably he lifts Boden from the ground and slams him down hard on the concrete floor, getting an easy KO.

Chance defeats Boden via knockout at 6:01.

Lightweight Division Fight
Silas Warner vs Sinn

Sinn comes into the match looking to earn her rematch for the Lightweight Title, and she does it in style, bringing the fight immediately to Warner and letting her hands fly.  Warner rallies back, landing a few well times blows of his own, but it soon becomes clear that the exchanges are favoring his opponent. Sinn presses the action with further punches, driving Warner back against the makeshift barrier of cars, slamming a knee strike into Warner's midsection that doubles him up with nowhere to go. Warner fires back with a lucky kick, and then shoots in for a takedown. Warner takes the offensive and gains the mount position, raining down heavy bombs to Sinn's face that look to be in danger of doing her in. Instead Sinn manages to reverse the mount and locks Warner into an armbar, using her feet braced against one of the cars for leverage as she dislocates his shoulder, leaving him no choice but to tap.

Sinn defeats Warner via submission at 10:41.

HEADLINE FIGHTS

Lightweight Championship Fight
Karrin Ennis vs Bronwen O'Connor

When the fight begins, both fighters circle each other tensely. Surprisingly, O'Connor is the first to strike, showing off her brawling skills by nailing a quick combo of punches on the champion. Ennis soon retaliates, however, and in a big way, with her lethal kick to O'Connor's head. O'Connor survives, but is immediately on the receiving end of a jab and a kick to the body from Ennis. O'Connor responds with another punching combo, but Ennis shows why it's a bad idea to trade with her, as she answers right back with a straight left hand that has O'Connor reeling. Ennis follows it up with another high kick to the head, and while the strike lands flush, O'Connor pulls off the unthinkable as she stays on her feet, surviving the onslaught. With her brain still fogged, she shoots in for a takedown that sends Ennis sprawling, the back of her head smacking against one of the cars.  O'Connor is not only able to sprawl, but strike Ennis with punches off of it as well. As O'Connor backed off from the clinch, Ennis pursues her dazed foe around the perimeter of the ring, before finally cornering her and with lightning speed, blazing another kick into O'Connor's head. This time, Bronwen catches the foot, and jerks Ennis to her back, stomping down on the knee of Ennis before executing a double knee face buster on the dazed champion.

O'Connor defeats Ennis to become the new Lightweight Champion via knockout at 15:33.

Middleweight Championship Fight (MATCH OF THE NIGHT)
Spiral vs Shane Clemmens

Clemmens charges at Spiral in the opening moments of this epic matchup, hammering away at the champion with his usual skill and tenacity. Clemmens sidesteps a kick attempt from Spiral and regains his footing, ramming his fists into Spiral's stomach, driving him backwards against the ring of cars. Spiral hauls himself upright immediately, wiping blood from his mouth absently, circling Clemmens with hatred in his eyes. The two immediately lock up, and Spiral is quick to gain the advantage by kneeing Clemmens in the groin. He grabs the off balance Clemmens and propels him towards the cars. Unable to stop in time, Clemmens hits hard, rolling up and over onto the hood, leaving a huge bloody smear. Spiral capitalizes on the environment, and hefts Clemmens, executing a flawless powerbomb, slamming down atop a battered 1953 Studebaker with no doors. The impact shatters glass, as Clemmens flies through the windshield, shards spraying up in the wake of his passage.

Spiral crouches on the hood of the car, panting, and then he leans forward, grabbing Clemmens by the foot and hauling him roughly from the interior of the car, further demolishing the body of his opponent in the process. Spiral's hands lock around Clemmens' throat, and he hauls his opponent to his feet as he stands up. With a twisted parody of a smile, Spiral raises Clemmens up, one handed, and jumps up in the air, pounding him through the roof of the car with a vicious chokeslam. Clemmens' neck hits the edge of the roof, making a sickening sound before he disappears into the wreckage. Spiral lands gracefully on the pavement, and then turns his head from side to side, cracking his neck, oblivious to the enthusiastic cheering pouring from the arena.

Suddenly, two hands emerge through the opening, bringing deafening cheers from the crowd as Clemmens pulls himself up through the opening. Spiral turns around, just in time to be leveled as Clemmens jumps from the edge of the doorframe, knocking Spiral backwards with a flying lariat. Clemmens follows this up with a headbutt, and a series of wild punches that leave Spiral bloodied, but not beaten as he rolls over, pinning Clemmens down and driving a few well placed punches into the throat of Clemmens. Gagging for air, Clemmens retaliates with an eye poke that buys him the time to slip out from under Spiral, and get back to his feet. This time Clemmens sends Spiral packing back against the cars again, firing in a few knee shots before he snaps Spiral's head back with a vicious uppercut.

Spiral lies unmoving on the hood of the car, at a precarious angle, nearly falling. Clemmens scrambles up to the roof and launches himself, landing with both knees on Spiral's torso with his fist dropping down on Spiral's head. The two sprawl over the edge and falls, with Clemmens clutching the sides of Spiral's face, nearly dislocating his jaw with the death grip the two men land on the unforgiving concrete. Clemmens is the first to his feet, and as Spiral shoots in, looking for a takedown at the knees, Clemmens steps aside, and hooks Spiral's arm, flipping him down to the pavement. 

Clemmens moves away from Spiral, reaching over to rip the side mirror off the mangled car. He charges at Spiral, his eyes narrowed, but at the last possible second, Spiral rolls aside, and the attack misses. The mirror shatters, and Clemmens picks up a shard of the glass as Spiral lands on his back, feet locked around his midsection as he tries to roll Clemmens over. Clemmens goes with the flow, letting Spiral force him to the ground before he lashes out with the glass, cutting Spiral across the throat. Blood wells from the deep gash and the referee forces Clemmens to back off as he stops the fight.

Clemmens defeats Spiral to become the new Middleweight Champion via technical knockout at 21:54.

MAIN EVENT

Heavyweight Championship Fight
Jackson vs John "Mad Dog" Murphy

A bright white flash and a piercing noise sends those present to their knees.  They cover their ears to cope with the strain. They squint and close their eyes trying to remove the platinum white stain. Everyone's vision returns bit by bit, shadow by shadow.  When their vision is clear, there in the circle is Major John "Mad Dog" Murphy growling at the bit.  A trained Special Forces operative, ready to do his job.

The lights flicker and flash, and then a steady bass throb begins, growing in volume, sounding much like a heartbeat. A single gunshot shatters the silence, followed by mocking laughter and Jackson's voice hurling insults before the music skips, and then the sounds of 'Lies' by Evanescence filters through the speakers. Jackson moves through the smoke to climb over the hood of one of the cars, looking focused as he stares a hole in his opponent.

Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the two men in The Circle tonight will fight until only one remains standing!!!!! Introducing first... fighting out of the blue corner... he is a martial artist, with an undefeated record of three wins, standing at 193 centimeters and weighing in at 105 kilograms. Ladies and gentlemen... JOHN "MAD DOG" MURPHHHHHHHHHHHY!!!!!

Murphy rolls his shoulders.

Announcer: And now... fighting out of the red corner... He is a wrestler, with a record five wins, and one loss, standing at 193 centimeters and weighing in at 125 kilograms.  Ladies and gentlemen... the Heavyweight Champion... JACKSONNNNNNNNNNNNN!!

Jackson lunges in to start this duel with a hard right jab, but Murphy sidesteps the punch, raising a hard knee into Jackson's ribs. As Jackson slouches over, Murphy drives a knee into Jackson's face, knocking him back onto his ass. As Jackson starts to climb to his feet, Murphy drives Jackson back to the concrete, getting into a mount position. Murphy drives his fist down towards Jackson's face, but Jackson moves, allowing Murphy's fist hit the concrete before driving a hard right forearm into Murphy's ribs, causing him to struggle for air as he climbs off of Jackson. As Murphy backs off, Jackson grabs him by the head, driving a rapid succession of knees into Murphy's ribs, knocking the breath out of him before shoving him to the floor beside him.

Jackson stands up and meets Murphy with a hard punt to the face. Jackson rolls Murphy onto his back, looking to stomp on Murphy's chest. As his foot comes in contact with Murphy, Murphy elbowed Jackson's shin, causing Jackson to pull his leg back. Murphy sits up but catches a hard right haymaker to the jaw sending him back onto his stomach. As he rises up to his hands and knees, Jackson climbs onto his back, hooking in a chickenwing style submission. As Jackson begin to wrench it in, Murphy rolls forward quickly, smashing Jackson's shoulder off of the concrete. Jackson and Murphy both take a small breather before climbing slowly and painfully to their feet.

Murphy leaps forward, grabbing Jackson with a sleeper hold style hold, choking the air from Jackson. As Murphy's bicep tightens around Jackson's throat, Jackson lifts up his leg and fires a back kick, knocking Murphy's right leg out from under him at the knee. Murphy lets go of Jackson, clutching his knee. Jackson bellows like a beast before spinning around and swinging for the fences, smashing his fist hard into Murphy's jaw. As Murphy staggers back, Jackson drives a knee into his midsection, catching hold of Murphy's head to pull him back up. Murphy responds with a weak shot to the breadbasket, but Jackson fires another kick into Murphy's knee, blowing it out.

He lifts his leg to stomp down on Murphy's face, only to have his opponent roll away. Jackson stuns himself, and then Murphy levels the playing field as he chops the back of Jackson's knees. Jackson comes crashing down, and lands a fist to the middle of Murphy's forehead, halting the shift in momentum. Jackson leaps on top of him, driving one heavy blow to Murphy's face after another until John Murphy can't lift his head.

Jackson defeats Murphy to remain Heavyweight Champion via knockout at 12:24.