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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Kade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lerroy Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keith Kade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lerroy Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jenkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kade gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jenkins breaks from the clinch.
Jenkins closes the distance and clinches.
Kade breaks from the clinch.
Jenkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Kade swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jenkins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jenkins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jenkins clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jenkins.
Kade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jenkins avoids it.
Kade throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jenkins blocks it with crossed arms.
Kade breaks the clinch.
Kade dodges the punch combination from Jenkins.
Kade clinches.
Jenkins manages to break the clinch.
Kade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jenkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jenkins throws a series of punches but Kade avoids them all with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kade doesn't manage to clinch there - Jenkins circles away.
Jenkins changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kade looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kade manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jenkins's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kade moves into full guard.
Jenkins prevents Kade from getting back to his feet.
Kade trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Kade wants to sweep but no luck.
Jenkins wants to stand but Kade has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kade looking for a guillotine here but Jenkins defends easily.
Jenkins would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's two 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.
Kade is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jenkins clinches with his opponent.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kade escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jenkins throws a right hand that Kade ducks under and follows up with a left that Kade also avoids with ease.
Jenkins misses with a double jab.
Kade closes the distance but Jenkins moves to the side
and Jenkins counters with a left and a right that stings Kade.
Kade tries to bum rush Jenkins with a series of wild strikes but Jenkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jenkins is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kade drives through and clinches with Jenkins against the cage.
Kade manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Jenkins.
Jenkins with a jab.
Jenkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins darts in trying to clinch
and Kade counters by clinching up.
Jenkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jenkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kade wants to clinch but Jenkins slips to the side
and Jenkins counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kade tries to clinch but Jenkins is having none of it.
Kade tries to clinch but Jenkins is having none of it.
Kade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a series of punches but Kade avoids them all with ease.
Kade tries a head kick but it misses.
Kade cracks the inside of Jenkins's front leg.
Kade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jenkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good standup being displayed there by Jenkins as he connects with a hook.
Jenkins keeps the fight on the outside.
Jenkins keeps the fight on the outside.
Kade has closed the distance and engaged Jenkins in a clinch.
Kade misses with an elbow strike.
Kade pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kade tries to clinch but Jenkins is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jenkins is looking to advance position but Kade won't allow it.
Jenkins with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Kade is controlling Jenkins's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Kade wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kade looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jenkins throwing shots but Kade is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lerroy Jenkins dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jenkins tries to clinch up but Kade circles away and keeps his distance.
Jenkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Kade 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.
Kade forces Jenkins back against the cage and clinches.
Kade escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jenkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kade tries to close the distance and clinch but Jenkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kade fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lerroy Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kade moves in looking to clinch but Jenkins pushes him off.
Kade misses with a head kick.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kade as he avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Jenkins.
Kade dodges the punch combination from Jenkins.
Kade gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins looking for a takedown.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but Kade won't allow it.
Keith Kade has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lerroy Jenkins.
Jenkins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kade walks away with a smile on his face. Jenkins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jenkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jenkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kade misses with a two punch combination.
Kade moves out of range as Jenkins throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kade tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jenkins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jenkins.
A knee to the head by Kade.
Kade prevents the takedown attempt.
Kade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jenkins avoids it.
Kade prevents Jenkins from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kade.
It looks like Lerroy Jenkins has been cut.
Jenkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jenkins dodges an elbow strike from Kade.
Kade misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jenkins.
Kade breaks the clinch.
Kade tries to clinch but Jenkins moves out of range.
Kade tries to clinch up.
Kade moves into the clinch.
Jenkins tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A frustrated look appears on Jenkins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jenkins moves out of range of the body kick from Kade.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a wild combination.
Kade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jenkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kade stuffs the takedown attempt from Jenkins. Jenkins gets slowly back to his feet.
Keith Kade is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jenkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Kade.
Kade instigates a clinch.
Kade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Jenkins misses.
Keith Kade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kade tries to clinch but Jenkins moves out of range.
Kade wants to clinch up but Jenkins keeps it at a distance.
A head kick misses from Kade.
Kade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jenkins.
Kade throws a sloppy head kick and Jenkins moves out of range easily.
Kade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kade tries to clinch up but Jenkins circles away and keeps his distance.
Kade wants to clinch up but Jenkins keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kade moves in looking to clinch but Jenkins pushes him off.
Jenkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kade moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kade tries to clinch up but Jenkins circles away and keeps his distance.
Jenkins closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kade to the mat! Kade manages to get full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kade is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jenkins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kade swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kade wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kade avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins won't allow Kade to get back to his feet.
Jenkins looking to sit in guard and control but Kade gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kade trying to move into half guard but instead Jenkins has managed to sweep!
Kade is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kade wants to stand up but Jenkins is controlling him.
Jenkins wants to control from the top but Kade keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lerroy Jenkins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Lerroy Jenkins's cut.
That's time! Kade's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Kade tries to keep at a distance but Jenkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kade misses with a knee to the head.
Kade pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kade tries a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks it.
Kade manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Jenkins.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Jenkins. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Jenkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jenkins throws a sloppy head kick and Kade moves out of range easily.
Kade tries to clinch up.
Jenkins wants to clinch up but Kade keeps it at a distance.
Jenkins circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jenkins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jenkins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kade has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kade misses with a knee strike.
Jenkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Kade won't allow it.
Kade lands a good knee to the midsection. Jenkins won't want to take too many of those.
Jenkins misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jenkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kade's elbow.
Kade keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jenkins's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jenkins.
Jenkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kade pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jenkins tries to clinch there but Kade circles away.
Jenkins throws a nice looking combination but Kade bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jenkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jenkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jenkins looking for a takedown.
Kade keeps control of Jenkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jenkins dodges an elbow strike from Kade.
Jenkins breaks the clinch.
Kade tries to clinch but Jenkins moves out of range.
Kade closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jenkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kade gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jenkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Kade breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a few strikes there.
Jenkins throws a series of strikes that have Kade backpedaling.
Kade tries to clinch there but Jenkins circles away.
Kade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jenkins.
Kade misses with a two punch combination.
Kade tries to clinch up but Jenkins circles away and keeps his distance.
Jenkins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kade tries to avoid it but Jenkins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kade to the ground. Kade escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kade pushes Jenkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Kade scores with a knee to the head.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kade just stands there and leans against the cage.
Keith Kade has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lerroy Jenkins.
Kade with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kade tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kade using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jenkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kade.
Jenkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jenkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kade lands a front kick.
Kade wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Jenkins misses.
Jenkins takes a kick to the side of the head.
That has opened up Lerroy Jenkins's cut even more.
Jenkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Kade.
Kade gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jenkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kade is looking to clinch.
Lerroy Jenkins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kade looks to clinch
and Jenkins counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kade scores with a nice body kick.
Kade throws a sloppy head kick and Jenkins moves out of range easily.
Jenkins avoids the head kick by Kade.
Kade clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins dodges an elbow strike from Kade.
Jenkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Kade won't allow it.
Jenkins can't break the clinch.
Kade misses with an elbow over the top.
Kade prevents Jenkins from breaking the clinch.
Kade has Jenkins pressed against the cage, preventing Jenkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but Kade holds him up against the cage and eventually Jenkins drops back down to his feet.
Kade lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kade tries to land a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks with his arms.
Kade breaks from the clinch.
Jenkins circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jenkins counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kade throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jenkins blocks it with crossed arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keith Kade showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jenkins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lerroy Jenkins!
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energy
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hype
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