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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Keel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Beat (down). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Keel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Davis!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Keel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Keel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Davis.
Keel moves into the clinch successfully.
Davis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Keel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Keel tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis looks for a takedown but Keel sprawls well.
Keel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Keel takes the fight into the clinch.
Keel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Keel clinches with his opponent.
Keel pushes Davis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Keel has the dominant position.
Keel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keel lands a right hook to the body.
Davis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Keel avoids it really well and circles away.
Jay Keel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Davis.
Keel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Keel.
Davis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Keel.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Davis avoids the body shot from Keel.
A punch combination from Keel misses.
Davis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Keel has closed the distance and engaged Davis in a clinch.
Keel lands an uppercut.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keel breaks the clinch.
Davis shoots in but Keel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jay Keel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Keel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Keel breaks the clinch.
Keel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Keel scores with a leg kick.
Keel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Davis wants to break free but Keel has control.
Keel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice takedown defense from Keel. No joy for Davis on that attempt.
Davis looks gassed!
Keel leaves Davis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keel's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Keel duly obliges.
Keel stalks Davis and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Davis's face. Davis staggers backwards, shaken.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Keel as he avoids it easily.
Keel scores with a nice head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keel closes the distance and clinches.
Keel manages to break the clinch.
Keel misses with a series of wild punches.
Keel moves into the clinch.
Keel manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Keel breaks the clinch.
Keel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Keel as he jumps to the side.
Keel closes the distance and clinches.
Keel breaks from the clinch.
Keel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Keel.
Keel throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Keel avoids it really well and circles away.
Davis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Keel circles away.
Keel misses with a few strikes there.
Keel throws a series of strikes that have Davis backpedaling.
Davis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davis. That did some damage!
Davis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keel rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Keel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Davis takes a shot to the head.
Keel breaks from the clinch.
Keel tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Keel dominated that 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.
Davis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Keel tries to avoid it but Davis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Keel to the ground. Keel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Keel. No joy for Davis on that attempt.
Keel stuffs the takedown attempt from Davis. Davis gets slowly back to his feet.
Jay Keel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Davis.
Davis avoids the head kick by Keel.
Keel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Keel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jay Keel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Davis on the side of the head.
Keel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Keel.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keel.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Keel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davis takes a shot to the head.
Keel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Keel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jay Keel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Keel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keel works over Davis's head and body with a nice combination.
Davis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Keel does no damage.
Keel throws a right hand that Davis ducks under and follows up with a left that Davis also avoids with ease.
Keel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Keel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keel rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Keel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davis's face.
Keel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davis is trying desperately to land a takedown but Keel is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Davis.
Keel throws a one two combo.
Keel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Keel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Keel scores with a four punch combination!
Keel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Keel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Keel darts in and clinches Davis up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Keel breaks the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Keel!
Davis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keel.
Davis shoots in for a double leg but Keel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Davis shoots in for a takedown but Keel shows good takedown defense.
Good leg kick by Keel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Keel scoring well with a low kick there.
Keel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keel. That's going to slow Davis down.
Keel darts in and clinches Davis up against the cage.
Keel breaks the clinch.
Davis dodges the punch combination from Keel.
Keel rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keel breaks the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Davis or perhaps it was just good defense by Keel which made him look bad.
Keel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Davis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Davis wants to control from the top but Keel keeps moving.
Davis wants to stand but Keel is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Davis is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Keel is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Keel has escaped and now he's on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Keel dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Davis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Keel slaps away a takedown attempt from Davis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Keel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davis. That did some damage!
Davis tries to clinch up but Keel circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Keel is fending him off so far but Davis persists. Nope, Keel circles away and we're back to standing.
Keel swinging wilding here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keel misses with a few strikes there.
Keel dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Keel scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Keel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keel closes the distance and clinches.
Davis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jay Keel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Davis.
Davis tries to break free but Keel pushes him back against the cage.
Keel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Keel sprawls well. Keel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davis gets slowly back to his feet.
Keel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Keel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Keel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Keel breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keel throws a combination that misses
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Keel darts in and clinches Davis up against the cage.
Keel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Keel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Davis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Keel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Keel manages to break the clinch.
Keel throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
Keel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keel works the jab nicely.
Keel is working the combinations to good effect here.
Keel closes the distance and pushes Davis back into the cage.
Keel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis dives in and grabs Keel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Keel pushes down on Davis's head and hops out.
Keel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davis's sensitive parts.
Some wild striking there from Keel.
Keel stuffs the takedown.
Davis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Keel.
Keel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
Horrible takedown by Davis or perhaps it was just good defense by Keel which made him look bad.
Keel drives through and clinches with Davis against the cage.
Keel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Davis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Keel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keel breaks from the clinch.
Keel closes the distance and clinches.
Keel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Keel breaks the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Davis.
Davis shoots for a double leg takedown but Keel sprawls well. He's pushed Davis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Keel moves into range and clinches up with Davis.
Davis is trying to drag Keel to the mat but Keel just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Keel lands with a short shot to the head.
Keel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Keel swinging wilding here.
Jay Keel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Keel wants to clinch.
Marcus Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis throws a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Keel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Keel, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Keel!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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