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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Kehoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calypso Damione Deathclaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kehoe kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Angel Of Death. Calypso Damione Deathclaw has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Andrew Kehoe's chin.
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180 lbs
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183 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Kehoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Calypso Damione Deathclaw!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kehoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damione Deathclaw jabs Kehoe right on the nose. Kehoe blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Andrew Kehoe has been cut.
Kehoe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kehoe leaves Damione Deathclaw with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kehoe is looking to counter with a body kick.
Damione Deathclaw misses with a two punch combination.
Kehoe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Kehoe misses the target.
Damione Deathclaw takes a swing at Kehoe's ribcage but misses.
Damione Deathclaw keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kehoe scoring well with a low kick there.
Damione Deathclaw looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Damione Deathclaw on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kehoe goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Calypso Damione Deathclaw has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kehoe pushes Damione Deathclaw away with a front kick.
Kehoe shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Damione Deathclaw tests Kehoe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kehoe is rocked!
Damione Deathclaw cracks Kehoe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Kehoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Damione Deathclaw fails with the takedown.
Kehoe seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damione Deathclaw throws a big shot that misses.
Damione Deathclaw fails with a takedown attempt.
Andrew Kehoe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Calypso Damione Deathclaw.
Kehoe throws a leg kick which misses Damione Deathclaw's front leg but catches the back leg as Damione Deathclaw tries to avoid it.
Damione Deathclaw misses with a looping right.
Kehoe lands a leg kick that knocks Damione Deathclaw off balance momentarily.
Nice shot by Damione Deathclaw.
Kehoe bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Damione Deathclaw misses the jab.
Kehoe misses with a body kick.
Damione Deathclaw swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kehoe.
Damione Deathclaw has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Damione Deathclaw has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kehoe.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Damione Deathclaw.
Kehoe jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Good exchange - Kehoe coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kehoe looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Damione Deathclaw throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Damione Deathclaw throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Kehoe escapes and throws Damione Deathclaw's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Damione Deathclaw tries to buck Kehoe off but Kehoe is having none of it.
Damione Deathclaw throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
You can see the frustration on Damione Deathclaw's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kehoe has control of an arm but Damione Deathclaw manages to advance to Kehoe's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damione Deathclaw throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Will Damione Deathclaw go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
I really don't envy Kehoe right now.
Kehoe is working hard here to advance position.
Damione Deathclaw is looking for the choke from the back position but Kehoe is controlling his hands well.
Kehoe turns into Damione Deathclaw and is now in his guard.
Kehoe connects with a couple of short punches.
Damione Deathclaw wants to sweep here but Kehoe controlling him for the moment.
Kehoe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damione Deathclaw looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kehoe passes into side control.
Kehoe scoring with punches and elbows.
Damione Deathclaw is looking for a sweep.
Kehoe cracks Damione Deathclaw with a big right hand but Damione Deathclaw just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Damione Deathclaw tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Kehoe presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Kehoe looking to control but Damione Deathclaw is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damione Deathclaw tries to reverse the position but Kehoe maintains control.
Kehoe trying to control but Damione Deathclaw is having none of it.
Damione Deathclaw is in a horrible position here. Kehoe smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Kehoe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Kehoe feints and as Damione Deathclaw raises his hands in defense, Kehoe changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Damione Deathclaw escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kehoe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Damione Deathclaw working a defensive guard but Kehoe manages to pass into side control anyway.
A control attempt from Damione Deathclaw but he's now mounted!
Kehoe dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kehoe trying to control but Damione Deathclaw is having none of it.
Kehoe prevents Damione Deathclaw from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kehoe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Damione Deathclaw can do to turn this around?
Kehoe lands a big elbow.
Damione Deathclaw is trying desperately to improve position.
Kehoe working Damione Deathclaw over with strikes here.
Kehoe with the ground and pound from mount.
Damione Deathclaw is trying to escape the mount.
Kehoe landing strikes from the mount.
Damione Deathclaw keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Damione Deathclaw wants to hold on but Kehoe pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damione Deathclaw regains half guard.
Kehoe moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Damione Deathclaw.
Kehoe trying to control the action but Damione Deathclaw is working from the bottom.
Damione Deathclaw tries to buck Kehoe off but Kehoe is having none of it.
Damione Deathclaw is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Damione Deathclaw is trying to get back to full guard.
Damione Deathclaw regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe stands and throws Damione Deathclaw's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Damione Deathclaw tries to buck Kehoe off but Kehoe is having none of it.
Kehoe working the ground and pound.
Damione Deathclaw takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kehoe has knee on belly momentarily but Damione Deathclaw bucks him off and regains half guard.
Damione Deathclaw flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Damione Deathclaw is looking to get back to full guard here but Kehoe has managed to pass to side control instead.
Kehoe scores with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Damione Deathclaw keeps working.
Kehoe decides to stand up, so the ref orders Damione Deathclaw to his feet.
Kehoe is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Damione Deathclaw misses the shot to the body.
Kehoe throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kehoe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Damione Deathclaw as he avoids it easily.
Kehoe shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Damione Deathclaw eats them both and turns towards Kehoe to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kehoe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kehoe tries a low kick but Damione Deathclaw avoids it.
Damione Deathclaw displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Damione Deathclaw throws a good cross that connects.
Andrew Kehoe's cut is getting worse.
Andrew Kehoe is winning the standup battle so far.
Kehoe throws a nice looking combination but Damione Deathclaw bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Damione Deathclaw looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Damione Deathclaw throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Kehoe dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Kehoe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kehoe shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Damione Deathclaw defends it nicely.
Damione Deathclaw keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kehoe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Damione Deathclaw finds it's way round the side to connect with Kehoe's head.
Kehoe misses the shot to the body.
Kehoe gets caught napping as Damione Deathclaw dives in and scores a takedown. Kehoe manages to retain guard.
Damione Deathclaw trying to control the position from guard on top but Kehoe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kehoe pulls Damione Deathclaw in to control the position.
Kehoe trying to keep a closed guard but Damione Deathclaw is proving a slippery customer.
Damione Deathclaw slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damione Deathclaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kehoe is keeping the position for now.
Kehoe is controlling Damione Deathclaw's posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kehoe working a defensive guard here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Damione Deathclaw connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kehoe's hands.
Damione Deathclaw throws a hook but Kehoe avoids it easily.
Kehoe throws a combination. Damione Deathclaw tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kehoe slips a straight right by Damione Deathclaw.
A shot to the liver by Kehoe. Beautiful body shot.
Kehoe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kehoe throws the kick towards the body but Damione Deathclaw avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damione Deathclaw avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kehoe scores with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Damione Deathclaw. Those never looked like landing.
Nice body punch from Damione Deathclaw.
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!
Kehoe slips a jab from Damione Deathclaw.
Kehoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Damione Deathclaw.
Damione Deathclaw throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Damione Deathclaw 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.
Damione Deathclaw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kehoe.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kehoe!
Kehoe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Damione Deathclaw in his tracks.
Kehoe misses with a head kick.
Damione Deathclaw takes a swing at Kehoe's ribcage but misses.
Kehoe throws a head kick that misses.
Damione Deathclaw connects with a crisp jab.
Kehoe scoring well with a low kick there.
Kehoe lets loose with a powerful body kick. Damione Deathclaw will feel that in the morning.
Damione Deathclaw shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Damione Deathclaw was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Damione Deathclaw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe can't do much from the bottom here.
Damione Deathclaw tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Kehoe sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Damione Deathclaw is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kehoe sees it coming and defends easily.
Kehoe is positioning himself well to prevent Damione Deathclaw advancing to mount.
Damione Deathclaw wants to free his trapped foot but Kehoe is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kehoe tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Damione Deathclaw has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Calypso Damione Deathclaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damione Deathclaw wants to control the pace but Kehoe is squirming around nicely.
Kehoe is trying to escape the mount.
Damione Deathclaw wants to finish this one by submission but Kehoe is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Damione Deathclaw.
Damione Deathclaw is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kehoe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Damione Deathclaw raining down shots from the mount!
Kehoe manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Kehoe controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calypso Damione Deathclaw comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kehoe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Kehoe!
After winning the bout, Andrew Kehoe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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