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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Sight (ranked 2480 p4p, 1294 weight class) and Pat Kelly (ranked 376 p4p, 190 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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195 cm 34 192 22 - 23 - 0 |
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185 cm 22 190 9 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler Great elbows Good gas tank |
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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 22 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Sight! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pat Kelly! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kelly slips a jab from Sight. Sight throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
 It looks like Pat Kelly has been cut. Sight moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
 Kelly is rocked! A big right from Kelly misses. Kelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Sight finish him? Kelly thows a left - swing and a miss! Kelly seems to have recovered his senses. Sight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sight tries to keep at a distance but Kelly has taken the fight into the clinch. Kelly holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sight lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Kelly stalling in the clinch.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Sight controls the action.
Sight wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sight.
Kelly missing with knees to the body.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Sight is trying to push Kelly away but Kelly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Kelly missing with knees to the body.
Kelly keeps control of Sight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. A nice right hand lands inside from Kelly.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Kelly is leaning against Sight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Sight is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position. Sight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Sight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly keeps control of Sight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Sight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Kelly is struggling to control the position. Kelly tries to throw a body punch but Sight avoids it by throwing Kelly back against the cage. Sight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Sight wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kelly is stalling here.
Sight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sight is trying to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling him. Kelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sight is trying to break free. Sight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Sight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Sight tries to break free but Kelly pushes him back against the cage. Kelly told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it. Kelly scores with a hook to the body. Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Sight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Kelly taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kelly receives a warning from the referee for stalling. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelly manages to break the clinch.
Sight scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kelly is looking to clinch but Sight is avoiding it.
Kelly avoids the body shot from Sight.
Sight misses with a body shot.
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Sight wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Kelly looks to throw the jab but Sight is out of range. Good exchange - Sight coming out on top. Decent striking displayed by Sight there. Sight takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sight.
Sight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Sight. Sight looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Sight has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kelly finds it's way round the side to connect with Sight's head.
Kelly rushes Sight and presses him up against the cage. Kelly scores with a shot to the side of Sight's head. Kelly leaning his opponent against the cage. Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Sight is trying to break free. Kelly presses Sight against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Kelly scores with a shoulder strike. Kelly scores with a hook to the body. Sight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage. Knees to the body from Kelly.
Sight can't break the clinch.
Kelly has Sight pressed against the cage, preventing Sight from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Kelly missing with knees to the body.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Sight blocks a body shot from Kelly. Nice body punch from Kelly. Sight wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Sight is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position. Sight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage. Kelly tries to throw a body punch but Sight avoids it by throwing Kelly back against the cage. Sight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sight tries to break free but Kelly pushes him back against the cage. Sight tries to break free but Kelly pushes him back against the cage. Sight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Kelly has Sight pressed against the cage, preventing Sight from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Sight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kelly slowing the pace effectively. Sight lands with a left to the head. Kelly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Kelly stalling.
Kelly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sight's efforts to push away. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pat Kelly dominated that round. The cut man is working on Pat Kelly's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kelly tries to bum rush Sight with a series of wild strikes but Sight uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Sight pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kelly back to the cage. Sight follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver. Sight slips a jab from Kelly. Sight scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Kelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Kelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. A looping hook to the body misses from Sight. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet. Sight defending well as Kelly loads up on a big left hand. Kelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Paul Sight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Kelly is looking to clinch. Kelly scores with a jab. Sight acknowledges it with a nod of the head. This has been an exciting period of action! A lazy left from Sight finds it's target.
 That has opened up Pat Kelly's cut even more. Sight misses the jab. Sight looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Sight throws a series of punches but Kelly avoids them all with ease. Sight missing with a left hand there. Kelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Kelly clobbers Sight with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Kelly moves into range and connects with a jab.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Sight throws a combination that misses and Kelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Sight lands a jab to the head.
Kelly gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sight. Sight getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Sight is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Kelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Sight connects with a crisp jab. Sight drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Kelly walks straight into a right hand from Sight - that's dropped him! Sight jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Kelly from any more punishment! Kelly complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Paul Sight!
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