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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Cotto (ranked 86 p4p, 15 weight class) and Gerry Kelly (ranked 79 p4p, 12 weight class). Miguel Cotto had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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220 lbs
26 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Gerry Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly slips a straight right by Cotto.
Kelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kelly throws a right hand that misses
and Cotto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kelly thinking.
Cotto pushes Kelly up against the cage in a clinch.
Cotto works on Kelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Cotto as the two fighters clinch.
Kelly looks winded!
Cotto has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Cotto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Cotto.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Cotto controls his hands.
Cotto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cotto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Cotto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cotto blocking some punches.
Cotto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cotto lands a left hand.
Cotto is leaning against Kelly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Cotto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
Cotto tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cotto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cotto digs a right hand underneath Kelly's ribcage. Kelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cotto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cotto tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cotto lands a nice shot to the body.
Cotto misses with a body punch.
Cotto lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cotto.
Cotto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
Cotto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cotto lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Kelly to his knees! Cotto keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Cotto!
Miguel Cotto seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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