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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kennedy Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Augustine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels comes to the cage accompanied by Folsom Prison Blues cover by Everlast. The crowd seem to be enjoying Augustine's choice of entrance music: The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog. 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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212 lbs
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216 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent 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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kennedy Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Augustine!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Michaels.
Michaels is looking to clinch.
Augustine lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Augustine misses with a body shot.
Augustine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Augustine lands a body shot.
Augustine is trying hard to land a takedown here. Michaels sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Augustine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Augustine lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Augustine avoids the head kick by Michaels.
A thudding body kick lands there by Michaels!
Augustine looks gassed!
The fighters circling - Augustine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michaels scoring well with a low kick there.
Michaels lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Michaels goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels doesn't manage to clinch there - Augustine circles away.
A combination from Augustine does no damage.
Michaels fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Augustine, pushing him back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Michaels takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Michaels utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Michaels breaks from the clinch.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch up but Augustine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown by Augustine or perhaps it was just good defense by Michaels which made him look bad.
A head kick misses from Michaels.
Michaels pushes Augustine up against the cage in a clinch.
Michaels crunches a lovely knee into Augustine's ribcage.
Michaels lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Michaels dodges an elbow strike from Augustine.
Michaels lands a left hand that snaps the head of Augustine backwards.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Michaels prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kennedy Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Augustine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michaels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Augustine.
Michaels is looking to clinch.
Augustine scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch but Augustine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Augustine misses the jab.
Augustine moves away from the strike by Michaels.
Augustine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michaels fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Augustine.
Michaels throws a wild body kick that Augustine sees coming a mile off.
Augustine swats away the attempt to clinch by Michaels.
Michaels closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Augustine throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels lands an elbow that stopped Augustine in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Tim Augustine has been cut.
Michaels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Augustine!
Augustine lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Michaels circles away quickly and effectively.
Augustine jabs at Michaels's body.
No joy there for Augustine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Michaels looks to land a combination. Augustine sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michaels misses with a hook.
Augustine clinches.
Augustine is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Michaels pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Michaels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Come on Michaels - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Michaels manages to break the clinch.
Michaels gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Michaels scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels swinging wildly here.
Augustine misses with a straight right.
Michaels tries to clinch there but Augustine circles away.
Michaels slips a jab and a cross from Augustine.
Michaels displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Augustine.
A jab from Augustine misses.
Augustine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Augustine looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Augustine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kennedy Michaels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Augustine's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Augustine closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Augustine lands in his opponent's guard.
Michaels has his hands on Augustine's head, controlling the position.
Michaels avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Augustine throwing strikes from guard but Michaels blocks nicely.
Augustine won't allow Michaels to sweep him here.
Michaels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Augustine.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels wants to stand but Augustine is controlling the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Michaels holds on and takes a little breather.
Augustine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Augustine throwing strikes from guard but Michaels blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A big left from Augustine misses.
Augustine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Michaels wants to clinch but Augustine slips to the side
and Augustine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Augustine misses with a hook. Michaels ducked under it nicely.
Kennedy Michaels is winning the standup battle so far.
Michaels tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Augustine misses with the combination.
Augustine stalks Michaels and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Michaels's face. Michaels staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice uppercut lands for Augustine. That snapped Michaels's head back.
Augustine misses with an uppercut. Michaels saw that one coming.
Augustine lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Augustine.
Michaels lands a nice looking body kick.
Augustine is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michaels closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Augustine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Michaels.
Nice body punch from Michaels.
Augustine tries to land a knee to the head but Michaels blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Michaels.
Augustine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Michaels utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Michaels scores with a shot to the side of Augustine's head.
Michaels slows down the pace here.
Michaels landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Augustine misses its intended target.
Michaels throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd cheers as Michaels lands an impressive looking overhand right. Augustine doesn't seem phased though.
Michaels thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Augustine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A low kick from Augustine misses
and Michaels counters with a big head kick but Augustine shrugs it off.
Michaels misses with a looping left.
Augustine misses with a straight right.
Augustine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Michaels.
Augustine misses with a looping right.
Kennedy Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Michaels is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Augustine.
Michaels misses with a head kick.
Augustine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Michaels to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Augustine - just one landing.
Michaels throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Augustine.
Michaels throws a right and a left that Augustine avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustine thows a leg kick but Michaels checks it
and Michaels counters with a nice body kick.
Michaels dodges the punch combination from Augustine.
Augustine tests Michaels's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Michaels misses its intended target.
Michaels tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michaels misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Augustine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot to the body from Michaels misses
and Augustine counters with a left and a right that stings Michaels.
A swing and a miss from Augustine.
Horrible takedown by Augustine or perhaps it was just good defense by Michaels which made him look bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kennedy Michaels dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Augustine's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Augustine swinging wildly here.
Augustine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Augustine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Augustine throws a jab but it's blocked by Michaels.
Augustine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Michaels.
Augustine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Augustine misses with a double jab
and Michaels counters with a big head kick but Augustine shrugs it off.
Augustine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Michaels to score with a decent uppercut.
Augustine throws a looping overhand right but Michaels ducks down to avoid it.
Augustine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Michaels slips a straight right by Augustine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Augustine.
Augustine misses with a takedown attempt
and Michaels holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Augustine tries to pull guard but Michaels won't allow it.
Michaels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Augustine's defenses.
Augustine misses with the head strike.
Augustine tries to pull guard but Michaels holds him up against the cage and eventually Augustine drops back down to his feet.
Kennedy Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Augustine.
Augustine tries a knee to the head but Michaels blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Michaels.
Michaels is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Augustine can do to turn this around?
Michaels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Augustine takes an elbow to the temple.
Michaels working Augustine over with knees to the body.
Michaels is pushing Augustine up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Michaels lands an elbow that stopped Augustine in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Michaels.
Michaels landing knees to the body.
Michaels lands a knee to the head.
Kennedy Michaels has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Michaels escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michaels has managed to clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Michaels unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Michaels digs a right hand underneath Augustine's ribcage. Augustine let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Michaels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Augustine takes an elbow to the temple.
Michaels working Augustine over with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Michaels working Augustine over with knees to the body.
Michaels lands a knee to the body.
Michaels connects with a nasty looking knee right to Augustine's face.
Michaels scores with a knee to the head.
Augustine tries to pull guard but Michaels won't allow it.
Augustine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Michaels lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Augustine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michaels working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Michaels landing knees to the head.
Michaels managing to block the knees to the body from Augustine.
A right handed body shot lands from Michaels.
A short uppercut from Michaels.
Michaels avoids the elbow strike from Augustine, against the cage.
Augustine is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Michaels missing with knees to the body.
Augustine avoids the elbow strike from Michaels, against the cage.
Michaels lands an elbow just above Augustine 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels blocks an elbow strike.
Michaels wants to stall.
Michaels avoids the elbow strike from Augustine, against the cage.
Michaels lands a nice elbow.
Augustine can't get the takedown.
Michaels lands a right hand.
Michaels manages to break the clinch.
Michaels throws a wild body kick that Augustine sees coming a mile off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Michaels.
Augustine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Augustine misses with a combination
and Michaels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Augustine gets a clinch.
Augustine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Michaels lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Augustine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Michaels lands a good knee to the midsection. Augustine won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Michaels.
Michaels crunches a lovely knee into Augustine's ribcage.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Michaels lands with a left to the head.
Michaels crunches a lovely knee into Augustine's ribcage.
A nice left hand lands by Michaels.
Michaels lands a damaging elbow.
Tim Augustine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michaels blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Augustine looking to stall.
Michaels lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Augustine backwards.
Michaels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Michaels.
Augustine missing with knees to the body.
Michaels is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Michaels effectively controlling the action here.
Michaels lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Michaels lands a nice elbow.
Michaels unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Augustine lands with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kennedy Michaels showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Michaels, 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight for Kennedy Michaels!
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Kennedy Michaels!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Kennedy Michaels!
Kennedy Michaels wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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