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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Van Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Kelly has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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168 lbs
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164 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Van Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manny Stone!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone rushes Kelly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stone is pressed up against the cage. Kelly has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stone down to the mat. Stone avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kelly slips a jab from Stone.
Kelly fails with the takedown.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown but Stone shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Van Kelly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kelly shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stone defends it nicely.
Stone misses with a body kick.
Kelly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Van Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Stone sprawls well initially but Kelly persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kelly missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stone wants to improve his position but Kelly is controlling well.
Stone wants to control but Kelly is keeping busy.
Stone blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kelly.
Stone has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at GTi 888. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Stone blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone is trying to get back to full guard.
Kelly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stone has his hands clasped together around Kelly's back. He's all about the action.
Kelly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stone is looking for a sweep. Kelly is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kelly is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kelly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stone slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kelly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stone avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kelly 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.
Kelly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kelly throwing strikes from guard but Stone blocks nicely.
We've been hearing good reports from Kelly's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone controls Kelly momentarily but Kelly frees himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stone is on top in guard.
Kelly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stone is aware though and is defending well.
Kelly has an active guard here but Stone has managed to pass into half guard.
Stone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kelly actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Stone there.
Stone wants to work for an arm triangle but Kelly is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelly is not content to let Stone control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Stone in particular looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kelly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kelly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stone pulls his head out easily.
Stone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kelly with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kelly actively working from the bottom here.
Stone trying to control from half guard but Kelly is working away.
Kelly actively working from the bottom here.
Kelly looking for submissions off his back.
Stone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stone slows the pace down in half guard.
Stone is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looking for submissions off his back.
Stone wants to pass to mount but Kelly is defending the position.
Kelly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kelly has hold of Stone's hands but Stone slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stone lands a nice short elbow.
Stone working Kelly over with strikes.
Stone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kelly is staying active underneath Stone, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kelly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kelly manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Stone 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.
Stone slaps away a takedown attempt from Kelly, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Stone changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Kelly shoots in but Stone avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stone feints and as Kelly raises his hands in defense, Stone changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stone with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kelly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stone is aware though and is defending well.
Stone is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Stone working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kelly's head.
Kelly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stone is aware though and is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Stone is working Kelly over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kelly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Stone has picked Kelly up and slammed him! Kelly can't keep hold of the triangle and Stone manages to pass to side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly tries to buck Stone off but Stone is having none of it.
Stone landing a few strikes.
Kelly is looking for a sweep.
Stone lands a few punches from side control.
Kelly is working to avoid the ground and pound but Stone connects with a decent elbow.
Kelly takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Stone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kelly keeps working.
Kelly regains half guard.
Stone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kelly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kelly actively working from the bottom here.
Manny Stone has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stone is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Kelly on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Stone is looking to take a break and control but Kelly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stone is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Stone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kelly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kelly is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stone scores with a couple of nice shots.
Stone is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kelly!
Kelly is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kelly can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Stone looking to control but Kelly is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stone landing strikes from the mount and Kelly is in trouble!
Kelly is rocked!
Stone with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Kelly is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kelly working to try and regain half guard.
Stone connects with a bit shot that sees Kelly covering up! More strikes from Stone and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Stone is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manny Stone!
Manny Stone seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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