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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Keenan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andri Gunawan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keenan comes to the cage accompanied by Coming Home. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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169 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Keenan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Andri Gunawan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunawan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Keenan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gunawan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A lazy left from Keenan finds it's target.
Keenan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Keenan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keenan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Keenan throws a poor cross that misses
and Keenan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Keenan lands a really nice looking cross but Gunawan seems unphased.
Keenan blocks the body kick.
Keenan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Keenan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Keenan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Keenan is looking to chop away at Gunawan's legs.
Gunawan moves out of range of the strikes.
Gunawan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
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 swing and a miss from Gunawan.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Keenan.
Gunawan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keenan.
It looked like Keenan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gunawan scores with a jab to the body.
Keenan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gunawan misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Gunawan.
Keenan misses with a looping right.
Keenan misses with a looping right.
Gunawan tries to counter by closing the distance.
Keenan motions for Gunawan to come forward. Keenan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Keenan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keenan defending well as Gunawan loads up on a big left hand.
Keenan throws a jab but it's blocked by Gunawan.
Keenan with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Gunawan misses the target.
Gunawan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Keenan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gunawan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Keenan on the side of the head.
Keenan swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunawan.
Keenan throws a right hand that Gunawan ducks under and follows up with a left that Gunawan also avoids with ease.
Gunawan throws a jab when Keenan was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Keenan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunawan misses with a straight right.
Keenan lands a high kick!
Nice defenses there by Keenan.
Gunawan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gunawan missing with a left hand there. Keenan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gunawan drops his hands momentarily and Keenan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Keenan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gunawan misses with an uppercut.
Keenan throws a head kick that misses.
Keenan tries a head kick but it misses.
Keenan misses the shot to the body.
Keenan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gunawan loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Gunawan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan slips a jab from Gunawan.
Keenan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Keenan cracks Gunawan with a good jab.
Keenan misses with a looping left.
Gunawan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gunawan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gunawan throws an overhand right that lands on Keenan's shoulder, as Keenan tries to avoid the shot.
Gunawan moves out of range of the leg kick from Keenan.
Keenan misses with a hook.
Keenan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keenan slips a straight right by Gunawan.
Gunawan doesn't manage to clinch there - Keenan circles away.
Gunawan moves in looking to clinch but Keenan pushes him off.
Gunawan throws an overhand right that lands on Keenan's shoulder, as Keenan tries to avoid the shot.
Gunawan loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Keenan misses with a looping right.
Gunawan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gunawan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Keenan lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan throws an overhand right that lands on Gunawan's shoulder, as Gunawan tries to avoid the shot.
Gunawan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A head kick misses from Keenan.
Gunawan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Keenan is looking to counter punch.
Gunawan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keenan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gunawan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keenan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gunawan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Keenan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Keenan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gunawan. That did some damage!
Keenan throws an off balance right hand
and Gunawan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gunawan dodges the punch combination from Keenan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keenan cracks the inside of Gunawan's front leg.
Gunawan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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 Gareth Keenan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gunawan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gunawan tries to bum rush Keenan with a series of wild strikes but Keenan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Keenan lands a front kick.
Gunawan loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Keenan thumps Gunawan with a low kick.
Keenan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Keenan throws a low kick, looking for Gunawan's leg but Gunawan calmly moves out of range.
Keenan misses with a hook. Gunawan ducked under it nicely.
Keenan cracks the inside of Gunawan's front leg.
Keenan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gunawan throws out the jab.
Keenan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gunawan throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunawan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gunawan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Keenan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A low kick from Gunawan misses
and Keenan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gunawan missing with a left hand there. Keenan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Keenan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gunawan was well out of range. Poor timing from Keenan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunawan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gunawan avoids a kick to the body.
Gunawan throws an off balance right hand
and Gunawan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gunawan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keenan. That's going to slow Gunawan down.
Gunawan connects with a body shot.
Gunawan slips under a jab from Keenan.
Gunawan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A leg kick checked by Gunawan.
Sloppy strikes from Gunawan. Those never looked like landing.
Keenan lands a nice shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Gunawan. Those never looked like landing.
Keenan lands with a cross.
Keenan looks to land a right hand but Gunawan moved out of range.
Keenan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gunawan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The fighters circle momentarily. Keenan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Keenan misses.
Keenan misses with an uppercut.
Keenan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gunawan.
Gunawan wants to counter with a clinch but Keenan pushes him away.
Gunawan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Keenan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gareth Keenan is winning the standup battle so far.
Gunawan loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Keenan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gunawan just manages to avoid it.
Keenan missing with a left hand there. Gunawan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gunawan throws a counter combo.
Gunawan ducks under a wild hook from Keenan.
Gunawan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gunawan ducks under a wild hook from Keenan.
Gunawan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keenan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keenan quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Gunawan throws an overhand right that lands on Keenan's shoulder, as Keenan tries to avoid the shot.
Gunawan is looking to clinch.
Keenan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Keenan throws a hook but Gunawan avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Keenan throws a hook to the side of Gunawan's head but Gunawan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gunawan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gunawan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keenan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunawan.
Good shot there by Keenan.
Gunawan misses with a right hand
and Keenan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Keenan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gunawan circles away quickly and effectively.
Gunawan connects with a body shot.
Keenan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Keenan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gunawan counters with a nice uppercut.
Gunawan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunawan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice cross by Gunawan.
Keenan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gunawan.
Keenan throwing a counter right hand but Gunawan manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gunawan under the eye.
Gunawan throws a lazy right hand but Keenan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Keenan moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Keenan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Keenan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some bone on bone action there as Gunawan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gunawan throws a counter combo.
Gunawan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gunawan throws a jab but it's blocked by Keenan.
Gunawan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Keenan misses with a head kick.
Keenan takes one to the side of the head.
Gunawan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Keenan loads up on a big right hand but Gunawan slips the punch.
Gunawan slips under a jab from Keenan.
Keenan misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth Keenan dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Keenan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gunawan avoids the body shot from Keenan.
Keenan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gunawan.
Gunawan throws a sloppy body shot
and Keenan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gunawan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keenan misses with a straight left.
Keenan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Keenan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Keenan swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunawan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keenan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gunawan is rocked!
Keenan knocks out Gunawan with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Keenan before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Keenan picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gareth Keenan!
During a confident post fight interview, Gareth Keenan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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