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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Cole (ranked 310 p4p, 41 weight class) and Liam Kelley (ranked 465 p4p, 60 weight class). Cole comes to the cage accompanied by I Won't Back Down. Liam Kelley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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194 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Liam Kelley!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cole scores with a spinning back kick!
Cole throws a body shot but no joy.
Kelley wants to counter the offense by Cole and move into the clinch position.
Kelley slips a straight right by Cole.
Kelley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cole's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kelley under the eye.
Kelley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kelley clinches up against the cage.
Cole gets through Kelley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cole fails to land.
Cole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelley swings wildly with an uppercut but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelley lands with a right to the head.
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!
Kelley misses with some punches.
Cole tries a body shot but Kelley blocks it.
Kelley prevents a body shot from Cole.
Cole digs a right hand underneath Kelley's ribcage. Kelley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kelley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole gets through Kelley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kelley throws a punch but it's blocked by Cole.
Kelley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cole lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kelley tries to throw a body punch but Cole avoids it by throwing Kelley back against the cage.
Kelley scores with a hook to the body.
Cole blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelley throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Cole.
Kelley throws a punch but it's blocked by Cole.
Kelley swings wildly with an uppercut but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelley backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cole.
Kelley misses with a punch to the body.
Cole tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelley avoids the damage to the body.
Cole stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kelley.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Cole.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Cole.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
Cole prevents a body shot from Kelley.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
Cole pushes Kelley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelley lands with a short shot to the head.
Cole scores with a hook to the body.
Cole scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kelley misses with some punches.
Cole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelley.
Kelley lands a nice shot to the body.
Kelley throws the kick towards the body but Cole avoids it.
Kelley tries to clinch but Cole is having none of it.
Kelley wants to clinch.
Kelley has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole throws a hook but Kelley avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Cole lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kelley doesn't seem phased though.
Kelley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kelley jabs Cole right on the nose. Cole blinks but takes it well.
Kelley thumps Cole with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Kelley.
Kelley clobbers Cole with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kelley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cole uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelley.
Kelley gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Cole counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kelley scores with a jab.
Kelley misses with a right hand
and Cole counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kelley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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!
Kelley misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Kelley misses.
Cole attempts a counter takedown but Kelley avoids it well and moves away.
Cole rushes Kelley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kelley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cole blocks a body shot from Kelley.
Kelley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cole presses Kelley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelley blocks a body shot from Cole.
Cole scores with a shoulder strike.
Kelley prevents a body shot from Cole.
Kelley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cole's elbow.
A short left from Cole.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelley.
Kelley can't find room to land a body shot as Cole controls the action.
Cole tries to work over Kelley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelley blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cole creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Liam Kelley will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kelley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kelley missing with a left hand there. Cole was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kelley 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.
Kelley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kelley throws a strike but Cole rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cole working some strikes from top position.
Cole won't allow Kelley to sweep him here.
Cole lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've been hearing that Cole has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Cole working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cole keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kelley's head.
Kelley looking to control.
Cole scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cole cracks Kelley with a solid left hand.
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!
Cole preventing the sweep.
Cole landing some decent shots from guard.
Kelley is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kelley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cole is one step ahead there.
Cole trying to control but Kelley is working from the bottom.
Cole slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Kelley.
Cole blocks the strikes from Kelley.
Kelley trying to get back to full guard but Cole takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Cole landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cole lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kelley is still in real trouble! Can Cole finish him?
Cole connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Kelley is out cold - huge knockout for Cole!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Michael Cole!
After the big win, Michael Cole made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors MayheM sportswear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Liam Kelley was interviewed post fight and said 'Ain't that a Bitch'.
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energy
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hype
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