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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 Stephen Williams was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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185 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bob Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephen Williams!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Kelly does it's job there.
It looks like Stephen Williams has been cut.
Kelly scores with a three punch combo!
Williams takes one to the side of the head.
Williams tries to clinch but Kelly moves out of range.
Williams closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kelly moves into the clinch.
Williams prevents the takedown attempt.
Williams fails to pull guard.
Williams is trying to break free.
Kelly has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams wants to clinch up but Kelly keeps it at a distance.
Kelly avoids a kick to the body.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams moves to clinch but Kelly breaks away
and Kelly moves into the clinch.
Kelly has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Williams regains guard immediately.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams looking for a sweep. Not yet Williams, not yet.
Kelly throws a strike but Williams rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kelly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
Kelly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams scoring with some ground and pound.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kelly being controlled here, momentarily.
Kelly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kelly wants to get back to his feet but Williams is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Williams postures up in Kelly's guard and throws a big left but Kelly blocks it.
Williams wants to control from the top but Kelly keeps moving.
Kelly is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kelly is breathing heavily.
Williams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kelly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Williams controlling from the top position.
Kelly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Williams on the ground.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Kelly wants to stand but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Williams thows a big elbow that misses.
Williams wants to control from the top but Kelly keeps moving.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Stephen Williams hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Williams scores with a jab. Kelly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kelly slaps away a takedown attempt from Williams, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Kelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stephen Williams'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.
Williams lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Williams tries to clinch but Kelly moves out of range.
Williams tries to clinch
letting Kelly counter with a right hand.
Williams lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Williams tries to clinch up but Kelly circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Williams throws a chopping leg kick but Kelly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Williams tries to clinch there but Kelly circles away.
Kelly throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams moves to clinch but Kelly breaks away
and Kelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Williams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williams moves to clinch but Kelly breaks away
letting Kelly counter with a right hand.
Williams is looking to clinch but Kelly is avoiding it.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Kelly pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Kelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws a leg kick but Kelly sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Kelly pushes him off.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Kelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams wants to clinch but Kelly slips to the side
and Kelly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
Williams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kelly circles away.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Kelly.
Kelly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kelly fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams tries to clinch
and Kelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kelly shoots for a double leg takedown but Williams sprawls well. He's pushed Kelly's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kelly counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Williams wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams controls Kelly momentarily but Kelly frees himself.
Kelly wants to get up but he can't break Williams's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Williams pulls Kelly in close to his closed guard and prevents Kelly from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Stephen Williams was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Kelly checks a low kick from Williams.
Bob Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Kelly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kelly.
Williams pulls Kelly in to control the position.
Kelly looking to sit in guard and control but Williams gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Williams not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Williams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly wants to stand up but Williams is controlling him.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kelly wants to stand and escape but Williams is having none of it.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams postures up and lands a big shot to Kelly's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Kelly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Kelly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stephen Williams'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. This is the final round!
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Williams wants to clinch
and Kelly counters with a left and a right that stings Williams.
Williams is looking to clinch but Kelly is avoiding it.
Nice sprawl there from Williams as Kelly shoots in.
Nice sprawl there from Williams as Kelly shoots in.
Williams closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Williams tries to clinch but Kelly is having none of it.
Williams clinches.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
Williams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams effectively controlling the action here.
Williams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kelly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kelly wants to break free but Williams has control.
Williams stops a takedown attempt from Kelly.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Kelly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kelly gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams stops a takedown attempt from Kelly.
Williams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams wants to clinch up but Kelly keeps it at a distance.
Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kelly.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Kelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Bob Kelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kelly takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kelly walks into a straight right hand from Williams.
Williams lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kelly takes a step back to recover.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Kelly shows good takedown defense.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kelly avoids the head kick by Williams.
Williams shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kelly counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Williams!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams can't escape the position.
Williams tries to lock up and control but Kelly gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly trying to control but Williams is having none of it.
Williams is desperately trying to improve his position but Kelly has a good base and remains in mount.
Williams regains half guard.
Kelly with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Williams regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kelly!
Kelly wants to try and get back to his feet.
Stephen Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams lands a big elbow.
Williams has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Kelly is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stephen Williams!
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hype
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