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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slugger Dunes (ranked 642 p4p, 614 weight class) and Ned Kelly (ranked 88 p4p, 85 weight class). Dunes comes to the cage accompanied by The World's Greatest. Kelly has chosen I'm a Criminal as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Slugger Dunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ned Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunes thumps Kelly with a low kick.
Dunes connects with a crisp jab.
Dunes checks a leg kick nicely.
Kelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dunes throws a shot from downtown. Kelly moves away and avoids it.
Kelly lands a jab.
Dunes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dunes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kelly on the side of the head.
Dunes misses the shot to the body.
Kelly throws a hook but Dunes avoids it easily.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Kelly misses with the combination.
Dunes throws out a loose jab but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Dunes.
Kelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dunes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kelly. That's going to slow Dunes down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kelly throws a jab when Dunes was well out of range.
Dunes throws a body punch but Kelly moves out of range.
Dunes scores with a jab.
Dunes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dunes.
Dunes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dunes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dunes throws a leg kick that misses.
Kelly cracks Dunes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kelly misses with an uppercut. Dunes saw that one coming.
Dunes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
We've been informed that Kelly has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Dunes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kelly can pounce on him.
Dunes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kelly is looking to chop away at Dunes's legs.
Dunes with the inside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Dunes misses
and Kelly counters with a nice body kick.
Kelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Dunes.
Dunes misses with a leg kick.
Dunes throws a lazy right hand but Kelly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dunes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kelly.
Dunes is looking to counter the offense by Kelly and move into the clinch.
Dunes misses with a body shot.
A big right from Kelly misses.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
Kelly looks to throw the jab but Dunes is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dunes.
Dunes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dunes misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dunes's sensitive parts.
Dunes moves out of range as Kelly throws a body kick.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunes.
Dunes walks into a stiff left hand from Kelly.
Dunes is looking to slow Kelly down with leg kicks.
Dunes wants to slow Kelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Dunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelly throws the kick towards the body but Dunes avoids it.
Dunes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kelly blocks a low kick nicely.
It seemed like Kelly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dunes.
Kelly bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dunes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A good leg kick by Dunes.
Dunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kelly closes the distance and pushes Dunes back into the cage.
Dunes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kelly or not.
Kelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kelly wants to slow Dunes down by chopping away at his legs.
A low kick lands for Dunes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunes closes the distance and clinches.
Dunes can't find room to land a body shot as Kelly controls the action.
Dunes lands with a light punch inside.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dunes lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dunes's brow.
Dunes tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Dunes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kelly lands with a short shot to the head.
Dunes throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Kelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dunes backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly breaks the clinch.
Dunes wants to slow Kelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly misses with a low kick as Dunes jumps back.
Dunes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dunes throws a leg kick that misses.
Despite the aggression on Kelly's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dunes cracks Kelly with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws out a powerful jab.
Dunes misses the jab.
Dunes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dunes misses with a wild body shot.
Dunes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dunes.
Dunes has closed the distance and engaged Kelly in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dunes's brow.
Kelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
A head punch on the inside from Dunes fails to land.
Kelly working hard to break the clinch.
Kelly is trying to break the clinch but Dunes has him pressed against the cage.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dunes throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Kelly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelly lands a nice elbow.
Kelly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dunes backwards.
Dunes lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dunes's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ned Kelly will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Dunes throws a looping overhand right but Kelly ducks down to avoid it.
Dunes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelly looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dunes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kelly.
The fighters circling - Dunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dunes misses with a hook. Kelly ducked under it nicely.
Dunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kelly throws a body punch but Dunes moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dunes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kelly's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dunes under the eye.
Dunes avoids the body shot from Kelly.
Kelly lands with a cross.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
Kelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Dunes.
Dunes lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kelly. Dunes shrugs it off though.
Dunes throws a chopping leg kick but Kelly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dunes throws a solid leg kick but Kelly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dunes.
Kelly misses with an uppercut
and Dunes counters with a right hand to the body.
Kelly misses with a low kick as Dunes jumps back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly throws a hook but Dunes avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws a jab when Dunes was well out of range.
Kelly checks the leg kick.
Jab, jab by Kelly - just one landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Dunes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dunes.
Kelly finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Good exchange - Kelly coming out on top.
A jab from Dunes does it's job there.
A jab from Kelly misses.
Kelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Dunes.
Dunes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunes. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly fakes the leg kick and cracks Dunes in the body.
Dunes is looking to chop away at Kelly's legs.
Ned Kelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dunes throws an off balance right hand
and Kelly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dunes thinking.
Kelly misses with a body shot.
Dunes half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dunes. Dunes obviously looking to wear him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dunes's corner calls for a 1-2. Dunes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dunes fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Kelly responds with a good body kick, but Dunes manages to step out the way in time.
Kelly slips a jab from Dunes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dunes.
Kelly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dunes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dunes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kelly misses with a looping right.
Kelly tries to score with a low kick but Dunes moves his leg out of the way.
Dunes is looking to score with low kicks.
Dunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kelly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kelly fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dunes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kelly pushes Dunes up against the cage in a clinch.
Dunes presses Kelly against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kelly tries to keep at a distance but Dunes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dunes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dunes scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kelly tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kelly takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kelly scores with a jab.
A slow jab from Dunes misses its intended target.
Kelly scores with a jab to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Dunes.
Kelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Dunes should have avoided that one.
Kelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dunes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kelly takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kelly checks the leg kick nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kelly.
Kelly takes a swing at Dunes's ribcage but misses.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Dunes keeps it at a distance.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
A left lands for Dunes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly throws a leg kick
and Dunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice leg kick from Dunes, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kelly moves out of range as Dunes strikes.
Dunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelly is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dunes lands an overhand right.
Dunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kelly throws an overhand right that lands on Dunes's shoulder, as Dunes tries to avoid the shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kelly motions for Dunes to come forward. Kelly throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dunes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dunes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dunes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dunes tries to clinch there but Kelly circles away.
Dunes misses with an uppercut.
Kelly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kelly takes one to the chin there.
Dunes cracks Kelly with an open hand slap.
Dunes takes one on the button.
Kelly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dunes doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kelly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kelly instigates a clinch.
Dunes will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kelly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dunes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ned Kelly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.
Kelly throws a low kick but Dunes avoids it.
Kelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dunes.
Kelly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kelly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dunes.
Kelly looks to land a right hand but Dunes moved out of range.
Dunes swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Dunes moves out of range of the strikes.
Kelly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kelly there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kelly throws a lazy right hand but Dunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Kelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dunes misses with a two punch combination.
Kelly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kelly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dunes moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelly is just out of range.
Kelly appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelly tries a quick counter leg kick but Dunes is wise to it.
A big right from Dunes misses.
Kelly takes a swing at Dunes's ribcage but misses.
Dunes looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
Dunes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kelly is able to avoid easily.
Dunes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dunes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dunes clinches up with Kelly and pushes him back against the cage.
Dunes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly manages to break the clinch.
Kelly misses with a kick to the body.
Dunes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly throws a big shot that misses.
Kelly clinches up with Dunes and pushes him back against the cage.
Dunes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dunes tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Dunes misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kelly.
It looks like Slugger Dunes has been cut.
Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kelly lands a left hand.
Kelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dunes prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunes takes a shot to the head.
Dunes misses with a body punch.
Kelly is trying to break free.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dunes pushes Kelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Dunes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kelly breaks from the clinch.
Kelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Kelly is looking to chop away at Dunes's legs.
Dunes appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dunes misses with a straight left.
Dunes tries to clinch but Kelly moves away
enabling Kelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Kelly lands with a hook. Dunes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A clash of legs there as Dunes blocks the low kick.
Kelly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dunes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dunes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dunes throws a right and a left that Kelly avoids nicely.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
Kelly throws a hook but Dunes blocks it.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dunes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kelly misses with a looping right.
Dunes looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
Dunes connects with a body shot.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly throws a lazy body kick
and Dunes counters with a straight right hand.
Kelly lands the left hand.
Kelly 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.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
Kelly takes a swing at Dunes's ribcage but misses.
Dunes doesn't manage to clinch there - Kelly circles away.
Dunes doesn't manage to clinch there - Kelly circles away.
The crowd cheers as Dunes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kelly doesn't seem phased though.
Dunes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
An inside leg kick lands from Kelly.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Dunes is just out of range.
A clash of legs there as Dunes blocks the low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dunes scores with a decent looking hook.
An inside leg kick from Dunes misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dunes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kelly scrambles back to his feet.
Kelly tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Kelly.
Dunes connects with a solid leg kick.
Kelly tries to clinch but Dunes is having none of it.
Dunes scores with a nice right hand.
A jab from Kelly misses.
Kelly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dunes ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.
Kelly stalks Dunes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dunes's face. Dunes staggers backwards, shaken.
Slugger Dunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A solid leg kick lands there for Dunes.
Good exchange - Kelly coming out on top.
Dunes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kelly.
Dunes misses with a straight right.
Kelly blocks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dunes. That's going to slow Kelly down.
Nice straight punches there by Kelly. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kelly.
Kelly feints and then cracks Dunes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dunes down.
Kelly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dunes takes a step back to recover.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ned Kelly.
Well Kelly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ned Kelly!
Ned Kelly decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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