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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keith Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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159 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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Keith Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rufus Speed!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Richards.
Speed gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Richards.
Richards swings for the body but Speed moves out of range.
Richards takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Richards just misses with a punch to the body.
Speed with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Richards throws a quick inside leg kick.
Speed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Speed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speed closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Richards to the mat! Richards manages to get full guard.
Richards keeping moving, preventing Speed from controlling successfully.
Speed postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Speed slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Keith Richards.
Richards misses with a wild body shot.
Speed lands a jab to Richards's midsection.
Speed throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Richards just misses with a punch to the body.
Richards throws a leg kick
and Speed counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Richards throws a jab when Speed was well out of range.
Richards will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Richards throws a leg kick that is checked
and Speed counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Richards's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Speed engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Speed has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Speed trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Rufus Speed wasn't active enough on the ground.
Richards swings for the body but Speed moves out of range.
Speed connects with a leg kick. Richards looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Richards with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Speed avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Speed fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Richards fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Speed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Richards lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Richards throws a low kick, looking for Speed's leg but Speed calmly moves out of range.
Richards is looking to wear down Speed with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A telegraphed right hand from Richards misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Speed is able to avoid easily.
Richards misses with a body shot.
Richards rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Speed counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Richards's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Speed puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Richards knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Speed on the ground.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Speed in particular looking to stall.
Richards blocking the ground and pound attempt from Speed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Speed controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rufus Speed dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Speed misses with an uppercut
and Richards counters with an inside leg kick.
Richards fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Speed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Richards takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Richards throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Richards wants to slow Speed down by chopping away at his legs.
Richards throws a nice inside leg kick.
Richards swings for the body but Speed moves out of range.
Speed looks to land a body kick but Richards moved away.
Speed moves forwards but Richards connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Speed throws a nice outside leg kick.
Richards jabs Speed to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Richards fails to land with a series of punches.
Richards throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Speed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Speed at a distance.
Speed lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A shot to the liver by Speed. Beautiful body shot.
Speed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Richards fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speed manages to avoid it.
Richards fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Speed on the side of the head.
Richards attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Speed misses with an uppercut
and Richards counters with a good low kick that Speed was not able to check.
Richards lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Speed comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Keith Richards is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Speed misses with a body shot.
Speed sizes up Richards with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Keith Richards is winning the standup battle so far.
Richards throws a leg kick but Speed moved away.
Richards takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Richards checks a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Speed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richards moves out of range of the strikes.
Speed lands a nice leg kick that just misses Richards's sensitive parts.
Richards misses the shot to the body.
Richards misses with a body punch
and Speed counters with a nice leg kick.
Speed connects with an inside leg kick.
Richards throws a head kick that misses
and Speed cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Richards thows a leg kick but Speed checks it
and Speed counters with a takedown into side control.
Speed scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Richards to see if he's OK.
Richards is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards taking some punishment here, with Speed in his half guard.
Speed missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Speed working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Speed lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Speed sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Richards defending well though.
Ground and pound from Speed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Speed.
Speed is trying to control the action in half guard but Richards is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Speed connects with a nice short shot to Richards's temple.
Speed lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Speed thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rufus Speed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Nice body kick there by Richards.
Richards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Speed fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Richards ducks under a wild hook from Speed.
Speed takes a swing at Richards's ribcage but misses.
Speed fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Speed moves out of range of the leg kick from Richards.
Speed scores with a jab to the jaw.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Speed throws out a powerful jab.
Richards connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Speed checks a leg kick.
Richards takes a swing at Speed's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards fails to land with a series of punches.
Richards swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Speed counters with a left to the body.
Speed missing with a left hand there. Richards was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Speed misses with an uppercut. Richards saw that one coming.
Speed tries to move into range but Richards moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Richards will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Richards throws a jab but it's blocked by Speed.
Richards throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Speed.
Speed lands with a good body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Speed.
Speed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Speed gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Speed slips a straight right by Richards.
Speed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Speed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speed lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards misses with a two punch combination.
Speed walks into a stiff left hand from Richards.
Speed bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Richards looks to throw the jab but Speed is out of range.
Speed scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Speed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speed connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Richards's hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richards. Speed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richards throws an overhand right that lands on Speed's shoulder, as Speed tries to avoid the shot.
Richards lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Speed throws a hook but Richards blocks it.
Speed lands a nice looking body kick.
Keith Richards has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richards looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Speed connects with a leg kick. Richards looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Richards swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Speed counters with a nice uppercut.
Speed's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Richards misses the shot to the body.
Richards takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Speed lands with a nice body punch.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards motions for Speed to come forward. Richards throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Richards lands a right hook to the body.
Richards takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richards. Speed does a little dance to reset his feet.
That kick from Speed tenderised Richards's leg. Richards is trying to keep his angry face on.
Speed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Richards swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Richards checks a leg kick.
Richards avoids the body shot from Speed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Speed closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Richards quickly recovers to half guard.
Nice strikes from Speed there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rufus Speed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Speed 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rufus Speed!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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