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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ned Kelly (ranked 1981 p4p, 1828 weight class) and Matt Askren (ranked 264 p4p, 243 weight class). Kelly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'm a Criminal. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ned Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Askren!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly slips under a jab from Askren.
Kelly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Askren tries to bum rush Kelly with a series of wild strikes but Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelly seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Askren moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Askren closes the distance and clinches.
Kelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Askren digs a right hand underneath Kelly's ribcage. Kelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Askren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Askren working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Kelly.
Askren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Askren works on Kelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Askren.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Askren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Askren tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Askren works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Askren scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Askren gets through Kelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
A left hand lands to the body for Askren.
Askren can't find room to land a body shot as Kelly controls the action.
Askren lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Askren scores with a nice short uppercut.
Askren scores with a shot to the side of Kelly's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Askren lands a nice uppercut.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Askren blocking some punches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Askren has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kelly lands an uppercut.
Askren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly lands a right hand.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Askren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Askren.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Askren lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Askren - that landed with a thud.
Kelly lands a hook that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Askren stalling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Askren.
Askren lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren blocks an uppercut.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Askren.
Askren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Askren connects with a body shot that sends Kelly's belly button to the back.
Askren cracks Kelly with a good jab.
Kelly drives through and clinches with Askren against the cage.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Askren lands a shot to the body.
Askren scores with a hook to the body.
Askren misses with a punch to the body.
Askren works on Kelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Askren lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Askren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Askren lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Askren.
Askren breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren works Kelly's body with a nice hook.
Askren is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Matt Askren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Askren looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Askren.
Kelly tries to clinch
and Askren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Askren is looking to clinch.
Kelly throws a quick counter head kick but Askren was just out of range.
Askren thuds a left hand into Kelly's body.
Kelly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Askren takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Askren scores with a nice right hand.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Askren.
Askren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelly moves away.
Kelly moves into the clinch successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Askren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Askren misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Askren.
Askren breaks the clinch.
Askren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kelly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kelly wants to clinch but Askren slips to the side
and Askren counters with a nice body shot.
Askren throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kelly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Askren manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Askren keeps it at a distance.
Kelly slips under a jab.
Kelly thinks about countering with a head kick.
Kelly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kelly avoids the body shot from Askren.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Askren fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly takes one to the chin there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Askren dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kelly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Askren is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kelly with a body shot.
Askren clinches up with Kelly and pushes him back against the cage.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Askren lands a nice uppercut.
Askren blocks an uppercut.
Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Matt Askren seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kelly blocks a body shot from Askren.
Askren blocking some punches.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Askren misses with a punch to the body.
Askren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Askren breaks from the clinch.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Askren connects with a looping right hand.
Kelly throws a right hand that misses
and Askren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Askren ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Askren thuds a left hand into Kelly's body.
Askren moves into the clinch.
Askren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Askren blocking some punches.
Askren tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Askren tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Askren back against the cage.
Askren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
Askren tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Askren back against the cage.
Askren misses with a punch on the inside.
Askren blocks an uppercut.
Askren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kelly avoids the body shot from Askren.
Askren avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Askren is avoiding it.
Kelly misses with a straight left.
Askren scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kelly in his tracks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Askren.
Askren misses with a series of wild punches.
Askren throws a jab but it's blocked by Kelly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Askren.
Askren scores with a nice right hand.
Askren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Askren in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Askren works Kelly's body with a nice hook.
Askren misses with a hook. Kelly ducked under it nicely.
Kelly appears to be looking for a big counter.
Some wild striking there from Kelly.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Askren scores with a jab to the body.
Askren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Askren counters with a stiff right hand.
Ned Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kelly shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Askren keeps the fight on the outside.
Kelly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Askren misses the shot to the body.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Askren fails to land with a series of punches.
Kelly throws a big counter combination but Askren scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kelly works the jab nicely.
Askren looks to throw the jab but Kelly is out of range.
Kelly takes one on the button.
Askren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matt Askren seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kelly tries to clinch but Askren moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Askren there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Askren.
Askren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Askren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Askren finds it's target.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kelly gets a clinch.
Askren misses with a punch on the inside.
Askren tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Askren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Kelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Askren.
Askren throws a hook to the side of Kelly's head but Kelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kelly clinches with his opponent.
Askren lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Askren.
Askren is working Kelly over against the cage.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
Askren fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Askren lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Askren gets through Kelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Askren leaning against his opponent.
Kelly prevents a body shot from Askren.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly lands with a short shot to the head.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Askren breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A right-left combo lands from Kelly.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Askren scores with a jab to the body.
Askren scores with a body shot.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Askren is avoiding it.
Kelly tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Askren counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Askren rushes Kelly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ned Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Askren.
Kelly prevents a body shot from Askren.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Askren misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Askren.
Askren working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kelly lands with a left to the head.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Askren struggles to land a body shot inside as Kelly controls his hands.
Askren digs a right hand underneath Kelly's ribcage. Kelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Askren working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Askren blocking some punches.
Askren misses with a body punch.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.
Askren lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kelly.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Askren scores with a shoulder strike.
Askren is trying to stall.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Askren misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Askren blocking some punches.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Askren.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Askren.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Askren leaning his opponent against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Askren.
Askren lands a nice shot to the body.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Askren uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Askren.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Askren.
Askren doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
A short right from Askren on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Askren stalling in the clinch.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Askren.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Askren misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly blocks a body shot from Askren.
A short right from Askren on the inside.
Askren misses with a punch to the body.
Askren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Askren misses with a body punch.
Askren lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Askren manages to break the clinch.
Askren comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Askren waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Askren fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Askren throws a nice inside leg kick.
Askren lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Askren.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Askren comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Askren 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Askren!
A relieved looking Matt Askren thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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