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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keat Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Kerby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregory Kerby is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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184 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keat Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gregory Kerby!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cullen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cullen thows a body shot but no joy.
Kerby scores with a jab to the head.
Cullen misses with a body shot.
Cullen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cullen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kerby misses with a body shot.
Cullen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kerby is able to avoid easily.
Kerby checks a leg kick.
Cullen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cullen misses with an uppercut. Kerby saw that one coming.
Cullen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kerby throws a jab when Cullen was well out of range.
Kerby lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kerby checks it well.
Cullen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kerby counters with a nice uppercut.
Cullen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cullen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kerby ducks under a wild hook from Cullen.
Kerby just misses with a punch to the body.
Gregory Kerby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kerby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cullen throws a low kick, looking for Kerby's leg but Kerby calmly moves out of range.
Cullen throws the kick towards the body but Kerby avoids it.
Cullen misses with a series of wild punches.
Kerby jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cullen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kerby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cullen manages to avoid it.
Cullen walks into a straight right hand from Kerby.
Kerby looks to land a left hand but Cullen moved out of range nicely.
Jab by Kerby.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cullen tries a low kick but Kerby avoids it.
Cullen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kerby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kerby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kerby throws a hook to the side of Cullen's head but Cullen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Kerby misses its intended target.
Cullen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kerby is out of range.
Keat Cullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kerby looks to land a left hand but Cullen moved out of range nicely.
Kerby is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cullen moves away from the strike by Kerby.
Cullen tries a head kick but it misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Kerby blocks the leg kick.
Kerby misses with a head kick.
Kerby throws an overhand right that lands on Cullen's shoulder, as Cullen tries to avoid the shot.
Cullen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cullen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kerby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cullen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cullen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kerby is fending him off so far but Cullen persists. Nope, Kerby circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice body kick from Cullen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cullen. Kerby does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen slips a jab and a cross from Kerby.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cullen.
Kerby misses with a right hand
and Cullen counters with a good low kick that Kerby was not able to check.
Kerby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cullen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cullen throws a low kick but Kerby avoids it.
Cullen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kerby was well out of range. Poor timing from Cullen.
Cullen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kerby.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cullen staying out of range there.
Kerby lands with an overhand left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kerby misses with a head kick.
Kerby misses with a looping left.
Cullen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gregory Kerby will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kerby loads up on a big right hand but Cullen slips the punch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kerby checks a leg kick.
Kerby throws a hook but Cullen avoids it easily.
Kerby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cullen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kerby throws out a powerful jab.
Cullen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kerby looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cullen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kerby swivels and escapes.
Cullen slips under a jab from Kerby.
Cullen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cullen ducks under a wild hook from Kerby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Kerby misses its intended target.
Cullen takes a swing at Kerby's ribcage but misses.
Kerby's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cullen wants to land a leg kick but Kerby is out of range.
Kerby throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cullen misses with a low kick.
Cullen wants to land a leg kick but Kerby is out of range.
Cullen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cullen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kerby moves away.
Kerby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kerby takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kerby sizes up Cullen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kerby throws a sloppy head kick and Cullen moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen has a takedown stuffed.
Cullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kerby manages to avoid it.
Cullen is looking to land body kicks.
Kerby lands a jab-cross combination.
Cullen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cullen throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kerby was covering up waiting for the punch and Cullen finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Kerby is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen won't allow Kerby to sweep him here.
Cullen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cullen throws a big right hand that misses.
Cullen with a nice head shot there.
Cullen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kerby wants to sweep here but Cullen controlling him for the moment.
Cullen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cullen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kerby utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cullen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cullen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kerby's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cullen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cullen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keat Cullen dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Kerby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kerby pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cullen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kerby has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cullen throws a body kick that misses.
Cullen staying out of range there.
Cullen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cullen misses with a head kick.
Cullen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kerby.
A telegraphed right hand from Kerby misses the target.
Cullen looks to land a right hand but Kerby moved out of range.
Cullen throws a series of punches but Kerby moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen throws a leg kick that misses.
Kerby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kerby blocks a head kick by Cullen.
Cullen is looking to wear down Kerby with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cullen throws a low kick, looking for Kerby's leg but Kerby calmly moves out of range.
Cullen is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice shot lands for Kerby.
A lazy left from Kerby finds it's target.
Kerby avoids the body shot from Cullen.
Cullen misses with a body shot.
Cullen fails with a takedown attempt.
Kerby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cullen manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kerby misses with a looping left.
A nice combination there by Kerby.
Kerby might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cullen ducks under a wild hook from Kerby.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kerby. Cullen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kerby lands a glancing blow to the side of Cullen's head.
A bone on bone clash there as Kerby blocks the leg kick.
Cullen shoots in looking for a takedown but Kerby manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cullen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kerby just misses with a punch to the body.
Kerby throws a sloppy head kick and Cullen moves out of range easily.
Cullen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kerby as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keat Cullen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cullen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kerby did well to prevent Cullen getting side control.
Cullen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cullen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cullen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kerby defending well though.
Kerby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cullen.
Cullen throwing shots but Kerby is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cullen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kerby's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cullen connects with a nice short shot to Kerby's temple.
Cullen throwing shots but Kerby is blocking nicely.
Keat Cullen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kerby trying to control but Cullen postures up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kerby can do anything to dispel that myth.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cullen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Keat Cullen.
I think Cullen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keat Cullen!
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