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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfgang Van Beethoven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly's entrance music is Black Belt Jones Theme Song, you Jive Turkey!. A fine choice. Van Beethoven has chosen Beethoven-Symphony 7 as his entrance music. Wolfgang Van Beethoven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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281 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
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213 cm
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278 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jim Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Van Beethoven !
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Beethoven misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Kelly misses.
Van Beethoven throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Beethoven swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Van Beethoven avoids them all with ease.
Kelly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Van Beethoven takes a step back to recover.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
Van Beethoven looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelly is just out of range.
Van Beethoven avoids the body shot from Kelly.
Van Beethoven swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Beethoven lunges at Kelly with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kelly's hand.
Van Beethoven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jim Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Beethoven .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Beethoven connects with the punch.
It looks like Jim Kelly has been cut.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Beethoven .
Kelly keeps Van Beethoven at a distance using the push kick.
Kelly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Van Beethoven waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly lands a jab to Van Beethoven 's midsection.
Kelly stuns Van Beethoven with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Van Beethoven looks gassed!
Kelly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly thuds his shin into the meat of Van Beethoven 's side.
Kelly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
Kelly thows a body kick. Van Beethoven tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kelly tries to bum rush Van Beethoven with a series of wild strikes but Van Beethoven uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kelly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kelly jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Wolfgang Van Beethoven has been cut.
Kelly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Van Beethoven chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kelly can pounce on him.
Nice body kick there by Kelly.
Kelly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Beethoven has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven avoids the head kick by Kelly.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kelly.
Kelly sizes up Van Beethoven with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Beethoven .
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kelly!
Kelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kelly throws a shot to the body.
Kelly lands a slapping body shot.
Kelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left and a right from Kelly both land. Nice combination.
Kelly takes the fight into the clinch.
Van Beethoven on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kelly pushes Van Beethoven back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Beethoven misses with a punch to the body.
Van Beethoven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Beethoven throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Van Beethoven tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Van Beethoven back against the cage.
Kelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Beethoven misses with some punches.
Van Beethoven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelly lands a right hand.
Kelly crunches a lovely knee into Van Beethoven 's ribcage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Beethoven .
Kelly lands an elbow inside that Van Beethoven shrugs off.
Kelly prevents a body shot from Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kelly.
Van Beethoven can't find room to land a body shot as Kelly controls the action.
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!
A short right from Kelly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Beethoven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Beethoven or not.
Kelly works on Van Beethoven 's body with a couple of short punches.
Kelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Beethoven or not.
Kelly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kelly cracks Van Beethoven with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelly.
Van Beethoven is rocked!
That has opened up Wolfgang Van Beethoven 's cut even more.
Kelly crunches a lovely knee into Van Beethoven 's ribcage.
Kelly lands a body punch.
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that Van Beethoven shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hand to the body from Kelly.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Beethoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly lands a shot to the body.
Kelly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Beethoven 's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Kelly dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kelly - that will leave a mark!
Kelly lands with a shot to the body.
Kelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Van Beethoven 's sensitive parts.
Jim Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Kelly circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Van Beethoven to the canvas! Van Beethoven doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Kelly keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Kelly!
After the fight, Jim Kelly was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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pop
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