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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mac Keegan (ranked 2228 p4p, 5405 weight class) and Emanuel Le Delma (ranked 287 p4p, 535 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mac Keegan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emanuel Le Delma!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keegan has his takedown stuffed
and Le Delma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Le Delma slaps away a takedown attempt from Keegan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Le Delma swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Keegan misses the body punch
and Le Delma counters with a stiff right hand.
Keegan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at JAG Battle Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Keegan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Le Delma counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Keegan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Delma keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Keegan fails with a takedown attempt.
Le Delma throws out a counter right but Keegan avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keegan misses with a takedown attempt - Le Delma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Keegan fails with the takedown
and Le Delma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Keegan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Le Delma is fending him off so far but Keegan persists. Nope, Le Delma circles away and we're back to standing.
Le Delma gets caught flat footed, as Keegan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Keegan stops Le Delma from standing up.
Keegan throws an elbow that misses. Le Delma uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Keegan's guard. Nice move by Le Delma!
Keegan wants to sweep here but Le Delma controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keegan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Keegan wants to control but Le Delma is keeping him busy.
Keegan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Le Delma is trying to stand.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Keegan lands a nice short elbow.
Le Delma pushes Keegan off looking to stand but Keegan dives back in and keeps control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keegan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Le Delma defending well though.
Le Delma has hold of Keegan's hands but Keegan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Keegan frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keegan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Le Delma is looking to escape.
Keegan looking to finish with strikes here!
Le Delma wants to get back to his feet.
Keegan looking to finish Le Delma with some ground and pound. This is bad for Le Delma!
Le Delma squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keegan wants to control the pace but Le Delma is squirming around nicely.
Le Delma is bucking up trying to escape but Keegan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Keegan breaks from Le Delma's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Keegan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Keegan cracks Le Delma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Keegan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Le Delma is looking to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keegan lands with some strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Keegan unloading with bombs!
Le Delma is trying to stand up.
Keegan lands with some strikes.
Le Delma's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The referee warns Le Delma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Le Delma wants to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Keegan.
Keegan won't let Le Delma get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Keegan cracks Le Delma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Keegan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Le Delma is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keegan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Keegan cracks Le Delma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Keegan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Le Delma is rocked!
Le Delma tries to buck Keegan off but he can't manage it.
Keegan dominating with strikes here.
Le Delma is still in real trouble! Can Keegan finish him?
Keegan raining down shots from the mount!
Keegan postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Le Delma bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Keegan and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mac Keegan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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