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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Padraig Kelleher (ranked 1227 p4p, 2237 weight class) and John Peterson (ranked 153 p4p, 267 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that John Peterson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Padraig Kelleher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson throws a body punch but Kelleher moves out of range.
Peterson slips a jab from Kelleher.
Peterson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelleher.
Peterson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kelleher was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
John Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelleher was well out of range. Poor timing from Peterson.
It looked like Kelleher wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A shot to the body from Peterson misses
enabling Kelleher to counter with a crisp jab.
Kelleher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peterson.
Peterson misses with a shot to the body
and Kelleher counters with a straight right hand.
Kelleher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice body punch from Peterson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelleher appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Peterson.
Peterson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Peterson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelleher manages to avoid it.
Kelleher throwing a counter right hand but Peterson manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson throws a poor cross that misses
and Kelleher counters with a left and a right that stings Peterson.
Peterson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelleher manages to avoid it.
Kelleher scores with a decent looking hook.
Kelleher has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kelleher there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Padraig Kelleher has been cut.
Kelleher avoids the body shot from Peterson.
Kelleher was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kelleher throws an overhand right that lands on Peterson's shoulder, as Peterson tries to avoid the shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Peterson misses.
A lazy left from Peterson finds it's target.
Peterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kelleher.
Peterson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kelleher stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Peterson throws a hook to the side of Kelleher's head but Kelleher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kelleher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Peterson.
Kelleher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelleher avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelleher needs to keep his hands up - Peterson had a free shot at his head there.
Peterson throws a series of punches but Kelleher avoids them all with ease.
Kelleher is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kelleher comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kelleher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Peterson throws a hook but Kelleher blocks it.
Kelleher ducks under a wild hook from Peterson.
Kelleher is looking to counter punch.
Peterson cracks Kelleher with a good jab.
Peterson throws a right hand that misses
and Kelleher counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like John Peterson has been cut.
Kelleher lands with a hook. Peterson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Peterson cracks Kelleher with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kelleher throws a jab but it's blocked by Peterson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Kelleher misses the target.
Kelleher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kelleher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Peterson moves in looking to clinch but Kelleher pushes him off.
Peterson takes a swing at Kelleher's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Kelleher on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kelleher digs a good body shot into Peterson's ribs.
Peterson looks to land a right hand but Kelleher moved out of range.
Kelleher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kelleher on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Peterson misses with a right hand
letting Kelleher counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Peterson finds it's way through Kelleher's defenses.
A left lands for Peterson.
Padraig Kelleher's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peterson misses with a body shot.
Peterson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelleher lands with a short shot to the head.
Kelleher lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kelleher fails to land.
Peterson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peterson has a couple of punches blocked by Kelleher.
I was talking to Kelleher's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kelleher lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Peterson or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelleher.
Kelleher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Peterson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Peterson breaks from the clinch.
Kelleher lands with an overhand left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Padraig Kelleher will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kelleher feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Petersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Peterson misses the body punch
and Kelleher counters with a left to the body.
Peterson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Peterson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kelleher rather than just go for the knockout.
Peterson throws a jab when Kelleher was well out of range.
Peterson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kelleher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kelleher defending well as Peterson loads up on a big left hand.
Some wild striking there from Kelleher.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kelleher.
Peterson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Peterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Peterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Peterson moves away from the strike by Kelleher.
Peterson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelleher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peterson.
Peterson throws the left hand but Kelleher avoids the punch easily.
A right-left combo lands from Peterson.
Peterson throws a body punch but Kelleher moves out of range.
Kelleher throws a sloppy body shot
and Peterson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Peterson slips under a jab.
A nice side step and Peterson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Peterson misses with a jab to the body
letting Kelleher counter with a right hand.
Peterson tries to clinch up but Kelleher circles away and keeps his distance.
Peterson misses with an uppercut. Kelleher saw that one coming.
Kelleher scores with a jab. Peterson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice defenses there by Peterson.
A big left from Peterson misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kelleher. Peterson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelleher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Padraig Kelleher's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelleher blocks a jab.
Peterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelleher moves away.
Peterson swings for the body but Kelleher moves out of range.
Kelleher has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Peterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
John Peterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelleher was well out of range. Poor timing from Peterson.
Peterson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kelleher circles away quickly and effectively.
Kelleher misses with a looping left.
Peterson misses with a two punch combination.
A slow jab from Peterson misses its intended target.
Peterson tries to clinch but Kelleher moves out of range.
Peterson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelleher lands a head shot.
Kelleher throws a body punch but Peterson moves out of range.
A jab from Kelleher misses.
Peterson drops his hands momentarily and Kelleher takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Peterson throws a big shot that misses.
Kelleher moves forwards but Peterson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kelleher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Peterson.
Kelleher works Peterson's body with a nice hook.
Kelleher blocks a jab.
Kelleher is looking to counter punch.
Peterson lunges at Kelleher with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kelleher's hand.
Peterson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kelleher was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Peterson swinging wildly here.
It looked like Kelleher wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelleher takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelleher connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Peterson misses with a wild body shot.
Kelleher appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kelleher misses with a hook
and Kelleher takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peterson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelleher manages to avoid it.
Peterson misses with an uppercut. Kelleher saw that one coming.
Peterson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kelleher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Peterson.
Peterson throws a lazy uppercut
and Kelleher counters with a straight right hand.
Peterson throws a big shot that misses.
Peterson misses with a body punch
and Peterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peterson is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Peterson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Peterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kelleher.
Kelleher seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Peterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Kelleher finish him?
Nice uppercut lands for Peterson. That snapped Kelleher's head back.
Kelleher comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Peterson seems to have recovered his senses.
Kelleher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Peterson.
Kelleher looks to land a combination but Peterson avoids it well.
Peterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kelleher.
Kelleher drops his hands momentarily and Peterson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kelleher clinches up with Peterson and pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Kelleher.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson misses with a body punch.
Peterson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peterson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kelleher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peterson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelleher scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peterson.
Kelleher misses with the head strike.
Kelleher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kelleher breaks from the clinch.
Kelleher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kelleher.
Peterson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Peterson misses with a straight right.
Kelleher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Peterson loads up on a big right hand but Kelleher slips the punch.
Kelleher moves away from the strike by Peterson.
Kelleher is looking to counter punch.
Peterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelleher closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelleher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelleher lands a body punch.
Kelleher lands with a left to the head.
Kelleher lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelleher creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelleher lands a hook that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
Peterson blocks a body shot from Kelleher.
Kelleher blocks a body shot from Peterson.
Kelleher lands an uppercut.
Kelleher lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kelleher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Peterson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelleher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelleher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Peterson lands a left hand.
Kelleher swings wildly with an uppercut but Peterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelleher misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelleher lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kelleher lands a body shot.
Kelleher throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelleher.
Kelleher can't find room to land a body shot as Peterson controls the action.
Kelleher swings wildly with an uppercut but Peterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Kelleher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kelleher swings wildly with an uppercut but Peterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelleher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelleher has a couple of punches blocked by Peterson.
Kelleher lands a right hand.
Peterson pushes Kelleher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peterson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelleher has a couple of punches blocked by Peterson.
Peterson blocking some punches.
Kelleher lands with a short shot to the head.
Kelleher misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelleher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelleher working aggressively here.
Kelleher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelleher has a couple of punches blocked by Peterson.
Peterson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelleher backwards.
Jeez, Padraig Kelleher's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelleher lands with a right to the head.
Kelleher struggles to land a body shot inside as Peterson controls his hands.
Peterson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelleher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peterson misses the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Kelleher misses the target.
Kelleher slips a straight right by Peterson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Padraig Kelleher showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kelleher has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Padraig Kelleher!
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