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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Shamrock (ranked 72 p4p, 13 weight class) and Gareth Keenan (ranked 49 p4p, 8 weight class). Shamrock comes into the arena with One Winged Angel by The Black Mages blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 7 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Keenan!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keenan misses with a kick to the body.
Shamrock throws a right and a left that Keenan avoids nicely.
Gareth Keenan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keenan. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keenan slips a straight right by Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a low kick but Keenan moves out of range easily.
Keenan connects with an inside leg kick.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Keenan throws a lazy right hand but Shamrock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shamrock appears to be looking for a big counter.
Some bone on bone action there as Shamrock checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Shamrock throwing a counter right hand but Keenan manages to avoid it.
Keenan stuns Shamrock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shamrock takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Shamrock takes a swing at Keenan's ribcage but misses.
Keenan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shamrock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan manages to avoid it.
Shamrock checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A jab from Shamrock does it's job there.
Shamrock misses with a looping right.
Keenan looks to throw the jab but Shamrock is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keenan scores with a jab to the body.
Keenan throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock throws a low kick but it's checked well by Keenan.
A chopping leg kick lands by Keenan.
Keenan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shamrock takes a step back to recover.
Keenan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Keenan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shamrock misses with a body shot.
A big left from Shamrock misses.
Keenan scores with a shot to the body.
Keenan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Keenan thuds his right hand into Shamrock's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Shamrock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shamrock takes a swing at Keenan's ribcage but misses.
Keenan misses with a straight right.
Keenan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shamrock works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keenan was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.
Keenan is trying to counter with his kicks.
Keenan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shamrock blocks a leg kick.
Keenan misses with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Shamrock. Keenan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock throws an overhand right that lands on Keenan's shoulder, as Keenan tries to avoid the shot.
Keenan is looking to chop away at Shamrock's legs.
Shamrock half committed to a counter leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Keenan.
Keenan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan throws a hook but Shamrock avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Shamrock tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Keenan jabs at Shamrock's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shamrock. Keenan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keenan throws a low kick but Shamrock moves out of range easily.
Shamrock throws a looping overhand right but Keenan ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock misses with a straight left.
Keenan cracks Shamrock with a good jab.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keenan throws out the jab.
As Keenan backs away, Shamrock returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Keenan scores with a jab to the body.
Keenan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shamrock is looking to slow Keenan down with leg kicks.
Shamrock tries a low kick but Keenan avoids it.
Keenan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keenan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shamrock checks it well.
Shamrock throws the left hand but Keenan avoids the punch easily.
Shamrock throws a jab but it's blocked by Keenan.
Shamrock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shamrock connects with a leg kick. Keenan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
Keenan tries a low kick but Shamrock avoids it.
Keenan throws out a powerful jab.
Shamrock takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice body punch from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a body shot.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Shamrock sees it coming and moves out of range.
Keenan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shamrock is out of range.
Shamrock lands a leg kick that knocks Keenan off balance momentarily.
Keenan tries a head kick but it misses.
As Keenan backs away, Shamrock returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Shamrock throws a series of punches but Keenan avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Keenan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A big right from Keenan misses.
Keenan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Shamrock on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Keenan misses with a hook. Shamrock ducked under it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Shamrock on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Shamrock throws a body shot but no joy.
Shamrock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keenan scores with a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keenan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock lands a jab.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Keenan.
Nice shot lands for Keenan.
Keenan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shamrock dips to his left and cracks Keenan with an uppercut!
Shamrock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keenan motions for Shamrock to come forward. Keenan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Keenan misses with a straight left.
Shamrock swings for the body but Keenan moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Shamrock.
Shamrock slips a jab from Keenan.
Shamrock looks to land a right hand but Keenan moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keenan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shamrock tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Keenan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Keenan avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
Keenan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth Keenan dominated that round.
That's time! Shamrock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shamrock throws a hook but Keenan avoids it easily.
Shamrock swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Shamrock lands an impressive looking overhand right. Keenan doesn't seem phased though.
Keenan takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Keenan moves out of range.
Shamrock throws the left hand but Keenan avoids the punch easily.
Shamrock moves out of range of the leg kick from Keenan.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keenan.
Keenan throws a head kick that misses.
A slow jab from Shamrock misses its intended target.
Keenan throws a shot from downtown. Shamrock moves away and avoids it.
Keenan throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Keenan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Keenan lands a nice hook to Shamrock's body. Shamrock takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shamrock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Keenan. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keenan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Keenan in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Keenan misses with a kick to the body.
Keenan throws a looping overhand right but Shamrock ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Keenan to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keenan just misses with a punch to the body.
Keenan throws out a leg kick but Shamrock moves out of range and Keenan only half commits.
Gareth Keenan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Keenan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shamrock takes a step back to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Keenan.
Shamrock takes a swing at Keenan's ribcage but misses.
A nice combination there by Keenan.
Keenan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Keenan slips a jab from Shamrock.
That kick from Keenan tenderised Shamrock's leg. Shamrock is trying to keep his angry face on.
Shamrock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keenan misses with a straight right.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Shamrock might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Keenan lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Keenan finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Shamrock is looking to wear down Keenan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good work by Keenan as he checks the leg kick.
Keenan defending well as Shamrock loads up on a big left hand.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keenan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Keenan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shamrock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Keenan can pounce on him.
Shamrock throws a leg kick but Keenan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Keenan throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Keenan is able to avoid easily.
Keenan sizes up Shamrock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keenan. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keenan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shamrock throws the left hand but Keenan avoids the punch easily.
Keenan moves out of range as Shamrock strikes.
Keenan thinks about the counter body kick.
An inside leg kick from Keenan misses.
Shamrock is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Shamrock lands a jab to Keenan's midsection.
No joy there for Shamrock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Keenan moves out of range of the strikes.
Keenan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Keenan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shamrock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shamrock.
Keenan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Shamrock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Keenan, as that shot connected.
Keenan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Keenan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Keenan throws a body kick that misses.
That kick from Keenan tenderised Shamrock's leg. Shamrock is trying to keep his angry face on.
Keenan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shamrock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Keenan's hands.
A good leg kick by Shamrock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Keenan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A jab from Keenan finds it's way through Shamrock's defenses.
Keenan avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
Keenan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keenan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shamrock misses with a looping right.
Shamrock throws a low kick but Keenan avoids it.
Keenan lands with a cross.
Nice uppercut lands for Keenan. That snapped Shamrock's head back.
Keenan scores with a jab to the head.
Keenan misses with a head kick.
Shamrock scores with a body shot.
A slow jab from Keenan misses its intended target.
Keenan throws out a loose jab but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Keenan.
Keenan misses with a body kick.
Shamrock throws a leg kick that misses.
Keenan lands a jab to Shamrock's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keenan. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock connects with a leg kick. Keenan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A slow jab from Shamrock misses its intended target.
A shot to the liver by Keenan. Beautiful body shot.
Keenan connects with a solid leg kick.
Keenan lands an overhand right.
Keenan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Keenan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Keenan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shamrock misses with a hook.
Keenan throws a jab when Shamrock was well out of range.
Shamrock slips under a jab from Keenan.
Keenan ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
Keenan tries a quick counter leg kick but Shamrock is wise to it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Shamrock crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Keenan - the referee stops the clock and Shamrock gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Keenan. Shamrock manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Shamrock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keenan.
Shamrock throws a low kick, looking for Keenan's leg but Keenan calmly moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock checks a leg kick.
Keenan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Keenan throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Keenan.
Shamrock throws a hook but Keenan avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Shamrock darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth Keenan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Keenan lands a nice looking body kick.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keenan.
Keenan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Shamrock lands a jab to Keenan's midsection.
Shamrock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shamrock backing away here, and Keenan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Shamrock will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keenan! But no joy.
Shamrock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keenan lands a head kick!
The fighters circle momentarily. Shamrock darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Shamrock defending well as Keenan loads up on a big left hand.
Shamrock lands a lovely overhand right.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Keenan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Keenan misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Keenan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a chopping leg kick but Keenan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Keenan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Keenan with a hook.
Keenan lands with an uppercut that bounces Shamrock off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan looks to land a body kick but Shamrock moved away.
Shamrock throws a hook to the side of Keenan's head but Keenan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Keenan tries to land a leg kick but Shamrock saw it coming and moves away.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Shamrock moved away.
Shamrock checks the leg kick.
Keenan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
Keenan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Shamrock thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good shot there by Keenan.
Shamrock misses with a body shot.
Shamrock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shamrock misses with a low kick.
Shamrock avoids the body shot from Keenan.
Keenan is looking to land body kicks.
Shamrock throws an off balance right hand
and Keenan counters with a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Keenan. Shamrock shrugs it off though.
Shamrock paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A left lands for Keenan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock throws a hook but Keenan avoids it easily.
Keenan appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock cracks Keenan with an open hand slap.
Shamrock lands a glancing blow to the side of Keenan's head.
Keenan throws a lazy right hand but Shamrock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Keenan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keenan slips a straight right by Shamrock.
Shamrock avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circling - Shamrock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Keenan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shamrock misses with a leg kick.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Shamrock sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shamrock blocks a leg kick.
Shamrock takes a swing at Keenan's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Keenan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shamrock throws a looping overhand right but Keenan ducks down to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Keenan.
Keenan takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Keenan takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Keenan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Keenan throws out a counter right but Shamrock avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Keenan.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
Shamrock keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Keenan slips under a jab from Shamrock.
Keenan looks to throw the jab but Shamrock is out of range.
Keenan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a good cross that connects.
Keenan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shamrock. That did some damage!
Shamrock misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Shamrock scores with a nice head shot.
Shamrock connects with a nice looking jab.
Shamrock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Shamrock lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Shamrock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keenan misses with a hook.
Keenan moves away from the strike by Shamrock.
Keenan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Keenan throws a jab when Shamrock was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Shamrock on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Keenan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shamrock. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock moves out of range of the body kick.
Shamrock takes a swing at Keenan's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keenan.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
And Keenan responds with a good body kick, but Shamrock manages to step out the way in time.
Keenan sizes up Shamrock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shamrock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Keenan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Keenan takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock moves out of range of the leg kick from Keenan.
Keenan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keenan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Keenan cracks Shamrock with a right hand to the side of the head.
Keenan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shamrock is able to avoid easily.
Shamrock looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Keenan misses with a hook.
Keenan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Keenan misses with a looping left.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Shamrock jabs Keenan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Keenan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shamrock's sensitive parts.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gareth Keenan.
Well Keenan 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gareth Keenan!
The defeated Nick Shamrock had this to say: 'I lost!?! How did I lose?'.
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