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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ellis Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Kilbride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ellis Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Kilbride!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilbride tries to clinch there but Stone circles away.
Stone throws a right hand that Kilbride ducks under and follows up with a left that Kilbride also avoids with ease.
Kilbride tries to clinch but Stone is having none of it.
Kilbride tries to clinch up.
Kilbride wants to clinch up but Stone keeps it at a distance.
Kilbride wants to clinch.
Stone swats away the attempt to clinch by Kilbride.
Stone feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Stone stands and steps away. Kilbride gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kilbride closes the distance and clinches.
Kilbride using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kilbride throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kilbride tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kilbride tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kilbride drives through and clinches with Stone against the cage.
Kilbride misses with a knee strike.
Kilbride throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kilbride looks gassed!
Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stone shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kilbride pinned against the cage. Kilbride gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Stone fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kilbride looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilbride wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Kilbride.
Stone drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stone content to stall in guard here.
Stone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kilbride works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Stone stands and steps away. Kilbride gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Stone closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Stone winds up and cracks Kilbride with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stone stands up and beckons Kilbride to join him on the feet.
Stone closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stone lands in his opponent's guard.
Stone controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to free his leg and advance position but Kilbride is retaining full guard.
Stone showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Kilbride is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stone controlling from the top position.
That's four 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.
Stone decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kilbride, up you get!
Stone looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kilbride!
Stone scoring with strikes but Kilbride is staying in there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone cracks Kilbride with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kilbride is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ellis Stone dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stone goes for a takedown attempt but Kilbride pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kilbride tries to clinch but Stone moves out of range.
Kilbride wants to clinch.
Kilbride keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Stone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Kilbride as Stone shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ellis Stone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kilbride fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bobby Kilbride seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kilbride avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kilbride fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kilbride tries to clinch up
and Stone counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt
and Stone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kilbride tries to clinch
and Stone counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Stone.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kilbride has a closed guard, preventing Stone from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilbride is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ellis Stone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stone prevents Kilbride from getting back to his feet.
Stone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kilbride works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stone trying to control but Kilbride is working from the bottom.
Kilbride keeping full guard, as Stone tries to pass.
Stone is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stone wants to stand but Kilbride is controlling his posture from full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kilbride takes the fight into the clinch.
Stone avoiding damage.
Stone breaks the clinch.
Stone scores with a shot to the body.
Stone moves into range and clinches up with Kilbride.
Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kilbride gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Stone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kilbride swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilbride working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stone.
Kilbride working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stone.
Kilbride preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stone prevents Kilbride from getting back to his feet.
Kilbride is wriggling around but Stone manages to pass to half guard.
Stone escapes and gets back to his feet.
Kilbride tries to clinch up
and Stone counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four 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.
Kilbride tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stone counters with a takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Stone.
Stone scoring with punches and elbows.
Kilbride is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Stone is controlling him well.
Stone tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Stone decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Kilbride tries to clinch but Stone moves away
and Stone moves into the clinch.
Stone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kilbride has him pressed against the cage.
Kilbride tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stone is looking to wear down Kilbride with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kilbride tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stone counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone is looking to take a break and control but Kilbride is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stone in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ellis Stone dominated that second round.
That's time! Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Stone looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stone throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kilbride.
Kilbride avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kilbride doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kilbride gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stone.
Kilbride throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Kilbride misses with a knee to the head.
Kilbride tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kilbride can do to turn this around?
Stone has Kilbride up against the cage in a clinch.
Stone wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ellis Stone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kilbride with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone has had enough of the clinch but Kilbride keeps him there for the moment.
Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kilbride is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stone.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt
and Stone counters by clinching up.
Stone tries to score a body lock takedown but Kilbride shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kilbride lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kilbride doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Kilbride closes the distance but Stone moves to the side
and Stone moves into the clinch.
Kilbride with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stone throws a combination. Kilbride tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Stone darts in and clinches Kilbride up against the cage.
Stone is trying to break free.
Kilbride using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kilbride using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kilbride tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kilbride throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone breaks from the clinch.
Kilbride wants to clinch
so Stone counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Stone pushes down on Kilbride's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Stone trying to control the action but Kilbride is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilbride pushes Stone off looking to stand but Stone dives back in and keeps control.
Kilbride avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stone.
Stone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kilbride wants to get back to his feet.
Kilbride is looking to control Stone's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kilbride avoid being mounted?
Stone is looking to stall here but Kilbride recovers full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kilbride gets a clinch.
Stone tries to score a body lock takedown but Kilbride shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kilbride throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kilbride with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kilbride misses with a knee to the head.
Kilbride misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
Stone leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kilbride with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone breaks the clinch.
Stone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kilbride moves into the clinch.
Kilbride tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone wants to break free but Kilbride has control.
Kilbride misses with a knee strike.
Kilbride looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Kilbride with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kilbride gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kilbride tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone tightens his grip and picks Kilbride up, before dumping him to the ground. Kilbride manages to land in guard.
Kilbride keeping full guard, as Stone tries to pass.
Stone wants to stand but Kilbride is controlling his posture from full guard.
Stone trying to control but Kilbride is working from the bottom.
Bobby Kilbride has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kilbride scrambles and gets back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ellis Stone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stone, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ellis Stone!
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