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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nickolai Ketchum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ketchum has chosen XXX by Danny Brown as his entrance music. Nickolai Ketchum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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167 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Winston Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nickolai Ketchum!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ketchum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Churchill.
Ketchum gets tackled into the cage by Churchill. Churchill maintains the clinch.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ketchum is trying to force a seperation but Churchill has the dominant position.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Ketchum is looking to break free of the clinch but Churchill has double underhooks.
Churchill keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ketchum's efforts to push away.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Ketchum is trying to break the clinch but Churchill is controlling him.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ketchum goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Churchill fails to land.
Churchill swings wildly with an uppercut but Ketchum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Churchill keeps control of Ketchum as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Churchill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Churchill lands a left hand.
I was talking to Churchill's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch on the inside from Churchill fails to land.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Churchill.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Churchill.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ketchum backwards.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill throws a punch but it's blocked by Ketchum.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Churchill scores with a nice hook to the head.
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!
Ketchum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ketchum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ketchum taking a breather.
Ketchum wants to get back to striking at distance but Churchill won't allow it.
Ketchum takes a shot to the head.
Ketchum blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Churchill fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ketchum.
Ketchum content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ketchum blocking some punches.
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Ketchum.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Ketchum tries to break the clinch but Churchill is controlling the position.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ketchum.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Churchill fails to land.
Ketchum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Churchill takes the fight into the clinch.
Ketchum can't break the clinch.
Ketchum blocking some punches.
Ketchum manages to break the clinch.
Churchill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ketchum.
Churchill misses with a few strikes there.
Ketchum cracks Churchill with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ketchum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Churchill has Ketchum up against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Churchill scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ketchum works on Churchill's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Winston Churchill dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ketchum lands with a shot to the body.
Churchill throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Churchill drops his hands momentarily and Ketchum takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ketchum connects with a body shot.
Ketchum looks to throw the jab but Churchill is out of range.
Churchill pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Winston Churchill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Churchill clinches.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill lands an uppercut.
Ketchum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ketchum.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
Ketchum tries to circle away but Churchill has him pinned against the cage.
Winston Churchill has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ketchum is trying to break the clinch but Churchill is controlling him.
Ketchum blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ketchum.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Ketchum.
A short right from Churchill.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill prevents Ketchum from breaking the clinch.
Ketchum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Ketchum tries to break the clinch but Churchill is controlling the position.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ketchum backwards.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Ketchum.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ketchum.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill throws a punch but it's blocked by Ketchum.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ketchum takes a shot to the head.
Churchill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ketchum can do to turn this around?
Ketchum wants to break free but Churchill has control.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill throws a punch but it's blocked by Ketchum.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ketchum.
Churchill lands an uppercut.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Churchill throws a punch but it's blocked by Ketchum.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ketchum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Churchill.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Winston Churchill dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Churchill forces Ketchum back against the cage and clinches.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill throws a punch but it's blocked by Ketchum.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Ketchum manages to break the clinch.
Ketchum throws out a loose jab but Churchill uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ketchum rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Churchill counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Churchill throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ketchum counters with a left to the body.
Ketchum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ketchum throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Ketchum misses.
As Ketchum looks to move away, Churchill throws a big counter combo bu Ketchum just gets out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ketchum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ketchum connects with a right hand. Churchill shakes it off.
Ketchum lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Churchill at a distance.
Ketchum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Churchill was well out of range. Poor timing from Ketchum.
Churchill moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Churchill is rocked!
Churchill wants to clinch.
Oh Churchill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ketchum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Churchill seems to have got his legs back now.
Nickolai Ketchum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Churchill walks into a left hand.
Nickolai Ketchum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ketchum lands with a nice body punch.
Churchill misses with a series of wild punches.
Churchill fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ketchum has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Churchill is looking to clinch.
Churchill throws a combination that misses
and Ketchum counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ketchum lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Churchill head around and knocks him out cold! Ketchum hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nickolai Ketchum!
Nickolai Ketchum seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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