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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Keenan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Altair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keenan's entrance music is Coming Home. A fine choice. Altair has chosen Assassin's Creed as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anton Altair!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Altair misses with a head kick.
Altair has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Keenan is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Altair gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Altair tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keenan was well out of range. Poor timing from Altair.
Altair lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Keenan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keenan staying out of range there.
Keenan dips to his left and cracks Altair with an uppercut!
Altair scoring well with a low kick there.
Altair slips under a jab.
Keenan lands a slapping body shot.
Altair scoring well with a low kick there.
Keenan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Altair.
Keenan moves out of range of the body kick.
Keenan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice uppercut there from Keenan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keenan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Altair swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Keenan is looking to counter with a body kick.
Altair connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Altair throws a head kick but Keenan moves out of range.
Keenan seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan lands with a cross.
Altair takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Keenan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Altair checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Altair throws a half hearted mid kick.
Altair moves away from the strike by Keenan.
Altair on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Keenan. Keenan obviously looking to wear him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Altair.
Altair throws a leg kick but Keenan checks it.
A cross from Keenan lands.
Altair connects with a leg kick. Keenan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Altair avoids the body shot from Keenan.
Keenan throws a hook but Altair blocks it.
Altair with a jab.
Keenan staying out of range there.
Altair dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Keenan. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Altair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keenan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Altair just manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Keenan lands with a shot to the body.
Altair on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Keenan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Altair.
Keenan avoids a kick to the body.
Altair displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keenan throws out the jab.
Altair throws a leg kick which misses Keenan's front leg but catches the back leg as Keenan tries to avoid it.
Altair misses with a body shot.
Altair throws a head kick but Keenan moves out of range.
A jab from Altair misses.
Altair pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Altair checks the leg kick nicely there.
Altair looks to score with a jab to the body but Keenan is just out of range.
Altair bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Keenan's head.
Keenan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Altair bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Altair fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Keenan is out of range.
Altair lands a nice looking kick to the body. Keenan takes a step back to recover.
Keenan connects with a nice looking jab.
Keenan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Keenan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Altair throws a right hand that Keenan ducks under and follows up with a left that Keenan also avoids with ease.
Keenan throwing a counter right hand but Altair manages to avoid it.
A jab from Altair misses.
Altair throws a head kick that misses.
Keenan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keenan scores with a sloppy right hand. Altair should have avoided that one.
Keenan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Altair is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Altair finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Keenan tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keenan misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan scores with the left hand. Altair knows he should have avoided that one.
Keenan misses with a straight right.
Keenan missing with a left hand there. Altair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Altair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Altair ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Keenan misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Altair! But no joy.
Altair misses with a low kick as Keenan jumps back.
The fighters circling - Keenan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Altair misses the shot to the body.
Keenan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As Altair backs away, Keenan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Altair thows a body kick. Keenan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Keenan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Altair momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Altair tries a low kick but Keenan avoids it.
Keenan wants to slow Altair down by chopping away at his legs.
Keenan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Altair in his tracks.
Altair slips a straight right by Keenan.
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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Keenan misses with a low kick.
Altair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keenan.
Keenan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Altair throws a quick inside leg kick.
Keenan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keenan cracks Altair with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Altair misses with a body punch
and Keenan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Keenan is predictable there
and Altair counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Keenan misses the shot to the body.
Keenan ducks under a wild hook from Altair.
Altair bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keenan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Altair misses with a low kick.
Keenan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gareth Keenan is winning the standup battle so far.
Keenan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Altair misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Altair feints and then cracks Keenan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Keenan down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Altair misses.
Keenan misses with the body kick
and Altair counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Some bone on bone action there as Keenan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Altair throws a head kick that misses.
A quick step to the side and Keenan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keenan connects with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Keenan.
Keenan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Keenan throws a hook but Altair blocks it.
Keenan staying out of range there.
Keenan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Altair doesn't seem bothered though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Keenan.
Keenan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keenan throws out a loose jab but Altair uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Altair. Keenan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keenan dips to his left and cracks Altair with an uppercut!
Altair is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot lands for Keenan.
Altair is still on wobbly legs! Can Keenan finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Altair misses with a head kick.
Keenan looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Keenan backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Altair's temple! It sends Altair violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Keenan celebrates and the doctors try to help Altair!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Gareth Keenan!
Our winner, Gareth Keenan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Anton Altair spoke after the fight, saying 'Newcombe had luck this time. Next time I will Knock out his head. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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