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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stewart Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitaker comes to the cage accompanied by "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragon Force. Kelly has chosen Dropkick Murphy's - Shipping Up To Boston as his entrance music. Whitaker is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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180 cm
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216 lbs
9 - 7 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Shane Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Stewart Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly throws a combination that misses
and Whitaker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whitaker looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kelly throws a nice looking combination but Whitaker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Whitaker takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
Whitaker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Whitaker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kelly misses with a wild combination.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Whitaker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kelly scores with a jab.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Whitaker moves out of range.
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Whitaker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kelly throws a right and a left that Whitaker avoids nicely.
Kelly scores with a decent looking hook.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Whitaker moves out of range.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Whitaker napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly landing strikes.
Kelly is working Whitaker over with some ground and pound from side control.
Whitaker is trying to improve his position.
Kelly content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Kelly in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kelly tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kelly has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kelly has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Whitaker!
Kelly with good strikes from the mount here!
Whitaker defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kelly.
Whitaker throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Kelly landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kelly controlling from the full mount.
Kelly raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly with good strikes from the mount here!
Kelly scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kelly cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kelly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Whitaker tries to lock up and control but Kelly gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whitaker can't escape the position.
Kelly connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kelly lands a big shot there that rocks Whitaker but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kelly in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Kelly.
Kelly fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kelly cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kelly lands a nice shot to the head.
Kelly landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kelly scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kelly controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kelly pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kelly working Whitaker over with strikes here.
Whitaker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kelly looking for a guillotine from mount but Whitaker is having none of it.
Kelly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Whitaker's face.
Kelly putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Whitaker is squirming around, avoiding Kelly's attempts to control the action.
Kelly unloading with bombs!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitaker is squirming around, avoiding Kelly's attempts to control the action.
Kelly with shots to the head and body - Whitaker looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stewart 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.
Whitaker wants to clinch up but Kelly keeps it at a distance.
Kelly throws a right hand that Whitaker ducks under and follows up with a left that Whitaker also avoids with ease.
Kelly throws a right and a left that Whitaker avoids nicely.
Kelly lands a right hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kelly!
Kelly throws out a powerful jab.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kelly.
Whitaker taking punishment in the form of punches.
Kelly working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Whitaker knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Whitaker manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kelly wants to sweep here but Whitaker controlling him for the moment.
Whitaker trying to control but Kelly is working from the bottom.
Whitaker stopping the sweep attempt from Kelly.
Kelly is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kelly wants to control but Whitaker is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kelly seems to be working for a kimura but Whitaker defends the submission attempt.
Whitaker tries to get to full guard but Kelly has control of the leg.
Kelly scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelly is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Whitaker tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Kelly prevents Whitaker from improving his position.
Kelly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Whitaker keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker tries to roll over but Kelly keeps him under control.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Stewart Kelly hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Whitaker holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whitaker is defending well for now.
Kelly avoids a wild elbow strike from Whitaker.
Whitaker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Whitaker avoids the damage to the body.
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly crunches a lovely knee into Whitaker's ribcage.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whitaker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Whitaker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kelly walks away with a smile on his face. Whitaker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Whitaker tries to clinch up
and Kelly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kelly.
Kelly chips away with some ground and pound.
Kelly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Whitaker is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kelly pushes down on Whitaker's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kelly wants to control but Whitaker is keeping him busy.
Whitaker has hold of Kelly's hands but Kelly slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kelly looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Whitaker is looking to control Kelly's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Whitaker avoid being mounted?
Kelly lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Whitaker trying to hold on to Kelly's head to control him but Kelly postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kelly seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kelly looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Whitaker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kelly moves nicely into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stewart Kelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whitaker.
Kelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Kelly connects with a jab.
Whitaker takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kelly lands with a nice combination. Whitaker backs away looking to recover.
Kelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Whitaker counters with a low kick, right behind Kelly 's knee.
Kelly throws a right hand that Whitaker ducks under and follows up with a left that Whitaker also avoids with ease.
Whitaker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whitaker looks to land a combination but Kelly avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kelly duly obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
Whitaker with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kelly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
so Whitaker counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Whitaker trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kelly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stewart Kelly has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kelly looking to control.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Whitaker from controlling successfully.
Whitaker 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.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Shane Whitaker wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Whitaker takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Whitaker slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly scores with a jab to the head.
Some wild striking there from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
Whitaker shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Whitaker showed some decent athleticism there.
Kelly is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kelly manages to get to full guard.
Whitaker postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Whitaker defends it easily.
Kelly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Whitaker trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Whitaker manages to get himself to full guard.
Kelly wants to control from the top but Whitaker keeps moving.
Whitaker throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
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 working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Whitaker keeping moving, preventing Kelly from controlling successfully.
Kelly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Whitaker working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kelly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kelly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kelly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kelly wants to control from the top but Whitaker keeps moving.
Kelly passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Whitaker is trying to improve his position.
Shane Whitaker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly scores with punches from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Whitaker showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stewart Kelly!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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