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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Kelly acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephen Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bob Kelly!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Williams circles away.
Williams tries to clinch up but Kelly circles away and keeps his distance.
Bob Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. Williams catches Kelly right on the button with a cross.
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Kelly's knee but Kelly avoids it well.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Williams tries to clinch but Kelly is having none of it.
Williams tries to clinch but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Williams counters with a left and a right that stings Kelly.
Kelly lands with an uppercut that bounces Williams off the cage and back into rage.
Kelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Kelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Kelly throws a poor cross that misses
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly shoots and misses
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stephen Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Kelly.
Williams cracks Kelly with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kelly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Kelly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kelly looks gassed!
Kelly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly forces Williams back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kelly avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Kelly wants to get back to striking at distance but Williams won't allow it.
Kelly changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Williams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kelly shoots in and drives through. Williams sprawls well.
Williams connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot by Williams.
Williams is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Kelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
Kelly takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Williams moves into range and clinches up with Kelly.
Williams wants to stall.
Williams 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kelly has Williams pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Williams manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheers as Williams lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kelly doesn't seem phased though.
Kelly misses with a combination
enabling Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
Kelly tries for a takedown but Williams circles away easily
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Williams swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Williams dominated that 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.
Kelly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams has closed the distance and engaged Kelly in a clinch.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelly avoids the damage to the body.
Kelly drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Williams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
Kelly is breathing heavily.
Williams moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kelly throws a combination that misses
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
Williams looks for the body kick but Kelly saw that one coming.
Kelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bob Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left and a right from Williams both land. Nice combination.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kelly falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams is looking to clinch but Kelly is avoiding it.
Kelly with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
Stephen Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Kelly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kelly there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kelly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Williams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Stephen Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Kelly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looks for the body kick but Kelly saw that one coming.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
Kelly misses with a double jab
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kelly misses with a straight right.
Kelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Williams misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kelly fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams darts in trying to clinch
and Kelly counters with a two punch combo.
Williams scores with a jab.
Williams moves to clinch but Kelly breaks away
and Kelly counters with a takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Williams dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Kelly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kelly fails with the takedown.
Kelly darts in trying to clinch
and Williams counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kelly thinking.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelly can do to turn this around?
Kelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Williams counters with a body kick that stops Kelly in his tracks momentarily.
Williams throws a nice head kick!
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Kelly circles away.
Williams stuffs the takedown attempt from Kelly. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams misses with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams wants to clinch.
Kelly misses with a double jab
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Williams throws a right hand that Kelly ducks under and follows up with a left that Kelly also avoids with ease.
Kelly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kelly moves forwards but Williams connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch there but Kelly circles away.
Bob Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly misses with a left hand
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kelly momentarily.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and Kelly counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kelly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Williams is on top in guard.
Williams has gone for a leg lock! Kelly slips out almost immediately though and dives into Williams's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a strike but Williams rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kelly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kelly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Williams thows a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Kelly blocks nicely.
Williams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
Williams wants to control from the top but Kelly keeps moving.
Kelly wants to get back to his feet but Williams is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stephen Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Williams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Williams!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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