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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amana Kelekolio (ranked 2725 p4p, 332 weight class) and Phil Baloni (ranked 2047 p4p, 255 weight class). Phil Baloni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Amana Kelekolio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Baloni!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelekolio doesn't manage to clinch there - Baloni circles away.
Baloni thows a left - swing and a miss!
Baloni moves into the clinch successfully.
Baloni trying to control the position but instead, Kelekolio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Baloni into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Baloni scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kelekolio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baloni's efforts to push away.
Baloni wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelekolio won't allow it.
Kelekolio trying to land knees to the body.
Kelekolio landing knees to the body.
Baloni takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kelekolio lands a damaging elbow.
I was talking to Kelekolio's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Kelekolio.
Baloni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Baloni on the inside.
Kelekolio blocks a body shot from Baloni.
Kelekolio throws a head punch that misses.
Baloni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelekolio lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baloni is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Baloni manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Kelekolio.
Baloni takes an elbow to the temple.
Baloni managing to block the knees to the body from Kelekolio.
Kelekolio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baloni.
Kelekolio stalls.
Kelekolio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baloni lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kelekolio as Baloni tries to tie him up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kelekolio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kelekolio lands an elbow that stopped Baloni in his tracks for a moment.
Baloni lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Baloni.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baloni avoids a wild elbow strike from Kelekolio.
Kelekolio missing with knees to the body.
Baloni is leaning against Kelekolio and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Baloni is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kelekolio lands an elbow inside.
Kelekolio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelekolio tries to land knees in the clinch but Baloni avoids the damage to the body.
Baloni pushes Kelekolio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Baloni is leaning against Kelekolio and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baloni.
Baloni wants to break free but Kelekolio has control.
A short right from Kelekolio on the inside.
Kelekolio tries to land knees in the clinch but Baloni avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Baloni on the inside.
Baloni blocks an elbow strike.
Kelekolio takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baloni wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelekolio won't allow it.
Kelekolio misses with an elbow over the top.
Kelekolio pushes off an throws an elbow but Baloni leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Baloni is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Baloni avoids a wild elbow strike from Kelekolio.
Baloni stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelekolio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Baloni's brow.
Kelekolio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kelekolio stalling in the clinch.
Kelekolio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baloni avoids it.
Baloni can't find room to land a body shot as Kelekolio controls the action.
Kelekolio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baloni's efforts to push away.
Kelekolio tries to land a knee to the head but Baloni blocks with his arms.
Kelekolio throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kelekolio fails to land.
Kelekolio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelekolio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baloni's defenses.
Baloni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelekolio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kelekolio.
Baloni slowing the pace effectively.
Kelekolio has Baloni pressed against the cage, preventing Baloni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short left from Baloni.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baloni blocks the elbow strike.
Kelekolio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baloni tries to work over Kelekolio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baloni blocks the elbow strike.
Kelekolio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelekolio connects with a knee to the head.
Kelekolio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelekolio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baloni blocks an elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kelekolio obliges.
Baloni looks winded!
Baloni trying to stall but Kelekolio improves his position.
Baloni digs a right hand into Kelekolio's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kelekolio's gas tank.
Kelekolio lands an uppercut.
Kelekolio lands an elbow that stopped Baloni in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amana Kelekolio dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kelekolio tries to clinch but Baloni is having none of it.
Kelekolio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baloni can do to turn this around?
Baloni pushes Kelekolio up against the cage in a clinch.
Kelekolio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baloni's defenses.
Kelekolio misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelekolio tries a knee to the head but Baloni blocks it.
A short right from Kelekolio on the inside.
Kelekolio lands an elbow just above Baloni 's eye.
Baloni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Kelekolio.
Baloni trying to stall but Kelekolio improves his position.
Kelekolio blocks an uppercut.
Baloni takes an elbow to the temple.
Baloni is rocked!
It looks like Phil Baloni has been cut.
Kelekolio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Baloni is still on wobbly legs! Can Kelekolio finish him?
Kelekolio tries to land a knee to the head but Baloni blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Kelekolio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelekolio misses with a knee to the head.
Kelekolio throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelekolio.
Kelekolio lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Baloni to his knees! Kelekolio keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Amana Kelekolio!
Amana Kelekolio made sure to mention his sponsor, MMA Underwear Laundry in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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