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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kool Keith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Clattenburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Kool Keith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Johny Clattenburg!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Keith tries to clinch up
enabling Clattenburg to counter with a crisp jab.
Keith misses with a jab to the body
and Clattenburg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clattenburg misses with a head kick.
Clattenburg lands a slapping body shot.
Keith thumps Clattenburg with a low kick.
Keith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Clattenburg to score with a decent uppercut.
Clattenburg checks a low kick from Keith.
Clattenburg swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Clattenburg darts in and clinches Keith up against the cage.
Keith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Keith is leaning against Clattenburg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Keith tries a body shot but Clattenburg blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clattenburg.
Clattenburg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keith misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clattenburg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keith digs a right hand underneath Clattenburg's ribcage. Clattenburg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Clattenburg scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clattenburg tries to work over Keith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keith is working Clattenburg over against the cage.
Keith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keith lands with a right to the head.
Keith throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Keith fails to land.
Keith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Keith - that landed with a thud.
Clattenburg takes a shot to the head.
Clattenburg blocks a body shot from Keith.
Keith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keith avoids a wild elbow strike from Clattenburg.
Clattenburg misses with the head strike.
Clattenburg throws a head punch that misses.
Keith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Clattenburg.
Clattenburg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Clattenburg - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keith avoids a wild elbow strike from Clattenburg.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Clattenburg controls the action.
Keith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keith blocking some punches.
Keith misses with a punch to the body.
Keith avoids a wild elbow strike from Clattenburg.
Clattenburg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clattenburg scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Keith fails to land.
Clattenburg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Keith backwards.
Keith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clattenburg working aggressively here.
Keith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keith has a couple of punches blocked by Clattenburg.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keith.
Keith tries to work over Clattenburg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keith.
Clattenburg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Clattenburg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Clattenburg.
Clattenburg blocks a body shot from Keith.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clattenburg.
Clattenburg blocks an uppercut.
Clattenburg prevents a body shot from Keith.
Keith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clattenburg pushes Keith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keith misses with a body punch.
Clattenburg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keith misses with a punch on the inside.
Keith tries to work over Clattenburg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clattenburg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keith misses with a punch on the inside.
Clattenburg swings wildly with an uppercut but Keith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clattenburg's elbow.
Keith misses with the head strike.
Keith tries to throw a body punch but Clattenburg avoids it by throwing Keith back against the cage.
Clattenburg misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keith misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clattenburg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Keith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clattenburg backwards.
Keith pushes Clattenburg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keith struggles to land a body shot inside as Clattenburg controls his hands.
Keith throws a punch but it's blocked by Clattenburg.
Clattenburg blocks a body shot from Keith.
Keith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clattenburg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keith tries a body shot but Clattenburg blocks it.
Keith misses with the head strike.
Keith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clattenburg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Keith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clattenburg works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Clattenburg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keith tries a body shot but Clattenburg blocks it.
Clattenburg prevents a body shot from Keith.
Keith lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Johny Clattenburg will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Clattenburg stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keith.
Clattenburg looks to throw the jab but Keith is out of range.
It looked like Keith was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Keith misses the shot to the body.
Keith has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Keith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Clattenburg counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Keith throws a good cross that connects.
Keith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Keith misses with a low kick.
Keith moves in looking to clinch but Clattenburg pushes him off.
Clattenburg connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Kool Keith has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clattenburg scores with a sloppy right hand. Keith should have avoided that one.
Keith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clattenburg lands a big head kick that sends Keith tumbling to the mat! Clattenburg takes a step backwards and waves Keith back to his feet - he wants the finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keith is looking to clinch.
Clattenburg throws out a counter right but Keith avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clattenburg misses with a double jab.
It appears Keith was looking to counter with a kick there.
Johny Clattenburg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Keith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clattenburg.
Clattenburg throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Keith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Keith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clattenburg keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keith.
Keith misses with a wild combination.
Clattenburg misses with a double jab.
Keith avoids the head kick by Clattenburg.
Keith swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Clattenburg counters with a straight right hand.
Clattenburg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Keith lands a glancing blow to the side of Clattenburg's head.
Keith misses the shot to the body.
Clattenburg swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Keith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Clattenburg.
Clattenburg throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Keith's head.
Kool Keith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clattenburg with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clattenburg checks the leg kick.
Keith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clattenburg looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Keith just misses with a punch to the body.
Clattenburg misses with a wild body shot.
Keith lands with a shot to the body.
Keith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clattenburg.
Keith wants to clinch up but Clattenburg keeps it at a distance.
Clattenburg is looking to clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Keith misses its target.
A punch lands to the side of Clattenburg 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Keith throws a right and a left that Clattenburg avoids nicely.
Clattenburg tries to counter by closing the distance.
Clattenburg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keith throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clattenburg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Clattenburg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keith lands the left hand.
Keith misses with a wild body shot.
Good exchange - Keith coming out on top.
Keith is looking to land body kicks.
Keith tries a head kick but it misses.
Clattenburg slips a jab and a cross from Keith.
Clattenburg is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Keith is looking to wear down Clattenburg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Clattenburg throws a shot from downtown. Keith moves away and avoids it.
Keith blocks a head kick by Clattenburg.
Clattenburg works the jab nicely.
Keith fails to land with a series of punches.
Keith walks into a jab.
Keith swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Clattenburg counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keith scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keith.
Keith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keith lands with a good body shot.
Keith dodges the punch combination from Clattenburg.
Clattenburg swings for the body but Keith moves out of range.
Clattenburg misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Keith lands with a kick to the temple. Clattenburg shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Keith lands a right hook to the body.
Clattenburg misses with a lunging right hand
and Keith counters with a nice uppercut.
Keith tries to clinch there but Clattenburg circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clattenburg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Clattenburg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keith.
Keith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Clattenburg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johny Clattenburg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kool Keith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Keith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Clattenburg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Keith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clattenburg gets tackled into the cage by Keith. Keith maintains the clinch.
Keith tries a body shot but Clattenburg blocks it.
Keith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clattenburg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clattenburg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Keith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Clattenburg.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Clattenburg controls the action.
Keith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keith is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Keith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clattenburg's elbow.
Johny Clattenburg seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clattenburg.
Clattenburg misses with a body punch.
Keith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clattenburg misses with an elbow strike.
Keith tries to work over Clattenburg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keith avoids the elbow strike from Clattenburg, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keith.
A left hand lands to the body for Keith.
Clattenburg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keith struggles to land a body shot inside as Clattenburg controls his hands.
Clattenburg blocks an uppercut.
Clattenburg working aggressively here.
Keith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clattenburg's elbow.
Keith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clattenburgs head.
Keith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clattenburg throws an elbow that misses.
Clattenburg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clattenburg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Keith.
Clattenburg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Keith misses with a punch on the inside.
Clattenburg blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clattenburg pushes off an throws an elbow but Keith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Keith lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Clattenburg.
Keith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keith throws a punch but it's blocked by Clattenburg.
Clattenburg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keith backwards.
Clattenburg softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Keith blocking some punches.
Clattenburg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Keith's elbow.
Keith swings wildly with an uppercut but Clattenburg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clattenburg lands an elbow that stopped Keith in his tracks for a moment.
Keith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clattenburg blocks a body shot from Keith.
A hook to the body from Keith.
Clattenburg misses with the head strike.
Keith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keith tries a body shot but Clattenburg blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clattenburg struggles to land a body shot inside as Keith controls his hands.
Keith scores with a shot to the side of Clattenburg's head.
It looks like Johny Clattenburg has been cut.
Clattenburg misses with the head strike.
Clattenburg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keith tries a body shot but Clattenburg blocks it.
Clattenburg blocks a body shot from Keith.
Keith misses with a punch on the inside.
Keith blocks an elbow strike.
Clattenburg tries a body shot but Keith blocks it.
Clattenburg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clattenburg.
Keith swings wildly with an uppercut but Clattenburg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keith misses with the head strike.
Clattenburg pushes Keith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Keith stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Keith misses with a body punch.
Kool Keith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keith pushes Clattenburg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clattenburg is working Keith over against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keith blocking some punches.
Keith struggles to land a body shot inside as Clattenburg controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Keith.
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!
Keith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Clattenburg blocks an uppercut.
Keith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clattenburg backwards.
Keith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Clattenburg.
Clattenburg working aggressively here.
Clattenburg misses with the head strike.
Clattenburg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clattenburg misses with a punch to the body.
Keith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Keith misses with some punches.
Clattenburg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clattenburg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Keith's defenses.
Keith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johny Clattenburg.
Well Clattenburg has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johny Clattenburg!
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hype
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