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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitsuyo Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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
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178 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
38 - 23 - 5, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Kenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mitsuyo Maeda!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenzie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maeda.
Kenzie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maeda's head.
Maeda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenzie.
Kenzie lands with a hook. Maeda tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kenzie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maeda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maeda with the counter takedown but Kenzie avoids it easily.
Maeda misses with a head kick.
Nice jab there from Kenzie.
Kenzie has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
Kenzie throws a lazy right hand but Maeda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maeda gets tackled into the cage by Kenzie. Kenzie maintains the clinch.
Maeda has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kenzie after a bit of a struggle.
Kenzie lands a hook that snaps the head of Maeda backwards.
Maeda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenzie trying to control the position but instead, Maeda has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kenzie into the cage.
Kenzie keeps control of Maeda as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kenzie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kenzie lands with an overhand left.
Maeda throws a lazy head kick
and Kenzie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kenzie tries to clinch but Maeda is having none of it.
Kenzie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kenzie ducks under a wild hook from Maeda.
Maeda dips to his left and cracks Kenzie with an uppercut!
Maeda lands with a good body shot.
Maeda shoots for a takedown but Kenzie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Maeda ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.
Maeda takes a jab right on the kisser.
Maeda throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kenzie counters with a straight right hand.
Maeda lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kenzie ducks under a wild hook from Maeda.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Kenzie enables Maeda to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kenzie manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
My spies in Brazilian Elite Team inform me that Maeda has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda landing with the ground and pound.
Kenzie seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Maeda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Maeda wants to control from the top but Kenzie keeps moving.
Maeda showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Maeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Kenzie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maeda.
Maeda throws a strike but Kenzie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kenzie stands up and waves to Maeda to follow him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kenzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maeda throws a right and a left that Kenzie avoids nicely.
Kenzie throwing a counter right hand but Maeda manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Maeda 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Some wild striking there from Kenzie.
Kenzie cracks Maeda with an open hand slap.
Donk. Maeda catches Kenzie right on the button with a cross.
Maeda throws a lazy right hand but Kenzie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Kenzie on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda lands with a right hand.
Maeda lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
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!
Maeda takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Maeda fails with the takedown
letting Kenzie counter with a right hand.
Patrick Kenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitsuyo Maeda.
Kenzie connects with the punch.
Maeda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kenzie lands with an overhand left.
Kenzie is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slow jab from Kenzie misses its intended target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kenzie lands an overhand right.
Maeda misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Kenzie there.
Kenzie tries to bum rush Maeda with a series of wild strikes but Maeda uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maeda throws a leg kick which misses Kenzie's front leg but catches the back leg as Kenzie tries to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Kenzie. Those never looked like landing.
Maeda feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kenzie's calf.
A left lands for Kenzie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Kenzie dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Maeda is looking to slow Kenzie down with leg kicks.
Maeda moves away from the strike by Kenzie.
Kenzie misses with a hook. Maeda ducked under it nicely.
Maeda is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kenzie is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kenzie tries to close the distance and clinch but Maeda swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maeda keeps the fight on the outside.
Kenzie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kenzie throws a nice looking combination but Maeda bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maeda drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kenzie defends it well.
Kenzie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maeda can do to turn this around?
Kenzie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kenzie misses the jab.
Kenzie connects with a body shot that sends Maeda's belly button to the back.
Patrick Kenzie is winning the standup battle so far.
Kenzie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kenzie seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kenzie scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maeda scores with a punch to the head.
Kenzie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Maeda shoots in for a takedown but Kenzie shows good takedown defense.
Maeda throws a low kick but Kenzie avoids it.
A big right from Kenzie misses.
Maeda is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kenzie sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kenzie misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie tests Maeda's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A leg kick checked by Kenzie.
Kenzie is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A jab from Maeda misses.
Maeda ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kenzie misses with a straight left.
Kenzie checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kenzie moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A solid body kick from Maeda.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maeda keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping leg kick lands for Maeda.
Kenzie moves forwards but Maeda connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kenzie staying out of range there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maeda.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Kenzie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kenzie.
Maeda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenzie.
Kenzie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda misses the jab.
Maeda motions for Kenzie to come forward. Maeda throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Maeda throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kenzie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Maeda shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Maeda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kenzie.
Kenzie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kenzie has closed the distance and engaged Maeda in a clinch.
Kenzie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maeda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Kenzie.
Maeda has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kenzie avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Patrick Kenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitsuyo Maeda.
A head punch on the inside from Kenzie fails to land.
A short right from Kenzie.
A nice left hand lands by Kenzie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda letting Kenzie take a breather here.
Maeda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kenzie or not.
Maeda working hard to break the clinch.
Maeda wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kenzie has him pressed against the cage.
Kenzie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maeda darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Maeda moves into full mount! Kenzie won't be happy about that!
Maeda prevents Kenzie from getting the reversal.
Maeda can't control as he wanted to and Kenzie manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda throws a strike but Kenzie avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Maeda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maeda trying to control but Kenzie is working from the bottom.
Maeda might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kenzie haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Maeda tries to free his leg and advance position but Kenzie is retaining full guard.
Kenzie trying to control the position here.
Maeda postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
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 Patrick Kenzie will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kenzie looks to land a right hand but Maeda moved out of range.
Maeda misses with a takedown
and Kenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut lands for Maeda. That snapped Kenzie's head back.
Maeda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kenzie.
Maeda with the counter takedown but Kenzie avoids it easily.
Maeda with a poor takedown
and Maeda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maeda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kenzie.
Maeda throws a head kick that misses.
Kenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maeda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maeda lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Maeda tries to move into range but Kenzie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Kenzie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Maeda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maeda moves forwards but Kenzie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good shot there by Kenzie.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kenzie tries to bum rush Maeda with a series of wild strikes but Maeda uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Kenzie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Maeda throws a one two combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda looking to score a takedown here. Kenzie is defending well but Maeda drives through and ends up in Kenzie's guard.
Maeda pushing down on Kenzie's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Maeda is trying to control. Kenzie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Maeda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maeda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kenzie is not content to let Maeda control the position.
Kenzie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maeda perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mitsuyo Maeda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patrick Kenzie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Kenzie to regain full guard.
Maeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Kenzie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kenzie is looking to clinch but Maeda is avoiding it.
Kenzie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maeda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kenzie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kenzie gets a clinch.
Maeda is trying to drag Kenzie to the mat but Kenzie just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Patrick Kenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitsuyo Maeda.
Maeda will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kenzie up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie can't break the clinch.
Kenzie misses with a body punch.
Maeda can't break the clinch.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maeda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kenzie gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Maeda.
Maeda throws a punch but it's blocked by Kenzie.
Kenzie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maeda has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kenzie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maeda's efforts to push away.
A right handed body shot lands from Kenzie.
Kenzie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maeda lands a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kenzie.
Maeda keeps control of Kenzie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maeda is looking for a takedown.
Still in the clinch, Kenzie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kenzie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maeda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenzie misses with some punches.
Patrick Kenzie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Maeda fails to land.
Maeda misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maeda.
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 Patrick Kenzie.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kenzie, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Kenzie!
Our winner, Patrick Kenzie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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