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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Marcos Menem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin has chosen Fairies Wear Boots - Black Sabbath 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Menem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Menem dodges the punch combination from Karelin.
Menem just misses with a punch to the body.
Karelin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Menem throws a half hearted mid kick.
Karelin slips under a jab.
Karelin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Menem misses with a wild body shot.
Menem lands a nice hook to Karelin's body. Karelin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelin misses with a series of wild punches.
Crunch! Menem slams his shin into Karelin's torso.
Karelin looks winded!
Menem throws a wild body kick that Karelin sees coming a mile off.
Karelin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Menem was well out of range. Poor timing from Karelin.
Menem lands with a nice body kick.
Menem scores with a kick to the body.
Menem swings for the body but Karelin moves out of range.
Menem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karelin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Menem.
Menem swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menem goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Karelin walks into a stiff left hand from Menem.
Menem catches Karelin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Menem scores with a kick to the midsection.
Menem darts in and clinches Karelin up against the ropes.
Menem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Menem throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Menem closes the distance and clinches.
Menem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karelin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Menem fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karelin manages to avoid it.
Karelin blocks a head kick by Menem.
Karelin walks into a stiff left hand from Menem.
Karelin is rocked!
Karelin tries to get into range but Menem steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Karelin! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Menem scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcos Menem!
A very excited looking Marcos Menem 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Humberto Manuel Arboleda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arboleda's entrance music is ASTAROTH - GUERRA DE METAL. A fine choice. Harrison has chosen Dizzy Rascal - Sirens as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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157 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humberto Manuel Arboleda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Liam Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Harrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Arboleda, right into the meat.
Arboleda takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Humberto Manuel Arboleda has been cut.
Harrison scores with a nice body kick.
Arboleda throws a head kick that misses.
Arboleda moves into range and clinches up with Harrison.
Arboleda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arboleda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harrison's face.
Harrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harrison has had enough of the clinch but Arboleda keeps him there for the moment.
Harrison has a couple of punches blocked by Arboleda.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arboleda lands a nice shot to the body.
Our sources have told us that Arboleda has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Arboleda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Arboleda tries a knee to the head but Harrison blocks it.
Harrison working aggressively here.
Arboleda lands an elbow inside that Harrison shrugs off.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the head but Harrison blocks with his arms.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Harrison blocks a body shot from Arboleda.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrison avoids it.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Harrison lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrison scores with a hook to the body.
Harrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Arboleda won't allow it.
Harrison digs a right hand into Arboleda's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Arboleda's gas tank.
Harrison throws a head punch that misses.
Harrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arboleda.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Harrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arboleda throws a sloppy head kick
and Harrison counters with an inside leg kick.
Harrison misses with a looping right.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Harrison moves out of range.
Arboleda wants to clinch.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Harrison throws a body punch but Arboleda moves out of range.
Harrison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Arboleda's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Arboleda forces Harrison back against the ropes and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda lands a nice elbow.
Harrison misses with some punches.
Harrison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harrison.
Arboleda tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrison avoids the damage to the body.
Harrison lands a left hand that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
Arboleda with a knee to the head.
Harrison takes a knee to the side of the body.
Arboleda utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harrison blocks the elbow strike.
Arboleda working Harrison over with knees to the body.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.
Harrison dodges an elbow strike from Arboleda.
Harrison lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arboleda lands a nice uppercut.
Arboleda 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.
Arboleda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arboleda lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
Arboleda blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Humberto Manuel Arboleda will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Arboleda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harrison.
Arboleda doesn't manage to clinch there - Harrison circles away.
Harrison misses with an uppercut.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harrison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harrison checks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Harrison blocks the low kick.
Arboleda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harrison connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Arboleda throws a leg kick but Harrison checks it.
Arboleda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrison throws a hook but Arboleda avoids it easily.
Arboleda wants to clinch up but Harrison keeps it at a distance.
Harrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arboleda.
Arboleda closes the distance and pushes Harrison back into the ropes.
Harrison throws an elbow that misses.
Harrison misses with some punches.
Arboleda lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arboleda lands a knee to the head.
Arboleda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Arboleda pushes off an throws an elbow but Harrison leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison prevents a body shot from Arboleda.
A short right from Arboleda on the inside.
Arboleda presses Harrison against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrison avoids it.
Arboleda wants to stall.
Harrison trying to control the position but instead, Arboleda has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harrison into the ropes.
Harrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Arboleda controls his hands.
Harrison misses with some punches.
Harrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arboleda.
Arboleda takes a shot to the head.
Arboleda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Arboleda 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.
Harrison swings wildly with an uppercut but Arboleda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Harrison.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrison comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Arboleda with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Arboleda throws an elbow but misses.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.
Arboleda throws an elbow that misses.
Harrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Harrison scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harrison lands with a short shot to the head.
Arboleda misses with a knee strike.
Harrison wants to break free but Arboleda has control.
Harrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arboleda wants to clinch up but Harrison keeps it at a distance.
Harrison misses with a straight left.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Harrison is having none of it.
Harrison scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Harrison pushes him off.
Harrison misses with a straight right.
Arboleda has taken the fight to the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Arboleda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Harrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Harrison misses with a straight left.
Harrison misses with a hook.
Harrison gets tackled into the ropes by Arboleda. Arboleda maintains the clinch.
The referee calls for Arboleda to work.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harrison avoids a wild elbow strike from Arboleda.
Arboleda looking to throw knees to the head but Harrison is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Harrison.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.
Arboleda missing with knees to the body.
Harrison swings wildly with an uppercut but Arboleda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrison scores with a shot to the side of Arboleda's head.
Harrison avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.
Arboleda lands a nice knee to the body.
Arboleda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Arboleda obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Arboleda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arboleda trying to control the position but instead, Harrison has worked for underhooks and has pushed Arboleda into the ropes.
Harrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harrison trying to stall but Arboleda improves his position.
Harrison takes an elbow to the temple.
Harrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrison blocking some punches.
Arboleda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harrison is trying to break the clinch but Arboleda has him pressed against the ropes.
Arboleda crunches a lovely knee into Harrison's ribcage.
Harrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harrison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Arboleda moves into range and clinches up with Harrison.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Arboleda obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arboleda looking to throw knees to the head but Harrison is blocking nicely.
Harrison can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrison's defenses.
Harrison misses with the head strike.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Harrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Arboleda has him pressed against the ropes.
Arboleda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arboleda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arboleda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Arboleda 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.
Arboleda misses with a body punch.
Harrison creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harrison misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Arboleda.
Arboleda lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arboleda working Harrison over with knees to the body.
Arboleda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Arboleda landing knees to the body.
Arboleda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Humberto Manuel Arboleda showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Arboleda has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Harrison!
Liam Harrison took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Blithering Idiot, you want to do this again. In Dynasty. In Japan. At 155? What you saying boy?'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Al Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alekzandr Borikav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borikav has chosen Pelican - Bliss in Concrete as his entrance music. Alekzandr Borikav has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Al Bundy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alekzandr Borikav!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Borikav misses.
Borikav blocks the body kick.
Bundy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bundy lands a leg kick that knocks Borikav off balance momentarily.
Bundy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Borikav throws out the jab.
Borikav avoids the head kick by Bundy.
Borikav blocks a head kick by Bundy.
The crowd cheers as Borikav lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bundy doesn't seem phased though.
Bundy throws out a loose jab but Borikav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borikav blocks a head kick by Bundy.
Bundy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borikav throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A good leg kick by Bundy.
Bundy throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Bundy misses its intended target.
Bundy tries a head kick but it misses.
Bundy looks for the body kick but Borikav saw that one coming.
Bundy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Borikav sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bundy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy cracks the inside of Borikav's front leg.
Borikav lands an overhand right.
Al Bundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bundy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Borikav moves out of range of the strikes.
Bundy lands with a slapping head kick.
Bundy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Borikav avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bundy slips a straight right by Borikav.
Bundy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bundy looks to land a combination but Borikav avoids it well.
Good leg kick by Bundy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bundy lands with a kick to the temple. Borikav shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Borikav takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bundy keeps Borikav at a distance using the push kick.
Borikav has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bundy throws a head kick but Borikav moves out of range.
Bundy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Borikav has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bundy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bundy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bundy misses with a hook. Borikav ducked under it nicely.
Borikav lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Borikav cracks Bundy with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Bundy is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Bundy is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Bundy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bundy walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Borikav rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Bundy has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Bundy is rocked!
Borikav chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bundy can pounce on him.
Oh Bundy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bundy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Borikav circles away quickly and effectively.
Bundy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borikav manages to avoid it.
Bundy seems to have got his legs back now.
Borikav misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bundy.
Borikav is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bundy.
Bundy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Borikav throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bundy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Borikav lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Borikav connects with a quick right hand that sends Bundy 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 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Alekzandr Borikav! Alekzandr Borikav retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Alekzandr Borikav 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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