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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugues De Payens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keller kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is War Music. The crowd seem to be enjoying De Payens's choice of entrance music: Rage against the machine - Bombtrack. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Virgil Keller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugues De Payens!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Payens connects with a leg kick. Keller looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Keller fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Keller thuds his shin into the meat of De Payens's side.
De Payens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keller was well out of range. Poor timing from De Payens.
Keller connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
De Payens misses with a kick to the body.
Keller attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
De Payens tries a low kick but Keller avoids it.
De Payens with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No joy there for Keller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Keller slips a jab from De Payens.
De Payens comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Payens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keller.
Keller swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Payens dips to his left and cracks Keller with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keller thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on De Payens if he has to take too many more of those.
De Payens looks to land a body kick but Keller moved away.
Virgil Keller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Payens takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Keller scores with a nice body kick.
De Payens takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Keller moves out of range of the body kick.
De Payens misses with a looping right.
De Payens takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Keller throws a body shot but no joy.
De Payens has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
De Payens takes one on the button.
A swing and a miss from De Payens.
Keller lands the left hand.
De Payens gets a clinch.
Keller avoiding damage as De Payens throws knees to the body.
De Payens lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Keller backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Payens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Keller is defending well for now.
Keller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keller walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De Payens checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Payens throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Keller checks the leg kick.
De Payens tries to land a leg kick but Keller saw it coming and moves away.
Keller takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A head kick by De Payens misses
and Keller counters with a straight right hand.
De Payens checks the leg kick nicely there.
Keller sets himself, and De Payens steps forward looking for the clinch! Keller avoids it this time.
Keller avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Payens goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Keller misses with a hook. De Payens ducked under it nicely.
De Payens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Keller tries to close the distance and clinch but De Payens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Payens is looking to clinch but Keller is avoiding it.
It looks like Keller has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Payens momentarily.
Keller fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Payens throws a sloppy head kick and Keller moves out of range easily.
Keller misses with a few strikes there.
De Payens moves into the clinch successfully.
Keller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Payens lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Payens gets through Keller's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Keller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Payens throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Keller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Payens misses with some punches.
De Payens throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Keller blocks it with crossed arms.
De Payens lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Payens.
Keller lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Payens doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Payens softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Payens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keller.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Payens digs a right hand underneath Keller's ribcage. Keller let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Keller lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Payens backwards.
De Payens has a couple of punches blocked by Keller.
De Payens tries to throw a body punch but Keller avoids it by throwing De Payens back against the cage.
Keller breaks the clinch.
Keller lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De Payens tries to close the distance and clinch but Keller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body punch from De Payens.
Keller moves into the clinch.
De Payens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keller.
Keller misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Payens prevents a body shot from Keller.
De Payens keeps control of Keller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keller wants to break free but De Payens has control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keller.
Keller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keller just misses with a punch to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from De Payens misses.
De Payens takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Virgil Keller will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Keller misses with an uppercut.
De Payens ducks under a wild hook from Keller.
De Payens throws a poor cross that misses
and Keller counters with a left to the body.
Keller moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
De Payens takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Keller swings for the body but De Payens moves out of range.
De Payens misses with a kick to the body.
Keller scores with a jab. De Payens acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Keller thows a left - swing and a miss!
Keller moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Payens thumps Keller with a low kick.
De Payens checks a leg kick.
Keller loads up on a big right hand but De Payens slips the punch.
Keller scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Payens misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Payens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keller.
Keller moves away from the strike by De Payens.
De Payens fails to land with a series of punches.
De Payens throws a sloppy body shot
and Keller counters with a good low kick that De Payens was not able to check.
De Payens scores with a kick to the body.
De Payens has closed the distance and engaged Keller in a clinch.
Keller has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Keller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Keller manages to break the clinch.
De Payens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Keller swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nice body punch from Keller.
Keller misses with a straight right.
Keller lands with a good body shot.
A slow jab from Keller misses its intended target.
De Payens feints a counter leg kick.
Keller throws a looping overhand right but De Payens ducks down to avoid it.
Keller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Payens.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De Payens on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Keller. That's going to slow De Payens down.
De Payens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Payens.
Good leg kick by De Payens there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A combination from Keller does no damage.
De Payens is trying to counter with his kicks.
De Payens swats away the attempt to clinch by Keller.
De Payens tries a quick counter leg kick but Keller is wise to it.
Keller looks to score with a jab to the body but De Payens is just out of range.
De Payens appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Keller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from De Payens on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Payens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keller looks to land a body kick but De Payens moved away.
De Payens needs to keep his hands up - Keller had a free shot at his head there.
Keller chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payens scores with a kick to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from De Payens.
Virgil Keller is winning the standup battle so far.
Keller closes the distance and clinches.
De Payens is working Keller over against the cage.
Nice body punch from De Payens.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keller misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Keller fails to land.
Keller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Keller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Payens has Keller up against the cage in a clinch.
De Payens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Payens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Payens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd cheers as Keller lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Payens doesn't seem phased though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keller misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Payens throws a shot to the body.
A left and a right from De Payens both land. Nice combination.
Keller keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Keller misses the target.
Keller avoids the body shot from De Payens.
De Payens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Payens throws the kick towards the body but Keller avoids it.
Keller tries to score with a low kick but De Payens moves his leg out of the way.
Keller swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Keller walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Payens goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Virgil Keller will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Keller fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Payens has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Payens lands with a kick to the temple. Keller shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
De Payens tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Keller defends well and De Payens ends up having to push Keller into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Keller lands a right hook to the body.
De Payens lands a nice looking body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Keller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Keller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Keller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Payens is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Keller rather than just go for the knockout.
Keller swings for the body but De Payens moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as De Payens checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Payens ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Keller looks to land a left hand but De Payens moved out of range nicely.
De Payens's jab looks to have found its range, popping Keller under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Payens misses with a head kick.
Keller on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Payens 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.
Keller jabs De Payens right on the nose. De Payens blinks but takes it well.
De Payens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Keller can pounce on him.
Keller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Payens lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Payens goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Keller misses with a straight right.
Keller lands a nice shot to the body.
De Payens throws a head kick that misses.
De Payens dips to his left and cracks Keller with an uppercut!
De Payens throws a nice looking combination but Keller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A good leg kick by De Payens.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller throws a body punch but De Payens moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Payens misses with a hook.
De Payens misses with a body punch
and Keller counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheers as Keller lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Payens doesn't seem phased though.
De Payens wants to clinch up but Keller keeps it at a distance.
Keller feinted there with a counter leg kick.
De Payens moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
De Payens jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
De Payens connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Payens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keller.
Keller cracks De Payens with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Payens throws a sloppy head kick and Keller moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Payens. Keller does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Payens.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payens looks to score with a jab to the body but Keller is just out of range.
De Payens tries to clinch but Keller is having none of it.
De Payens blocks a jab.
De Payens misses with a looping left.
De Payens throws the left hand but Keller avoids the punch easily.
De Payens thumps Keller with a low kick.
De Payens takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Keller on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Keller stuns De Payens with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Payens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keller.
Keller lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Payens feints and as Keller raises his hands in defense, De Payens changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
De Payens must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keller 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.
Keller looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Payens controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Keller is looking to sweep but instead, De Payens has passed into half guard.
De Payens looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with De Payens in particular looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugues De Payens really 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.
De Payens takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Payens tries to clinch but Keller is having none of it.
Keller jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Keller misses with a right hand
and De Payens counters with a stiff right hand.
Keller misses with a body kick.
De Payens looks to land a right hand but Keller moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Keller misses the target.
De Payens fails to land with a series of punches.
De Payens lands a high kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keller swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Keller lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Payens has managed to clinch.
Keller lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller is trying to break free.
De Payens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Keller avoids it.
A short left from Keller.
De Payens prevents a body shot from Keller.
Keller working aggressively here.
De Payens blocks an uppercut.
De Payens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Keller avoids it.
De Payens struggles to land a body shot inside as Keller controls his hands.
De Payens throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Keller swings wildly with an uppercut but De Payens uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Payens scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Payens lands a body punch.
Keller misses with some punches.
De Payens lands a right hand that snaps the head of Keller backwards.
De Payens blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Payens cracks Keller with a nice body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
De Payens lands a good knee to the midsection. Keller won't want to take too many of those.
De Payens cracks Keller with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Payens lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keller backwards.
De Payens connects with a nasty looking knee right to Keller's face.
It looks like Virgil Keller has been cut.
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!
De Payens landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Keller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Keller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Payens's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Payens scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
De Payens has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Keller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Payens tests Keller's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Keller tries to clinch
and De Payens counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Payens lands a head kick!
De Payens defending well as Keller loads up on a big left hand.
De Payens tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Keller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Keller bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payens thuds a left hand into Keller's body.
De Payens darts in and clinches Keller up against the cage.
Keller is trying to break the clinch but De Payens has him pressed against the cage.
Keller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Payens moves out of range as Keller strikes.
De Payens closes the distance and clinches.
Keller wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Payens has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from De Payens as the two fighters clinch.
De Payens tries to throw a body punch but Keller avoids it by throwing De Payens back against the cage.
Keller misses with a punch on the inside.
De Payens unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Payens lands an uppercut.
De Payens works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Payens lands a body punch.
De Payens putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Keller in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Payens working Keller over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Payens is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from De Payens.
De Payens working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from De Payens on the inside.
De Payens prevents Keller from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by De Payens.
Keller takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Payens.
De Payens lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Payens.
Keller is trying to break the clinch but De Payens is controlling him.
Keller misses with a punch on the inside.
De Payens lands a right hand that snaps the head of Keller backwards.
De Payens lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Payens scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Keller fails to land.
De Payens lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Payens has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Payens lands a right hand.
De Payens scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugues De Payens dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Virgil Keller's cut.
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. This is the final round!
De Payens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keller throws a chopping leg kick but De Payens manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A countering left hand to the body from De Payens misses.
De Payens throws a sloppy head kick and Keller moves out of range easily.
De Payens tries a head kick but it misses.
A leg kick checked by De Payens.
Keller connects with the punch.
De Payens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Payens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Payens lands a nice hook to Keller's body. Keller takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keller misses with a few strikes there.
De Payens lets loose with a powerful body kick. Keller will feel that in the morning.
Keller checks a leg kick nicely.
Keller throws a solid leg kick but De Payens takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Keller.
De Payens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keller moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller checks a leg kick.
Keller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Keller throws a shot to the body.
Keller takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Payens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Payens clinches up with Keller and pushes him back against the cage.
Keller misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Payens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Keller's elbow.
Keller lands with a light punch inside.
De Payens unloads a knee to the mid-section. Keller lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
De Payens keeps control of Keller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Payens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Keller swings widly with a right hand
and De Payens counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Keller thinking.
Keller throws a jab but it's blocked by De Payens.
Keller misses with a looping left.
De Payens is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keller has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Keller loads up on a big right hand but De Payens slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Payens.
Keller misses with a low kick.
De Payens let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
De Payens lands a slapping body shot.
De Payens moves to clinch but Keller breaks away
and Keller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Payens ducks under a wild hook from Keller.
Keller throws a series of punches but De Payens moves out of range.
Keller throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keller was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sloppy strikes from De Payens. Those never looked like landing.
De Payens throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Keller is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
De Payens throws a push kick but Keller slaps the foot to one side.
Keller is looking to counter punch.
Keller throws a low kick but De Payens avoids it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Keller.
De Payens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Keller takes a swing at De Payens's ribcage but misses.
De Payens unleashes a big counter combination but Keller bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Keller checks a low kick from De Payens.
De Payens will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
De Payens has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Keller.
Keller misses with a straight left.
De Payens follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
De Payens has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Keller.
Keller takes a swing at De Payens's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Payens stalks Keller and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Keller's face. Keller staggers backwards, shaken.
De Payens misses with a body shot.
De Payens looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keller tries to clinch there but De Payens circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Payens misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling De Payens to score with a decent uppercut.
A punch combination from De Payens misses.
Keller throwing a counter right hand but De Payens manages to avoid it.
Keller keeps the fight on the outside.
Keller was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Payens turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Payens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keller.
De Payens lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Keller tests De Payens's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Keller blocks the leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hugues De Payens comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Payens has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 47:49
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugues De Payens!
Hugues De Payens is the new middleweight champion!
As Hugues De Payens got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: When you signed your name on the line accepting this fight, I'm not sure what you were thinking.. Virgil I have lots of respect for you, but it's my time... Broken Halo Pride! Who's next?'.
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