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MBF 026 LV Tournament PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kia Ceed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oskar Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Oskar Ramirez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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289 lbs
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Brawler
Big heart
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kia Ceed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oskar Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Ceed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ramirez has managed to clinch.
Ramirez effectively controlling the action here.
Ceed looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ramirez manages to break the clinch.
Ceed throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ceed darts in and clinches Ramirez up against the ropes.
Ceed tries a body shot but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez misses with a double jab
and Ceed counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ceed rushes Ramirez and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Ramirez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ceed is keeping busy.
Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ceed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramirez avoids the head kick by Ceed.
Ramirez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ceed in his tracks.
Ramirez drives through and clinches with Ceed against the ropes.
Ceed breaks the clinch.
Ceed looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ramirez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ramirez.
It looks like Kia Ceed has been cut.
Ceed tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ramirez counters with a three punch combo that has Ceed backing up. Ceed nods at Ramirez to acknowledge the strikes.
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!
Ceed swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ceed tried to score with a low kick but Ramirez checks it.
Ceed throws a leg kick
and Ramirez counters with a right, a left and a big uppercut that drops Ceed to the mat! Ramirez runs to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. 3,4,5,6 and Ceed is back to his feet. He seems ready to continue - the ref agrees so we're back at it!
Ceed is rocked!
Ceed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramirez has managed to clinch.
Ceed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ceed throws a head kick but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez moves into the clinch.
Ramirez controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ramirez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Ramirez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez being controlled against the ropes.
Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramirez moves into the clinch.
Ceed breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ceed could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ramirez clinches with his opponent.
Ramirez breaks the clinch.
Ramirez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ramirez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ramirez breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a double jab.
Ceed avoids a kick to the body.
Ceed wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ceed wants to clinch.
Ramirez closes the distance and clinches.
Ramirez stalling against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramirez.
Ramirez manages to break the clinch.
Ceed has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Oskar Ramirez should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on Kia Ceed's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ramirez has closed the distance and engaged Ceed in a clinch.
Ramirez breaks the clinch.
Ramirez misses with a body kick.
Ramirez gets a clinch.
Ramirez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ceed is stalling here.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ceed's efforts to push away.
Ceed looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ceed backwards.
Ramirez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ceed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramirez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ceed looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramirez checks a leg kick.
Ceed moves out of range of the leg kick from Ramirez.
Ceed just misses with a punch to the body.
Ceed swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ceed pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ramirez has Ceed pressed against the ropes, preventing Ceed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ramirez looking to throw knees to the head but Ceed is blocking nicely.
Ramirez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ceed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ceed went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ceed tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez tries to counter with a clinch but Ceed shakes him off and moves away.
Ceed tries to clinch but Ramirez moves away
and Ceed takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
No joy there for Ceed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ramirez looks low and kicks high, catching Ceed right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ramirez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Oskar Ramirez has been cut.
Ramirez has managed to clinch.
Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Ramirez.
Ramirez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez has Ceed up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ceed looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ceed looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ceed moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRamirez.
Ceed misses with a hook. Ramirez ducked under it nicely.
Ceed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ramirez moves into the clinch successfully.
Ramirez manages to break the clinch.
Ramirez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ceed checks it well.
Oskar Ramirez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ceed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramirez throws a leg kick but Ceed checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ceed's head.
Ceed avoids the head kick by Ramirez.
Kia Ceed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramirez pushes Ceed up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ceed misses with a knee to the head.
Ceed tries to break free but Ramirez pushes him back against the ropes.
Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramirez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ceed tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ramirez counters with a series of strikes. Ceed will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Ceed.
Ceed swinging wildly here.
Ramirez looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ceed throws a sloppy head kick and Ramirez moves out of range easily.
Ceed doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramirez circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oskar Ramirez takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ramirez drives through and clinches with Ceed against the ropes.
Ceed wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ceed is trying to push Ramirez away but Ramirez has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ceed avoids the head kick by Ramirez.
Ramirez has closed the distance and engaged Ceed in a clinch.
Ramirez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ceed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ceed throws a low kick, looking for Ramirez's leg but Ramirez calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ceed stalling in the clinch but Ramirez improves position.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ceed's efforts to push away.
Ramirez gets through Ceed's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ceed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramirez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ceed loads up on a big right hand but Ramirez slips the punch.
Ramirez is looking to land body kicks.
Ramirez moves into range and clinches up with Ceed.
Ramirez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ceed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramirez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ramirez throws a sloppy head kick and Ceed moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ceed tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Ceed tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Ramirez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramirez instigates a clinch.
Ramirez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ramirez darts in and clinches Ceed up against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Ramirez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez trying to land knees to the body.
Ramirez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ceed is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Ramirez.
As Ramirez looks to move away, Ceed throws a big counter combo bu Ramirez just gets out of the way.
Ramirez forces Ceed back against the ropes and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ceed tries to circle away but Ramirez has him pinned against the ropes.
Ramirez missing with knees to the body.
Ceed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramirez avoids it.
Ceed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramirez taking a breather.
Ceed is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez has him pressed against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ceed tries to stall but Ramirez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ramirez breaks from the clinch.
Ceed paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Ceed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ceed misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ceed tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
Ceed misses with a double jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ceed.
Ceed misses with a straight left.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ceed throws a series of punches but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez rushes Ceed and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ramirez.
Ramirez manages to break the clinch.
Kia Ceed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oskar Ramirez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ramirez closes the distance and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oskar Ramirez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ramirez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 25:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oskar Ramirez!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Greg Hangcook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Nichols (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Solid Muay Thai
KO power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Hangcook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Nichols!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nichols tries to close the distance and clinch but Hangcook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hangcook pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Hangcook is predictable there
and Nichols counters with an outside leg kick.
Nichols scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hangcook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Nichols paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Hangcook.
Hangcook avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hangcook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hangcook closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Scott Nichols has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nichols misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nichols takes the fight into the clinch.
Nichols has a couple of punches blocked by Hangcook.
Nichols breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hangcook tries to score with a low kick but Nichols moves his leg out of the way.
Nichols pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hangcook clinches.
Hangcook missing with knees to the body.
Nichols working hard to break the clinch.
Hangcook pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Hangcook manages to break the clinch.
Nichols tries a head kick but it misses.
Nichols rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hangcook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hangcook misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nichols moves in looking to clinch but Hangcook pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nichols throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hangcook tries a head kick but it misses.
Hangcook tries to clinch but Nichols moves out of range.
Hangcook closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Nichols just leaning against Hangcook, taking a breather.
Nichols breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hangcook misses with a leg kick
and Nichols counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nichols has Hangcook pressed against the ropes, preventing Hangcook from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nichols effectively controlling the action here.
Nichols manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hangcook throws a leg kick but Nichols moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nichols pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Some wild striking there from Nichols.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nichols.
Nichols tries to close the distance and clinch but Hangcook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hangcook is looking to slow Nichols down with leg kicks.
A combination from Hangcook does no damage.
Nichols pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nichols tries to clinch there but Hangcook circles away.
As Nichols looks to move away, Hangcook throws a big counter combo bu Nichols just gets out of the way.
Hangcook tries to clinch but Nichols is having none of it.
Hangcook closes the distance and pushes Nichols back into the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hangcook breaks the clinch.
Nichols rushes Hangcook and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Hangcook breaks the clinch.
Nichols closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Nichols's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hangcook wants to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nichols trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Nichols dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Nichols's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nichols wants to clinch.
Nichols throws a body punch but Hangcook moves out of range.
Hangcook's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nichols connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hangcook scrambles back to his feet.
Nichols doesn't manage to clinch there - Hangcook circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nichols. That's going to slow Hangcook down.
Nichols clinches up with Hangcook and pushes him back against the ropes.
Nichols is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hangcook tries to stall but Nichols uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nichols breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hangcook rushes Nichols and presses him up against the ropes.
Nichols taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hangcook controlling the action here for a moment.
Hangcook breaks from the clinch.
Nichols throws the kick towards the body but Hangcook avoids it.
Nichols closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Nichols breaks the clinch.
Nichols lands with a slapping head kick.
Greg Hangcook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nichols.
Hangcook blocks a head kick by Nichols.
Hangcook tries to keep at a distance but Nichols has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hangcook tries to stall but Nichols uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nichols taking a breather.
Hangcook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Nichols escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hangcook drives through and clinches with Nichols against the ropes.
Nichols has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nichols throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hangcooks head.
Nichols tries to circle away but Hangcook has him pinned against the ropes.
Hangcook stalls.
Hangcook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hangcook connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hangcook fakes the leg kick and cracks Nichols in the body.
Nichols swats away the attempt to clinch by Hangcook.
Nichols fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hangcook with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hangcook avoids the head kick by Nichols.
Hangcook wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nichols misses with an uppercut.
Nichols rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hangcook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hangcook.
Hangcook throws a series of punches but Nichols moves out of range.
Scott Nichols seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hangcook throws a right hand that Nichols ducks under and follows up with a left that Nichols also avoids with ease.
Hangcook moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hangcook blocks a body shot from Nichols.
Hangcook using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nichols has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott Nichols seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hangcook is looking to control Nichols's arms but Nichols gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hangcook has his back to the ropes.
Nichols breaks from the clinch.
Hangcook instigates a clinch.
Hangcook misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nichols trying to land knees to the body.
Nichols wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hangcook has him pressed against the ropes.
Hangcook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nichols instigates a clinch.
Nichols wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nichols is looking to break free of the clinch but Hangcook has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Scott Nichols will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Scott Nichols's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Nichols misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hangcook throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nichols moves into the clinch.
Nichols can't find room to land a body shot as Hangcook controls the action.
Nichols takes a shot to the head.
Hangcook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hangcook bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Hangcook. Those never looked like landing.
Hangcook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Nichols paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hangcook looks to land a combination. Nichols sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nichols tries to clinch but Hangcook is having none of it.
Hangcook tries to clinch but Nichols moves out of range.
Hangcook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nichols takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nichols misses with a head kick.
Nichols circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hangcook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hangcook throws a body shot but no joy.
Nichols darts in and clinches Hangcook up against the ropes.
Nichols is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hangcook is keeping busy.
Nichols looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hangcook throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hangcook is looking to break free of the clinch but Nichols has double underhooks.
Nichols tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hangcook dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hangcook wants to get back to striking at distance but Nichols won't allow it.
Hangcook lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nichols is trying to force a seperation but Hangcook has the dominant position.
Hangcook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hangcook closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Hangcook working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Hangcook.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hangcook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hangcook tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Nichols manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nichols tries to counter by closing the distance.
Nichols is looking to clinch but Hangcook is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hangcook thuds a left hand into Nichols's body.
Nichols fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hangcook, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hangcook taking a breather.
Nichols is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hangcook is defending well for now.
Hangcook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nichols has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hangcook creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nichols's defenses.
Nichols trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hangcook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hangcook misses with a kick to the body
and Nichols counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hangcook misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nichols circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nichols will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hangcook tries to close the distance and clinch but Nichols swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hangcook gets a clinch.
Nichols missing with knees to the body.
Hangcook taking a breather.
Nichols has had enough of the clinch but Hangcook keeps him there for the moment.
Nichols landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hangcook working hard to break the clinch.
Greg Hangcook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott Nichols is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hangcook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Hangcook showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nichols has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Nichols!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sergio Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiery Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiery Henry has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sergio Perez's chin.
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Good chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiery Henry!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez throws a body kick that misses.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry fails to land with a series of punches.
Perez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Despite the aggression on Henry's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Henry has closed the distance and engaged Perez in a clinch.
Perez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henry letting Perez take a breather here.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Perez is blocking nicely.
Henry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henry moves out of range of the body kick.
Henry feints a counter leg kick.
Perez moves into the clinch.
Henry avoiding damage as Perez throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry is looking to control Perez's arms but Perez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Henry has his back to the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perez.
Perez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Henry!
Henry looks to land a combination but Perez avoids it well.
Henry pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Perez back to the ropes. Henry follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Perez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Perez closes the distance but Henry moves to the side
letting Henry counter with a right hand.
Perez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henry was well out of range. Poor timing from Perez.
Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Henry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Henry tries to break free but Perez pushes him back against the ropes.
Henry being controlled against the ropes.
Henry can't break the clinch.
Henry taking a breather.
Perez can't break the clinch.
Henry has Perez pressed against the ropes.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Perez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Henry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Perez's efforts to push away.
Perez has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry manages to break the clinch.
Perez tries a head kick but it misses.
A left and a right from Perez both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Thiery Henry has been cut.
Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Henry taking a breather.
Henry throws an elbow that misses.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perez clinches up with Henry and pushes him back against the ropes.
Perez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry trying to stall but Perez improves his position.
Perez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Perez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Perez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Henry looks winded!
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!
Perez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Thiery Henry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thiery Henry's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A punch lands to the side of Henry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Henry finds it's way round the side to connect with Perez's head.
Perez has Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry prevents Perez from breaking the clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perez has Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Sergio Perez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry is looking to clinch.
Perez pushes Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Perez checks the leg kick.
Henry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Perez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Perez is trying to break free.
Perez has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perez digs a good body shot into Henry's ribs.
Henry drives through and clinches with Perez against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Perez - that landed with a thud.
Perez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henry throws a leg kick but Perez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Henry moves in looking to clinch but Perez pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perez jabs at Henry's body.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Henry blocks a head kick by Perez.
Perez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Perez is controlling the position.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Perez has double underhooks.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Perez keeps him there for the moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Perez as Henry tries to tie him up.
Perez avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Perez darts in and clinches Henry up against the ropes.
Perez leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Henry prevents Perez from breaking the clinch.
Perez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henry.
Perez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Henry has him pressed against the ropes.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Perez is trying to push Henry away but Henry has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Henry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Perez tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Perez is keeping busy.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry misses with a head kick.
Henry tries to clinch up
and Perez counters with a two punch combo.
Sergio Perez is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perez closes the distance and clinches.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.
Perez tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Perez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thiery Henry's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Henry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perez pushes Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Perez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henry can do to turn this around?
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Perez is controlling him.
Perez stalling in the clinch but Henry improves position.
Perez has had enough of the clinch but Henry keeps him there for the moment.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henry tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Perez rushes Henry and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perez tries to clinch but Henry moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez moves in looking to clinch but Henry pushes him off.
Despite the aggression on Henry's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Henry throws an off balance right hand
and Perez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Perez.
Perez looking to stall.
Perez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henry up against the ropes.
Henry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perez tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the ropes.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Perez tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Henry tries to land a body kick
and Perez counters with a two punch combo.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry checks a low kick from Perez.
Perez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Perez is just out of range.
Henry tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Henry.
Perez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perez closes the distance and pushes Henry back into the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Henry has Perez pushed against the ropes.
Henry continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Henry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Henry is keeping busy.
Henry letting Perez take a breather here.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Henry wants to land a leg kick but Perez is out of range.
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henry tries to close the distance and clinch but Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Perez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez pushes Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry throws a leg kick but Perez moved away.
Henry gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Perez.
Perez pushes Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Perez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Perez scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perez 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Perez!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zsamot Bollog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cok Chestnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chestnar has chosen Detachable Penis 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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245 lbs
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280 lbs
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Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zsamot Bollog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cok Chestnar!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bollog thuds his shin into the meat of Chestnar's side.
Chestnar looks to land a right hand but Bollog moved out of range.
A big right from Chestnar misses.
Bollog fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chestnar checks it well.
Bollog throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bollog tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Chestnar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chestnar throws a big shot that misses.
Chestnar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bollog ducks under a wild hook from Chestnar.
Chestnar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cok Chestnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chestnar lands an overhand right.
Bollog tries to close the distance and clinch but Chestnar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chestnar thuds a left hand into Bollog's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bollog closes the distance and clinches.
Bollog blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Bollog's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chestnar is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Chestnar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A punch lands to the side of Bollog 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bollog tries to bum rush Chestnar with a series of wild strikes but Chestnar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bollog clinches with his opponent.
Chestnar is trying to push Bollog away but Bollog has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Chestnar looking to stall.
Chestnar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bollog avoids it.
Chestnar is looking to control Bollog's arms but Bollog gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chestnar has his back to the ropes.
Chestnar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chestnar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chestnar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chestnar misses with a looping left.
Chestnar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bollog gets a clinch.
Bollog wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chestnar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chestnar trying to control the position but instead, Bollog has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chestnar into the ropes.
Bollog looking to stall.
Bollog is trying to break the clinch but Chestnar has him pressed against the ropes.
Bollog is trying to stall.
Bollog tries to break free but Chestnar pushes him back against the ropes.
Bollog is trying to maintain a safe position but Chestnar gets an underhook and turns Bollog into the ropes.
Bollog's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chestnar blocks a head kick by Bollog.
Chestnar looks to land a right hand but Bollog moved out of range.
Bollog tries to clinch there but Chestnar circles away.
Bollog takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bollog keeps control of Chestnar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bollog avoiding damage as Chestnar throws knees to the body.
Bollog's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Chestnar stalling in the clinch but Bollog improves position.
Chestnar misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Bollog breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chestnar throws a hook but Bollog avoids it easily.
Bollog tries to clinch but Chestnar moves away
and Chestnar counters with a nice uppercut.
Chestnar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bollog has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bollog has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chestnar finds it's way round the side to connect with Bollog's head.
Bollog tries to land a front kick but Chestnar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bollog avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chestnar throws a right and a left that Bollog avoids nicely.
Chestnar tries to move into range but Bollog moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chestnar connects with the punch.
Bollog ducks right into an uppercut from Chestnar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chestnar throws a hook but Bollog avoids it easily.
Bollog slips a straight right by Chestnar.
Bollog tries to clinch but Chestnar moves out of range.
Chestnar misses with an uppercut. Bollog saw that one coming.
A shot to the body from Bollog misses
letting Chestnar counter with a right hand.
Bollog is looking to clinch but Chestnar is avoiding it.
Bollog takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bollog tries to clinch up
letting Chestnar counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cok Chestnar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Chestnar throws a shot to the body.
Chestnar throws the left hand but Bollog avoids the punch easily.
Chestnar throws a hook but Bollog blocks it.
Chestnar misses with a straight left.
Bollog steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chestnar.
Cok Chestnar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chestnar throws a hook but Bollog blocks it.
Bollog slips a jab from Chestnar.
Chestnar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chestnar loads up on a big right hand but Bollog slips the punch.
It looked like Bollog wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bollog tries to clinch but Chestnar moves out of range.
Bollog tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Chestnar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chestnar looks to score with a jab to the body but Bollog is just out of range.
Bollog is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chestnar throws a hook but Bollog blocks it.
Zsamot Bollog is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bollog on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chestnar closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bollog tries to break the clinch but Chestnar is controlling the position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Chestnar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bollog.
A head punch on the inside from Chestnar fails to land.
Chestnar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bollog tries to break the clinch but Chestnar is controlling the position.
Bollog blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chestnar tries to throw a body punch but Bollog avoids it by throwing Chestnar back against the ropes.
Chestnar tries to throw a body punch but Bollog avoids it by throwing Chestnar back against the ropes.
Bollog blocks an uppercut.
Chestnar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bollog is trying to break the clinch but Chestnar is controlling him.
Chestnar throws a head punch that misses.
Chestnar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chestnar has a couple of punches blocked by Bollog.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chestnar trying to land knees to the body.
Bollog tries to break free but Chestnar pushes him back against the ropes.
Chestnar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bollog managing to block the knees to the body from Chestnar.
Bollog is trying to push Chestnar away but Chestnar has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Chestnar can't break the clinch.
Bollog wants to break free but Chestnar has control.
Chestnar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chestnar as Bollog tries to tie him up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bollog managing to block the knees to the body from Chestnar.
Chestnar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bollog escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chestnar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chestnar throws a lazy right hand but Bollog sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bollog is looking to clinch.
Chestnar swings widly with a right hand
and Bollog counters with a series of strikes. Chestnar will be more careful next time no doubt.
Chestnar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bollog.
Bollog tries to clinch but Chestnar moves away
and Bollog takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chestnar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Chestnar misses its intended target.
Bollog connects with a high kick.
Chestnar 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.
Bollog misses with a double jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chestnar! But no joy.
Bollog staying out of range there.
Bollog tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Chestnar manages to circle out of the way.
Bollog instigates a clinch.
Bollog's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chestnar throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chestnar loads up on a big right hand but Bollog slips the punch.
Bollog takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chestnar looks to land a left hand but Bollog moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bollog moves out of range of the strikes.
Chestnar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bollog.
Bollog is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Chestnar.
Chestnar throws a jab when Bollog was well out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Bollog 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bollog tries to clinch but Chestnar moves away
and Chestnar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Bollog misses.
A head kick misses from Bollog.
Bollog throws a head kick that misses
and Chestnar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chestnar tries to clinch up.
Chestnar jabs Bollog right on the nose. Bollog blinks but takes it well.
Bollog slips under a jab from Chestnar.
Chestnar lands the left hand.
Chestnar throws a jab but it's blocked by Bollog.
Bollog fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Chestnar misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cok Chestnar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Chestnar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bollog takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bollog's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chestnar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bollog scrambles back to his feet.
Bollog is rocked!
Chestnar cracks Bollog with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cok Chestnar!
A very excited looking Cok Chestnar rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Iwan Bondarenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Richardsonn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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300 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iwan Bondarenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Richardsonn!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardsonn misses with a body shot.
Bondarenko is looking to clinch.
Richardsonn tries to keep at a distance but Bondarenko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bondarenko can't break the clinch.
Richardsonn tries to circle away but Bondarenko has him pinned against the ropes.
Bondarenko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Richardsonn keeps control of Bondarenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bondarenko wants to stall.
Bondarenko can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Bondarenko trying to stall but Richardsonn improves his position.
Richardsonn struggles to land a body shot inside as Bondarenko controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Richardsonn - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bondarenko is trying to break the clinch but Richardsonn is controlling him.
Richardsonn is trying to stall.
Bondarenko breaks from the clinch.
Bondarenko misses with a head kick.
Richardsonn wants to clinch
and Bondarenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Richardsonn doesn't manage to clinch there - Bondarenko circles away.
Bondarenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Richardsonn circles away.
Richardsonn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Richardsonn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Bondarenko tries to break the clinch but Richardsonn is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richardsonn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Richardsonn taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Bondarenko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Richardsonn has Bondarenko pressed against the ropes, preventing Bondarenko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bondarenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bondarenko throws a sloppy head kick and Richardsonn moves out of range easily.
Richardsonn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bondarenko throws a leg kick
and Richardsonn counters with a stiff right hand.
Richardsonn tries to bum rush Bondarenko with a series of wild strikes but Bondarenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Richardsonn throws a head kick but Bondarenko moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richardsonn lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardsonn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bondarenko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Richardsonn avoiding damage as Bondarenko throws knees to the body.
Bondarenko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Richardsonn has him pressed against the ropes.
Bondarenko working hard to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Richardsonn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bondarenko is defending well for now.
Richardsonn breaks the clinch.
Bondarenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bondarenko moves into the clinch successfully.
Bondarenko breaks from the clinch.
Bondarenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Richardsonn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardsonn closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bondarenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richardsonn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richardsonn moves in looking to clinch but Bondarenko pushes him off.
Richardsonn tries to clinch but Bondarenko moves out of range.
Richardsonn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Richardsonn missing with knees to the body.
Bondarenko breaks the clinch.
Richardsonn is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bondarenko gets a clinch.
Bondarenko tries to circle away but Richardsonn has him pinned against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Bondarenko has had enough of the clinch but Richardsonn keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lee Richardsonn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lee Richardsonn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A head kick misses from Bondarenko.
Richardsonn is looking for the big counter here.
Richardsonn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bondarenko instigates a clinch.
Bondarenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Richardsonn throws an elbow but misses.
Richardsonn is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lee Richardsonn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Richardsonn breaks from the clinch.
Richardsonn misses with a body shot.
Bondarenko misses with a head kick.
Richardsonn steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bondarenko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richardsonn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Bondarenko was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Richardsonn throws a series of punches but Bondarenko avoids them all with ease.
Bondarenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Richardsonn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richardsonn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardsonn wants to get back to striking at distance but Bondarenko won't allow it.
Bondarenko managing to block the knees to the body from Richardsonn.
Bondarenko trying to land knees to the body.
Richardsonn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bondarenko throws a lazy head kick
and Richardsonn counters with a two punch combo.
Richardsonn doesn't manage to clinch there - Bondarenko circles away.
Bondarenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Richardsonn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richardsonn throws a head kick that misses.
Bondarenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Richardsonn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bondarenko throws a head kick that misses.
Richardsonn misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bondarenko throws a sloppy body shot
and Richardsonn counters with a two punch combo.
Bondarenko darts in and clinches Richardsonn up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bondarenko is trying to break free.
Bondarenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bondarenko throws a big shot that misses.
Bondarenko moves into the clinch.
Richardsonn wants to stall.
Bondarenko is trying to break free.
Bondarenko has Richardsonn pressed against the ropes, preventing Richardsonn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bondarenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bondarenko tries to clinch but Richardsonn moves out of range.
Richardsonn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bondarenko lands a slapping body shot.
A clash of legs there as Richardsonn blocks the low kick.
Bondarenko closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bondarenko is looking to score with low kicks.
Richardsonn takes the fight into the clinch.
Richardsonn has Bondarenko pressed against the ropes, preventing Bondarenko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bondarenko is looking to break free of the clinch but Richardsonn has double underhooks.
Richardsonn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bondarenko's elbow.
Bondarenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bondarenko blocks an elbow strike.
Bondarenko breaks from the clinch.
Richardsonn throws a shot to the body.
Bondarenko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Richardsonn on the side of the head.
Bondarenko darts in trying to clinch
and Richardsonn counters with a lovely shot 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!
Bondarenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Richardsonn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richardsonn clinches.
Bondarenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richardsonn tries to clinch up but Bondarenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Richardsonn moves into range and clinches up with Bondarenko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lee Richardsonn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Lee Richardsonn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bondarenko throws a right hand that Richardsonn ducks under and follows up with a left that Richardsonn also avoids with ease.
Iwan Bondarenko is winning the standup battle so far.
Bondarenko moves in looking to clinch but Richardsonn pushes him off.
Richardsonn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richardsonn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bondarenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bondarenko blocks a low kick nicely.
Bondarenko tries to clinch up but Richardsonn circles away and keeps his distance.
Richardsonn has closed the distance and engaged Bondarenko in a clinch.
Bondarenko taking a breather.
Bondarenko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richardsonn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bondarenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardsonn tries to land a leg kick but Bondarenko saw it coming and moves away.
Bondarenko throws a big counter combination but Richardsonn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bondarenko throws a head kick but Richardsonn moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Bondarenko.
Richardsonn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bondarenko at a distance.
Richardsonn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bondarenko.
It looks like Iwan Bondarenko has been cut.
Bondarenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Richardsonn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richardsonn closes the distance and clinches.
Richardsonn breaks the clinch.
Bondarenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Richardsonn rushes Bondarenko and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richardsonn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Richardsonn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bondarenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richardsonn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Richardsonn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richardsonn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Iwan Bondarenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bondarenko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Richardsonn tries to clinch but Bondarenko moves out of range.
Richardsonn is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bondarenko rather than just go for the knockout.
Bondarenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Richardsonn circles away.
Richardsonn clinches with his opponent.
Richardsonn manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Bondarenko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Richardsonn doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardsonn tries to keep at a distance but Bondarenko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Richardsonn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Richardsonn blocks a head kick by Bondarenko.
Richardsonn tries to close the distance and clinch but Bondarenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bondarenko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bondarenko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bondarenko is trying to break the clinch but Richardsonn has him pressed against the ropes.
Bondarenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Richardsonn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Richardsonn tries to clinch but Bondarenko moves out of range.
Richardsonn throws a series of punches but Bondarenko moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardsonn clinches.
Richardsonn prevents a body shot from Bondarenko.
Bondarenko breaks the clinch.
Richardsonn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Richardsonn 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!
Richardsonn doesn't manage to clinch there - Bondarenko circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bondarenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bondarenko has Richardsonn up against the ropes in a clinch.
Richardsonn manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Richardsonn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Richardsonn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Richardsonn!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zdzichu Krecina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Cook (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 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zdzichu Krecina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Cook!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook moves into the clinch.
Krecina is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cook looks winded!
Krecina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Craig Cook has been cut.
Krecina pushes Cook back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krecina keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cook's efforts to push away.
Krecina misses with an elbow strike.
Krecina trying to land knees to the body.
Krecina crunches a lovely knee into Cook's ribcage.
Krecina pushes Cook back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krecina lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Krecina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krecina tries to clinch up but Cook circles away and keeps his distance.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cook swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krecina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krecina wants to clinch up but Cook keeps it at a distance.
Cook throws a fast counter high kick but Krecina manages to duck under it in time.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cook swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Krecina doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Krecina tries to clinch but Cook moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krecina wants to clinch.
Krecina tries to clinch
and Cook counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cook paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krecina is looking to clinch but Cook is avoiding it.
Cook circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cook connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Krecina moves in looking to clinch but Cook pushes him off.
Krecina doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Krecina wants to clinch up but Cook keeps it at a distance.
Krecina tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krecina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cook clinches up with Krecina and pushes him back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krecina stalling in the clinch but Cook improves position.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Krecina throws an elbow but misses.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
Krecina looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cook is trying to break the clinch but Krecina is controlling him.
Krecina lands with a short shot to the head.
Krecina lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cook manages to break the clinch.
Krecina is looking to clinch.
Krecina tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cook counters with a nice leg kick.
Krecina tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krecina wants to clinch up but Cook keeps it at a distance.
Krecina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krecina doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Cook unleashes a big counter combination but Krecina bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Krecina is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krecina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krecina tries to clinch up but Cook circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krecina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cook tries a head kick but it misses.
Krecina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zdzichu Krecina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cook has Krecina up against the ropes in a clinch.
Krecina working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Krecina is trying to stall.
Cook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cook has managed to clinch.
Krecina lands an elbow inside that Cook shrugs off.
Cook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cook throws a head kick but Krecina moves out of range.
Krecina wants to clinch up but Cook keeps it at a distance.
Cook steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Krecina.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krecina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As Krecina backs off Cook throws a huge counter combo but Krecina manages to avoid it all.
Krecina tries to clinch
and Cook counters with a three punch combo that has Krecina backing up. Krecina nods at Cook to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krecina tries to clinch there but Cook circles away.
Cook doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Krecina closes the distance but Cook moves to the side
and Cook counters with a three punch combo that has Krecina backing up. Krecina nods at Cook to acknowledge the strikes.
Krecina tries to clinch up but Cook circles away and keeps his distance.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cook swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krecina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook throws a counter combo.
Cook tries to bum rush Krecina with a series of wild strikes but Krecina uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krecina tries to clinch there but Cook circles away.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook moves into the clinch.
Krecina tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cook's elbow.
Krecina is looking to control Cook's arms but Cook gets an underhook and turns him. Now Krecina has his back to the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Cook dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Cook's cut.
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.
Krecina tries to clinch up but Cook circles away and keeps his distance.
Cook clinches with his opponent.
Krecina escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krecina wants to clinch.
Krecina tries to clinch up but Cook circles away and keeps his distance.
Zdzichu Krecina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cook paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cook moves into the clinch.
Cook misses with a punch on the inside.
Krecina is trying to break free.
Cook tries a body shot but Krecina blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cook missing with knees to the body.
Cook has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Krecina just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cook as Krecina tries to tie him up.
Krecina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zdzichu Krecina has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Krecina looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krecina pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Krecina looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Krecina throws an elbow but it misses.
Krecina lands an elbow inside that Cook shrugs off.
Krecina throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zdzichu Krecina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cook throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cook circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cook counters with a big head kick but Krecina shrugs it off.
Krecina tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
Cook circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krecina is looking to clinch but Cook is avoiding it.
Krecina wants to clinch up but Cook keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krecina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krecina moves in looking to clinch but Cook pushes him off.
Krecina wants to clinch
and Cook counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krecina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krecina tries to clinch up
and Cook cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Craig Cook seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cook looks to score with a jab to the body but Krecina is just out of range.
Krecina doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Cook throws a fast counter high kick but Krecina manages to duck under it in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krecina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook throws a counter combo.
Cook fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Krecina, pushing him back against the ropes.
Krecina swings wildly with an uppercut but Cook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krecina lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Krecina with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krecina can't break the clinch.
Krecina lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Krecina managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
A head punch on the inside from Krecina fails to land.
Cook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krecina tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Cook manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krecina tries to clinch up.
Krecina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cook looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Krecina.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cook paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krecina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krecina is looking to clinch but Cook is avoiding it.
Krecina tries to clinch there but Cook circles away.
Krecina looks to clinch
and Cook counters with a three punch combo that has Krecina backing up. Krecina nods at Cook to acknowledge the strikes.
Krecina wants to clinch up but Cook keeps it at a distance.
Krecina fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krecina is looking to clinch but Cook is avoiding it.
Krecina tries to clinch up.
Krecina is looking to clinch but Cook is avoiding it.
Krecina tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
Cook circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cook looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krecina blocks the body kick.
Cook is breathing heavily.
Krecina doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Cook moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Cook breaks the clinch.
Krecina doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Cook is looking for the big counter here.
Cook gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Krecina putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cook in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Krecina lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Krecina lands an elbow inside that Cook shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Krecina.
That has opened up Craig Cook's cut even more.
Krecina lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Cook showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Craig Cook's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Krecina doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Krecina tries to clinch there but Cook circles away.
Cook misses with a kick to the body.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Krecina.
Krecina tries to clinch but Cook moves out of range.
Krecina doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Krecina tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
Cook is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krecina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little jabbing left from Cook on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Krecina.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cook paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krecina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cook misses with a low kick.
Krecina tries to clinch there but Cook circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krecina tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Cook manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Despite the aggression on Cook's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Krecina wants to clinch.
Krecina is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cook circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krecina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cook unleashes a big counter combination but Krecina bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Krecina tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cook counters with a good, hard body kick but Krecina shrugs it off.
Krecina darts in trying to clinch
and Cook counters with a left and a right that stings Krecina.
Krecina is looking to clinch but Cook is avoiding it.
Krecina tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
Cook circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook takes the fight into the clinch.
Krecina throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Krecina lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cook trying to control the position but instead, Krecina has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cook into the ropes.
Cook takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Krecina lands a knee to the head.
Krecina trying to stall but Cook improves his position.
Cook avoids the elbow strike from Krecina, against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krecina is trying to break the clinch but Cook has him pressed against the ropes.
Krecina looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cook manages to break the clinch.
Krecina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krecina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cook lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Krecina tries to clinch up.
Cook was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook looks to land a body kick but Krecina moved away.
Cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Krecina.
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cook swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cook clinches.
Krecina misses with an elbow strike.
Krecina pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Krecina lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Krecina.
Krecina working hard to break the clinch.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from Krecina.
Krecina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cook wants to break the clinch but can't.
Krecina tries a knee to the head but Cook blocks it.
Krecina tries to break free but Cook pushes him back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cook throws an elbow but misses.
Cook prevents Krecina from breaking the clinch.
Krecina lands an elbow inside.
Krecina tries to land a knee to the head but Cook blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cook as Krecina tries to tie him up.
Zdzichu Krecina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A frustrated look appears on Krecina's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cook has had enough of the clinch but Krecina keeps him there for the moment.
A short uppercut from Krecina.
Cook wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krecina wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Craig Cook is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krecina tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krecina fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Cook comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cook winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Cook!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Super Mario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abubakar Shekau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shekau is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by P-Square - Personally(I blow you up now). Abubakar Shekau has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Super Mario's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Super Mario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abubakar Shekau!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mario wants to clinch.
Shekau throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shekau lands with a shot to the body.
Mario tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Shekau manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shekau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mario moves away.
Mario slips a jab and a cross from Shekau.
Shekau rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mario moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shekau. Mario does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mario avoids the body shot from Shekau.
Mario doesn't manage to clinch there - Shekau circles away.
Shekau misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shekau lands a nice looking body shot.
No joy there for Mario, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shekau now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shekau misses with a body shot.
Abubakar Shekau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shekau.
Mario tries to clinch but Shekau moves out of range.
Shekau appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shekau misses with a series of wild punches.
Mario moves into the clinch.
Mario leaning against his opponent.
Nice body punch from Shekau - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Shekau.
Mario is breathing heavily.
Shekau lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shekau.
Nice body punch from Shekau - that landed with a thud.
Stalling in the clinch from Shekau.
Mario tries a knee to the head but Shekau blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shekau.
A body shot lands from Shekau.
Shekau lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mario.
Shekau lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mario backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shekau lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mario backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Shekau.
Shekau lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Shekau.
Nice body punch from Shekau.
Shekau breaks from the clinch.
Shekau lands a head kick that bluckles Mario and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Shekau no doubt looking to push for a finish!
Shekau thuds a left hand into Mario's body.
Shekau lands a right and a left and another right! Mario goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Abubakar Shekau!
Abubakar Shekau decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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