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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam McNugget (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Joe Kelly has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam McNugget!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNugget closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kelly circles away.
McNugget looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
McNugget looks gassed!
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but McNugget swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McNugget shoots in but Kelly avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Joe Kelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam McNugget.
Kelly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Sam McNugget has been cut.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kelly turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kelly manages to end up in side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McNugget takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
McNugget can't do much from the bottom here.
Kelly lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McNugget down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly working the body and head with strikes.
Kelly takes a little break here. McNugget wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Kelly has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kelly.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from McNugget.
Sam McNugget seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left and a right from Kelly both land. Nice combination.
Kelly misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Kelly. No joy for McNugget on that attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Kelly lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends McNugget sprawling to the canvas. Kelly follows him down, looking for the kill. Can McNugget hang on?
McNugget is rocked!
Kelly trying to control from half guard but McNugget is working away.
McNugget is still in real trouble! Can Kelly finish him?
McNugget seems to have recovered his senses.
McNugget has hold of Kelly's hands but Kelly slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kelly tries to stand but his hand is stuck under McNugget.
Kelly working over McNugget with some ground and pound. McNugget looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for McNugget to stand up.
Kelly lands a two punch combo.
A cross from Kelly lands.
Kelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly gets the takedown into side control.
Kelly stands up and we're back to a striking position.
McNugget gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kelly counters with a nice uppercut.
McNugget slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
Kelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNugget tries to clinch but Kelly moves away
and Kelly counters with a three punch combo that has McNugget backing up. McNugget nods at Kelly to acknowledge the strikes.
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McNugget.
Kelly has closed the distance and engaged McNugget in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly lands a takedown into guard.
Kelly stops McNugget from standing up.
Kelly slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kelly stands and steps away. McNugget gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McNugget wants to clinch but Kelly slips to the side
and Kelly counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kelly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Kelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam McNugget's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kelly throws a sloppy head kick and McNugget moves out of range easily.
Kelly staying out of range there.
McNugget tries for a takedown but Kelly circles away easily
and Kelly counters with a three punch combo that has McNugget backing up. McNugget nods at Kelly to acknowledge the strikes.
Kelly lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
McNugget is trying desperately to land a takedown but Kelly is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for McNugget.
Kelly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kelly lands with a nice combination. McNugget backs away looking to recover.
McNugget is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kelly was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McNugget is still in real trouble! Can Kelly finish him?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McNugget is wriggling around trying to escape.
McNugget seems to have recovered his senses.
McNugget is bucking up trying to escape but Kelly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly with a couple of short strikes.
Joe Kelly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A nice elbow there by Kelly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kelly cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
McNugget is trying to escape the mount.
McNugget is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kelly controlling from the full mount.
Kelly putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McNugget can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kelly wants to control the pace but McNugget is squirming around nicely.
McNugget is looking to get to half guard.
Kelly looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kelly pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kelly with a couple of short strikes.
McNugget is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kelly landing strikes from the mount and McNugget is in trouble!
Kelly looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
McNugget is bucking up trying to escape but Kelly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNugget really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kelly working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kelly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of McNugget's face.
Kelly looking to control but McNugget is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
McNugget wants to hold on but Kelly pushes him away.
McNugget really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kelly lands with some strikes.
Kelly with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of McNugget's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kelly with good strikes from the mount here!
McNugget can't escape the position.
Kelly looking to finish McNugget with some ground and pound. This is bad for McNugget!
McNugget tries to hold on but Kelly pushes him away.
McNugget tries to buck Kelly off but he can't manage it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McNugget?
McNugget wants to hold on but Kelly pushes him away.
McNugget is bucking up trying to escape but Kelly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Kelly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sam McNugget's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
McNugget shoots and misses
and Kelly counters with a nice uppercut.
Kelly darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Kelly decides to stand up.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McNugget moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McNugget shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kelly counters with a nice uppercut.
Kelly throws a series of punches but McNugget moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNugget closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McNugget with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kelly counters by clinching up.
Joe Kelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam McNugget.
Kelly ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kelly no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Kelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McNugget can do to turn this around?
Kelly is looking to stand up but McNugget isn't so interested in that idea.
Kelly pushes McNugget off and gets back to his feet.
McNugget slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McNugget goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Kelly misses.
Kelly throws a right hand that McNugget ducks under and follows up with a left that McNugget also avoids with ease.
Kelly throws a right and a left that both miss.
McNugget wants to clinch but Kelly slips to the side
and Kelly counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in McNugget's guard now.
McNugget throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kelly trying to control but McNugget is working from the bottom.
McNugget has his hands on Kelly's head, controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNugget looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Kelly puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McNugget is looking to escape.
Kelly looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
McNugget wants to control but Kelly is keeping busy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kelly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kelly scores with a takedown into McNugget's guard.
McNugget is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
McNugget is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Kelly has his hands clasped together but McNugget extends an breaks Kelly's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by McNugget.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sam McNugget!
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energy
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hype
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