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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frank Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Clarkson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is NO FEAR. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jordan Clarkson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Clarkson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kelly was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Kelly really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clarkson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kelly.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
Clarkson wants to counter with a clinch but Kelly pushes him away.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Clarkson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clarkson moves in looking to clinch but Kelly pushes him off.
Clarkson moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarkson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clarkson tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clarkson.
Clarkson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Clarkson lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarkson scores with a shot to the side of Kelly's head.
Kelly blocks a body shot from Clarkson.
Clarkson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kelly tries to break the clinch but Clarkson is controlling the position.
Kelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kelly can't break the clinch.
Kelly tries to break the clinch but Clarkson is controlling the position.
Clarkson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clarkson works on Kelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Clarkson throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Kelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Clarkson misses with a punch on the inside.
Clarkson misses with a punch on the inside.
Clarkson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Clarkson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kelly prevents a body shot from Clarkson.
Kelly is trying to break free.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Clarkson lands with a light punch inside.
Clarkson throws a head punch that misses.
Clarkson prevents Kelly from breaking the clinch.
Clarkson lands a right hand.
Kelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Clarkson misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Clarkson lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Clarkson on the inside.
Clarkson misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clarkson.
Clarkson tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clarkson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelly avoids the damage to the body.
Clarkson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kelly's efforts to push away.
Clarkson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kelly's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clarkson.
Kelly breaks from the clinch.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clarkson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kelly tries to break free but Clarkson pushes him back against the cage.
Kelly is trying to break free.
Kelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clarkson lands with a left to the head.
Clarkson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Clarkson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clarkson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clarkson can't find room to land a body shot as Kelly controls the action.
Clarkson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Clarkson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kelly's efforts to push away.
Kelly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Clarkson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Clarkson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clarkson closes the distance and clinches.
Clarkson is leaning against Kelly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clarkson just leaning against Kelly, taking a breather.
Clarkson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clarkson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
Clarkson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kelly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Clarkson prevents Kelly from breaking the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Clarkson.
Kelly prevents a body shot from Clarkson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarkson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clarkson keeps control of Kelly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kelly prevents a body shot from Clarkson.
Clarkson effectively controlling the action here.
Clarkson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Clarkson misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Clarkson.
Clarkson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
Kelly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clarkson has him pressed against the cage.
Kelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Clarkson prevents Kelly from breaking the clinch.
Clarkson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kelly walks away with a smile on his face. Clarkson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Clarkson wants to counter with a clinch but Kelly pushes him away.
Kelly swinging wildly here.
Kelly checks a leg kick nicely.
Kelly lands with a nice combination. Clarkson backs away looking to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly gets tackled into the cage by Clarkson. Clarkson maintains the clinch.
Kelly tries to circle away but Clarkson has him pinned against the cage.
Kelly is trying to break the clinch but Clarkson is controlling him.
Clarkson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Clarkson gets through Kelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clarkson misses with a punch to the body.
Clarkson struggles to land a body shot inside as Kelly controls his hands.
Clarkson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly is trying to break free.
A right hand to the body from Clarkson.
Clarkson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clarkson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clarkson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson rushes Kelly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kelly has had enough of the clinch but Clarkson keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clarkson.
Clarkson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kelly can't break the clinch.
Clarkson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Clarkson scores with a shot to the side of Kelly's head.
Kelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly wants to get back to striking at distance but Clarkson won't allow it.
Clarkson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Clarkson.
A hook to the body from Clarkson.
Clarkson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Clarkson scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly is trying to break free.
A body shot lands from Clarkson.
Kelly is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Clarkson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Clarkson lands with a left to the head.
Clarkson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clarkson.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Kelly has had enough of the clinch but Clarkson keeps him there for the moment.
Clarkson prevents Kelly from breaking the clinch.
Kelly tries to break the clinch but Clarkson is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Clarkson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Clarkson has managed to clinch.
Clarkson gets through Kelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kelly can't break the clinch.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clarkson stalling against the cage.
Kelly can't get the takedown.
Kelly is trying to push Clarkson away but Clarkson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kelly working hard to break the clinch.
Kelly tries to break free but Clarkson pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clarkson lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clarkson.
Clarkson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelly has had enough of the clinch but Clarkson keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarkson lands a left hand.
Clarkson has Kelly pressed against the cage, preventing Kelly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kelly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clarkson has him pressed against the cage.
Clarkson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kelly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clarkson has him pressed against the cage.
Clarkson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kelly up against the cage.
Clarkson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kelly working hard to break the clinch.
Clarkson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Clarkson lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clarkson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson working aggressively here.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Clarkson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kelly tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Clarkson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Clarkson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clarkson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kelly.
Clarkson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kelly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clarkson has him pressed against the cage.
Clarkson digs a right hand underneath Kelly's ribcage. Kelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Clarkson tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clarkson tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Clarkson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clarkson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clarkson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson stalling the fight.
Kelly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Clarkson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clarkson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Clarkson.
Clarkson lands with a short shot to the head.
Clarkson lands a shoulder strike.
Jordan Clarkson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kelly tries to break free but Clarkson pushes him back against the cage.
Kelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kelly is trying to force a seperation but Clarkson has the dominant position.
Kelly tries to break the clinch but Clarkson is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson has Kelly pressed against the cage, preventing Kelly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clarkson lands a hook that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly tries to break free but Clarkson pushes him back against the cage.
Clarkson prevents Kelly from breaking the clinch.
Clarkson is working Kelly over against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Clarkson throws a head punch that misses.
Frank Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jordan Clarkson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Clarkson 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jordan Clarkson!
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