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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Kahne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Price might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lamb of God - Redneck. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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28 - 17 - 0 |
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147 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Price!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ken Kahne!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Price scores with a hook to the body. Kahne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Price leaves Kahne with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Price tries to work over Kahne's front leg with a kick but Kahne checks it.
And Kahne tries to counter it with a takedown but Price pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Good work by Price as he checks the leg kick.
Kahne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kahne moves out of range of the strikes.
Kahne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kahne tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kahne tries to move into range but Price moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Price lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Price throws a hook but Kahne avoids it easily.
Price connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kahne ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Price scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Price throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kahne throws a body shot but no joy.
Price just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price lands a right hook to the body.
Kahne checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Price. Kahne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Price there.
Price connects with a leg kick. Kahne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Price fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kahne has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kahne misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut there from Price.
Price displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Price throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kahne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
A slapping leg kick lands for Price.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Price lands a body shot.
Price throws a leg kick but Kahne moved away.
Price tries to clinch up.
Kahne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Price.
It looks like Price has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Kahne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A decent looking cross lands there for Price.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price takes a swing at Kahne's ribcage but misses.
Kahne doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Price lands a head kick!
Kahne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Price throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kahne stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kahne avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kahne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Price wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kahne missing with a left hand there. Price was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kahne misses with a wild combination.
Kahne looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range.
Price was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Price takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Price goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kahne gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dan Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kahne scores with a jab to the body.
Kahne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kahne let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahne fails with a takedown attempt.
Price looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nice defenses there by Kahne.
Price connects with a looping right hand.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Kahne is just out of range.
Kahne misses with a wild body shot.
Price pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Price cracks Kahne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A swing and a miss from Kahne.
Kahne throws a lazy uppercut
and Kahne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kahne throws a hook to the side of Price's head but Price sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dan Price is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Price.
Kahne takes one to the side of the head.
Kahne throws out a loose jab but Price uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kahne lands a nice shot to the body.
Kahne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kahne on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kahne changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Price wants to slow Kahne down by chopping away at his legs.
Price throws a looping overhand right but Kahne ducks down to avoid it.
Price fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kahne shoots in for a double leg but Price sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dan Price has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Kahne.
Price connects with a solid leg kick.
Price misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kahne misses the jab.
Price swings for the body but Kahne moves out of range.
Kahne feints a counter leg kick.
Kahne throws a jab but it's blocked by Price.
Kahne's corner calls for a 1-2. Kahne obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kahne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Price. Price obviously looking to wear him down.
Price uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kahne.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Price tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kahne was well out of range. Poor timing from Price.
Kahne is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Price looks to land a right hand but Kahne moved out of range.
Kahne swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
Price moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Price dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Price throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kahne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dan Price is winning the standup battle so far.
Kahne sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Price pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Price shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kahne now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kahne lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kahne connects with a single shot there.
Price moves away from the strike by Kahne.
Kahne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Price throws out the jab.
Price lands a nice looking body shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kahne or perhaps it was just good defense by Price, which made it look bad.
Kahne scores with a hook to the body. Price takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kahne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Price.
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
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!
Kahne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.
Price uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kahne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahne wants to slow Price down by chopping away at his legs.
Price with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Price lands with an overhand left.
A jab from Price misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kahne might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Price has got the better of the exchanges.
Price moves into the clinch.
Kahne misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Price creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Price lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kahne is trying to break the clinch but Price is controlling him.
Price tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kahne avoids it.
Kahne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kahne scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Price.
Price is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kahne can do to turn this around?
Price lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Price lands a hook that snaps the head of Kahne backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kahne blocks it with crossed arms.
Kahne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kahne lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kahne blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Kahne.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Price doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kahne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Price blocking some punches.
Kahne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Price gets through Kahne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kahne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kahne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Price throws a body punch but Kahne moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Price.
Kahne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Price lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kahne looks for a takedown but Price sprawls well.
Kahne throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahne lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Price circles away quickly and effectively.
Price connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kahne moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Price ducks under a wild hook from Kahne.
Kahne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kahne swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
Kahne swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
Price cracks Kahne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Price steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kahne.
Price just misses with a punch to the body.
Price with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Price bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kahne moves away.
Price pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Price throws a jab when Kahne was well out of range.
Price jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kahne throws a looping overhand right but Price ducks down to avoid it.
Price avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kahne lands a nice hook to Price's body. Price takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kahne misses with a two punch combination.
Kahne takes a swing at Price's ribcage but misses.
Price throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kahne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kahne defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
Price throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kahne stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Price lands a nice looking body kick.
Kahne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kahne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Price.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Price throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kahne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kahne slips a jab from Price.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kahne checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Price dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Price lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Price works Kahne's body with a nice hook.
Price uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Price listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kahne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Price throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kahne.
Kahne misses the body punch
and Price counters with a two punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Price. Kahne does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Kahne releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kahne throws a big shot that misses.
Kahne swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
Price cracks Kahne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Price takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Price wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kahne tried to score with a low kick but Price checks it.
Kahne getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Price cracks Kahne with a good jab.
Price throws a right hand that misses
and Price takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kahne slips under a jab from Price.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahne motions for Price to come forward. Kahne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Price scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Price connects with a leg kick. Kahne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kahne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Price manages to avoid it.
Kahne tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kahne takes a swing at Price's ribcage but misses.
Kahne tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kahne walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Price checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Price tries to clinch up.
Price takes a swing at Kahne's ribcage but misses.
Kahne misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Price.
Kahne moves away from the strike by Price.
A little jabbing left from Kahne on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kahne connects with a body shot that sends Price's belly button to the back.
Price throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kahne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Price finds it's way round the side to connect with Kahne's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kahne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Price manages to avoid it.
Kahne on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kahne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Price scores with a nice strike.
Kahne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Price is fending him off so far but Kahne persists. Nope, Price circles away and we're back to standing.
Price lands a lovely overhand right.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Price. Kahne shrugs it off though.
Kahne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kahne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters circling a little - Price finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Price uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Price falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kahne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kahne throws a jab but it's blocked by Price.
A combination from Price does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Price.
Price tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kahne was well out of range. Poor timing from Price.
Price throws a poor cross that misses
and Kahne counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Price thinking.
Price takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kahne cracks Price with an open hand slap.
Kahne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Price was well out of range. Poor timing from Kahne.
Price moves out of range of the strikes.
Price lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kahne at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Price darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Price misses the jab.
Price connects with the punch.
Kahne dodges the punch combination from Price.
Price takes a swing at Kahne's ribcage but misses.
Kahne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kahne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Price lands a jab to Kahne's midsection.
Kahne shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Price napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kahne trying to control the action but Price is working from the bottom.
Kahne working the ground and pound but Price is defending the strikes.
Price is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kahne's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Kahne thows a huge punch but Price dodges it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kahne missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Price avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kahne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Price clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jab from Price.
Price jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kahne just misses with a punch to the body.
Price throws a leg kick but Kahne moved away.
A countering left hand to the body from Kahne misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Price.
Kahne misses with an uppercut. Price saw that one coming.
Kahne has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Price enables Kahne to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Price manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Price pushes Kahne off and scrambles back to his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Price, right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Price scores with the left hand. Kahne knows he should have avoided that one.
Kahne moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Kahne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kahne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price scores with a jab to the body.
Price tries a low kick but Kahne avoids it.
Price throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kahne was well out of range. Poor timing from Price.
Price misses with a right hand
and Kahne counters with a straight right hand.
Kahne doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Price.
Kahne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kahne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Price scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big left from Price misses.
Kahne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kahne has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Price.
Price throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Kahne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kahne misses with a body shot.
Kahne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kahne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Price. Price obviously looking to wear him down.
Price fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kahne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kahne's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price throws a leg kick which misses Kahne's front leg but catches the back leg as Kahne tries to avoid it.
Kahne walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kahne looks to land a right hand but Price moved out of range.
Price tries to clinch but Kahne is having none of it.
Price fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kahne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Price scores with a leg kick.
Price throws a jab when Kahne was well out of range.
Kahne on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kahne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kahne!
Price feints and then cracks Kahne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kahne down.
Price darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Price attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Price looks to land a right hand but Kahne moved out of range.
Kahne moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kahne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kahne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kahne takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Price connects with a single shot there.
Price connects with a leg kick. Kahne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Price throws a low kick, looking for Kahne's leg but Kahne calmly moves out of range.
Kahne throws a nice looking combination but Price bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Price misses the target.
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price connects with the punch.
Price digs a good hook to Kahne's body.
Kahne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kahne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Price.
Kahne looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kahne looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price keeping control of the position.
Kahne is trying to control the action in half guard but Price is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kahne connects with a nice short shot to Price's temple.
Price is holding on to half guard well.
Kahne throwing shots but Price is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Price had his way with Ken Kahne in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Price jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Price fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kahne manages to avoid it.
Price throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kahne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price throws a half hearted mid kick.
Price lands with a kick to the ribs.
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kahne.
A swing and a miss from Price.
Kahne moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Price takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kahne ducks under a wild hook from Price.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price rushes Kahne and presses him up against the cage.
Price tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kahne has a couple of punches blocked by Price.
Kahne scores with a shot to the side of Price's head.
Price scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Price misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Price fails to land.
Price tries to throw a body punch but Kahne avoids it by throwing Price back against the cage.
Kahne tries a body shot but Price blocks it.
Price lands with a left to the head.
Price pushes Kahne back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kahne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kahne gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Price regains guard.
Kahne not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kahne wants to pass the guard but Price is keeping the position.
Ken Kahne has got the better of the ground game so far.
Price is trying to control the position from the bottom.
My spies in Rain's inform me that Kahne has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahne trying to control but Price is working from the bottom.
Price controlling the position.
Kahne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Price works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Price is trying to control the position but Kahne postures up.
Kahne looking to pass the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Price tries to clinch there but Kahne circles away.
Kahne fails to land the takedown.
Donk. Price catches Kahne right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price misses with a combination
and Kahne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Kahne is just out of range.
Kahne takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kahne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.
Price throws a head kick that misses.
Kahne is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Price rather than just go for the knockout.
Kahne misses with a straight left.
Price scores with a body shot.
Price throws a solid leg kick but Kahne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Price.
Kahne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
Price lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kahne connects with a jab.
Price misses with a straight right.
Kahne checks the leg kick.
Price takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kahne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Price throws out the jab.
Ken Kahne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price fakes the leg kick and cracks Kahne in the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Price uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kahne.
Kahne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.
Price fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Price on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Price lands with a nice body punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Kahne misses the target.
Kahne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kahne shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Price as he jumps to the side.
Kahne missing with a left hand there. Price was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Price is looking to counter punch.
Kahne takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Price darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Price cracks a nice hook into Kahne's ribs.
Price checks the leg kick nicely there.
Price jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Price showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Price, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 50:45
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Price!
Dan Price retains his bantamweight title!
A victorious Dan Price thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Ken Kahne spoke after the fight, saying 'It's tough to lose but that's what makes a winner. I'll do what I must to never feel this again.'.
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