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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between joe blow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isiah Kemp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). joe blow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, joe blow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isiah Kemp!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
blow closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kemp circles away.
blow takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
blow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kemp lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
blow tries to bum rush Kemp with a series of wild strikes but Kemp uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
blow looks for a takedown but Kemp sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for joe blow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danga de danga de dang - Kemp scores with a four punch combination!
blow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
blow shoots in for a takedown but Kemp shows good takedown defense.
blow is breathing heavily.
Kemp swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and blow counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kemp is looking to improve his position.
Kemp is looking to control blow's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kemp avoid being mounted?
Kemp is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemp lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Kemp wants to control but blow is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kemp is trying to get back to full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kemp clinches up with blow and pushes him back against the cage.
Kemp has had enough of the clinch but blow keeps him there for the moment.
blow is fighting off a takedown attempt but Kemp is just too persistent for him and manages to trip blow to the mat. blow regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemp decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on blow, up you get!
Kemp lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kemp scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice sprawl there from blow as Kemp shoots in.
Kemp dips to his left and cracks blow with an uppercut!
Kemp is looking to land body kicks.
Kemp throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kemp throws a head kick but blow moves out of range.
Kemp cracks blow with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kemp shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kemp showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kemp thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
blow trying to get back to full guard but Kemp takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
blow is trying desperately to improve position.
blow in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kemp landing shots from mount.
Kemp trying to control but blow is having none of it.
Kemp thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kemp has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
blow avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kemp.
blow is bucking up trying to escape but Kemp cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kemp misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kemp content just to control the position here.
blow tries to reverse the position but Kemp maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isiah Kemp dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
blow throws a nice looking combination but Kemp bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
blow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kemp dodges the punch combination from blow.
Kemp closes this distance looking for a takedown but blow circles away.
Kemp tries to close the distance and clinch but blow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kemp tries to close the distance and clinch up but blow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
blow looks for a takedown but Kemp sprawls well.
blow throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kemp's waist but Kemp gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing blow off to one side.
Kemp lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kemp closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kemp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
blow stuffs the takedown.
Kemp bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kemp is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
blow on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemp throws an elbow but blow slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kemp tries to advance to mount but blow denies him.
blow can't do much from the bottom here.
Kemp tries to move to mount but blow blocks the move with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
blow tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kemp stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Kemp throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kemp is looking to clinch.
blow on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kemp. Kemp obviously looking to wear him down.
blow tries to keep at a distance but Kemp has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kemp wants to break free but blow has control.
Kemp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Kemp both land. Nice combination.
Kemp stuffs the takedown attempt from blow. blow gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for joe blow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
blow takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kemp's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kemp duly obliges.
blow connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
joe blow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kemp pushes blow up against the cage in a clinch.
Kemp manages to break the clinch.
Kemp looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kemp pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. blow is keeping the position for now.
blow on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if blow tries to get out of the position.
Kemp throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kemp tries to free his leg and advance position but blow is retaining full guard.
Kemp decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on blow, up you get!
blow tries to keep at a distance but Kemp has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kemp wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kemp wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but blow has him pressed against the cage.
Kemp escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kemp ducks right into an uppercut from blow.
Kemp is looking to chop away at blow's legs.
blow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kemp throws a combination. blow tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kemp dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isiah Kemp showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
blow keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
blow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kemp fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
blow with a poor takedown
and Kemp counters with a left and a right that stings blow.
blow misses with a double jab.
blow takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kemp pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kemp comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kemp lands an overhand right.
Kemp looks to land a combination. blow sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kemp instigates a clinch.
Kemp is struggling to control the position.
Kemp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
blow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kemp.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemp decides to stand back up. Kemp steps back and let's blow get back to his feet.
blow shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kemp lands with a nice combination. blow backs away looking to recover.
Kemp swinging wilding here.
blow tries for a takedown but Kemp sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for joe blow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
blow swats away the attempt to clinch by Kemp.
blow gets caught flat footed, as Kemp shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kemp trying to control but blow is working from the bottom.
Kemp thows a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
blow keeping moving, preventing Kemp from controlling successfully.
Isiah Kemp has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kemp stands and throws blow's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kemp wants to stand but blow is controlling his arm.
Kemp is trying to ground and pound but blow uses the momentary lack of control by Kemp to regain half guard.
Kemp throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
blow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kemp.
Kemp thows a huge punch but blow dodges it nicely.
Kemp is trying to control the action in half guard but blow is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kemp not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kemp is pressing down on blow's thigh, looking to free his foot. blow is holding on for now.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kemp moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Isiah Kemp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
blow fails to land the takedown.
Kemp scores with a takedown into blow's guard.
Kemp looking to sit in guard and control but blow gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
blow postures up.
Kemp wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and blow is now in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Isiah Kemp comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kemp 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isiah Kemp!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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