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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keven Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Duchene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Keven Finley has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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193 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Keven Finley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Duchene!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duchene closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Duchene wants to control but Finley is keeping him busy.
Finley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Finley is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Duchene moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Finley is trying to control Duchene's posture but Duchene avoids it.
Duchene throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Duchene looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Finley is trying to buck Duchene off.
Finley gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Duchene tries to control but Finley wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duchene pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duchene jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Finley manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Finley tries to buck Duchene off but Duchene is having none of it.
Duchene is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Finley is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Duchene wants to control but Finley is keeping him busy.
Finley is looking for a sweep.
Finley can't do much from the bottom here.
Duchene scoring with punches and elbows.
Duchene wants to control but Finley is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley can't do much from the bottom here.
Duchene advances to full mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duchene lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Finley really is a fat lump.
Finley working to try and regain half guard.
Duchene tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Duchene looking to control but Finley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Duchene content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Duchene working Finley over with strikes here.
Duchene looking to control but Finley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Finley is trying to stand.
Duchene has control of Finley's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Finley regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Duchene looking for a guillotine from mount but Finley is having none of it.
Duchene controlling from the full mount.
Finley really wants to buck Duchene off and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duchene pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duchene with good strikes from the mount here!
Duchene has control of Finley's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Finley regains control of the situation pretty easily.
A nice elbow there by Duchene.
Finley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Finley has given up his back here.
Finley fending off the submission attempt from Duchene.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duchene tries to get the hooks in deep but Finley pushed the leg off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Duchene 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.
Finley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Duchene's waist but Duchene gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Finley off to one side.
Finley closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Duchene's guard.
Duchene tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Duchene is trying to control the position but Finley postures up.
Duchene manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Finley manages to get himself to full guard.
Duchene is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Finley is looking to stand up but Duchene isn't so interested in that idea.
Duchene postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Finley is rocked!
Duchene works over Finley with some ground and pound from guard.
Oh Finley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duchene gets to his feet and stands over Finley, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Finley felt that one! Duchene unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Finley from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Duchene!
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hype
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