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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davis Erickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerry Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erickson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, You're the best around - Joe Esposito. Kelly has chosen Pink Floyd with Van Morrison - Comfortably Numb as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gerry Kelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Davis Erickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gerry Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erickson closes the distance and clinches up with Kelly, looking for a takedown. Erickson pushes Kelly against the cage but Kelly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kelly was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kelly postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Erickson looks a forlorn figure.
Kelly throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kelly looking to finish with strikes here!
Kelly controlling the position easily from mount.
Kelly throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kelly throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Erickson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Erickson is in a horrible position here. Kelly smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kelly putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erickson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kelly landing punches.
Erickson is squirming around, avoiding Kelly's attempts to control the action.
Kelly misses with a head shot.
Kelly thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Erickson holds on for dear life.
Erickson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kelly.
Kelly avoids the attempt from Erickson to control.
Erickson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kelly is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kelly scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Erickson?
Kelly trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Erickson avoids a strike by Kelly and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Kelly's guard! Fantastic escape!
Kelly trying to control the position.
Erickson looking to sit in guard and control but Kelly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kelly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Erickson is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kelly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a big right hand that misses.
Erickson pulls Kelly in close to prevent any damage.
Kelly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Erickson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kelly postures up in Erickson's guard and throws a big left but Erickson blocks it.
Kelly tries to free his leg and advance position but Erickson is retaining full guard.
Kelly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kelly lands a couple of elbows.
Kelly passes into half guard.
Kelly thows a huge punch but Erickson dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kelly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kelly is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Erickson reverses the position - he's now on top in Kelly's guard.
Kelly wants to get back to his feet but Erickson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Erickson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kelly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kelly is looking to sweep but instead, Erickson has passed into half guard.
Kelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Erickson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly wants to control but Erickson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerry Kelly dominated that round.
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.
Erickson clinches up with Kelly and pushes him back against the cage.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Erickson controls the action.
Erickson controlling the action here for a moment.
Erickson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee calls for Erickson to work.
Erickson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Kelly tries to work over Erickson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Erickson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Kelly. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelly prevents Erickson from breaking the clinch.
Kelly is leaning against Erickson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kelly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kelly lands a body punch.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Erickson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Erickson tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelly is working Erickson over against the cage.
Erickson tries to stall but Kelly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Erickson lands a nice uppercut.
Kelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kelly tries to break free but Erickson pushes him back against the cage.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Erickson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly tries to throw a body punch but Erickson avoids it by throwing Kelly back against the cage.
Erickson blocking some punches.
Kelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kelly with a lazy takedown attempt
and Erickson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Erickson stopping the sweep attempt from Kelly.
Erickson wants to control from the top but Kelly keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Erickson manages to get himself to full guard.
Gerry Kelly has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kelly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Erickson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Erickson keeping full guard, as Kelly tries to pass.
Kelly wants to control from the top but Erickson keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly postures up and lands a big shot to Erickson's brow.
Kelly tries to free his leg and advance position but Erickson is retaining full guard.
Kelly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelly looking to pass the guard.
Kelly wants to control from the top but Erickson keeps moving.
Erickson is adopting a defensive guard.
Kelly wants to pass the guard but Erickson is keeping the position.
Kelly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Erickson is keeping the position for now.
Erickson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kelly is one step ahead there.
Erickson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kelly.
Kelly slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Erickson misses with a body shot.
Kelly doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Erickson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Davis Erickson will probably get the nod.
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!
Kelly misses with a takedown attempt
and Erickson counters with a straight right hand.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Erickson.
Kelly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Erickson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kelly shoots and misses
and Erickson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kelly won't be happy with that.
Davis Erickson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gerry Kelly.
Kelly manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Erickson gets back to full guard.
Kelly throwing strikes from guard but Erickson blocks nicely.
Erickson has control of Kelly's left arm, preventing Kelly from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erickson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Erickson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kelly might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Erickson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kelly misses with a takedown
and Erickson counters with a single leg into guard. Kelly didn't expect that.
Erickson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Erickson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kelly is trying to control the position but Erickson postures up.
Erickson won't allow Kelly to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erickson looking to pass the guard.
Erickson stands and throws Kelly's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kelly is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Erickson off and has taken his back!
Kelly is looking to control Erickson but Erickson is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Erickson rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Kelly stalling.
Kelly missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kelly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Erickson defending well though.
Kelly trying to mount his opponent but Erickson defends it.
Kelly uses his free foot to push down on Erickson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Erickson.
Erickson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kelly sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kelly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kelly unloading with bombs!
Kelly tries to control but Erickson wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erickson is in a horrible position here. Kelly smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kelly sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kelly unloading with bombs!
Kelly throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly looking to control but Erickson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kelly lands a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly landing punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerry Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kelly 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerry Kelly!
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