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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Candy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Candy comes to the cage accompanied by For Whom the Bell Tolls. Kennedy has chosen Dirty Cash By Dizee Rascal as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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270 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Candy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeff Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Candy throws a series of punches but Kennedy moves out of range.
Candy lands a right hook to the body.
Candy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kennedy moves away.
Candy misses with a takedown attempt - Kennedy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Candy misses with a low kick.
Candy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Candy throws a hook to the side of Kennedy's head but Kennedy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Candy wants to clinch up but Kennedy keeps it at a distance.
Candy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kennedy throws a hook but Candy blocks it.
Kennedy thumps Candy with a low kick.
Kennedy tries to bum rush Candy with a series of wild strikes but Candy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Candy scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Candy tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Candy misses.
Nice defenses there by Kennedy.
Candy blocks a jab.
Kennedy is looking to chop away at Candy's legs.
Kennedy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A good leg kick by Candy.
Kennedy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Candy.
Candy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kennedy counters with a two punch combo.
Kennedy misses with a wild combination.
Kennedy staying out of range there.
Kennedy misses with a few strikes there.
Candy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kennedy counters with a straight right hand.
Kennedy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Candy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Candy misses with a hook.
Candy throws a leg kick
and Kennedy counters with a stiff right hand.
Kennedy slips a straight right by Candy.
Kennedy staying out of range there.
Candy lands a right hook to the body.
Candy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kennedy misses with a double jab.
Kennedy throws a leg kick
and Candy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Candy tries to clinch up
and Kennedy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Candy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Candy thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Candy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kennedy manages to avoid it.
Kennedy slips under a jab.
Kennedy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice defenses there by Kennedy.
Candy throws a hook but Kennedy avoids it easily.
Candy throws a solid leg kick but Kennedy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Candy.
Candy throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Kennedy to counter with a crisp jab.
Candy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kennedy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Candy doesn't manage to clinch there - Kennedy circles away.
A swing and a miss from Candy.
Kennedy swats away the attempt to clinch by Candy.
Candy wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Candy.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kennedy counters with a straight right hand.
Kennedy slaps away a takedown attempt from Candy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Candy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Candy - that will leave a mark!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Candy misses with a hook to the body
and Kennedy counters with a low kick, right behind Candy 's knee.
Kennedy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Candy ducks under a wild hook from Kennedy.
Kennedy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Candy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Candy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Candy misses the shot to the body.
Kennedy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Candy.
Candy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
John Candy is winning the standup battle so far.
Candy takes one to the chin there.
Kennedy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kennedy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Candy.
Candy misses the jab.
Candy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Candy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kennedy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kennedy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kennedy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kennedy throws a sloppy body shot
and Candy counters with a stiff right hand.
Candy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kennedy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Candy scores with a nice strike.
Candy misses with a kick to the body
and Kennedy counters with a stiff right hand.
Kennedy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Candy's corner calls for a 1-2. Candy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A shot to the body from Candy misses
and Kennedy counters with a three punch combo that has Candy backing up. Candy nods at Kennedy to acknowledge the strikes.
Candy throws a sloppy body shot
and Kennedy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jeff Kennedy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Candy misses with a body punch
and Kennedy counters with a straight right hand.
Kennedy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Candy.
Kennedy slips under a jab.
Kennedy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Candy looks to land a right hand but Kennedy moved out of range.
John Candy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Candy tries to clinch
and Kennedy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Candy with a nice cross.
Candy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Candy loads up on a big right hand but Kennedy slips the punch.
Candy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kennedy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Candy.
Jeff Kennedy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Candy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kennedy ducks under a wild hook from Candy.
Kennedy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Candy. That one must have hurt.
Candy misses the body punch
and Kennedy counters with a one-two to the body.
Candy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kennedy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Candy swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Candy just misses with a punch to the body.
Candy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Candy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kennedy.
Kennedy stuns Candy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Candy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Candy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kennedy counters with a stiff right hand.
Candy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kennedy's hands.
A jab lands there for Kennedy.
Kennedy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Candy circles away quickly and effectively.
Candy punishes Kennedy's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Candy.
Kennedy is breathing heavily.
Candy misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Candy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kennedy slips under a jab.
Candy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Candy takes a swing at Kennedy's ribcage but misses.
Candy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kennedy connects with a right hand. Candy shakes it off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kennedy.
Candy throws a sloppy body shot
and Kennedy counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Candy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Candy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kennedy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kennedy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Candy dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Candy fails with a takedown attempt.
Kennedy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Candy.
A lazy left from Kennedy finds it's target.
Candy lands with a nice body punch.
Candy throws a looping overhand right but Kennedy ducks down to avoid it.
Candy looks to throw the jab but Kennedy is out of range.
Kennedy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Candy throws a series of punches but Kennedy avoids them all with ease.
Candy is looking to clinch but Kennedy is avoiding it.
Candy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kennedy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Candy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Candy.
Candy scores with a leg kick.
Candy misses with a looping right.
Candy misses with a hook to the body
and Kennedy counters with a straight right hand.
Candy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kennedy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Candy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kennedy to score with a decent uppercut.
A combination from Kennedy does no damage.
Candy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kennedy manages to avoid it.
Kennedy staying out of range there.
Kennedy moves away from the strike by Candy.
Candy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy ducks under a wild hook from Candy.
Kennedy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kennedy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Candy.
Kennedy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Candy circles away quickly and effectively.
Kennedy misses with a straight right.
Candy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kennedy counters with a nice uppercut.
Candy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kennedy is looking to chop away at Candy's legs.
Candy scores with a nice head shot.
Candy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kennedy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kennedy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Candy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Candy misses with a shot to the body
and Kennedy counters with a straight right hand.
Kennedy takes a swing at Candy's ribcage but misses.
Kennedy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kennedy misses with an uppercut. Candy saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Candy misses its intended target.
Candy slips a straight right by Kennedy.
Kennedy lands with a nice combination. Candy backs away looking to recover.
Candy moves in looking to clinch but Kennedy pushes him off.
Candy cracks the inside of Kennedy's front leg.
Candy tries to clinch
and Kennedy counters with an inside leg kick.
Candy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Candy lands a nice hook to Kennedy's body. Kennedy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Candy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kennedy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice cross by Candy.
Candy swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Kennedy to counter with a crisp jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice defenses there by Kennedy.
A shot to the body from Candy misses
and Kennedy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Kennedy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Candy doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kennedy stuns Candy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kennedy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
No joy there for Kennedy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Kennedy really dominated that round.
That's time! Candy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A slow jab from Candy misses its intended target.
Candy tries to clinch but Kennedy is having none of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kennedy.
Candy misses with a hook.
Kennedy throws a leg kick but Candy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A shot to de liver by Kennedy. Beautiful body shot.
Candy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kennedy throws a right hand that Candy ducks under and follows up with a left that Candy also avoids with ease.
Candy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Candy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good shot there by Candy.
Candy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kennedy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Candy misses the body punch
and Kennedy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Candy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fight stays on the outside here - Candy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Candy loads up on a big right hand but Kennedy slips the punch.
Candy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kennedy swivels and escapes.
Kennedy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jab from Candy.
Candy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kennedy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Candy is out of range.
Kennedy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Candy.
Kennedy ducks under a wild hook from Candy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Candy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kennedy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kennedy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Candy.
Kennedy scores with a hook to the body. Candy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kennedy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Candy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Candy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kennedy.
Candy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kennedy.
Candy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kennedy moves out of range as Candy strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Candy throws a looping overhand right but Kennedy ducks down to avoid it.
Candy connects with a nice looking jab.
Candy misses with an uppercut.
No joy there for Kennedy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kennedy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kennedy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Candy.
Candy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Candy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Candy looks to throw the jab but Kennedy is out of range.
Candy tries to clinch
and Kennedy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Kennedy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kennedy scores with a punch to the head.
Candy fails in his attempt to clinch.
A lazy left from Kennedy finds it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy avoids the body shot from Candy.
Kennedy misses with a looping right.
Kennedy feints and then cracks Candy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Candy down.
A jab from Candy misses.
Candy moves in looking to clinch but Kennedy pushes him off.
Kennedy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kennedy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Candy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Kennedy to counter with a crisp jab.
Candy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kennedy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Candy loads up on a big right hand but Kennedy slips the punch.
Candy clinches but Kennedy breaks the clinch
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Kennedy dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A slapping leg kick lands for Kennedy.
Candy tries to clinch up but Kennedy circles away and keeps his distance.
Candy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kennedy, as that shot connected.
Candy dodges the punch combination from Kennedy.
Candy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kennedy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Candy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kennedy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Candy misses with a jab to the body
and Kennedy counters with a right hand to the body.
Candy misses with a looping right.
A clash of legs there as Candy blocks the low kick.
Kennedy misses with a two punch combination.
Candy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Candy misses its intended target.
Candy misses with a hook to the body
and Kennedy counters with a straight right hand.
Candy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Candy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kennedy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Candy.
Candy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kennedy.
Candy takes one to the side of the head.
Candy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kennedy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kennedy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Candy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kennedy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A lazy left from Candy finds it's target.
Candy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kennedy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Candy tries to clinch up
and Kennedy counters with an outside leg kick.
Kennedy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kennedy lands a jab.
Candy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kennedy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Candy misses with a body shot
and Kennedy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Candy loads up on a big right hand but Kennedy slips the punch.
Kennedy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Candy's calf.
Candy misses with a shot to the body
enabling Kennedy to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy lands with a straight right. Candy didn't see that one coming.
Kennedy throws a right and a left that Candy avoids nicely.
Candy looks to clinch
letting Kennedy counter with a right hand.
Candy missing with a left hand there. Kennedy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A low kick from Kennedy is predictable there
and Candy counters with a right hand to the body.
Kennedy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kennedy checks a leg kick nicely.
Candy misses the body punch
and Kennedy counters with a low kick, right behind Candy 's knee.
Candy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kennedy.
Kennedy misses with a straight left.
Candy works Kennedy's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Candy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Candy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kennedy.
Candy throws a jab when Kennedy was well out of range.
Candy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Candy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kennedy tries to avoid it but Candy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kennedy to the ground. Kennedy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Candy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Candy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kennedy counters with a left to the body.
Kennedy defending well as Candy loads up on a big left hand.
Kennedy scores with a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice shot lands for Kennedy.
Kennedy throws a series of punches but Candy avoids them all with ease.
Kennedy defending well as Candy loads up on a big left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Kennedy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kennedy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 47:48
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 47:48
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Kennedy!
Jeff Kennedy is the new heavyweight champion!
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