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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keith Glenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glenn comes to the cage accompanied by Seven Nation Army. Keith Glenn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 cm
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180 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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180 cm
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182 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed |
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Keith Glenn! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirk Hall! The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hall swinging wildly here.
Hall tries to bum rush Glenn with a series of wild strikes but Glenn uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Glenn scores with a jab to the body. Glenn misses with a double jab.
Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Glenn getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Glenn shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hall eats them both and turns towards Glenn to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Glenn closes the distance and lands a one-two. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Danga de danga de dang - Hall scores with a four punch combination! Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Glenn. We've been told by Glenn's head coaches at Morbid Conditioning School $1000 that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Glenn gets a clinch. Glenn misses with an elbow strike.
Glenn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hall is rocked! Glenn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head. Hall is still on wobbly legs! Can Glenn finish him? Glenn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Glenn is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Glenn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Glenn lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Glenn stands up from half guard. Glenn manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hall on his heels. He'll look to pass Hall's guard now, I'm sure. Hall looking for a sweep. Not yet Hall, not yet. Hall seems to have recovered his senses. Glenn is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Glenn throwing strikes but missing. Glenn 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Glenn seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hall for as long as he can get away with. Glenn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Hall being controlled here, momentarily. Glenn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Glenn looking to pass the guard. Glenn controls the pace of the fight for a moment. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity. Glenn lands a two punch combo.
Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Glenn works Hall's body with a nice hook. Donk. Glenn catches Hall right on the button with a cross. Hall throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Glenn counters with a nice leg kick. Glenn lands a body shot.
Hall takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Hall walks into a straight right hand from Glenn. This has been an exciting period of action! Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Glenn.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hall looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Hall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hall misses with a series of wild punches.
Glenn works Hall's body with a nice hook. Hall looks winded! Hall throws a nice looking combination but Glenn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Glenn darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Glenn not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keith Glenn dominated that round. 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.
Hall tries to keep at a distance but Glenn has taken the fight into the clinch. Glenn lands a nice uppercut. A quick uppercut on the inside from Glenn. Glenn lands a nice uppercut. Glenn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Glenn prevents Hall from breaking the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Glenn lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards. Hall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Glenn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now. Glenn controlling the action here for a moment.
Glenn has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hall clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
That's one minute gone in the round. What can Hall do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Glenn has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Hall. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Glenn keeps control of the position easily here as Hall tries to buck him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Hall is trapped and Glenn is scoring with shots to the head and body. Glenn is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Glenn is trying to stick to Hall's back but Hall is turning into Glenn. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Glenn's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Hall.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Glenn has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Hall throws an elbow that misses. Glenn uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hall's guard. Nice move by Glenn!
Glenn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hall can do to turn this around? Hall looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Glenn landing with the ground and pound. Hall is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Glenn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Glenn stands and steps away. Hall gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. Nice body punch from Glenn. Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A quick step to the side and Glenn tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Hall misses with a two punch combination.
Glenn went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Keith Glenn is winning the standup battle so far. Nice body punch from Glenn. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keith Glenn dominated that second round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Glenn jabs at Hall's body. Glenn lands a nice hook to Hall's body. Hall takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Glenn throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Some wild striking there from Hall.
No joy there for Hall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Glenn tries to counter by clinching up but Hall breaks away and moves out of range. Hall throws a body punch but Glenn moves out of range. An attempted straight right counter from Glenn misses the target. Glenn scores with a decent looking hook. Glenn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hall misses with a looping left. Hall throws a right hand that misses
and Glenn counters with a left to the body. Glenn scores with a decent looking hook. Hall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Glenn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hall counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Glenn thinking. 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! Glenn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hall throws out the jab. Glenn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hall. Hall misses with a straight right. Glenn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Hall blocks a head kick by Glenn.
Glenn has Hall up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Glenn lands a body punch in the clinch. Glenn working some nice short punches in the clinch. Hall is trying to break the clinch but Glenn has him pressed against the cage. Glenn lands a shoulder strike. Glenn drops Hall onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Hall is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet! Hall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hall fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Glenn manages to break the clinch.
Kirk Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Glenn avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Hall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Glenn counters with a lovely shot to the body. This has been an exciting period of action! Hall gets tackled into the cage by Glenn. Glenn maintains the clinch. Glenn missing with knees to the body.
Glenn tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body. Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Glenn has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Glenn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Glenn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Glenn breaks the clinch.
Nice shot by Glenn. Glenn lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Keith Glenn! Keith Glenn decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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