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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Kenyon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Darnelczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenyon kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Illinois Enema Bandit. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Kenyon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Darnelczyk!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenyon moves in looking to clinch but Darnelczyk pushes him off.
Kenyon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Darnelczyk.
Darnelczyk tries to clinch up.
Kenyon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Darnelczyk darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Kenyon wants to control but Darnelczyk is keeping busy.
Darnelczyk is keen to just control but Kenyon is a slippery customer.
Kenyon moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kenyon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kenyon looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kenyon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darnelczyk preventing the sweep.
Kenyon looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Darnelczyk avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kenyon wants to sweep but no luck.
Kenyon is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kenyon is breathing heavily.
Darnelczyk is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kenyon keeping moving, preventing Darnelczyk from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenyon trying to strike off his back.
Kenyon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Darnelczyk's guard.
Kenyon drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kenyon jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kenyon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kenyon preventing the sweep.
Darnelczyk looking to control.
Kenyon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Darnelczyk is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kenyon postures up in Darnelczyk's guard and throws a big left but Darnelczyk blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Darnelczyk closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Darnelczyk lands a nice looking body shot.
Darnelczyk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Darnelczyk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kenyon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kenyon cracks Darnelczyk with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kenyon drops Darnelczyk with a nice combination! Kenyon dives into Darnelczyk's guard, looking to finish!
Darnelczyk is rocked!
Kenyon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Darnelczyk is still in real trouble! Can Kenyon finish him?
Darnelczyk not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kenyon cracks Darnelczyk with a solid left hand.
Darnelczyk seems to have recovered his senses.
Darnelczyk looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kenyon is one step ahead there.
Darnelczyk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kenyon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenyon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kenyon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kenyon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kenyon throws a series of punches but Darnelczyk moves out of range.
Kenyon moves out of range of the strikes.
Kenyon misses with a wild combination.
Nice shot by Darnelczyk.
Kenyon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darnelczyk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kenyon connects with a crisp jab.
Kenyon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Darnelczyk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Kenyon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kenyon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darnelczyk.
Darnelczyk misses with a looping right.
Kenyon tries to close the distance and clinch but Darnelczyk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Darnelczyk does no damage.
Darnelczyk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kenyon throws a sloppy body shot
and Darnelczyk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darnelczyk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kenyon looks to land a combination but Darnelczyk avoids it well.
Kenyon lands a slapping body shot.
Kenyon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kenyon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kenyon duly obliges.
A bone on bone clash there as Darnelczyk blocks the leg kick.
Kenyon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Darnelczyk in his tracks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kenyon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Darnelczyk misses the jab.
Kenyon moves away from the strike by Darnelczyk.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenyon shoots and misses
enabling Darnelczyk to counter with a crisp jab.
Kenyon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kenyon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Darnelczyk swivels and escapes.
Darnelczyk has managed to clinch.
Kenyon breaks the clinch.
Darnelczyk lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kenyon closes the distance and pushes Darnelczyk back into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kenyon fails to land.
Kenyon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darnelczyk is pressed up against the cage. Kenyon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Darnelczyk down to the mat. Darnelczyk avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Kenyon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darnelczyk throws the left hand but Kenyon avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Kenyon misses.
Kenyon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kenyon there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenyon moves out of range of the strikes.
Kenyon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice straight punches there by Darnelczyk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Darnelczyk.
Michael Kenyon is winning the standup battle so far.
Kenyon swats away the attempt to clinch by Darnelczyk.
Darnelczyk misses with a hook. Kenyon ducked under it nicely.
Darnelczyk avoids the head kick by Kenyon.
Darnelczyk misses with a double jab
and Kenyon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kenyon misses with a hook.
Kenyon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A big left from Kenyon misses.
Darnelczyk misses with a combination
and Kenyon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darnelczyk throws a big shot that misses.
Kenyon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kenyon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kenyon.
Darnelczyk misses with a series of wild punches.
Darnelczyk looks to land a left hand but Kenyon moved out of range nicely.
Kenyon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Darnelczyk throws the left hand but Kenyon avoids the punch easily.
Kenyon is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kenyon clinches up with Darnelczyk and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kenyon fails to land.
Kenyon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Kenyon.
Kenyon lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenyon throws a punch but it's blocked by Darnelczyk.
Kenyon breaks the clinch.
Kenyon tries to clinch there but Darnelczyk circles away.
Darnelczyk fails to land with a series of punches.
Darnelczyk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Darnelczyk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kenyon.
A jab lands there for Kenyon.
Darnelczyk throws a big shot that misses.
Kenyon shoots in for a takedown but Darnelczyk shows good takedown defense.
Kenyon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darnelczyk connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kenyon. Kenyon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kenyon moves away from the strike by Darnelczyk.
Darnelczyk misses with a straight left.
Good shot there by Kenyon.
Kenyon throws a jab when Darnelczyk was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Kenyon dominated that second round.
That's time! Kenyon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Kenyon. No joy for Darnelczyk on that attempt.
Darnelczyk looks to land a left hand but Kenyon moved out of range nicely.
Kenyon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kenyon tries to clinch but Darnelczyk is having none of it.
Michael Kenyon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darnelczyk looks to land a left hand but Kenyon moved out of range nicely.
Darnelczyk misses with a combination
and Kenyon counters with a left and a right that stings Darnelczyk.
Kenyon throws a good cross that connects.
Darnelczyk has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kenyon fails to land with a series of punches.
Darnelczyk gets caught flat footed, as Kenyon shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Darnelczyk doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kenyon working some strikes from top position.
Kenyon postures up in Darnelczyk's guard and throws a big left but Darnelczyk blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Darnelczyk wants to stand up but Kenyon is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darnelczyk is trying to keep Kenyon in close.
Darnelczyk 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.
Darnelczyk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kenyon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kenyon with a nice head shot there.
Darnelczyk preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kenyon scores with a shot to the body.
Darnelczyk looks to land a combination. Kenyon sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kenyon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Darnelczyk slips under a jab.
Darnelczyk ducks under a wild hook from Kenyon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kenyon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Darnelczyk with a poor takedown
and Kenyon counters with a three punch combo that has Darnelczyk backing up. Darnelczyk nods at Kenyon to acknowledge the strikes.
Kenyon misses with a body shot.
Kenyon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darnelczyk moves away.
A left and a right from Darnelczyk both land. Nice combination.
Jab by Kenyon.
Darnelczyk throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kenyon counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Darnelczyk's guard now.
Kenyon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Darnelczyk works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Darnelczyk controls Kenyon momentarily but Kenyon frees himself.
Kenyon trying to control the position from guard on top but Darnelczyk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daniel Darnelczyk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kenyon scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darnelczyk can't keep his opponent in guard - Kenyon advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Darnelczyk misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kenyon content to control rather than advance.
Darnelczyk tries to get to full guard but Kenyon has control of the leg.
Kenyon is looking for a kimura but Darnelczyk is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kenyon to get the leverage.
Kenyon blocks the strikes from Darnelczyk.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kenyon throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kenyon content to control rather than advance.
Kenyon is thwarting Darnelczyk's attempts to control the position.
Kenyon controlling the action here.
Darnelczyk keeping control of the position.
Michael Kenyon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Darnelczyk tries to roll over but Kenyon keeps him under control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Kenyon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kenyon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight for Michael Kenyon!
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Michael Kenyon!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Michael Kenyon!
Michael Kenyon wins by unanimous decision!
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FIGHT
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