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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Borden Chantry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kool Keith (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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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
19 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Borden Chantry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kool Keith!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chantry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keith. Chantry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chantry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keith was well out of range. Poor timing from Chantry.
Chantry is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Keith.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Keith.
Keith trying to control the position but Chantry is working away.
Chantry wants to control but Keith postures up.
Chantry is looking for a sweep.
The ground and pound from Keith seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Chantry gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Chantry is positioning himself well to prevent Keith advancing to mount.
Nice strikes from Keith there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Keith lands a nice short elbow.
Chantry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Keith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith drops an elbow to the side of Chantry's head.
Keith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Keith prevents Chantry from improving his position.
Chantry has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Keith is working away from the top position though.
Chantry is looking for a sweep. Keith is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Chantry trying to control but Keith postures up.
Chantry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Keith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Keith sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chantry defending well though.
Chantry wants to control but Keith is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Keith content to control rather than advance.
Chantry is looking for a sweep. Keith is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chantry controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Keith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chantry keeps working.
Keith takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chantry is looking to control Keith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chantry avoid being mounted?
Well, if Keith is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Chantry wants to get back to full guard.
Chantry trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Keith.
Keith is nestled in close to Chantry, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Keith slips a nice elbow through Chantry's hands, connecting with Chantry's forehead.
Keith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Keith is thwarting Chantry's attempts to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keith working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Keith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Keith wants to control but Chantry is keeping him busy.
Chantry wants to get back to full guard.
Keith slips a nice elbow through Chantry's hands, connecting with Chantry's forehead.
Keith trying to control from half guard but Chantry is working away.
Keith not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Keith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Chantry controlling the position for now.
Keith wants to free his trapped foot but Chantry is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Keith is thwarting Chantry's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chantry is trying to get back to full guard.
Chantry is not content to let Keith control the position.
Keith is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chantry is positioning himself well to prevent Keith advancing to mount.
Chantry is not content to let Keith control the position.
Chantry is positioning himself well to prevent Keith advancing to mount.
Chantry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chantry blocking the ground and pound attempt from Keith.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Keith working Chantry over with strikes.
Chantry works his way to full guard. Good work.
Chantry keeping moving, preventing Keith from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kool Keith dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Chantry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chantry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keith moves away.
Keith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Keith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Keith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Keith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chantry.
Chantry scores with a nice right hand.
Chantry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Keith appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Chantry misses with a looping left.
Keith throws a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keith. Chantry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chantry lands with a kick to the ribs.
Keith swings for the body but Chantry moves out of range.
Keith lands an overhand right.
Chantry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chantry thinks about countering with a body kick.
Keith tries to work over Chantry's front leg with a kick but Chantry checks it.
Chantry blocks a low kick nicely.
Borden Chantry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A jab from Chantry finds it's way through Keith's defenses.
Keith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Keith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keith misses with an attempted mid kick.
Keith takes a swing at Chantry's ribcage but misses.
No luck for Keith with that takedown attempt.
Chantry scores with a shot to the body.
Keith slips a jab and a cross from Chantry.
Keith flicks out a counter leg kick but Chantry steps away.
Chantry throws a hook but Keith avoids it easily.
Keith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chantry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Keith momentarily.
Chantry scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Chantry.
Keith looks for the body kick but Chantry saw that one coming.
Chantry throwing a counter right hand but Keith manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keith scores with a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Chantry as Keith shoots in.
Borden Chantry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kool Keith.
Chantry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Keith throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Chantry connects with a body shot that sends Keith's belly button to the back.
Chantry misses with a hook. Keith ducked under it nicely.
Keith misses the shot to the body.
Keith swinging wildly here.
Chantry just misses with a punch to the body.
Keith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chantry stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Chantry wants it to stay on the feet.
Keith looks to throw the jab but Chantry is out of range.
Chantry scores with a jab to the jaw.
Chantry throws a good cross that connects.
Keith misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Keith.
Keith steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chantry. That one must have hurt.
Chantry misses with a looping left.
Keith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Chantry rather than just go for the knockout.
Keith misses with a kick to the body.
Borden Chantry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chantry dips to his left and cracks Keith with an uppercut!
Keith drops his hands momentarily and Chantry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Keith misses with a shot to the body
and Chantry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Keith.
Keith scores with a leg kick.
Chantry loads up on a big right hand but Keith slips the punch.
Chantry scores with a hook.
Keith slips a jab and a cross from Chantry.
Chantry fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Keith is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chantry with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice jab there from Chantry.
Chantry throws a shot from downtown. Keith moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Chantry lands the left hand.
Chantry lands with a cross.
Chantry gets caught flat footed, as Keith shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Keith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Keith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Keith stopping the sweep attempt from Chantry.
Chantry controlling Keith's posture.
Chantry wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keith being controlled here momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Borden Chantry dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Chantry gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Keith to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Keith is in close to Chantry's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Keith stands and throws Chantry's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Chantry is looking to reverse the position.
Chantry is working to avoid the ground and pound but Keith connects with a decent elbow.
Kool Keith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chantry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chantry is working to avoid the ground and pound but Keith connects with a decent elbow.
Keith tries to score with some ground and pound. Chantry controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Keith lands some shots froms side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chantry is trying to control Keith's posture but Keith avoids it.
Chantry is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Keith is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Keith landing strikes.
Chantry can't do much from the bottom here.
Chantry manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Keith lands with a punch from half guard.
Chantry trying to hold on to Keith's head to control him but Keith postures up.
Keith is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chantry has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Keith is working away from the top position though.
Keith not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Keith is nestled in close to Chantry, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chantry is looking to improve his position.
Keith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Keith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chantry has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Keith is working away from the top position though.
Chantry is trying to get back to full guard.
Chantry is trying to control but can't.
Keith thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chantry's head.
Chantry trying to hold on to Keith's head to control him but Keith postures up.
Nice strikes from Keith there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Keith there.
Keith drops an elbow to the side of Chantry's head.
Chantry is rocked!
Keith takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oh Chantry is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
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. Keith connects with a nice short shot to Chantry's temple.
Keith working over Chantry with some ground and pound. Chantry looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Keith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chantry with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Keith is pressing down on Chantry's thigh, looking to free his foot. Chantry is holding on for now.
Chantry holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Keith keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Chantry wants to get back to full guard.
Keith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chantry is looking to control Keith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chantry avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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. Keith connects with a nice short shot to Chantry's temple.
Keith is trying to control the action in half guard but Chantry is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Chantry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Keith is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Keith raining down hammerfists from mount.
Keith avoids the attempt from Chantry to control.
Keith unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Chantry wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Keith celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kool Keith!
Kool Keith really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Perkele! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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