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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gus McCrae (ranked 3749 p4p, 3439 weight class) and Ned Kelly (ranked 459 p4p, 438 weight class). Gus McCrae has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gus McCrae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ned Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly moves into the clinch.
McCrae misses with a punch to the body.
McCrae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kelly's coach down at My gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kelly's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kelly tries to clinch but McCrae is having none of it.
McCrae was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kelly drops his hands momentarily and McCrae takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCrae.
McCrae throws a hook to the side of Kelly's head but Kelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCrae definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
McCrae misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - McCrae throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gus McCrae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelly lands an elbow that stopped McCrae in his tracks for a moment.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Kelly misses with an elbow over the top.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCrae is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCrae struggles to land a body shot inside as Kelly controls his hands.
McCrae takes a knee to the side of the body.
McCrae escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly slips under a jab from McCrae.
McCrae throws a jab when Kelly was well out of range.
Kelly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCrae, pushing him back against the cage.
Kelly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McCrae's efforts to push away.
Kelly is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae lands with a right to the head.
McCrae is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Kelly.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCrae's brow.
McCrae misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCrae breaks from the clinch.
Kelly moves into the clinch.
McCrae breaks from the clinch.
McCrae misses with a left hand
and Kelly counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kelly.
Kelly lands an elbow inside.
McCrae goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McCrae tries to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling the position.
Kelly prevents McCrae from breaking the clinch.
McCrae manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCrae lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McCrae on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McCrae throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
McCrae escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kelly shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McCrae pinned against the cage. McCrae gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kelly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McCrae lands a hook to the side of the head.
McCrae breaks from the clinch.
McCrae moves out of range of the body kick from Kelly.
A big left from McCrae misses.
Kelly slips a jab from McCrae.
Kelly gets a clinch.
McCrae looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCrae tries to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling the position.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCrae swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCrae swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly lands an elbow just above McCrae 's eye.
It looks like Gus McCrae has been cut.
Kelly jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McCrae walks away with a smile on his face. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
McCrae throws out a loose jab but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCrae misses with a looping right.
A big left from McCrae misses.
Kelly closes the distance and clinches.
Kelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McCrae looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCrae misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCrae lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
McCrae working aggressively here.
McCrae lands an uppercut.
Kelly missing with knees to the body.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. McCrae lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae tries to circle away but Kelly has him pinned against the cage.
McCrae is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCrae is defending well for now.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
McCrae is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that McCrae shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly prevents a body shot from McCrae.
Still in the clinch, McCrae scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees to the body from Kelly.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCrae stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McCrae blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCrae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCrae misses with a hook. Kelly ducked under it nicely.
Kelly is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - McCrae circles away.
McCrae misses the shot to the body.
McCrae throws an overhand right that lands on Kelly's shoulder, as Kelly tries to avoid the shot.
McCrae misses with a hook.
Kelly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ned Kelly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gus McCrae's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kelly darts in and clinches McCrae up against the cage.
Kelly keeps control of McCrae as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kelly lands an elbow inside.
McCrae working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McCrae.
McCrae lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kelly or not.
A right hook to the body lands for McCrae.
McCrae misses with a punch to the body.
McCrae wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
McCrae is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCrae lands with a left to the head.
Kelly keeps control of McCrae as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCrae wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCrae takes an elbow to the forehead.
McCrae swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCrae dodges an elbow strike from Kelly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly.
McCrae breaks the clinch.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae throws a shot from downtown. Kelly moves away and avoids it.
McCrae lands a body shot.
McCrae lands with a shot to the body.
Kelly moves out of range of the strikes.
Kelly walks into a straight right hand from McCrae.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from McCrae.
McCrae throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kelly moves into the clinch.
McCrae lands a left hand.
McCrae is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ned Kelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly.
Kelly throws an elbow but it misses.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCrae avoids it.
McCrae lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCrae blocks the elbow strike.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae is trying to break free.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Kelly just leaning against McCrae, taking a breather.
McCrae has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
McCrae misses with some punches.
Kelly lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCrae tries to circle away but Kelly has him pinned against the cage.
McCrae takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kelly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly crunches a lovely knee into McCrae's ribcage.
Kelly lands an elbow just above McCrae 's eye.
McCrae takes an elbow to the forehead.
McCrae wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McCrae dodges an elbow strike from Kelly.
McCrae takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kelly blocking some punches.
McCrae dodges an elbow strike from Kelly.
Kelly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCrae blocks the elbow strike.
Kelly keeps control of McCrae as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCrae lands a shoulder strike.
McCrae working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCrae scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from McCrae.
Kelly lands an elbow just above McCrae 's eye.
McCrae's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kelly moves into range and clinches up with McCrae.
McCrae lands with a short shot to the head.
Kelly throws an elbow but it misses.
McCrae tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing McCrae back against the cage.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCrae lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCrae misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCrae creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McCrae.
McCrae lands a nice shot to the body.
McCrae is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Kelly misses with an elbow strike.
McCrae tries to circle away but Kelly has him pinned against the cage.
Kelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCrae.
McCrae blocking some punches.
McCrae tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly missing with knees to the body.
McCrae has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCrae's brow.
McCrae misses with some punches.
McCrae has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kelly slows down the pace here.
Kelly is pushing McCrae up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
McCrae wants to break free but Kelly has control.
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 Gus McCrae will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gus McCrae's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
McCrae waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kelly moves into the clinch successfully.
Kelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCrae is defending well for now.
McCrae on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCrae.
Kelly slows down the pace here.
Kelly crunches a lovely knee into McCrae's ribcage.
Kelly putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McCrae in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCrae misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCrae throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Kelly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCrae managing to block the knees to the body from Kelly.
Kelly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McCrae misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCrae's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kelly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees to the body from Kelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae takes an elbow to the forehead.
McCrae blocking some punches.
Kelly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McCrae's defenses.
A short uppercut from Kelly.
Kelly has McCrae pressed against the cage, preventing McCrae from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly.
McCrae tries to circle away but Kelly has him pinned against the cage.
McCrae wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kelly lands an elbow that stopped McCrae in his tracks for a moment.
McCrae swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Kelly.
McCrae avoiding damage as Kelly throws knees to the body.
McCrae breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCrae wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
McCrae tries to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McCrae's defenses.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kelly.
Still in the clinch, McCrae scores with a nice short uppercut.
McCrae misses with some punches.
McCrae working aggressively here.
McCrae misses with the head strike.
McCrae's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut lands for McCrae. That snapped Kelly's head back.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCrae paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCrae uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kelly closes the distance and clinches.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
McCrae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCrae lands the left hand.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kelly tries to clinch there but McCrae circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCrae. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McCrae is trying to push Kelly away but Kelly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McCrae misses with some punches.
McCrae tries to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling the position.
McCrae is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Kelly leaning against his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from McCrae fails to land.
McCrae tries to break free but Kelly pushes him back against the cage.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCrae avoids it.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McCrae manages to break the clinch.
Kelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCrae circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kelly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCrae, pushing him back against the cage.
McCrae has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae breaks from the clinch.
McCrae throws a hook but Kelly blocks it.
McCrae connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCrae takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gus McCrae is winning the standup battle so far.
Kelly rushes McCrae and presses him up against the cage.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that McCrae shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCrae misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCrae is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
McCrae lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McCrae escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCrae cracks a nice hook into Kelly's ribs.
Kelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kelly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCrae, pushing him back against the cage.
Kelly landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCrae.
Kelly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly lands a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ned Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kelly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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