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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Barkley (ranked 2384 p4p, 3287 weight class) and Ned Kelly (ranked 320 p4p, 415 weight class). Ned Kelly is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Barkley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ned Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly looks to clinch
and Barkley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Barkley.
Barkley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kelly takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kelly needs to keep his hands up - Barkley had a free shot at his head there.
Barkley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Barkley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barkley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've been told by Barkley's head coaches at Primal Concrete Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Barkley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barkley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barkley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kelly. That did some damage!
Barkley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barkley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Barkley.
Barkley scores with a decent looking hook.
Barkley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Barkley pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Barkley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barkley thows a body kick. Kelly tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Barkley misses with a low kick as Kelly jumps back.
Kelly rushes Barkley and presses him up against the cage.
Kelly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Barkley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barkley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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 Barkley walks away with a smile on his face. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Barkley swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Kelly closes the distance and clinches.
Kelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Barkley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barkley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
A short body shot lands from Barkley as the two fighters clinch.
Barkley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Kelly to work.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but Barkley blocks it.
Barkley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kelly controlling the action here for a moment.
Barkley misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barkley lands with a right to the head.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Barkley tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelly avoids the damage to the body.
Kelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Barkley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barkley lands with a right to the head.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Barkley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
Kelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barkley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkley blocks an elbow strike.
Kelly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice body punch from Barkley - that landed with a thud.
Barkley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barkley breaks from the clinch.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Barkley is avoiding it.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Barkley lands a nice hook to Kelly's body. Kelly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barkley scoring well with a low kick there.
Kelly has Barkley up against the cage in a clinch.
Barkley presses Kelly against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barkley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kelly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barkley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kelly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barkley backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barkley lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Barkley.
Barkley avoids the elbow strike from Kelly, against the cage.
Barkley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barkley's brow.
Kelly has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Barkley seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kelly can turn it around.
Kelly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kelly lands a nice elbow.
Kelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barkley.
Barkley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barkley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barkley lands a hook that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Barkley landing knees to the body.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
Barkley throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly just leaning against Barkley, taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barkley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barkley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly looks winded!
Barkley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barkley tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Barkley back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Barkley fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Barkley 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.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barkley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barkley tries a head kick but it misses.
Barkley swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly tries to clinch there but Barkley circles away.
Barkley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barkley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A cross from Barkley lands.
Barkley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barkley throwing a counter right hand but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Barkley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barkley.
Barkley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barkley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Barkley keeps it at a distance.
Barkley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A nice leg kick from Barkley, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley lands a big head kick that sends Kelly tumbling to the mat! Barkley takes a step backwards and waves Kelly back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kelly is rocked!
Barkley throws a push kick but Kelly slaps the foot to one side.
Kelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Barkley finish him?
Barkley cracks a nice hook into Kelly's ribs.
Barkley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelly can do to turn this around?
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barkley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kelly seems to have recovered his senses.
Barkley drops Kelly with a naaaaasty hook - Kelly is in real trouble here! Barkley dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Barkley!
During a confident post fight interview, Nick Barkley thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Ned Kelly was interviewed post fight and said 'im a fucking loser'.
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