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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Terence Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Powers comes to the cage accompanied by Just to get by. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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179 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shawn Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Terence Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Powers.
Powers gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kelly to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Powers is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Powers wants to stand but Kelly is controlling the position.
Kelly gets to his feet. Powers looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Powers.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Powers as he avoids it easily.
Powers is looking to clinch.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Powers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Powers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Powers. Powers obviously looking to wear him down.
Powers takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kelly shoots in looking for a takedown. Powers tries to sprawl out of it but Kelly keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Powers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kelly has Powers up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Powers crunches a lovely knee into Kelly's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Powers tries a knee to the head but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly decides to pull guard.
Powers looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelly throws his legs up looking for a submission but Powers uses it to pass to side control.
Kelly wants to get back to his feet but Powers drags him back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kelly is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kelly sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Powers is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kelly sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly wants to get back to full guard but Powers has passed into side control.
Powers working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Powers tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but John Terence Kelly will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nice sprawl there from Powers as Kelly shoots in.
Shawn Powers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kelly scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kelly remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Kelly decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Kelly throws the kick towards the body but Powers avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly thuds his right hand into Powers's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Shawn Powers has been cut.
Powers throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kelly misses with the combination.
Kelly scores a takedown into full mount!
Kelly sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Kelly has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Powers tries to hold on but Kelly pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. John Terence Kelly hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kelly is looking to slow Powers down with leg kicks.
Kelly has closed the distance and engaged Powers in a clinch.
Powers misses with a knee to the head.
Kelly tries to pull guard but Powers holds him up against the cage and eventually Kelly drops back down to his feet.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Kelly.
Powers crunches a lovely knee into Kelly's ribcage.
A short body shot lands from Kelly as the two fighters clinch.
Powers missing with knees to the body.
Kelly is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Powers to keep the fight standing.
Shawn Powers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Terence Kelly.
Powers misses with a knee strike.
Powers scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Powers looking to throw knees to the head but Kelly is blocking nicely.
Powers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Powers tries a knee to the head but Kelly blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly looking for a takedown.
Powers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly drags the fight down to the ground.
Kelly controlling Powers's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Terence Kelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shawn Powers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Kelly shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Powers pinned against the cage. Powers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
John Terence Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Powers tries to clinch but Kelly is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Powers.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kelly is defended easily by Powers.
Kelly gets a takedown into half guard.
Kelly content to control rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Powers is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kelly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kelly's back!
Kelly just trying to survive but Powers is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Kelly is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kelly manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown but Powers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Shawn Powers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Terence Kelly.
Kelly decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Powers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kelly not doing much here.
The ref stands the fighters back up. John Terence Kelly was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Powers avoids the head kick by Kelly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kelly in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Powers prevents Kelly from improving position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
John Terence Kelly has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Shawn Powers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Terence Kelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Powers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Terence Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kelly 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Terence Kelly!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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