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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Okafor (ranked 3127 p4p, 2046 weight class) and Jack Kerouac (ranked 433 p4p, 301 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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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Desmond Okafor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Kerouac!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okafor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kerouac momentarily.
Kerouac dips to his left and cracks Okafor with an uppercut!
Desmond Okafor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kerouac closes the distance and pushes Okafor back into the cage.
Kerouac tries to throw a body punch but Okafor avoids it by throwing Kerouac back against the cage.
Okafor misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kerouac.
Kerouac doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kerouac doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kerouac tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Okafor fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short left from Kerouac.
Okafor tries a body shot but Kerouac blocks it.
Kerouac goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kerouac stalls.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Okafor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kerouac taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Okafor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Okafor lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kerouac misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kerouac can't find room to land a body shot as Okafor controls the action.
Kerouac has a couple of punches blocked by Okafor.
Kerouac displaying some good clinch control by pressing Okafor up against the cage.
Okafor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kerouac looking to slow down the pace here.
Kerouac misses with some punches.
Okafor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kerouac backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Okafor.
Okafor works on Kerouac's body with a couple of short punches.
Okafor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Okafor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kerouac scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Okafor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kerouac doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kerouac managing to block the knees to the body from Okafor.
A bit of stalling here from Kerouac.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Okafor.
Okafor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okafor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kerouac backwards.
Okafor tries to land a knee to the head but Kerouac blocks with his arms.
Kerouac misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Okafor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kerouac.
Kerouac throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Okafors head.
Okafor prevents a body shot from Kerouac.
Kerouac misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Okafor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kerouac working aggressively here.
Kerouac working aggressively here.
Okafor tries a knee to the head but Kerouac blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerouac throws a head punch that misses.
Kerouac lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Okafor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kerouac backwards.
Okafor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Okafor misses with a punch on the inside.
Okafor stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Okafor throws a head punch that misses.
Kerouac blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okafor blocks a body shot from Kerouac.
Okafor blocks a body shot from Kerouac.
Kerouac blocks an uppercut.
Kerouac's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right handed body shot lands from Kerouac.
Okafor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kerouac backwards.
Okafor misses with some punches.
Kerouac blocks a body shot from Okafor.
Kerouac blocks a body shot from Okafor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okafor struggles to land a body shot inside as Kerouac controls his hands.
Kerouac is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Okafor is keeping busy.
Okafor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kerouac tries a body shot but Okafor blocks it.
Kerouac tries a body shot but Okafor blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kerouac misses with some punches.
Kerouac tries to work over Okafor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Okafor looking to throw knees to the head but Kerouac is blocking nicely.
Kerouac misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kerouac blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kerouac tries a body shot but Okafor blocks it.
Okafor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kerouac backwards.
Okafor lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Kerouac scores with a nice short uppercut.
Okafor works on Kerouac's body with a couple of short punches.
Okafor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Okafor dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Okafor moves into the clinch successfully.
Kerouac misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kerouac has a couple of punches blocked by Okafor.
Kerouac effectively controlling the action here.
Okafor scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kerouac prevents a body shot from Okafor.
Kerouac misses with the head strike.
Kerouac can't find room to land a body shot as Okafor controls the action.
Kerouac tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Okafor's elbow.
Okafor scores with a shot to the side of Kerouac's head.
Okafor missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kerouac misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kerouac's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kerouac.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor lands a hook to the side of the head.
Okafor throws a punch but it's blocked by Kerouac.
Kerouac working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Okafor.
Kerouac misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kerouac misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okafor throws a head punch that misses.
Kerouac has Okafor pushed against the cage.
Desmond Okafor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kerouac throws a head punch that misses.
Kerouac misses with a body punch.
Okafor working aggressively here.
Kerouac working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kerouac tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Okafor's elbow.
Okafor is trying to pull guard but Kerouac has him pressed against the cage.
Kerouac misses with a hook to the ribs.
Okafor lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor can't find room to land a body shot as Kerouac controls the action.
Okafor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kerouac can do to turn this around?
Okafor landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Okafor as Kerouac tries to tie him up.
Kerouac's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okafor scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Okafor.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Okafor.
Okafor tries to work over Kerouac's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Okafor scores with a shot to the side of Kerouac's head.
Kerouac misses with a punch to the body.
Okafor lands an uppercut.
Okafor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Okafor struggles to land a body shot inside as Kerouac controls his hands.
Okafor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kerouac's elbow.
Kerouac stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerouac is trying to maintain a safe position but Okafor gets an underhook and turns Kerouac into the cage.
Kerouac softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kerouac stalls.
Okafor scores with a nice hook to the head.
Okafor blocks an uppercut.
Okafor misses with a punch to the body.
Okafor tries to work over Kerouac's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Okafor as Kerouac tries to tie him up.
Okafor struggles to land a body shot inside as Kerouac controls his hands.
Okafor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Okafor looking to throw knees to the head but Kerouac is blocking nicely.
Okafor misses with a punch on the inside.
Kerouac softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Okafor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kerouac lands a hook that snaps the head of Okafor backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Okafor.
Kerouac trying to stall but Okafor improves his position.
Kerouac blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Okafor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Okafor misses with a body punch.
Kerouac struggles to land a body shot inside as Okafor controls his hands.
Okafor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okafor.
Kerouac goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kerouac manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Okafor can't find room to land a body shot as Kerouac controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Kerouac.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kerouac can't find room to land a body shot as Okafor controls the action.
The referee calls for Kerouac to work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Okafor dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Okafor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kerouac.
Okafor lunges at Kerouac with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kerouac's hand.
Kerouac keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kerouac throws a hook but Okafor blocks it.
Okafor appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kerouac checks a leg kick.
Kerouac waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Okafor.
Okafor blocks a jab.
Kerouac on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Okafor wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kerouac.
Okafor scoring well with a low kick there.
Okafor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kerouac was well out of range. Poor timing from Okafor.
Kerouac swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Okafor catches Kerouac right on the button with a cross.
Kerouac slips a straight right by Okafor.
Okafor tries to close the distance and clinch but Kerouac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kerouac looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Okafor cracks Kerouac with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kerouac is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Okafor wants to slow Kerouac down by chopping away at his legs.
Donk. Okafor catches Kerouac right on the button with a cross.
Okafor cracks Kerouac with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A shot to the body from Okafor misses
and Kerouac counters with a straight right hand.
Okafor misses with a body shot
and Kerouac counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Okafor attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Okafor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kerouac steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Okafor.
Kerouac is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Okafor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Okafor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kerouac.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kerouac gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Okafor.
Okafor throws the left hand but Kerouac avoids the punch easily.
As Okafor backs off Kerouac throws a huge counter combo but Okafor manages to avoid it all.
Okafor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Okafor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kerouac is out of range.
Kerouac moves out of range as Okafor strikes.
Okafor throws a combination. Kerouac tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Okafor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Okafor misses with a right hand
and Kerouac counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Okafor throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Desmond Okafor is winning the standup battle so far.
Okafor slips under a jab.
Okafor blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Okafor misses the target.
Okafor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kerouac feints a counter leg kick.
Kerouac misses with a straight left.
Okafor tries to counter by clinching up but Kerouac breaks away and moves out of range.
Okafor with the inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okafor throws a jab but it's blocked by Kerouac.
Kerouac let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kerouac throws a jab when Okafor was well out of range.
Kerouac moves out of range of the strikes.
Kerouac might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Okafor lands a slapping body shot.
Okafor throws a hook to the side of Kerouac's head but Kerouac sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Okafor lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kerouac at a distance.
Desmond Okafor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kerouac misses with a jab, cross combination.
Okafor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Okafor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kerouac with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Okafor to score with a decent uppercut.
Okafor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Okafor lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kerouac doesn't seem phased though.
Okafor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Okafor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Okafor tries to close the distance and clinch but Kerouac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kerouac misses with a series of wild punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Okafor checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Okafor connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kerouac drops his hands momentarily and Okafor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kerouac is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Okafor throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Okafor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kerouac looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A punch lands to the side of Kerouac 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kerouac takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jack Kerouac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kerouac takes one to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Desmond Okafor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Okafor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond Okafor!
Desmond Okafor tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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