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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Van Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes to the ring accompanied by Stir It Up. Harper is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Welcome To Jamrock. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Van Kelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Harper!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper misses with a kick to the body.
Harper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
Harper throws a nice head kick!
Kelly looks to throw the jab but Harper is out of range.
A good leg kick by Harper.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown but Harper shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kelly steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Harper. That one must have hurt.
Jab from Kelly.
Harper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Harper manages to break the clinch.
Kelly connects with a jab.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Kelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kelly scores with a crisp jab that stopped Harper in his tracks.
Harper is looking to clinch but Kelly is avoiding it.
Kelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harper momentarily.
Good leg kick by Harper there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.
A jab from Kelly finds it's way through Harper's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.
Harper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Kelly missing with a left hand there. Harper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harper tried to score with a low kick but Kelly checks it.
Kelly lands with a hook. Harper tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kelly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harper on the side of the head.
Harper throws a leg kick which misses Kelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Kelly tries to avoid it.
Kelly lands a nice hook to Harper's body. Harper takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
A solid body kick from Harper.
Harper lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kelly's sensitive parts.
Harper throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harper tries to clinch up but Kelly circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick from Harper misses.
Kelly tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harper misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Harper goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harper was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
Harper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kelly blocks the body kick.
Harper walks into a stiff left hand from Kelly.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harper.
A big left from Kelly misses.
Van Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harper takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harper, right into the meat.
Kelly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harper slips a straight right by Kelly.
Kelly forces Harper back against the ropes and clinches.
Harper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Harper is trying to maintain a safe position but Kelly gets an underhook and turns Harper into the ropes.
Harper lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper is looking to control Kelly's arms but Kelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harper has his back to the ropes.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Harper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kelly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kelly is breathing heavily.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly taking a breather.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Harper.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harper breaks the clinch.
Harper slips under a jab.
Harper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kelly. That did some damage!
Harper keeps Kelly at a distance using the push kick.
Harper clinches.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper is trying to maintain a safe position but Kelly gets an underhook and turns Harper into the ropes.
Kelly lands a nice uppercut.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Kelly is blocking nicely.
Kelly looking to stall.
Harper tries to stall but Kelly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harper scores with a knee to the head.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Harper blocks an uppercut.
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper's elbow.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Harper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harper prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Kelly.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelly trying to stall but Harper improves his position.
Kelly can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Kelly digs a right hand underneath Harper's ribcage. Harper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kelly stalling against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Harper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
Kelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harper.
Harper prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelly pushes Harper back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harper is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelly clinches up with Harper and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harper lands a good knee to the midsection. Kelly won't want to take too many of those.
Kelly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees to the body from Harper.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harper avoids it.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harper trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harper.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Kelly's ribcage.
Harper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harper.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Kelly back against the cage.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Kelly blocks with his arms.
Harper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Kelly leaning against his opponent.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
Kelly blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kelly.
Harper wants to stall.
Harper blocking some punches.
Kelly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hand to the body from Kelly.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Kelly.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.
Harper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harpers head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Harper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Harper is trying to stall.
Harper is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
Kelly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper's elbow.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kelly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
Kelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelly avoids the damage to the body.
Kelly pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Harper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kelly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Kelly.
Kelly lands a nice uppercut.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harper trying to land knees to the body.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Kelly pushes Harper back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Harper letting Kelly take a breather here.
Kelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kelly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Kelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Harper controls the action.
Kelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harper.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelly avoids the damage to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harper slows down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Kelly.
Kelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
Kelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Harper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harper up against the ropes.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harper or not.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly lands a left hand.
Harper blocking some punches.
Kelly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Harper dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kelly has a takedown stuffed.
Harper throws a chopping leg kick but Kelly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kelly throws a looping overhand right but Harper ducks down to avoid it.
Harper takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Harper lands with a nice body kick.
Harper tries to clinch there but Kelly circles away.
Harper misses with a head kick.
Good exchange - Kelly coming out on top.
Kelly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harper on the side of the head.
Harper throws a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kelly connects with a body shot.
Harper on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harper throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kelly lands a glancing blow to the side of Harper's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harper lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harper lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kelly's sensitive parts.
Kelly lands with a nice body punch.
Nice takedown defense from Harper. No joy for Kelly on that attempt.
Harper throws a low kick but Kelly avoids it.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harper's head.
Harper on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kelly looks to land a right hand but Harper moved out of range.
Kelly misses with a looping right.
Kelly cracks Harper with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kelly misses with a jab to the body
and Harper makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kelly really felt that one!
Harper tries a low kick but Kelly avoids it.
Kelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harper pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harper throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Kelly lands with an overhand left.
Ben Harper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kelly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harper throws a nice head kick!
Kelly moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harper takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harper has time to react.
Harper connects with a right hand. Kelly shakes it off.
Kelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Harper there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Kelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kelly throws a shot from downtown. Harper moves away and avoids it.
Kelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kelly scores with a shot to the body.
Harper takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kelly lands a body shot.
Harper takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harper throws a head kick but Kelly moves out of range.
Harper moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harper throws a solid leg kick but Kelly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harper.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly digs a good body shot into Harper's ribs.
Both fighters circling a little - Harper finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice shot lands for Kelly.
Harper tries to move into range but Kelly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kelly throws a body punch but Harper moves out of range.
Kelly takes a swing at Harper's ribcage but misses.
Harper takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kelly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kelly lands a glancing blow to the side of Harper's head.
Kelly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Harper defending well as Kelly loads up on a big left hand.
Kelly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harper on the side of the head.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly blocks a leg kick.
Harper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly lands a slapping body shot.
Donk. Kelly catches Harper right on the button with a cross.
Kelly will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harper.
Harper takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kelly looks to land a right hand but Harper moved out of range.
Kelly moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice body kick there by Harper.
Kelly cracks a nice hook into Harper's ribs.
Harper has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Harper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harper swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harper. That's going to slow Kelly down.
Harper is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Harper tries to clinch up.
Harper drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kelly misses with a body shot.
Kelly cracks Harper with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Harper throws a solid leg kick but Kelly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harper.
Harper throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Harper scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harper throws a head kick but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kelly loads up on a big right hand but Harper slips the punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kelly, as that shot connected.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kelly checks a leg kick.
Kelly misses with a body punch
and Harper makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harper misses with a body kick.
Kelly takes a swing at Harper's ribcage but misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Harper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper.
Kelly has Harper pushed against the ropes.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Harper prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelly stalling in the clinch.
Kelly lands a body punch.
Kelly takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly is trying to stall.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Harper lands an elbow just above Kelly 's eye.
Kelly wants to stall.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kelly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Harper.
Kelly avoids the elbow strike from Harper, against the ropes.
Kelly working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kelly.
Harper prevents a body shot from Kelly.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper stalling in the clinch.
Kelly looking to stall.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper has Kelly pressed against the ropes.
Harper continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly trying to control the position but instead, Harper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kelly into the ropes.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kelly trying to stall but Harper improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harper pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
Kelly is leaning against Harper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kelly.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from Kelly.
Harper being controlled against the ropes.
Kelly taking a breather.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Kelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harper.
Kelly is leaning against Harper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper looking to slow down the pace here.
Kelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harper or not.
Van Kelly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harper.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Kelly as the two fighters clinch.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harper or not.
Still in the clinch, Kelly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kelly lands a body punch.
Harper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Kelly - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Kelly.
Kelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kelly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Kelly is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Van Kelly 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. This is the final round!
Jab from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a body shot.
Harper moves in looking to clinch but Kelly pushes him off.
Harper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly cracks Harper with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Kelly connects with a body shot.
Kelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harper counters with a good, hard body kick but Kelly shrugs it off.
Harper throws a push kick but Kelly slaps the foot to one side.
A shot to the liver by Kelly. Beautiful body shot.
Kelly lands a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harper. That's going to slow Kelly down.
Kelly takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kelly cracks a nice hook into Harper's ribs.
Harper is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kelly rather than just go for the knockout.
Harper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harper lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kelly swings for the body but Harper moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harper.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Harper is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Harper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
Harper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Harper shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kelly lands a slapping body shot.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.
Kelly clobbers Harper with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Harper takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kelly moves out of range as Harper throws a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harper.
Harper looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harper throws a head kick but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Harper is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kelly misses the target.
Kelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Harper's head backwards.
Kelly misses with an uppercut.
Harper feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kelly's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Harper.
Harper lands a head kick. Kelly smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kelly misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kelly. Harper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly scores with a jab.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harper has time to react.
Kelly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Kelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harper.
Kelly cracks Harper with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Harper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kelly lands a body shot.
Kelly stuns Harper with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harper takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Harper takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly has a takedown stuffed.
Harper moves out of range of the strikes.
Kelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Harper should have avoided that one.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Kelly.
Kelly avoids the head kick by Harper.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harper. That's going to slow Kelly down.
Harper tries a head kick but it misses.
Harper misses with a body kick.
Harper tries to move into range but Kelly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harper throws a sloppy head kick and Kelly moves out of range easily.
Kelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kelly lands a right hook to the body.
Kelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Harper.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Kelly finds it's target.
Harper misses with a low kick as Kelly jumps back.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harper pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kelly throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kelly misses with a hook to the body
and Harper counters with a thumping low kick.
Kelly misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Kelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kelly throws an overhand right that lands on Harper's shoulder, as Harper tries to avoid the shot.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.
Harper misses with a body shot.
Kelly fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Kelly as he connects with a hook.
Harper moves out of range as Kelly strikes.
Harper gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kelly.
Harper takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harper throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Harper tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly misses with a hook.
Harper connects with a solid leg kick.
Kelly looks to land a left hand but Harper moved out of range nicely.
Harper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kelly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harper on the side of the head.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Harper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kelly lunges at Harper with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Harper's hand.
Harper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kelly.
Kelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Kelly swings for the body but Harper moves out of range.
Harper throws a head kick but Kelly moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kelly.
Kelly misses the body punch
and Harper counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kelly punishes Harper's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Kelly misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harper swivels and escapes.
Harper tries to land a leg kick but Kelly saw it coming and moves away.
Kelly throws the left hand but Harper avoids the punch easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harper.
Harper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly misses with a body shot
and Harper counters with an inside leg kick.
Kelly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly lands with a cross.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Kelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harper. Harper obviously looking to wear him down.
Harper tries a head kick but it misses.
Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Kelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kelly lands with a left to the head.
Kelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kelly tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Kelly back against the cage.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Kelly blocks with his arms.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kelly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kelly scores with a hook to the body.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Kelly is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Kelly digs a right hand into Harper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harper's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Harper prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Kelly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kelly lands a shot to the body.
Kelly lands an uppercut.
Kelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kelly lands with a short shot to the head.
Harper is rocked!
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Harper is still on wobbly legs! Can Kelly finish him?
Kelly misses with some punches.
Harper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kelly taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harper seems to have recovered his senses.
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper's elbow.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kelly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelly missing with a left hand there. Harper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harper throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Harper is looking to clinch.
Harper takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Harper tries a head kick but it misses.
Harper throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Harper's head backwards.
Kelly fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harper ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Harper has Kelly up against the ropes in a clinch.
Harper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kelly tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Kelly back against the cage.
Harper is looking to control Kelly's arms but Kelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harper has his back to the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kelly.
Kelly digs a right hand into Harper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harper's gas tank.
A hook to the body from Kelly.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harper.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
Kelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kelly pushes Harper back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Kelly.
Kelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Kelly working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Kelly.
Kelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly lands with a right to the head.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Harper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kelly trying to stall but Harper improves his position.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Van Kelly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kelly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Van Kelly!
Van Kelly retains his lightweight title!
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