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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Finn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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151 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jacob Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Finn!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finn moves into the clinch.
Finn has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finn.
Kelly tries to work over Finn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Finn is trying to stall.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Finn tries to circle away but Kelly has him pinned against the cage.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Finn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Finn blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kelly tries to work over Finn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kelly.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kelly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like BJ Finn has been cut.
A frustrated look appears on Finn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly is working for takedown but Finn is calmly controlling the position for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finn looking to stall.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Finn.
Kelly blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Finn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Finn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Finn.
Finn tries to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling the position.
Finn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Finn managing to block the knees to the body from Kelly.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Finn's elbow.
Finn taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelly trying to control the position but instead, Finn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kelly into the cage.
Finn working hard to break the clinch.
Finn blocks an uppercut.
Finn misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Finn.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finn tries to stall but Kelly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Finn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Finn wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelly won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Finn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kelly tries to work over Finn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Finn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Finn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Finn has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finn is trying to push Kelly away but Kelly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Finn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Kelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on BJ Finn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finn moves away.
Finn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finn moves out of range as Kelly strikes.
Finn moves out of range of the strikes.
Finn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Finn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Finn 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.
Finn blocking some punches.
Finn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly is struggling to control the position.
Finn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finn.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Jacob Kelly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Finn wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finn trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Finn blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Finn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Finn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finn trying to land knees to the body.
Finn tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Finn tries to break free but Kelly pushes him back against the cage.
Finn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Finn tries to circle away but Kelly has him pinned against the cage.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Kelly.
Finn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Finn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Kelly keeps control of Finn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
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!
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Finn's elbow.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Finn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finn.
Finn wants to stall.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Finn controls his hands.
Kelly tries a body shot but Finn blocks it.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Finn taking a breather.
Finn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Finn is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Finn prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Finn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Kelly trying to control the position but instead, Finn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kelly into the cage.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Finn controls his hands.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Finn.
Kelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Finn is defending well for now.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Finn wants to break free but Kelly has control.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Finn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finn is pressed up against the cage. Kelly has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Finn down to the mat. Finn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finn scores with a jab to the head.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
Finn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Kelly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on BJ Finn's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Finn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Finn has managed to clinch.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly tries to work over Finn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelly tries to work over Finn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelly looking for a takedown.
Finn has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Finn wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Finn controls his hands.
Kelly tries to work over Finn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelly content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Finn is trying to stall.
Kelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Finn has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kelly manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Finn trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kelly keeping full guard, as Finn tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Finn manages to get himself to full guard.
Kelly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kelly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kelly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Finn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Finn wants to stand but Kelly is controlling the position.
Finn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kelly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Finn is keeping the position for now.
Kelly advances position into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kelly 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 throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Finn is looking for a sweep.
Finn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kelly. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kelly working the ground and pound but Finn is defending the strikes.
Kelly thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kelly tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kelly has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kelly postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kelly has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Finn can't do much from the bottom here.
BJ Finn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An elbow from Kelly crashes against the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly looks up at the clock and then as Finn takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kelly smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kelly scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kelly throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Kelly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kelly, 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Kelly!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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