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Dynasty 203 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John MacMillen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Good (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John MacMillen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nate Good!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacMillen takes a swing at Good's ribcage but misses.
Good lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Good misses.
MacMillen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good tries to clinch up.
MacMillen misses with a straight right.
A head kick misses from MacMillen.
Good throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
It looks like Nate Good has been cut.
MacMillen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Good manages to avoid it.
MacMillen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Good counter with a right 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!
Good throws a hook but MacMillen avoids it easily.
MacMillen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at [CBK] Punch-kicker Academy in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacMillen blocks a jab.
MacMillen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Good has managed to clinch.
A shot in the inside from Good.
Good lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of MacMillen backwards.
Good tries a body shot but MacMillen blocks it.
Good's coach down at Team Hopkins was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Good's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A right handed body shot lands from Good.
Good lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, MacMillen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Good's brow.
MacMillen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Good lands a nice uppercut.
Good looking to throw knees to the head but MacMillen is blocking nicely.
Good misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good swings wildly with an uppercut but MacMillen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
MacMillen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacMillen wants to get back to striking at distance but Good won't allow it.
Good looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Good misses with some punches.
Good tries to land a knee to the head but MacMillen blocks with his arms.
Good blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Good.
Good misses with a knee strike.
MacMillen tries a knee to the head but Good blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Good.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, MacMillen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good throws a punch but it's blocked by MacMillen.
Good working aggressively here.
MacMillen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
MacMillen dodges an elbow strike from Good.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for MacMillen.
MacMillen avoids the elbow strike from Good, against the ropes.
Good blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Good dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Good's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
MacMillen throws a sloppy head kick and Good moves out of range easily.
Good connects with an inside leg kick.
MacMillen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good throws a leg kick which misses MacMillen's front leg but catches the back leg as MacMillen tries to avoid it.
MacMillen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
MacMillen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Good throws out the jab.
Good lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
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!
Good gets in close and instigates a clinch.
MacMillen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Good creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
MacMillen misses with a body punch.
MacMillen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from MacMillen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by MacMillen.
Good lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of MacMillen backwards.
Good lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
MacMillen throws a punch but it's blocked by Good.
MacMillen swings wildly with an uppercut but Good uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Good.
MacMillen has a couple of punches blocked by Good.
Good lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Good on the inside.
Good lands a nice uppercut.
MacMillen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but MacMillen blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Good.
Good blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Good.
Good's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good tries to land a knee to the head but MacMillen blocks with his arms.
Good lands a nice uppercut.
Nate Good seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
MacMillen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Good's face.
Good tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MacMillen avoids it.
MacMillen working aggressively here.
Good misses with the head strike.
Good scores with a shoulder strike.
Good tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MacMillen avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by MacMillen.
A nice left hand lands by MacMillen.
A short uppercut from Good.
MacMillen tries a body shot but Good blocks it.
MacMillen lands a hook that snaps the head of Good backwards.
MacMillen is trying to break the clinch but Good is controlling him.
Good with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Good scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Good on the inside.
MacMillen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Good showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nate Good's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
MacMillen swings for the body but Good moves out of range.
Good steps to the side to avoid the strikes from MacMillen.
MacMillen misses with a hook. Good ducked under it nicely.
Good on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good looks to land a body kick but MacMillen moved away.
Good throws a half hearted mid kick.
MacMillen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
MacMillen looks to land a left hand but Good moved out of range nicely.
MacMillen moves out of range of the body kick from Good.
Good tries to clinch up but MacMillen circles away and keeps his distance.
Good shot there by MacMillen.
MacMillen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Good.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good misses with a body shot.
MacMillen scores with a hook.
Good keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from MacMillen.
Good pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
MacMillen misses with an uppercut.
Good throws a lazy uppercut
and MacMillen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
MacMillen moves away from the strike by Good.
MacMillen tests Good's chin there with a solid looking shot.
MacMillen looks to score with a jab to the body but Good is just out of range.
Good misses with a hook. MacMillen ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Good drives through and clinches with MacMillen against the ropes.
MacMillen is looking to control Good's arms but Good gets an underhook and turns him. Now MacMillen has his back to the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Good.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Good.
Good scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Good.
Good lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good scores with a hook to the body.
Good misses with a knee strike.
Good lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good lands a knee to the body.
Good lands a shot to the body.
Good landing knees to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Good.
Good lands a hook that snaps the head of MacMillen backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Good really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Good's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A chopping leg kick lands by Good.
MacMillen lands a body shot.
Good ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nate Good seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
MacMillen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good connects with a single shot there.
Good bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good tries to clinch up.
Good misses with a straight left.
Good missing with a left hand there. MacMillen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good thows a body shot but no joy.
Good throws a big shot that misses.
MacMillen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
MacMillen moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice straight punches there by MacMillen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of MacMillen.
MacMillen misses with a body punch
and Good counters with a nice body kick.
John MacMillen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Good swings for the body but MacMillen moves out of range.
Good connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed MacMillen momentarily.
MacMillen throws an off balance right hand
and Good counters with an outside leg kick.
Good digs a good body shot into MacMillen's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacMillen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
MacMillen is rocked!
Good clinches up with MacMillen and pushes him back against the ropes.
Good lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh MacMillen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good lands a left hand.
Good blocks a body shot from MacMillen.
MacMillen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good blocks a punch to the side of the head.
MacMillen seems to have got his legs back now.
Good creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! MacMillen crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Good throws a body kick that misses.
MacMillen throws a sloppy head kick and Good moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacMillen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Good connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of MacMillen's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked MacMillen - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nate Good!
During a confident post fight interview, Nate Good thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Kung Fu Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master comes to the ring accompanied by Shaolin Monastic chanting. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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150 lbs
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147 lbs
13 - 12 - 1 |
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kung Fu Master!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Master tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
Master lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Master moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Master keeps the fight on the outside.
Master fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Master sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Master throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Master looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Master throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson looks winded!
A bone on bone clash there as Master blocks the leg kick.
Master moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Master takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Master.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Master lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Master scores with a jab to the head.
Master lands a head shot.
Johnson is rocked!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Master.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Master finish him?
Master fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Master lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Master lands a nice looking body kick.
Master jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Master chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Master throws a nice outside leg kick.
Master connects with a crisp jab.
Master connects with a quick right hand that sends Johnson tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kung Fu Master!
Post fight, Kung Fu Master stared into the camera and said 'A Shaolin Master wins with honor. I respect the sacrifice of my opponent to further my career!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Razz Sukuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitchell Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Everything Zen- Bush as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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168 lbs
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166 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Razz Sukuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mitchell Jones!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones ducks right into an uppercut from Sukuraba.
Sukuraba lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Sukuraba moved out of range.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones throws a hook but Sukuraba blocks it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jones.
Jones throws the left hand but Sukuraba avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Sukuraba misses.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Sukuraba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've been informed that Jones has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Sukuraba.
Sukuraba darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sukuraba throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Sukuraba throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Sukuraba working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sukuraba.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Razz Sukuraba has been cut.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Sukuraba throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sukuraba backwards.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Sukuraba shrugs off.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sukuraba.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Sukuraba shrugs off.
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
Sukuraba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sukuraba swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sukuraba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sukuraba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sukuraba misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sukuraba is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sukuraba misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
A body shot lands from Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sukuraba avoids it.
Sukuraba misses with some punches.
Sukuraba misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones blocking some punches.
Sukuraba avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the ropes.
A short right from Sukuraba on the inside.
Sukuraba throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Sukuraba throws a head punch that misses.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sukuraba backwards.
Sukuraba misses with some punches.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Sukuraba in his tracks for a moment.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jones works on Sukuraba's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Sukuraba blocks with his arms.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones works on Sukuraba's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones is working Sukuraba over against the ropes.
Sukuraba misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sukuraba takes an elbow to the temple.
Sukuraba working aggressively here.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sukuraba's face.
Sukuraba lands a left hand.
Sukuraba misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mitchell Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Razz Sukuraba's cut.
That's time! Sukuraba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sukuraba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sukuraba checks it well.
Jones misses with a hook.
Sukuraba throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sukuraba is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sukuraba is rocked!
Sukuraba drops his hands momentarily and Jones needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Sukuraba just on the top of the head. Sukuraba drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Sukuraba - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mitchell Jones!
Post fight, an emotional Mitchell Jones said 'Keep setting them up I'll keep knocking them down , I don't care who because in the end it doesn't really matter now does it!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Drago Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vanden Plas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kozlov comes to the ring accompanied by Back in the USSR. Plas has chosen DMX - Intro as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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192 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drago Kozlov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vanden Plas!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Kozlov misses.
Plas moves into the clinch.
Plas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Plas blocks an uppercut.
Plas lands a nice shot to the body.
Kozlov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Plas pushes Kozlov back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Plas lands with a light punch inside.
It looks like Drago Kozlov has been cut.
Plas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kozlov is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kozlov throws an elbow but misses.
Kozlov has a couple of punches blocked by Plas.
Plas lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Plas avoids a wild elbow strike from Kozlov.
Plas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Plas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Plas prevents a body shot from Kozlov.
Plas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kozlov backwards.
A hook to the body from Plas.
Plas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kozlov is rocked!
Plas blocking some punches.
Oh Kozlov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kozlov working aggressively here.
Kozlov seems to have got his legs back now.
Kozlov has a couple of punches blocked by Plas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Plas blocking some punches.
Plas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kozlov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kozlov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Plas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kozlov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kozlov prevents a body shot from Plas.
Plas creates a bit of distance and cracks Kozlov with a big uppercut! Kozlov goes down! The referee pushes Plas away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Kozlov make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Plas takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Vanden Plas!
A very excited looking Vanden Plas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Drago Kozlov was interviewed post fight and said 'As always I can do everything through Christ my lord and savior who strengthens me. Without him I wouldn't be here tonight. I'm Retiring thanks everything I had great career but I can't keep getting beat up like this'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mauri Kunnas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Zalachenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunnas's entrance music is Jumal x10 Lavis - Jeesus. A fine choice. Zalachenko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fistfull of Credit Cards. This should be fireworks!
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40
318 lbs
34 - 19 - 1 |
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31
270 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauri Kunnas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Zalachenko!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zalachenko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zalachenko throws a body punch but Kunnas moves out of range.
Kunnas takes the fight into the clinch.
Kunnas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kunnas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zalachenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zalachenko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kunnas up against the ropes.
Zalachenko managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Kunnas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zalachenko misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kunnas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zalachenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kunnas avoids it.
Zalachenko tries a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Zalachenko as the two fighters clinch.
Zalachenko misses with a knee strike.
Zalachenko missing with knees to the body.
Zalachenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Kunnas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalachenko landing knees to the head.
Kunnas avoiding damage as Zalachenko throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kunnas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kunnas trying to stall but Zalachenko improves his position.
Kunnas scores with a knee to the head.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zalachenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Kunnas avoids the damage to the body.
Zalachenko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kunnas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zalachenko blocks an elbow strike from Kunnas.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kunnas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zalachenko avoids the elbow strike from Kunnas, against the ropes.
Zalachenko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kunnas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zalachenko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kunnas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zalachenko misses with a body shot.
Zalachenko clobbers Kunnas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kunnas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zalachenko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kunnas momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Zalachenko. Beautiful body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Zalachenko as he connects with a hook.
Kunnas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Zalachenko.
Zalachenko lands with a nice body kick.
Zalachenko lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kunnas throws a hook but Zalachenko avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zalachenko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kunnas. Zalachenko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alexander Zalachenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zalachenko throws a head kick but Kunnas moves out of range.
Zalachenko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kunnas momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Zalachenko dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zalachenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Kunnas misses.
A combination from Kunnas does no damage.
Kunnas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zalachenko throws a big shot that misses.
Zalachenko misses with a body kick.
Zalachenko misses with a head kick.
Kunnas avoids the head kick by Zalachenko.
Alexander Zalachenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kunnas moves out of range of the body kick.
Zalachenko throws a jab but it's blocked by Kunnas.
Kunnas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Zalachenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Zalachenko misses its intended target.
Kunnas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zalachenko throws a nice looking combination but Kunnas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left lands for Zalachenko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kunnas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zalachenko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kunnas misses with a leg kick.
Kunnas misses with a leg kick.
Zalachenko tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zalachenko looks to land a left hand but Kunnas moved out of range nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Zalachenko. That snapped Kunnas's head back.
Kunnas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zalachenko is out of range and Kunnas settles back down.
Zalachenko moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zalachenko throws a hook to the side of Kunnas's head but Kunnas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kunnas feints and then cracks Zalachenko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zalachenko down.
Zalachenko lands a two punch combo.
Kunnas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zalachenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zalachenko uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zalachenko connects with a leg kick. Kunnas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zalachenko misses with a wild combination.
Kunnas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kunnas throws a head kick that misses.
Kunnas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Zalachenko counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kunnas throws a leg kick but Zalachenko moved away.
Kunnas defending well as Zalachenko loads up on a big left hand.
Kunnas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zalachenko stuns Kunnas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kunnas.
Zalachenko goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zalachenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zalachenko scores with a jab.
Kunnas misses with a low kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zalachenko, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alexander Zalachenko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kunnas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kunnas moves into the clinch.
Zalachenko blocks an elbow strike from Kunnas.
Kunnas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kunnas takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Mauri Kunnas has been cut.
Kunnas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zalachenko tries a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Zalachenko. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Zalachenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zalachenko pushes off an throws an elbow but Kunnas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Zalachenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zalachenko lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Zalachenko on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kunnas tries to land knees in the clinch but Zalachenko avoids the damage to the body.
Zalachenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kunnas's face.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zalachenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zalachenko drops Kunnas on his ass with a big knee up the middle! Kunnas bounces straight back to his feet before the referee can even start a count. We'll have to wait a moment to see if that actually hurt him or not, as he takes the standing 8 count.
Kunnas is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalachenko delivers a nice body kick.
Kunnas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zalachenko throws a head kick that misses.
Kunnas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Zalachenko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kunnas momentarily.
Oh Kunnas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kunnas drops his guard momentarily, allowing Zalachenko to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Kunnas! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Zalachenko takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Alexander Zalachenko!
Alexander Zalachenko took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I am pleased and shocked to have won this fight! Hope I can have some more big fights here in Tokyo.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Pericic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kveldulfsson comes to the ring accompanied by Moti Ragnarokum. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pericic's choice of entrance music: T.N.T. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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25
220 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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24
210 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorge Pericic!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kveldulfsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pericic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kveldulfsson.
Pericic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pericic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pericic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pericic tries to clinch up.
Kveldulfsson throws a head kick but Pericic moves out of range.
Kveldulfsson throws a head kick but Pericic moves out of range.
Kveldulfsson swings for the body but Pericic moves out of range.
Pericic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kveldulfsson is able to avoid easily.
Pericic tries to close the distance and clinch but Kveldulfsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pericic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kveldulfsson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A big right from Pericic misses.
Pericic checks the leg kick.
Kveldulfsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pericic finds it's way round the side to connect with Kveldulfsson's head.
Pericic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kveldulfsson tries a low kick but Pericic avoids it.
Kveldulfsson throws a leg kick but Pericic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kveldulfsson stalks Pericic and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pericic's face. Pericic staggers backwards, shaken.
Pericic is looking to clinch.
Kveldulfsson throws a leg kick which misses Pericic's front leg but catches the back leg as Pericic tries to avoid it.
Jorge Pericic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pericic slips a jab and a cross from Kveldulfsson.
Pericic throws a head kick but Kveldulfsson moves out of range.
Kveldulfsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kveldulfsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pericic throws out the jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Kveldulfsson scores with a four punch combination!
A swing and a miss from Pericic.
Kveldulfsson has managed to clinch.
Pericic managing to block the knees to the body from Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson prevents Pericic from breaking the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kveldulfsson trying to stall but Pericic improves his position.
Pericic takes an elbow to the temple.
Pericic misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Pericic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short left from Kveldulfsson.
A short right from Kveldulfsson on the inside.
Pericic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pericic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pericic moves in looking to clinch but Kveldulfsson pushes him off.
Pericic doesn't manage to clinch there - Kveldulfsson circles away.
Kveldulfsson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kveldulfsson throws a body kick that misses.
Kveldulfsson throws a series of punches but Pericic avoids them all with ease.
Kveldulfsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pericic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kveldulfsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Kveldulfsson blocks the leg kick.
Kveldulfsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kveldulfsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Kveldulfsson throws a nice head kick!
Pericic tries to clinch but Kveldulfsson is having none of it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pericic!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pericic is looking to clinch.
Pericic moves into the clinch successfully.
Kveldulfsson stalling in the clinch.
Pericic lands an elbow just above Kveldulfsson 's eye.
It looks like Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson has been cut.
Pericic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Pericic missing with knees to the body.
Pericic has had enough of the clinch but Kveldulfsson keeps him there for the moment.
Pericic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kveldulfsson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kveldulfsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kveldulfsson tries to stall but Pericic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kveldulfsson blocks an elbow strike from Pericic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kveldulfsson dodges an elbow strike from Pericic.
Kveldulfsson stalling in the clinch but Pericic improves position.
Pericic landing knees to the body.
Pericic avoids the elbow strike from Kveldulfsson, against the ropes.
Kveldulfsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kveldulfsson stalling in the clinch but Pericic improves position.
Good body shot from Kveldulfsson.
Pericic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kveldulfsson.
Pericic dodges an elbow strike from Kveldulfsson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pericic pushes off an throws an elbow but Kveldulfsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Pericic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kveldulfsson.
Pericic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pericic wants to clinch up but Kveldulfsson keeps it at a distance.
Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kveldulfsson dodges the punch combination from Pericic.
Pericic throws out a loose jab but Kveldulfsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pericic lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pericic rushes Kveldulfsson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kveldulfsson blocks the elbow strike.
Pericic letting Kveldulfsson take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kveldulfsson.
Pericic misses with an elbow over the top.
Kveldulfsson looking to slow down the pace here.
Pericic throws an elbow but it misses.
Kveldulfsson trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pericic avoiding damage as Kveldulfsson throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kveldulfsson misses with some punches.
Pericic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kveldulfsson tries to stall but Pericic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pericic lands a shoulder strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pericic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Pericic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kveldulfsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kveldulfsson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pericic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pericic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kveldulfsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kveldulfsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kveldulfsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kveldulfsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Pericic is looking to clinch.
Kveldulfsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pericic was well out of range. Poor timing from Kveldulfsson.
Pericic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kveldulfsson manages to avoid it.
Pericic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pericic looks to land a right hand but Kveldulfsson moved out of range.
Kveldulfsson misses with a low kick.
Pericic doesn't manage to clinch there - Kveldulfsson circles away.
Pericic looks to land a combination. Kveldulfsson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kveldulfsson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kveldulfsson throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kveldulfsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Pericic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice defenses there by Kveldulfsson.
Pericic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Pericic tries to clinch there but Kveldulfsson circles away.
Pericic throws a hook but Kveldulfsson avoids it easily.
Kveldulfsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kveldulfsson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kveldulfsson counters with a head kick. That will keep Pericic thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Pericic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kveldulfsson is out of range and Pericic settles back down.
Pericic steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kveldulfsson. That one must have hurt.
Kveldulfsson closes the distance and pushes Pericic back into the ropes.
Kveldulfsson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kveldulfsson has Pericic pressed against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kveldulfsson tries a body shot but Pericic blocks it.
Pericic lands an elbow inside.
Pericic lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Pericic on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson lands a shoulder strike.
Jorge Pericic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pericic cracks Kveldulfsson with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from Pericic.
Kveldulfsson is looking to control Pericic's arms but Pericic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kveldulfsson has his back to the ropes.
Pericic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pericic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pericic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pericic misses with an elbow over the top.
Pericic scores with a shoulder strike.
Pericic working Kveldulfsson over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Pericic really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kveldulfsson blocks a head kick by Pericic.
Pericic throws a sloppy head kick and Kveldulfsson moves out of range easily.
Pericic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pericic is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Pericic wants to clinch.
Pericic misses with a few strikes there.
Pericic throws a sloppy head kick
and Kveldulfsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pericic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pericic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pericic misses with a wild body shot.
Pericic wants to clinch up but Kveldulfsson keeps it at a distance.
Jorge Pericic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kveldulfsson scores with a spinning back kick!
Kveldulfsson slips under a jab from Pericic.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pericic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pericic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kveldulfsson can't find room to land a body shot as Pericic controls the action.
Kveldulfsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pericic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kveldulfsson avoids it.
Pericic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Pericic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pericic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kveldulfsson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pericic throws a punch but it's blocked by Kveldulfsson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kveldulfsson pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Pericic trying to land knees to the body.
Pericic has had enough of the clinch but Kveldulfsson keeps him there for the moment.
Kveldulfsson avoids the elbow strike from Pericic, against the ropes.
Pericic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kveldulfsson is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pericic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kveldulfsson looking to stall.
Pericic takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Jorge Pericic has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pericic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pericic throws an elbow that misses.
Kveldulfsson is stalling here.
Kveldulfsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kveldulfsson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kveldulfsson dodges an elbow strike from Pericic.
Kveldulfsson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pericic's defenses.
Kveldulfsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Pericic dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Pericic scores with a head kick. Kveldulfsson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kveldulfsson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kveldulfsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pericic takes a step back to recover.
Pericic works Kveldulfsson's body with a nice hook.
Kveldulfsson avoids the head kick by Pericic.
A jab from Pericic does it's job there.
Kveldulfsson rushes Pericic and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Pericic tries a body shot but Kveldulfsson blocks it.
Kveldulfsson lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pericic.
Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kveldulfsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kveldulfsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kveldulfsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Pericic swings wildly with an uppercut but Kveldulfsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kveldulfsson holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kveldulfsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Pericic gets an underhook and turns Kveldulfsson into the ropes.
Pericic blocks a body shot from Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson taking a breather.
Kveldulfsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pericic throws an elbow that misses.
Pericic pushes off an throws an elbow but Kveldulfsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Kveldulfsson looking to slow down the pace here.
Kveldulfsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pericic misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pericic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pericic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kveldulfsson prevents a body shot from Pericic.
Jorge Pericic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kveldulfsson throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kveldulfsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pericic dodges an elbow strike from Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson blocks the elbow strike.
Pericic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kveldulfsson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kveldulfsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kveldulfsson lands an elbow just above Pericic 's eye.
Kveldulfsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kveldulfsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kveldulfsson leaning against his opponent.
Pericic avoids the elbow strike from Kveldulfsson, against the ropes.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson.
Well Pericic 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 47:48
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 47:48
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Pericic!
Jorge Pericic thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between John Schmidt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artie Quitter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Schmidt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Artie Quitter !
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quitter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schmidt takes a jab right on the kisser.
Quitter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Schmidt misses with a left hand
and Quitter counters with a nice kick to the body.
Quitter lands a really nice looking cross but Schmidt seems unphased.
Schmidt throws an overhand right that lands on Quitter 's shoulder, as Quitter tries to avoid the shot.
Schmidt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quitter .
An inside leg kick from Quitter misses.
Schmidt throws a right hand that misses
and Quitter counters with a stiff right hand.
Quitter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quitter connects with a looping right hand.
Schmidt throws a low kick but Quitter avoids it.
Quitter lands a jab to the head.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Quitter tries to land a front kick but Schmidt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Quitter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Quitter is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Schmidt.
A nice combination there by Quitter .
Schmidt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
John Schmidt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quitter lunges at Schmidt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Schmidt's hand.
Quitter moves away from the strike by Schmidt.
Quitter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Schmidt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Schmidt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quitter .
Schmidt connects with an inside leg kick.
Quitter 's corner calls for a 1-2. Quitter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a leg kick
and Quitter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Quitter has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Schmidt loads up on a big right hand but Quitter slips the punch.
Schmidt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Quitter lands a leg kick that knocks Schmidt off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Quitter slams his shin into Schmidt's torso.
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!
Schmidt tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Quitter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Schmidt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quitter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Quitter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schmidt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slapping leg kick lands for Quitter .
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Quitter checks it.
Quitter throws a low kick but Schmidt moves out of range easily.
Quitter connects with the punch.
Quitter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Quitter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Schmidt on the side of the head.
Schmidt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quitter .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Schmidt.
Quitter blocks a leg kick.
Schmidt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Quitter is out of range and Schmidt settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Artie Quitter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Quitter tries to land a front kick but Schmidt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Schmidt scores with a hook.
Quitter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schmidt throws a jab when Quitter was well out of range.
Quitter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Schmidt tried to score with a low kick but Quitter checks it.
Schmidt closes the distance and pushes Quitter back into the ropes.
Quitter wants to break free but Schmidt has control.
Schmidt trying to land knees to the body.
Schmidt has a couple of punches blocked by Quitter .
Schmidt prevents Quitter from breaking the clinch.
Quitter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quitter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schmidt moves out of range as Quitter throws a body kick.
Schmidt throws a front kick aimed at Quitter 's knee but Quitter avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt slips a straight right by Quitter .
Schmidt with a nice cross.
Quitter checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Schmidt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Quitter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quitter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schmidt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quitter 's elbow.
Schmidt landing knees to the body.
Quitter has had enough of the clinch but Schmidt keeps him there for the moment.
Schmidt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schmidt lands with a short shot to the head.
Schmidt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schmidt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Schmidt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Quitter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quitter checks a low kick from Schmidt.
Quitter moves away from the strike by Schmidt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schmidt.
Schmidt takes a swing at Quitter 's ribcage but misses.
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!
Quitter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Schmidt misses with a low kick.
Quitter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schmidt.
Quitter misses with a double jab.
Schmidt thumps Quitter with a low kick.
Quitter moves away from the strike by Schmidt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Schmidt finds it's target.
Schmidt throws a front kick aimed at Quitter 's knee but Quitter avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Quitter .
Quitter feints and then cracks Schmidt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schmidt down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Schmidt dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Schmidt throws a sloppy head kick and Quitter moves out of range easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Quitter . Schmidt shrugs it off though.
Quitter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Quitter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schmidt.
Schmidt misses with a body shot.
Schmidt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schmidt.
Schmidt misses with a kick to the body
and Quitter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Quitter throws the kick towards the body but Schmidt avoids it.
Quitter avoids a kick to the body.
Schmidt throws a leg kick that is checked
and Quitter counters with a good low kick that Schmidt was not able to check.
Schmidt throws a chopping leg kick but Quitter manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quitter misses the shot to the body.
Quitter blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt misses with a leg kick
and Quitter counters with an outside leg kick.
John Schmidt is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quitter .
Schmidt lands a nice shot that snaps Quitter 's head back.
Schmidt misses with a lunging right hand
and Quitter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Quitter .
Quitter looks for the body kick but Schmidt saw that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Schmidt lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Quitter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quitter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Schmidt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quitter moves away.
Quitter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schmidt.
Schmidt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quitter just misses with a punch to the body.
Schmidt throws a hook but Quitter blocks it.
A lazy left from Quitter finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Schmidt ducks under a wild hook from Quitter .
Quitter thumps Schmidt with a low kick.
Quitter checks a leg kick nicely.
Quitter blocks a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Quitter checks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quitter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schmidt was well out of range. Poor timing from Quitter .
Schmidt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Schmidt tries to score with a low kick but Quitter moves his leg out of the way.
A solid body kick from Quitter .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quitter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Schmidt.
Schmidt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Schmidt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quitter .
Quitter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schmidt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but John Schmidt did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Quitter scores with a jab to the head.
Quitter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schmidt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Quitter throws a sloppy head kick and Schmidt moves out of range easily.
Quitter just misses with a punch to the body.
Quitter blocks a low kick nicely.
Quitter scores with a sloppy right hand. Schmidt should have avoided that one.
Quitter loads up on a big right hand but Schmidt slips the punch.
Quitter 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Schmidt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Quitter blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Quitter misses the target.
Schmidt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Quitter throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Quitter moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Quitter . That one must have hurt.
Quitter on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Schmidt throws an overhand right that lands on Quitter 's shoulder, as Quitter tries to avoid the shot.
Schmidt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schmidt looks to land a right hand but Quitter moved out of range.
Schmidt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Quitter 's sensitive parts.
Schmidt lands a nice shot that snaps Quitter 's head back.
An inside leg kick from Schmidt misses.
Schmidt checks a leg kick.
Schmidt throws a leg kick
letting Quitter counter with a right hand.
Quitter thuds his shin into the meat of Schmidt's side.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schmidt.
Schmidt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quitter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schmidt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quitter thows a body shot but no joy.
Schmidt throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Schmidt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quitter throws a hook but Schmidt blocks it.
Schmidt throws a jab but it's blocked by Quitter .
Quitter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schmidt. That did some damage!
Quitter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schmidt pushes Quitter up against the ropes in a clinch.
Quitter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schmidt misses with an elbow over the top.
Quitter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the head but Quitter blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Schmidt had his way with Artie Quitter in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Quitter fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Schmidt checks it well.
Artie Quitter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quitter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Quitter throws a leg kick but Schmidt moved away.
Schmidt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Schmidt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Quitter .
Nice cross by Schmidt.
Schmidt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Crunch! Quitter slams his shin into Schmidt's torso.
Quitter looks to throw the jab but Schmidt is out of range.
Quitter misses with a body kick.
Schmidt scores with a nice strike.
Good exchange - Quitter coming out on top.
Quitter takes a swing at Schmidt's ribcage but misses.
Schmidt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt connects with a solid leg kick.
Schmidt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Quitter jabs Schmidt right on the nose. Schmidt blinks but takes it well.
A big right from Quitter misses.
Schmidt's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Quitter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schmidt.
Quitter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John Schmidt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Schmidt will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Schmidt wants to slow Quitter down by chopping away at his legs.
Schmidt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Quitter on the side of the head.
Schmidt scores with a leg kick.
Schmidt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Schmidt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quitter has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schmidt connects with a solid leg kick.
Quitter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quitter misses the shot to the body.
Schmidt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Quitter blocks a jab.
Quitter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Schmidt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Quitter checks a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Schmidt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schmidt throws a low kick, looking for Quitter 's leg but Quitter calmly moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Quitter misses the target.
Schmidt lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quitter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Quitter misses with a low kick.
Schmidt misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Schmidt.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Schmidt.
Well Schmidt has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Schmidt!
After the fight, John Schmidt was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Miguel Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feyd Rautha Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harkonnen's choice of entrance music: The Headstones-Heart of Darkness. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miguel Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Feyd Rautha Harkonnen!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez looks to land a right hand but Harkonnen moved out of range.
Chavez tries to bum rush Harkonnen with a series of wild strikes but Harkonnen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chavez.
Harkonnen tries to land a front kick but Chavez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Chavez has closed the distance and engaged Harkonnen in a clinch.
Chavez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chavez has a couple of punches blocked by Harkonnen.
Chavez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harkonnen looking to throw knees to the head but Chavez is blocking nicely.
Harkonnen blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Chavez fails to land.
Harkonnen lands an elbow just above Chavez 's eye.
Harkonnen lands a nice knee to the body.
Chavez scores a nice knee to the body.
Chavez blocks an elbow strike.
Harkonnen is trying to break the clinch but Chavez is controlling him.
Chavez lands with a short shot to the head.
It looks like Feyd Rautha Harkonnen has been cut.
Harkonnen connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Harkonnen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chavez backwards.
Chavez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harkonnen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chavez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez avoiding damage as Harkonnen throws knees to the body.
Chavez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen can't find room to land a body shot as Chavez controls the action.
Harkonnen crunches a lovely knee into Chavez's ribcage.
Harkonnen is looking to break free of the clinch but Chavez has double underhooks.
Harkonnen has had enough of the clinch but Chavez keeps him there for the moment.
Chavez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chavez avoiding damage as Harkonnen throws knees to the body.
Harkonnen keeps control of Chavez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chavez breaks the clinch.
Harkonnen has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Chavez is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Chavez pushes Harkonnen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Harkonnen pushes off an throws an elbow but Chavez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Chavez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harkonnen lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harkonnen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chavez tries to work over Harkonnen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chavez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chavez pushes off an throws an elbow but Harkonnen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harkonnen tries a body shot but Chavez blocks it.
Chavez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harkonnen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chavez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Chavez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harkonnen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the body kick from Chavez.
Harkonnen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chavez throws a leg kick which misses Harkonnen's front leg but catches the back leg as Harkonnen tries to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Harkonnen blocks the low kick.
Chavez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harkonnen moves away from the strike by Chavez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harkonnen throws a lazy right hand but Chavez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
Chavez tries to land knees in the clinch but Harkonnen avoids the damage to the body.
Chavez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harkonnen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Chavez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Feyd Rautha Harkonnen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Chavez closes the distance and pushes Harkonnen back into the ropes.
Harkonnen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harkonnen misses with an elbow over the top.
Chavez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harkonnen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chavez avoids it.
Chavez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chavez misses with a knee to the head.
Harkonnen tries to break the clinch but Chavez is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen scores a nice knee to the body.
Chavez avoids the elbow strike from Harkonnen, against the ropes.
Miguel Chavez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chavez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harkonnen is defending well for now.
Chavez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chavez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Chavez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harkonnen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chavez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harkonnen moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Harkonnen thumps Chavez with a low kick.
Chavez throws a shot from downtown. Harkonnen moves away and avoids it.
Harkonnen tries to score with a low kick but Chavez moves his leg out of the way.
Chavez throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
Chavez blocks a jab.
Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
Harkonnen working aggressively here.
Chavez landing knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chavez's defenses.
Harkonnen avoiding damage as Chavez throws knees to the body.
Chavez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Chavez.
Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez is trying to maintain a safe position but Harkonnen gets an underhook and turns Chavez into the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen managing to block the knees to the body from Chavez.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen throws an elbow but it misses.
Chavez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harkonnen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chavez misses with a head kick.
Chavez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harkonnen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harkonnen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chavez's defenses.
Chavez has a couple of punches blocked by Harkonnen.
Chavez has had enough of the clinch but Harkonnen keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen tries to work over Chavez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chavez lands a shoulder strike.
Chavez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harkonnen backwards.
Chavez takes an elbow to the temple.
Chavez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harkonnen is defending well for now.
Chavez wants to get back to striking at distance but Harkonnen won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Miguel Chavez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Feyd Rautha Harkonnen's cut.
That's time! Chavez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harkonnen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chavez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chavez checks the leg kick.
Harkonnen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chavez.
A slapping body kick lands there for Chavez.
Chavez misses with a looping right.
Harkonnen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chavez, right into the meat.
Harkonnen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harkonnen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chavez lands a jab to the nose.
Chavez tries to score with a low kick but Harkonnen moves his leg out of the way.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the strikes.
Chavez staying out of range there.
Harkonnen swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Chavez counter with a right hand.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chavez.
Harkonnen looks to score with a jab to the body but Chavez is just out of range.
Chavez cracks Harkonnen with an open hand slap.
Chavez connects with an inside leg kick.
Chavez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harkonnen connects with a single shot there.
Miguel Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harkonnen throws a right hand that Chavez ducks under and follows up with a left that Chavez also avoids with ease.
Chavez misses with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Chavez.
Chavez blocks a head kick by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
Harkonnen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chavez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harkonnen.
Miguel Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Chavez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Chavez defending well as Harkonnen loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A shot to the liver by Harkonnen. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavez throws a body punch but Harkonnen moves out of range.
Chavez avoids the body shot from Harkonnen.
A telegraphed right hand from Harkonnen misses the target.
Harkonnen digs a good body shot into Chavez's ribs.
Harkonnen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chavez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harkonnen finds it's way round the side to connect with Chavez's head.
Nice shot lands for Chavez.
Harkonnen misses with a low kick.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chavez lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harkonnen throws a head kick but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez is looking to chop away at Harkonnen's legs.
Chavez throws a leg kick that misses.
Chavez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Chavez clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Feyd Rautha Harkonnen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harkonnen walks into a left hand.
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chavez.
Chavez pushes Harkonnen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harkonnen obliges.
Harkonnen is trying to push Chavez away but Chavez has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Chavez misses with a knee to the head.
Chavez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chavez as Harkonnen tries to tie him up.
Chavez trying to land knees to the body.
Harkonnen dodges an elbow strike from Chavez.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Harkonnen avoiding damage as Chavez throws knees to the body.
Chavez lands an elbow just above Harkonnen 's eye.
Chavez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harkonnen's efforts to push away.
Chavez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chavez.
Harkonnen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harkonnen misses with a head kick.
Chavez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chavez looks to land a body kick but Harkonnen moved away.
Harkonnen cracks the inside of Chavez's front leg.
Harkonnen defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Harkonnen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harkonnen avoids a kick to the body.
Chavez works Harkonnen's body with a nice hook.
Chavez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harkonnen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harkonnen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harkonnen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harkonnen thows a body shot but no joy.
Harkonnen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chavez is able to avoid easily.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the body kick from Chavez.
Chavez closes the distance and pushes Harkonnen back into the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harkonnen tries to break free but Chavez pushes him back against the ropes.
Harkonnen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chavez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Harkonnen scores with a nice short uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Chavez.
Harkonnen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chavez's defenses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chavez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chavez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harkonnen landing knees to the body.
Chavez dodges an elbow strike from Harkonnen.
Chavez lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Feyd Rautha Harkonnen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Feyd Rautha Harkonnen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Crunch! Harkonnen slams his shin into Chavez's torso.
Chavez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that misses.
Chavez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harkonnen is out of range and Chavez settles back down.
Chavez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chavez lands a high kick!
Harkonnen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chavez.
Harkonnen misses with a head kick.
Chavez slips under a jab from Harkonnen.
Chavez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A low kick from Chavez misses
and Harkonnen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harkonnen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chavez. Chavez obviously looking to wear him down.
Chavez throws a leg kick but Harkonnen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harkonnen throws a chopping leg kick but Chavez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Chavez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen lands with an overhand left.
Chavez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chavez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chavez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chavez trying to land knees to the body.
Harkonnen pushes off an throws an elbow but Chavez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Harkonnen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harkonnen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harkonnen moves in looking to clinch but Chavez pushes him off.
Chavez tries to move into range but Harkonnen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chavez avoids the body shot from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen misses with an uppercut.
Harkonnen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harkonnen looks for the body kick but Chavez saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Harkonnen counters with an inside leg kick.
Chavez checks a leg kick nicely.
Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
Chavez tries to stall but Harkonnen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chavez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harkonnen is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chavez lands with a light punch inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chavez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harkonnen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chavez.
Chavez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harkonnen is able to avoid easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chavez has Harkonnen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Chavez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Feyd Rautha Harkonnen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chavez lands a nice knee to the body.
Chavez tries a knee to the head but Harkonnen blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Chavez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chavez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 49:46
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Chavez!
A very excited looking Miguel Chavez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Travis Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaozinho Gurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reed comes into the arena with Bitkit - Explode blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Travis Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joaozinho Gurgel!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reed takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gurgel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reed connects with a solid leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gurgel manages to avoid it.
Gurgel lands with an uppercut that bounces Reed off the ropes and back into range.
Gurgel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reed.
Reed walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gurgel throws a nice head kick!
Gurgel connects with the punch.
Reed is rocked!
Gurgel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reed. That's going to slow Gurgel down.
Reed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gurgel was well out of range. Poor timing from Reed.
Reed bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A good leg kick by Gurgel.
Gurgel avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gurgel manages to avoid it.
Gurgel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reed. That did some damage!
Reed scores with a jab to the body.
Gurgel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gurgel lands with a kick to the ribs.
Reed throws the left hand but Gurgel avoids the punch easily.
Gurgel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Reed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gurgel scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Joaozinho Gurgel has been cut.
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!
Reed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reed looks to land a body kick but Gurgel moved away.
Gurgel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reed throws out the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gurgel.
A head kick misses from Gurgel.
Reed misses the jab.
Gurgel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel lands a right hook to the body.
Gurgel throws out a powerful jab.
Gurgel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reed.
Reed has been working on his boxing with his coaches at EvolutioN MMA Acadamy & Gym ( 12 ELITE Coaches ) in the buildup to the fight.
Reed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reed throws a jab but it's blocked by Gurgel.
Gurgel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Reed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gurgel.
Gurgel lands a jab-cross combination.
Oh Reed is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reed throws a shot from downtown. Gurgel moves away and avoids it.
Gurgel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reed seems to have got his legs back now.
Gurgel closes the distance and catches Reed with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Reed is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Reed is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Reed is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Gurgel takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Joaozinho Gurgel!
After winning the bout, Joaozinho Gurgel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harrison's choice of entrance music: Dizzy Rascal - Sirens. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Liam Harrison enters the ring!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bird!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Liam Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harrison.
Bird thumps Harrison with a low kick.
A lazy left from Bird finds it's target.
Bird throws a jab but it's blocked by Harrison.
Harrison misses with a few strikes there.
Harrison misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Bird.
Harrison doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bird scores with a decent looking hook.
Harrison checks a low kick from Bird.
Bird moves out of range of the strikes.
Harrison swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harrison throws a lazy uppercut
and Bird moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bird.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bird lands a damaging elbow.
Our sources have told us that Bird has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Harrison throws a head punch that misses.
Bird lands a knee to the head.
Harrison managing to block the knees to the body from Bird.
Bird pushes Harrison back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bird on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bird lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Bird lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Bird.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good body shot from Bird.
Bird lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bird lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
Harrison takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bird is keeping busy.
Bird doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bird blocks an uppercut.
Bird with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bird misses with an elbow strike.
Bird just leaning against Harrison, taking a breather.
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!
Bird lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bird tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrison avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bird.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bird lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harrison misses with some punches.
Harrison misses with a body punch.
Harrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harrison creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harrison letting Bird take a breather here.
Bird lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bird connects with a knee to the head.
Bird on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bird lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bird lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Bird.
Bird dodges an elbow strike from Harrison.
Bird lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
Bird lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Bird.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bird blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bird working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Bird controls his hands.
Harrison lands a damaging elbow.
Bird gets through Harrison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bird keeps control of Harrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harrison lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harrison looks winded!
Harrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bird has him pressed against the ropes.
Harrison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
Bird gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bird lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harrison avoiding damage as Bird throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Bird - that landed with a thud.
Bird throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrisons head.
Bird lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Bird lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from Bird.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bird obliges.
Bird putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harrison in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Harrison in his tracks for a moment.
Bird stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bird is leaning against Harrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bird lands a body punch.
Bird creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrison's defenses.
Bird lands an elbow inside that Harrison shrugs off.
Harrison trying to stall but Bird improves his position.
A short body shot lands from Bird as the two fighters clinch.
Bird creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrison's defenses.
Bird lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bird lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Bird working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bird digs a right hand into Harrison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harrison's gas tank.
Harrison tries to break the clinch but Bird is controlling the position.
Harrison throws a punch but it's blocked by Bird.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Bird dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harrison on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bird. Bird obviously looking to wear him down.
Harrison scores with a nice head shot.
Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Bird is just out of range.
Bird misses the shot to the body.
Bird lands a front kick.
Nice cross by Bird.
Bird ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harrison scores with a jab to the head.
Bird closes the distance and clinches.
Bird scores with a nice hook to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Harrison lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bird stalls.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bird makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bird.
Bird tries to work over Harrison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bird lands a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Bird.
Harrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bird lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harrison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bird blocking some punches.
Harrison tries to circle away but Bird has him pinned against the ropes.
Harrison takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Bird.
Bird is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrison is defending well for now.
Bird tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harrison's elbow.
Bird lands with a right to the head.
Bird working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bird landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bird crunches a lovely knee into Harrison's ribcage.
Harrison is breathing heavily.
Bird trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird landing knees to the body.
Bird is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrison can do to turn this around?
Bird digs a right hand underneath Harrison's ribcage. Harrison let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bird lands a shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bird obliges.
Bird lands a body punch.
Bird lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bird lands a nice shot to the body.
Bird lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Bird.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bird.
Bird lands a shot to the body.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
Bird lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bird presses Harrison against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bird lands with a right to the head.
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Harrison in his tracks for a moment.
Bird working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Bird on the inside.
Bird lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bird is leaning against Harrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bird is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrison working hard to break the clinch.
Harrison takes an elbow to the temple.
Bird lands with a short shot to the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bird here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Harrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrison takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bird with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Harrison fails to land.
Bird utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harrison misses with a punch to the body.
Harrison breaks from the clinch.
Bird uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harrison.
Bird listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bird tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Harrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harrison takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bird scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bird.
Bird throws a head kick that Harrison semi-blocks.
Bird scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bird connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bird looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bird staying out of range there.
Bird ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bird scores with a push kick.
Bird with a jab.
Bird thumps Harrison with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bird works the jab nicely.
A clash of legs there as Harrison blocks the low kick.
The crowd cheers as Harrison lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bird doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Bird dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bird scores with a push kick.
Harrison might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bird. That's going to slow Harrison down.
Bird tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harrison throws a leg kick but Bird sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harrison blocks a head kick by Bird.
Good shot there by Bird.
Bird throws a body kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrison misses the target.
Harrison throws a poor cross that misses
and Bird counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bird.
Bird avoids a wild elbow strike from Harrison.
Bird scores a nice knee to the body.
Harrison misses with the head strike.
Bird lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bird lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harrison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird is leaning against Harrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bird blocking some punches.
Bird displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harrison up against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Bird - that landed with a thud.
Harrison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
Bird scores with a knee to the head.
Bird lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Bird.
Bird lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harrison is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Bird as the two fighters clinch.
Harrison is still on wobbly legs! Can Bird finish him?
Bird lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Bird gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bird landing knees to the head.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Bird has control of Harrison and unloads with a rapid fire barage of elbows, sending Harrison crashing to the mat! Harrison looks in big trouble - I don't think he's going to beat the count! He hasn't! The referee has reached 10 and this fight is all over! Bird looks delighted, as well he should.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). William Bird!
William Bird retains his lightweight title!
An intense looking William Bird took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I am the greatest KT fighter of all time! There is noone in 135 to 155 lbs that even come close to my level. If you disagree, I welcome you into the ring where you will receive a fistful of pain!'.
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