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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Padraig Keane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harvey Pekar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pekar has chosen Dead Joe, by The Birthday Party as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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177 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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181 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Padraig Keane!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harvey Pekar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pekar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Keane pinned against the cage. Keane gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Keane really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pekar misses with a series of wild punches.
Keane takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pekar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keane circles away quickly and effectively.
Pekar closes the distance and clinches up with Keane, looking for a takedown. Pekar pushes Keane against the ropes but Keane circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pekar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Pekar.
No joy there for Pekar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pekar misses with a body shot.
Pekar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harvey Pekar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pekar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pekar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pekar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Keane looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pekar is thwarting Keane's attempts to control the position.
Keane looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pekar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pekar lands strikes from half guard.
Pekar slips a nice elbow through Keane's hands, connecting with Keane's forehead.
Keane looks like he's trying to stand up.
Keane pushes Pekar off and gets back to his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Pekar misses the target.
Pekar throws a right hand that Keane ducks under and follows up with a left that Keane also avoids with ease.
Keane moves away from the strike by Pekar.
A jab from Pekar misses.
Keane throws a one two combo.
It looks like Harvey Pekar has been cut.
Keane lands with a slapping head kick.
Pekar shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Padraig Keane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harvey Pekar.
Pekar fails to land with a series of punches.
Pekar tries for a takedown but Keane sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pekar looks gassed!
Nice cross by Pekar.
Pekar misses with a looping left.
Keane misses with a body kick.
Padraig Keane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keane throws a nice looking combination but Pekar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pekar lands a with a good body shot.
Keane scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Keane tries a head kick but it misses.
Pekar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Keane defends it nicely.
Keane swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pekar throws a right and a left that Keane avoids nicely.
Pekar tries to clinch up.
Pekar fails to land the takedown.
Keane moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pekar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pekar drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Keane is not content to let Pekar control the position.
Keane is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Keane is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pekar creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Keane taking a bit of punishment here - Pekar scoring with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Pekar.
Keane taking a bit of punishment here - Pekar scoring with strikes.
Keane is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pekar is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekar is trying to get an arm triangle but Keane is defending well.
Keane on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pekar working the head and body with strikes.
Keane is pushing Pekar's head away, looking to escape. Pekar manages to hold on to the position though.
Keane is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pekar lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Keane keeps working.
Keane is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Pekar has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Pekar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harvey Pekar's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pekar closes the distance and clinches.
Pekar lands with a short shot to the head.
Pekar taking a breather.
Pekar is working Keane over against the ropes.
Pekar wants a takedown but no success here.
Pekar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keane breaks the clinch.
Pekar shoots in for a double leg but Keane sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keane. That's going to slow Pekar down.
Keane is looking to chop away at Pekar's legs.
Keane keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pekar tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pekar tries to bum rush Keane with a series of wild strikes but Keane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pekar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pekar shoots in for a double leg but Keane sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Padraig Keane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harvey Pekar.
Keane cracks Pekar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pekar is breathing heavily.
Keane scores with a leg kick.
Pekar tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Keane misses with a double jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keane.
Keane lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keane looks to land a combination but Pekar avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Keane.
Keane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pekar gets the takedown into side control.
Pekar in side control, throwing shots but Keane defends.
Keane pushes Pekar away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Pekar gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Pekar cracks Keane with a big elbow.
Keane parries the strikes from Pekar easily there. Pekar is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Keane to escape.
Keane wants to get back to his feet.
Pekar scores with a couple of short elbows.
Pekar scores with punches from side control.
Pekar throws an elbow but Keane slips to the side and avoids it well.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pekar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keane.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekar lands a jab to the head.
Pekar fails with a takedown attempt.
Pekar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keane.
Pekar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Pekar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Keane blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pekar.
Pekar is thwarting Keane's attempts to control the position.
Keane looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pekar works his way into full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar with shots to the head and body - Keane looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pekar lands with some strikes.
Pekar lands a nice shot to the head.
Keane in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pekar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Keane hang on?
Keane is trying to escape the mount.
Keane is bucking up trying to escape but Pekar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pekar won't let Keane get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Pekar with the ground and pound from mount.
Keane is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Keane that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pekar cracks Keane with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pekar with a couple of short strikes.
Pekar punishing his opponent with strikes.
Harvey Pekar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pekar with good strikes from the mount here!
Keane wants to try and get back to his feet.
Pekar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pekar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Keane can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Keane is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekar wants to control the pace but Keane is squirming around nicely.
Pekar raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Pekar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Harvey Pekar's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Keane gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pekar to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Pekar cracks Keane with a solid left hand.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pekar postures up.
Pekar trying to control the position from guard on top but Keane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Keane working a defensive guard here.
Pekar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pekar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pekar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keane is looking to stand up but Pekar isn't so interested in that idea.
Pekar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Keane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Keane wants to stand but Pekar is controlling the position.
Keane utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Keane wants to stand but Pekar is controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pekar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Padraig Keane is winning the standup battle so far.
Keane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pekar.
Pekar blocks a head kick by Keane.
Keane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pekar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pekar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pekar clinches with his opponent.
Keane has had enough of the clinch but Pekar keeps him there for the moment.
Pekar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pekar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Keane backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekar has Keane pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Pekar pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Keane tumbling to the mat - Pekar dives into Keane's guard.
Keane will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Keane wants to get back to his feet but Pekar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pekar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Keane can't keep his opponent in guard - Pekar advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Keane is not content to let Pekar control the position.
Keane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pekar.
Pekar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pekar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pekar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Keane pushes Pekar off looking to stand but Pekar dives back in and keeps control.
Pekar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Keane defending well though.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Keane misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pekar gets the takedown into side control.
Keane is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pekar is controlling him well.
Pekar is putting a hurting on Keane here, landing some big shots from side control.
An elbow from Pekar crashes against the mat.
Pekar cracks Keane with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Pekar creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Pekar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pekar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pekar trying to control the position but Keane is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keane is trying to improve his position.
Pekar landing a few strikes.
Keane is trying to get back to his feet.
Pekar advances to mount.
Keane is squirming around, avoiding Pekar's attempts to control the action.
Pekar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pekar landing strikes from the mount and Keane is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Pekar really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harvey Pekar's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice uppercut there from Pekar.
Pekar misses with a double jab
and Keane counters with a straight right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Keane scores with a four punch combination!
Pekar shoots for a takedown but Keane saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pekar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pekar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Keane is trying to break the clinch but Pekar has him pressed against the ropes.
Pekar is trying to force a seperation but Keane has the dominant position.
Pekar goes for a takedown in the clinch but Keane prevents it.
Keane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pekar misses with a few strikes there.
Pekar walks into a stiff left hand from Keane.
Keane throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Keane lands a jab-cross combination.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Keane. Pekar shrugs it off though.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Keane looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keane throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Keane's waist but Keane gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pekar off to one side.
Padraig Keane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harvey Pekar.
Keane lands a two punch combo.
Keane takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Keane lands a front kick.
Pekar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Keane, pushing him back against the ropes.
Keane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pekar can't get the takedown.
Pekar is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Keane pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pekar has Keane pressed against the ropes, preventing Keane from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pekar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keane lands a hook that snaps the head of Pekar backwards.
A short left from Pekar.
Pekar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pekar swings wildly with an uppercut but Keane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keane breaks the clinch.
Pekar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Padraig Keane is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pekar misses with a combination
and Keane counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pekar tries to clinch but Keane moves away
and Keane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keane connects with a single shot there.
Pekar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pekar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pekar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keane.
Pekar scores with a nice right hand.
Pekar gets the takedown into side control.
Pekar scores with punches from side control.
Keane is trying to get back to his feet.
Pekar working the head and body with strikes.
Keane taking a bit of punishment here - Pekar scoring with strikes.
Keane is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pekar is controlling him well.
Pekar lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Keane stops Pekar from passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Keane sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pekar closes the distance and clinches.
Pekar can't get the takedown.
Keane looking to stall.
Keane is looking to break free of the clinch but Pekar has double underhooks.
Pekar tries to break free but Keane pushes him back against the ropes.
Pekar wants to break free but Keane has control.
Keane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pekar drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pekar trying to stall but Keane improves his position.
Keane looking to throw knees to the head but Pekar is blocking nicely.
Keane is trying to break the clinch but Pekar is controlling him.
Pekar lands with a right to the head.
Keane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pekar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pekar throws a right and a left that Keane avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Keane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pekar takes the fight into the clinch.
Pekar tries to break the clinch but Keane is controlling the position.
Pekar has had enough of the clinch but Keane keeps him there for the moment.
Pekar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keane backwards.
Pekar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keane scores with a three punch combo!
Keane is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pekar throws a series of punches but Keane moves out of range.
Pekar misses with a combination
and Keane counters with a two punch combo.
Keane throws a head kick that misses.
Keane gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pekar wants to pass the guard but Keane is keeping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekar stops Keane from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Padraig Keane will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Harvey Pekar's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Pekar tries to bum rush Keane with a series of wild strikes but Keane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Keane lands with a nice body punch.
Pekar avoids the head kick by Keane.
Pekar misses with a double jab
and Keane counters with a one-two to the body.
Pekar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pekar shoots in looking for a takedown. Keane tries to sprawl out of it but Pekar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Keane manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pekar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keane manages to avoid it.
Pekar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pekar misses with a combination
and Keane counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pekar's knee momentarily.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Keane misses with a series of wild punches.
Keane throws the kick towards the body but Pekar avoids it.
Pekar shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Keane napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Keane is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Pekar has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keane tries to buck Pekar off but Pekar is having none of it.
Pekar tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The strikes coming from Pekar are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Pekar lands some shots froms side control.
Keane tries to bench press Pekar off him but Pekar keeps the position.
Pekar tries to move to mount but Keane blocks the move with his legs.
Pekar misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Keane wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pekar grinds an elbow into Keane's temple.
Pekar working the head and body with strikes.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pekar on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pekar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Keane avoids it really well and circles away.
Keane lands a head kick. Pekar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pekar scores with a one two! Keane had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pekar tries to bum rush Keane with a series of wild strikes but Keane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Keane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pekar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pekar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Keane has managed to escape the submission attempt.
A nice elbow there by Pekar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keane in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pekar breaks from Keane's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pekar unloading with bombs!
Pekar thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Pekar looking to control but Keane is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Poor strikes thrown by Pekar there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pekar punishing his opponent with strikes.
Keane avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pekar.
Pekar unloads with some shots from mount but Keane bucks and avoids them well.
Keane taking shots to the head.
Keane is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pekar is landing with some decent strikes but Keane is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Keane wants to hold on but Pekar pushes him away.
Pekar working for a submission but Keane is keeping him at bay.
Pekar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Padraig Keane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pekar lands a big elbow.
Pekar avoids the attempt from Keane to control.
Keane trying desperately to get to his feet.
Harvey Pekar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pekar with good strikes from the mount here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Harvey Pekar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pekar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harvey Pekar!
Harvey Pekar is the new welterweight champion!
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