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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between KJ Talley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howlett has chosen Berserker as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 lbs
14 - 1 - 0 |
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166 lbs
22 - 4 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, KJ Talley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Howlett!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Howlett. That did some damage!
Howlett clobbers Talley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Howlett throws a hook but Talley avoids it easily.
Talley thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Howlett if he has to take too many more of those.
Talley lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howlett misses with a body kick.
Talley delivers a nice body kick.
Talley's corner calls for a 1-2. Talley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Howlett walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Talley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
An inside leg kick lands from Talley.
Talley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Howlett manages to avoid it.
Talley keeps the fight on the outside.
Talley sizes up Howlett with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Talley has been working on his boxing with his coaches at mugler.newyork in the buildup to the fight.
That kick from Howlett tenderised Talley's leg. Talley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Talley moves out of range of the body kick.
Howlett just misses with a punch to the body.
Talley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Howlett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Howlett tries to work over Talley's front leg with a kick but Talley checks it.
Talley throws a front kick aimed at Howlett's knee but Howlett avoids it well.
Talley throws a lazy uppercut
and Howlett counters with a thumping low kick.
Talley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Howlett is looking to land body kicks.
Talley misses with a hook.
Howlett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Talley.
Talley throws a solid leg kick but Howlett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Talley.
Talley scores with a jab. Howlett acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Howlett scores with a jab to the head.
Howlett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Talley stuns Howlett with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Talley wants to slow Howlett down by chopping away at his legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howlett drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Talley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Talley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Talley avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Howlett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Talley misses with a looping right.
Howlett misses with the combination.
Talley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Talley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Talley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Howlett on the side of the head.
Howlett throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Howlett throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talley checks a leg kick.
Howlett throws a body punch but Talley moves out of range.
Talley looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Howlett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Talley.
Talley avoids the body shot from Howlett.
Howlett avoids the body shot from Talley.
Talley throws out a powerful jab.
Howlett misses the shot to the body.
Talley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Howlett scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Talley moves into full guard.
Talley controls Howlett momentarily but Howlett frees himself.
Talley is really struggling to control Howlett but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Talley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Howlett working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Howlett trying to control but Talley is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howlett got a little sloppy there for a moment and Talley has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Howlett has managed to get both his arms back between Talley's legs - danger averted.
Talley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Talley is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Howlett is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
KJ Talley 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.
Howlett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Howlett doesn't manage to clinch there - Talley circles away.
Howlett throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Howlett just misses with a punch to the body.
Howlett throws a head kick but Talley moves out of range.
Talley keeps the fight on the outside.
Talley looks to land a right hand but Howlett moved out of range.
Talley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Howlett.
Howlett drives through and clinches with Talley against the cage.
Talley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Talley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Talley scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Talley.
Talley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Talley can't find room to land a body shot as Howlett controls the action.
Talley blocking some punches.
Howlett has Talley pressed against the cage, preventing Talley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Howlett misses with some punches.
Howlett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howlett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Howlett throws a punch but it's blocked by Talley.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Howlett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Howlett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Howlett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Howlett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Howlett has a couple of punches blocked by Talley.
Talley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Howlett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Talley jumps guard and drags Howlett to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Howlett trying to control the position from guard on top but Talley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Howlett postures up.
Howlett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howlett trying to control the position from guard on top but Talley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Talley looking for a guillotine here but Howlett defends easily.
Talley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Howlett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Howlett lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett got a little sloppy there for a moment and Talley has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Howlett has managed to get both his arms back between Talley's legs - danger averted.
Howlett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Talley is keeping the position for now.
Talley is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Howlett is aware though and is defending well.
Howlett works over Talley with some ground and pound from guard.
Howlett wants to control from the top but Talley keeps moving.
Talley has Howlett pulled in close to control his posture.
Howlett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Talley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Talley looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Talley looking to control.
Howlett is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Talley looking for a guillotine here but Howlett defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Howlett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Howlett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Talley keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Howlett lands a nice looking body kick.
Howlett is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Talley rather than just go for the knockout.
Howlett moves out of range as Talley strikes.
Talley looks to score with a jab to the body but Howlett is just out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Howlett. Talley shrugs it off though.
Howlett defending well as Talley loads up on a big left hand.
Talley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Howlett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Talley 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.
That kick from Talley tenderised Howlett's leg. Howlett is trying to keep his angry face on.
Howlett cracks Talley with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett clinches with his opponent.
Howlett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Howlett misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Talley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Howlett lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Talley or not.
Howlett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Talley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Talley blocks an uppercut.
Howlett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Talley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Talley lands a lovely overhand right.
Howlett connects with a single shot there.
A low kick from Talley misses
and Howlett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Talley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Talley ducks under a wild hook from Howlett.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Talley misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Howlett to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Talley can't keep his opponent in guard - Howlett advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Talley is trying to maintain the position but Howlett is very close to passing his half guard.
Howlett missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Howlett works his foot free and advances to mount.
Howlett has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Talley's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talley can't escape the position.
Howlett lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Howlett lands a nice shot to the head.
Howlett raining down hammerfists from mount.
Howlett lands a heavy elbow.
Talley takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Howlett's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Howlett! James Howlett retains his welterweight title!
A victorious James Howlett thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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