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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Kiely (ranked 414 p4p, 1475 weight class) and Uzochukwu Adebo (ranked 57 p4p, 174 weight class). Adebo has chosen MERCURY as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harrison Kiely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Uzochukwu Adebo!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adebo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kiely cracks Adebo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kiely throws the left hand but Adebo avoids the punch easily.
Adebo throws out a counter right but Kiely avoids it with no problem.
Kiely scores with a jab.
Kiely throws a right hand that misses
and Adebo counters with a stiff right hand.
Adebo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiely.
Kiely misses with an uppercut.
Kiely throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Adebo is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kiely shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Adebo but Adebo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely clobbers Adebo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A punch lands to the side of Adebo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Adebo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kiely staying out of range there.
Kiely fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harrison Kiely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kiely looking to score a takedown here. Adebo is defending well but Kiely drives through and ends up in Adebo's guard.
Kiely advances position into side control!
Kiely tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiely thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Adebo can't do much from the bottom here.
Adebo stops Kiely from passing to mount.
Kiely thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kiely tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely tries to move to mount but Adebo blocks the move with his legs.
Kiely wants to control but Adebo is keeping him busy.
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.
Adebo is trying to control Kiely's posture but Kiely avoids it.
Kiely is trying to get an arm triangle but Adebo is defending well.
Kiely goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Adebo has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Kiely but great work by Adebo.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kiely tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kiely is working hard here to advance position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Harrison Kiely dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kiely looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kiely wants to pass the guard but Adebo is keeping the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Adebo keeping moving, preventing Kiely from controlling successfully.
Kiely advances position into side control!
Kiely advances nicely into full mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kiely is working for a guillotine from mount but Adebo frees his head quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Adebo is looking to escape.
Adebo is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiely sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Harrison Kiely overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kiely has control of Adebo's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Adebo regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kiely trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Adebo has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Kiely's lack of action.
Kiely slows the pace down in half guard.
Kiely wants to pass the guard but Adebo is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely is looking for a kimura but Adebo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kiely to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kiely keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kiely is just content to waste time from the top position. Adebo takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Kiely thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kiely tries to free his leg and advance position but Adebo is retaining full guard.
Kiely wants to control from the top but Adebo keeps moving.
Kiely is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Adebo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harrison Kiely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kiely cracks a nice hook into Adebo's ribs.
Kiely shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Adebo defends it nicely.
It seemed like Adebo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Adebo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kiely closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kiely is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adebo can do to turn this around?
Kiely advances nicely into full mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Harrison Kiely dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kiely tries for a takedown but Adebo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Adebo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Uzochukwu Adebo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kiely scores with a jab to the jaw.
Adebo staying out of range there.
Kiely misses with an uppercut
enabling Adebo to counter with a crisp jab.
Adebo just misses with a punch to the body.
Adebo just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely misses with a hook.
Kiely shoots in and drives through. Adebo sprawls well.
Kiely throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adebo thinks about the counter body kick.
It looks like Kiely has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Kiely swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebo misses with a body shot.
Adebo staying out of range there.
Kiely changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Adebo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Adebo stops Kiely from passing to mount.
Kiely trying to control the action but Adebo is working from the bottom.
Kiely tries to advance to mount but Adebo denies him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebo is looking for a sweep.
Kiely is trying to get an arm triangle but Adebo is defending well.
Adebo is looking to reverse the position.
Kiely tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kiely has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kiely has hold of Adebo's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Adebo seems comfortable defending it but Kiely has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Adebo is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Adebo is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Kiely couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Harrison Kiely!
An out of breath Harrison Kiely thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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