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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Callum McCewen (ranked 1936 p4p, 4086 weight class) and Convicted Kelly (ranked 266 p4p, 464 weight class). McCewen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Highway to Hell - AC/DC. Kelly is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bump and grind. Convicted Kelly has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Callum McCewen's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Callum McCewen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Convicted Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly moves to clinch but McCewen breaks away
and McCewen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCewen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McCewen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McCewen lands a jab to Kelly's midsection.
Kelly tries to clinch there but McCewen circles away.
Kelly tries to clinch but fails miserably
and McCewen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCewen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
McCewen missing with knees to the body.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly misses with a knee strike.
McCewen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
A body shot lands from McCewen.
A short right from McCewen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCewen blocks an elbow strike from Kelly.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Callum McCewen has been cut.
Kelly misses with an elbow strike.
Kelly pushes off an throws an elbow but McCewen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McCewen effectively controlling the action here.
McCewen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Kelly holding his opponent close, against the cage.
McCewen trying to stall but Kelly improves his position.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCewen avoids the elbow strike from Kelly, against the cage.
Kelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCewen throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCewen stalling in the clinch.
Kelly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McCewen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kelly pushes off an throws an elbow but McCewen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
McCewen tries a knee to the head but Kelly blocks it.
McCewen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kelly misses with an elbow over the top.
McCewen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCewen obliges.
Kelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
McCewen is trying to break free.
McCewen throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCewen looking to slow down the pace here.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCewen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McCewen lands a left hand.
McCewen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McCewen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
McCewen working aggressively here.
Kelly manages to break the clinch.
Kelly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McCewen lands a nice looking body shot.
Kelly tries to clinch up but McCewen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly tries to clinch but McCewen moves away
and McCewen counters with a low kick, right behind Kelly 's knee.
McCewen circles away from the clinch attempt
and McCewen counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCewen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kelly tries to clinch there but McCewen circles away.
McCewen misses with the combination.
McCewen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McCewen throws a nice looking combination but Kelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kelly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McCewen tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
McCewen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCewen's brow.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCewen takes an elbow to the temple.
McCewen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from McCewen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McCewen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kelly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCewen is trying to maintain a safe position but Kelly gets an underhook and turns McCewen into the cage.
A shot in the inside from McCewen.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
McCewen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kelly misses with an elbow strike.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
A frustrated look appears on McCewen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kelly throws an elbow but misses.
McCewen lands with a short shot to the head.
McCewen lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from McCewen.
Kelly is struggling to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCewen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
A nice left hand lands by McCewen.
McCewen misses with a knee to the head.
McCewen looking to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Callum McCewen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Callum McCewen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kelly wants to clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Callum McCewen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCewen cracks Kelly with a good jab.
McCewen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelly can do to turn this around?
Kelly has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McCewen.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
McCewen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kelly checks the leg kick nicely there.
McCewen swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCewen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCewen lands a head shot.
McCewen misses with a double jab.
McCewen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kelly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McCewen.
McCewen cracks Kelly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCewen swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
McCewen scores with a kick to the midsection.
McCewen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McCewen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McCewen lands a head shot.
McCewen lands with a cross.
Kelly dodges the punch combination from McCewen.
McCewen's corner calls for a 1-2. McCewen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McCewen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McCewen tries to keep at a distance but Kelly has taken the fight into the clinch.
McCewen has Kelly pressed against the cage.
Kelly misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCewen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCewen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCewen blocks the elbow strike.
McCewen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCewen blocks it with crossed arms.
McCewen avoiding damage as Kelly throws knees to the body.
McCewen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McCewen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McCewen lands with a light punch inside.
McCewen is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
McCewen misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kelly throws an elbow but misses.
Kelly looking to throw knees to the head but McCewen is blocking nicely.
McCewen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McCewen managing to block the knees to the body from Kelly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCewen lands with a left to the head.
McCewen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly lands an elbow that stopped McCewen in his tracks for a moment.
McCewen swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCewen gets through Kelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting McCewen here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kelly scores with a nice short uppercut.
McCewen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCewen.
Kelly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelly looking to throw knees to the head but McCewen is blocking nicely.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but McCewen blocks it.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCewen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
Kelly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McCewen trying to control the position but instead, Kelly has worked for underhooks and has pushed McCewen into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kelly.
Nice elbow from Kelly.
Callum McCewen's cut is getting worse.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kelly throws an elbow but misses.
McCewen misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from McCewen.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCewen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kelly is keeping busy.
Kelly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCewen scores with a shoulder strike.
McCewen throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCewen.
McCewen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kelly manages to break the clinch.
Jab from McCewen.
McCewen swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Nice cross by McCewen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Callum McCewen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Callum McCewen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice straight punches there by McCewen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McCewen.
Kelly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
McCewen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McCewen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McCewen swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Kelly throws a leg kick but McCewen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCewen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCewen takes the fight into the clinch.
McCewen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelly pushes off an throws an elbow but McCewen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
McCewen throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
McCewen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
McCewen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McCewen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the head but McCewen blocks with his arms.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
McCewen misses with a knee to the head.
Kelly misses with an elbow over the top.
Kelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCewen blocks the elbow strike.
Kelly lands an elbow just above McCewen 's eye.
Callum McCewen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McCewen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Come on Kelly - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McCewen scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kelly throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from McCewen.
McCewen avoids a wild elbow strike from Kelly.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from McCewen.
Kelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCewen is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from McCewen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from McCewen.
McCewen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McCewen avoids a wild elbow strike from Kelly.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCewen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly misses with an elbow over the top.
Kelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kelly as McCewen tries to tie him up.
McCewen is looking to control Kelly's arms but Kelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCewen has his back to the cage.
Kelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCewen scores with a shot to the side of Kelly's head.
McCewen lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCewen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McCewen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCewen lands a nice knee to the body.
McCewen misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCewen trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McCewen misses with the head strike.
McCewen is looking to control Kelly's arms but Kelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCewen has his back to the cage.
McCewen missing with knees to the body.
McCewen misses with a knee strike.
Callum McCewen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McCewen breaks from the clinch.
McCewen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - McCewen circles away.
McCewen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A cross from McCewen lands.
McCewen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kelly's head backwards.
Kelly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
McCewen lands with a straight right. Kelly didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCewen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kelly.
Kelly is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
McCewen moves into range and connects with a jab.
McCewen throws a shot from downtown. Kelly moves away and avoids it.
Kelly moves out of range as McCewen throws a body kick.
Kelly instigates a clinch.
Kelly trying to control the position but instead, McCewen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kelly into the cage.
Kelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kelly has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McCewen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kelly lands an elbow just above McCewen 's eye.
Convicted Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCewen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kelly tries to clinch there but McCewen circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Callum McCewen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McCewen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Callum McCewen!
In his post fight interview, Callum McCewen started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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