Cerrone immediately dove under a punch from Kelly, that may have been as Cerrone was looking to touch gloves. Cerrone took Kelly down and briefly had mount, yet Kelly popped up to his feet and threw a pair of knees. Kelly came in again with a flying knee that had Cerrone on the defensive but looking composed. Kelly continued to score, landing first with punches as Cerrone could only land a couple of low kicks. Kelly landed again with his right hand and countered Cerrone effectively, and was nearly dominating the striking. Cerrone landed a takedown with just over a minute remaining in the fight and worked some elbows from half guard as the round ended. Kelly was cut wide open by an elbow with seconds remaining.
Cerrone dug a series of low kicks into Kelly's leg to begin round 3. Kelly again found success with his striking, yet Cerrone completed a takedown with three minutes left and soon found full mount. Kelly gave up his back to escape the ground and pound onslaught, and in the transition Cerrone locked on a body triangle and then attacked for a rear naked choke. Softening Kelly up with punches, he finally sunk in the tight rear naked choke that forced the tappet.
Speaking to Joe Rogan in the post-fight interview, Cerrone commented, "I'm glad to be here and show that WEC guys deserve to be here… that's Greg Jackson's jiu jitsu, my training partners are the best in the world."
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