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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Kilmartin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kilmartin has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Terry Kilmartin will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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161 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Kilmartin!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilmartin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tank looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kilmartin lands a head kick!
It looks like Jesse Tank has been cut.
Kilmartin lands with a slapping head kick.
Kilmartin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tank paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A head kick from Kilmartin lands but Tank takes it in his stride.
Kilmartin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tank gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kilmartin is trying to get back to full guard.
Kilmartin wants to control but Tank is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kilmartin is trying to stand.
Kilmartin trying to control here.
Kilmartin is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Tank is staying active.
Kilmartin is trying to stand up here but Tank is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kilmartin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kilmartin clinches up against the cage.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside.
Tank working hard to break the clinch.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside that Tank shrugs off.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kilmartin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tank's defenses.
Kilmartin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kilmartin taking a breather.
Tank avoids the elbow strike from Kilmartin, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kilmartin.
Kilmartin throws an elbow that misses.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow.
Kilmartin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tank's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kilmartin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kilmartin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tank wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tank dodges an elbow strike from Kilmartin.
Kilmartin lands a damaging elbow.
Tank blocks the elbow strike.
Tank wants a takedown.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tank is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tank has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Tank's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside that Tank shrugs off.
Kilmartin trying to control the position but instead, Tank has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kilmartin into the cage.
Kilmartin is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Tank has denied him.
Kilmartin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Kilmartin.
Tank takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kilmartin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tank is trying to drag Kilmartin to the mat but Kilmartin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kilmartin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside that Tank shrugs off.
Tank takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kilmartin lands an elbow just above Tank 's eye.
Tank blocks an elbow strike from Kilmartin.
Kilmartin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kilmartin stops a takedown attempt from Tank.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesse Tank. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kilmartin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kilmartin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tank avoids a wild elbow strike from Kilmartin.
Tank creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tank avoids the elbow strike from Kilmartin, against the cage.
Tank wants the takedown. Kilmartin is fighting it off but Tank persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Kilmartin's guard against the cage.
Kilmartin trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kilmartin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tank is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kilmartin managing to control the position.
Kilmartin wants to stand and escape but Tank is having none of it.
Tank is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Kilmartin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jesse Tank's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kilmartin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tank.
Kilmartin cracks the inside of Tank's front leg.
Kilmartin moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kilmartin.
Tank takes an elbow to the temple.
Kilmartin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tank's defenses.
Kilmartin looking to stall.
Tank is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kilmartin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tank takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tank tries to pull guard but Kilmartin holds him up against the cage and eventually Tank drops back down to his feet.
Kilmartin lands an elbow just above Tank 's eye.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Kilmartin.
Kilmartin tries to stall but Tank uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kilmartin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tank takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kilmartin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice elbow from Kilmartin.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow.
Kilmartin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tank's defenses.
Tank takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Kilmartin.
Kilmartin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tank takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tank tries to pull guard but Kilmartin won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesse Tank. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Kilmartin.
Tank successfully pulls guard.
Tank wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Kilmartin is now in half guard.
Tank has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kilmartin is working away from the top position though.
Kilmartin is looking to take a break and control but Tank is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tank wants to control but Kilmartin is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kilmartin prevents Tank from improving his position.
Kilmartin passes the guard and advances to mount!
Tank is squirming around, avoiding Kilmartin's attempts to control the action.
Tank might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tank is desperately trying to improve his position but Kilmartin has a good base and remains in mount.
Kilmartin trying to control but Tank is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilmartin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tank trying desperately to get to his feet.
Kilmartin content just to control the position here.
Despite being in the dominant position, Terry Kilmartin just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kilmartin scores with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tank doesn't manage to clinch there - Kilmartin circles away.
Kilmartin tries to clinch but Tank is having none of it.
Tank misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kilmartin tries to clinch but Tank is having none of it.
Kilmartin tries to clinch but Tank is having none of it.
Terry Kilmartin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tank circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kilmartin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kilmartin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kilmartin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tank swats away the attempt to clinch by Kilmartin.
Kilmartin avoids the head kick by Tank.
Kilmartin tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Kilmartin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jesse Tank'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. 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.
Kilmartin wants to clinch up but Tank keeps it at a distance.
Kilmartin tries to clinch but Tank is having none of it.
Kilmartin tries to clinch but Tank moves away
and Tank counters with a single leg into guard. Kilmartin didn't expect that.
Kilmartin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tank's guard.
Tank wants to sweep here but Kilmartin controlling him for the moment.
Kilmartin wants to control from the top but Tank keeps moving.
Tank pulls Kilmartin in close to prevent any damage.
Tank wants to sweep here but Kilmartin controlling him for the moment.
Kilmartin trying to control the position from guard on top but Tank is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tank looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tank wants to stand and escape but Kilmartin is having none of it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kilmartin.
Kilmartin has managed to clinch.
Kilmartin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tank's defenses.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kilmartin lands an elbow that stopped Tank in his tracks for a moment.
Kilmartin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kilmartin lands an elbow that stopped Tank in his tracks for a moment.
Tank blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kilmartin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kilmartin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tank has Kilmartin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kilmartin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kilmartin lands an elbow just above Tank 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kilmartin throws an elbow but misses.
Kilmartin gets underhooks to prevent Tank's takedown attempt.
Tank looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesse Tank. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kilmartin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kilmartin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tank leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tank is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kilmartin stops a takedown attempt from Tank.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow.
Kilmartin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tank is trying to break free.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tank avoids the elbow strike from Kilmartin, against the cage.
Kilmartin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kilmartin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tank leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kilmartin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tank has Kilmartin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kilmartin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tank can't find room to land a body shot as Kilmartin controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tank tries to pull guard but Kilmartin won't allow it.
Tank drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kilmartin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kilmartin clinches up with Tank and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kilmartin.
Tank tries to pull guard but Kilmartin holds him up against the cage and eventually Tank drops back down to his feet.
Kilmartin lands an elbow that stopped Tank in his tracks for a moment.
Kilmartin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow.
Tank tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kilmartin lands an elbow just above Tank 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kilmartin.
Kilmartin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tank avoids the elbow strike from Kilmartin, against the cage.
Tank blocks the elbow strike.
Tank wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kilmartin throws an elbow but it misses.
Kilmartin lands an elbow that stopped Tank in his tracks for a moment.
Kilmartin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tank leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kilmartin lands an elbow just above Tank 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kilmartin throws an elbow but misses.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside.
Kilmartin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tank dodges an elbow strike from Kilmartin.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside that Tank shrugs off.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside.
Jesse Tank has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kilmartin throws an elbow that misses.
Kilmartin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tank takes an elbow to the temple.
Tank has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kilmartin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kilmartin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tank drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice elbow from Kilmartin.
Tank tries to pull guard but Kilmartin won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Kilmartin.
Tank blocks an elbow strike from Kilmartin.
Tank tries to circle away but Kilmartin has him pinned against the cage.
Terry Kilmartin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kilmartin lands an elbow inside.
Kilmartin throws an elbow but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Terry Kilmartin.
I've got Kilmartin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Kilmartin!
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energy
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hype
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