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AKF 15: Magomedov vs. Fairtex PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Steven Seagal (ranked 21740 p4p, 6301 weight class) and Clem Davy (ranked 209 p4p, 199 weight class). Seagal comes to the ring accompanied by Route 23. Steven Seagal could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Clem Davy's chin.
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Granite 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 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steven Seagal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Clem Davy!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Seagal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Seagal misses with a double jab.
Davy cracks a nice hook into Seagal's ribs.
Davy has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Seagal is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Seagal misses with a two punch combination.
Davy wants to counter the offense by Seagal and move into the clinch position.
Davy tries to clinch but Seagal is having none of it.
Davy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Davy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Seagal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick by Davy misses
and Seagal counters with a series of strikes. Davy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Davy pushes Seagal up against the ropes in a clinch.
Davy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seagal tries to bum rush Davy with a series of wild strikes but Davy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davy moves into the clinch.
Seagal breaks the clinch.
Davy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sloppy strikes from Seagal. Those never looked like landing.
Seagal misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davy instigates a clinch.
Seagal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seagal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Seagal.
Davy tries to clinch but Seagal moves out of range.
It looked like Seagal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Davy is looking to clinch.
Davy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seagal seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Davy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davy is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Seagal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Despite the aggression on Davy's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Davy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Davy has Seagal pressed against the ropes, preventing Seagal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Seagal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Davy avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seagal throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Davy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Steven Seagal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Seagal is breathing heavily.
Seagal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davy moves in looking to clinch but Seagal pushes him off.
Davy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've been told by Seagal's head coaches at Canucks Combat Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Seagal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seagal throwing a counter right hand but Davy manages to avoid it.
Davy tries to clinch up but Seagal circles away and keeps his distance.
Seagal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Davy throws the kick towards the body but Seagal avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Davy. Those never looked like landing.
Davy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seagal misses with a double jab
and Davy counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Seagal tries to break the clinch but Davy is controlling the position.
Seagal breaks the clinch.
Davy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davy is looking to clinch but Seagal is avoiding it.
Davy tries to clinch but Seagal moves out of range.
Seagal loads up on a big right hand but Davy slips the punch.
Davy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Seagal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steven Seagal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seagal throws a series of punches but Davy avoids them all with ease.
Davy tries to counter with a clinch but Seagal shakes him off and moves away.
Davy tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seagal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Seagal counters with a two punch combo.
Seagal scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Seagal keeps the fight on the outside.
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!
Davy throws a sloppy head kick and Seagal moves out of range easily.
Seagal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Seagal scores with a punch to the head.
Davy moves into the clinch.
Seagal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Seagal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seagal.
Seagal tries to bum rush Davy with a series of wild strikes but Davy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Seagal dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Davy wants to clinch up but Seagal keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Seagal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It seemed like Davy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Seagal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Seagal misses with a two punch combination.
Davy misses with a kick to the body.
Steven Seagal is winning the standup battle so far.
Davy is looking to clinch but Seagal is avoiding it.
Seagal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Seagal swinging wildly here.
Davy drives through and clinches with Seagal against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Seagal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Seagal checks a low kick from Davy.
Davy tries to clinch but Seagal moves out of range.
Seagal is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Davy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seagal misses with a series of wild punches.
Davy swinging wildly here.
As Davy tries to get set, Seagal tries to push him back and clinch up but Davy manages to avoid the attempt.
Davy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seagal.
Seagal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seagal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davy tries to counter by closing the distance.
Seagal blocks a head kick by Davy.
Seagal tries to counter by clinching up but Davy breaks away and moves out of range.
Seagal tries to keep at a distance but Davy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Seagal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steven Seagal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Seagal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davy tries to clinch but Seagal is having none of it.
Davy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Davy lands an elbow inside.
 It looks like Steven Seagal has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seagal breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Seagal misses.
Seagal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Seagal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davy circles away quickly and effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Seagal.
Davy moves in looking to clinch but Seagal pushes him off.
Davy wants to clinch.
Seagal misses with the combination.
Davy rushes Seagal and presses him up against the ropes.
Seagal breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davy.
Seagal moves out of range of the strikes.
Seagal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Davy.
Davy scores with a leg kick.
Davy moves away from the strike by Seagal.
Davy moves into the clinch.
Seagal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Seagal breaks from the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Davy. Those never looked like landing.
Davy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seagal blocks a head kick by Davy.
Davy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Seagal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davy can do to turn this around?
Davy throws a chopping leg kick but Seagal manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Davy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Seagal rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seagal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seagal looks to score with a jab to the body but Davy is just out of range.
Seagal sets himself, and Davy steps forward looking for the clinch! Seagal avoids it this time.
Seagal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Seagal.
Davy tries to clinch but Seagal is having none of it.
Seagal misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Seagal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Despite the aggression on Davy's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Davy throws a sloppy head kick and Seagal moves out of range easily.
Seagal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davy instigates a clinch.
Davy is trying to break the clinch but Seagal has him pressed against the ropes.
Davy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Seagal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steven Seagal's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Davy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Seagal.
Seagal fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice body punch from Seagal.
Seagal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Seagal moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDavy.
Seagal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Seagal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seagal throws a series of punches but Davy avoids them all with ease.
Seagal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A punch combination from Seagal misses.
Davy closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seagal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Seagal is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Davy looks to land a right hand but Seagal moved out of range.
Seagal throws a lazy right hand but Davy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davy moves in looking to clinch but Seagal pushes him off.
Davy tries to clinch up but Seagal circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Seagal.
Davy tries to clinch there but Seagal circles away.
Seagal appears to be looking for a big counter.
Davy slips a jab and a cross from Seagal.
Davy tries to clinch up but Seagal circles away and keeps his distance.
Davy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Seagal counters with a one-two to the body.
Seagal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seagal appears to be looking for a big counter.
Davy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Seagal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davy is looking to clinch.
Davy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Seagal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seagal's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Seagal duly obliges.
Davy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Seagal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davy misses with a leg kick.
Davy throws a head kick but Seagal moves out of range.
Seagal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
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!
Davy throws a low kick but Seagal moves out of range easily.
Davy dodges the punch combination from Seagal.
Davy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagal breaks the clinch.
Davy tries to clinch but Seagal moves out of range.
Seagal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davy.
Davy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Seagal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Seagal moves out of range of the body kick.
Seagal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Seagal swats away the attempt to clinch by Davy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Seagal.
Davy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davy is looking to clinch.
Davy closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Seagal has him pressed against the ropes.
Davy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Davy prevents Seagal from breaking the clinch.
Davy lands a body shot.
Davy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Seagal up against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Seagal is trying to break the clinch but Davy is controlling him.
Seagal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davy tries to clinch there but Seagal circles away.
Davy doesn't manage to clinch there - Seagal circles away.
Clem Davy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steven Seagal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Seagal misses with a hook. Davy ducked under it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Seagal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Seagal, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight for Steven Seagal!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Steven Seagal!
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight for Steven Seagal!
Steven Seagal wins by unanimous decision!
Steven Seagal took some time post fight to say the following; 'I invented kickboxing so me winning was expected! By the way I new movie Enter The Buffet is coming out next week.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Hans Peter Baxxter (ranked 3403 p4p, 1568 weight class) and Axel Foley (ranked 411 p4p, 208 weight class). Baxxter comes to the ring accompanied by Weekend, Scooter . Foley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Beverly Hills Cop Theme. Hans Peter Baxxter had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Hans Peter Baxxter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Axel Foley!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baxxter just misses with a punch to the body.
Foley swings widly with a right hand
and Baxxter counters with a left to the body.
Baxxter lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Foley has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Foley looks to score with a jab to the body but Baxxter is just out of range.
Baxxter fires out a quick counter leg kick but Foley just manages to avoid it.
Baxxter misses with a wild body shot.
Foley throws an off balance right hand
and Baxxter counters with a straight right hand.
Foley works Baxxter's body with a nice hook.
Baxxter connects with a single shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baxxter cracks Foley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Foley throws a looping overhand right but Baxxter ducks down to avoid it.
Baxxter misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foley throws a looping overhand right but Baxxter ducks down to avoid it.
Baxxter gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Foley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Baxxter throws a looping overhand right but Foley ducks down to avoid it.
Foley misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Baxxter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Foley cracks Baxxter with a right hand to the side of the head.
Foley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Foley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Foley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baxxter manages to avoid it.
A shot to the body from Foley misses
and Baxxter counters with a low kick, right behind Foley 's knee.
Baxxter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foley misses with a wild body shot.
Baxxter lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Baxxter tries a head kick but it misses.
Baxxter darts in trying to clinch
and Foley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Foley throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Baxxter to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baxxter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Foley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Baxxter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Foley.
Baxxter throws a nice head kick!
Baxxter connects with a jab.
Baxxter throws a sloppy head kick and Foley moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley missing with a left hand there. Baxxter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Baxxter was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Foley.
Foley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baxxter.
Foley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Foley ducks under a wild hook from Baxxter.
Baxxter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baxxter just misses with a punch to the body.
Baxxter lands an overhand right.
Baxxter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Foley misses with an uppercut
and Baxxter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Foley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxxter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Foley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baxxter is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Baxxter misses with a body shot.
Foley throws a hook to the side of Baxxter's head but Baxxter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Foley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab from Foley misses.
Foley misses with an uppercut. Baxxter saw that one coming.
Foley throws a hook but Baxxter blocks it.
Baxxter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baxxter connects with a single shot there.
Foley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Peter Baxxter dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Foley gets tackled into the ropes by Baxxter. Baxxter maintains the clinch.
Baxxter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Baxxter works on Foley's body with a couple of short punches.
Baxxter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Foley can do to turn this around?
Foley with a knee to the head.
Baxxter misses with a body punch.
Baxxter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Foley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baxxter.
Baxxter avoiding damage as Foley throws knees to the body.
Foley misses with a knee strike.
Baxxter tries to work over Foley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Foley struggles to land a body shot inside as Baxxter controls his hands.
Baxxter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Foley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baxxter blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baxxter.
Foley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Foley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Baxxter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Baxxter.
Foley tries a knee to the head but Baxxter blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baxxter blocks it with crossed arms.
Baxxter lands with a light punch inside.
Foley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baxxter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baxxter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hans Peter Baxxter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Baxxter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Baxxter.
Baxxter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Baxxter works on Foley's body with a couple of short punches.
Foley is breathing heavily.
Baxxter pushes Foley back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Foley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baxxter avoids it.
Baxxter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Foley up against the ropes.
Foley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Foley missing with knees to the body.
Baxxter is working Foley over against the ropes.
Baxxter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baxxter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Baxxter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Baxxter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxxter lands with a short shot to the head.
Foley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baxxter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Foley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Baxxter lands a nice uppercut.
Foley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Foley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baxxter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Foley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baxxter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baxxter trying to stall but Foley improves his position.
Foley misses with a knee to the head.
Baxxter lands a nice shot to the body.
Foley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baxxter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baxxter lands a left hand.
Baxxter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baxxter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Baxxter lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baxxter.
Foley misses with a knee strike.
Foley missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baxxter backwards.
Baxxter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Foley's elbow.
A short right from Baxxter.
Baxxter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Foley's elbow.
Baxxter misses with a punch to the body.
Baxxter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baxxter is leaning against Foley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Foley.
Baxxter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baxxter lands a right hand.
Foley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baxxter blocks it with crossed arms.
Baxxter lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Baxxter.
Foley misses with a knee strike.
Baxxter slowing the pace effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baxxter lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from Baxxter.
Baxxter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Foley or not.
Nice body punch from Baxxter - that landed with a thud.
Baxxter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Baxxter.
Foley takes a shot to the head.
Baxxter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Foley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baxxter is working Foley over against the ropes.
Foley struggles to land a body shot inside as Baxxter controls his hands.
Baxxter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Baxxter on the inside.
Baxxter cracks Foley with a nice body shot.
Baxxter lands a shoulder strike.
Baxxter can't find room to land a body shot as Foley controls the action.
Baxxter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Baxxter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baxxter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Foleys head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baxxter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Foley being controlled against the ropes.
Good body shot from Baxxter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Peter Baxxter dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Baxxter connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Baxxter lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Baxxter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Baxxter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Baxxter throws a sloppy head kick and Foley moves out of range easily.
Foley misses with a hook
and Baxxter counters with a nice low kick that buckles Foley's knee momentarily.
Foley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baxxter scores with a kick to the midsection.
Foley misses with a left hand
and Baxxter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Foley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foley loads up on a big right hand but Baxxter slips the punch.
Baxxter throws a lazy uppercut
and Foley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Foley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Donk. Baxxter catches Foley right on the button with a cross.
 Foley is rocked!
Baxxter is looking to land body kicks.
Foley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Foley misses with an uppercut.
Baxxter works the jab nicely.
Foley avoids the body shot from Baxxter.
Foley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Foley throws the left hand but Baxxter avoids the punch easily.
Baxxter jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxxter misses with a body kick.
Baxxter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Foley misses with a hook
and Baxxter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baxxter digs a good body shot into Foley's ribs.
Foley slips under a jab.
Foley throws an off balance right hand
and Baxxter 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!
A shot to the body from Foley misses
and Baxxter counters with a nice uppercut.
Baxxter closes the distance and clinches.
Foley is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Foley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baxxter avoids it.
Baxxter looking to stall.
Baxxter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Foley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Foley tries to land a knee to the head but Baxxter blocks with his arms.
Foley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Foley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baxxter is defending well for now.
Foley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Foley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baxxter blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baxxter.
Baxxter lands a shot to the body.
Baxxter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Baxxter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Foley backwards.
Baxxter lands with a light punch inside.
Baxxter lands a right hand.
Baxxter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Foley is still on wobbly legs! Can Baxxter finish him?
A hook to the body from Baxxter.
Baxxter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baxxter lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Baxxter.
A body shot lands from Baxxter.
Baxxter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Baxxter.
Hans Peter Baxxter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxxter lands with a right to the head.
Baxxter digs a right hand into Foley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Foley's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Baxxter - that landed with a thud.
Baxxter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Baxxter.
Foley working aggressively here.
Baxxter looking to slow down the pace here.
Baxxter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Baxxter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Foley backwards.
Baxxter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Baxxter scores with a shoulder strike.
Baxxter has a couple of punches blocked by Foley.
Foley misses with a body punch.
Axel Foley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baxxter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Peter Baxxter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Baxxter 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Hans Peter Baxxter!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Hans Peter Baxxter!
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Hans Peter Baxxter!
Hans Peter Baxxter wins by unanimous decision!
Hans Peter Baxxter opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Matt Dammon (ranked 6616 p4p, 1878 weight class) and Remy Valentine (ranked 207 p4p, 58 weight class). Valentine has chosen Man with the Harmonica by Ennio Morricone as his entrance music. 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 38 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Dammon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Remy Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Valentine scores with a hook to the body. Dammon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Valentine scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Matt Dammon has been cut.
A jab lands there for Valentine.
Dammon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dammon is breathing heavily.
Valentine scores with a hook to the body. Dammon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Dammon out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Remy Valentine!
Our winner, Remy Valentine, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Wesley Taurus (ranked 1810 p4p, 6088 weight class) and Thorvald Espensen (ranked 263 p4p, 562 weight class). Taurus's entrance music is Country Boy - Aaron Lewis. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wesley Taurus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Thorvald Espensen!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espensen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Espensen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taurus manages to break the clinch.
Taurus bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Espensen's head.
Espensen closes the distance and clinches.
Espensen throws a head punch that misses.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen moves in looking to clinch but Taurus pushes him off.
Taurus scores with a jab to the body.
Espensen rushes Taurus and presses him up against the ropes.
Taurus breaks from the clinch.
Espensen instigates a clinch.
Espensen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Taurus backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taurus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Espensen is looking to clinch.
Taurus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Espensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Taurus finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Espensen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thorvald Espensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Espensen gets a clinch.
Taurus breaks the clinch.
Taurus lands a nice shot that snaps Espensen's head back.
Espensen has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espensen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Espensen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Taurus backwards.
Taurus breaks from the clinch.
Espensen drives through and clinches with Taurus against the ropes.
Taurus blocking some punches.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taurus, pushing him back against the ropes.
Taurus breaks the clinch.
Taurus throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Espensen wants to clinch but Taurus slips to the side
and Taurus counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice jab there from Taurus.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taurus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Espensen wants to clinch.
Espensen closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Taurus to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taurus thuds his shin into the meat of Espensen's side.
Taurus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Taurus counters with a left to the body.
Espensen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Taurus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Espensen moves into the clinch.
Taurus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taurus throws a leg kick that misses.
Espensen tries to clinch
and Taurus counters with a leg kick.
Espensen tries to clinch but Taurus moves out of range.
Espensen gets a clinch.
Taurus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Espensen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taurus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Espensen wants to clinch up but Taurus keeps it at a distance.
Espensen forces Taurus back against the ropes and clinches.
Espensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Taurus manages to break the clinch.
Espensen darts in trying to clinch
and Taurus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taurus connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Espensen momentarily.
Taurus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Espensen tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Taurus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Espensen has closed the distance and engaged Taurus in a clinch.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taurus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Espensen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taurus uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Espensen has time to react.
Espensen tries to clinch but Taurus is having none of it.
Taurus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Espensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Espensen moves in looking to clinch but Taurus pushes him off.
Taurus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Taurus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taurus moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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!
Espensen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Espensen wants to clinch up but Taurus keeps it at a distance.
Taurus appears to be looking for a big counter.
Espensen rushes Taurus and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Espensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taurus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Espensen is looking to clinch but Taurus is avoiding it.
Espensen closes the distance and clinches.
Espensen throws a head punch that misses.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Espensen wants to stall.
A shot in the inside from Espensen.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Espensen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taurus.
Taurus swats away the attempt to clinch by Espensen.
Espensen doesn't manage to clinch there - Taurus circles away.
Taurus is looking for a counter combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wesley Taurus dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Taurus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wesley Taurus is winning the standup battle so far.
Espensen tries to clinch up
and Espensen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Espensen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Taurus manages to break the clinch.
Espensen closes the distance and pushes Taurus back into the ropes.
Taurus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Taurus blocks an uppercut.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taurus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Espensen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Espensen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Espensen has a couple of punches blocked by Taurus.
Taurus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taurus breaks the clinch.
Taurus throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Taurus works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Espensen tries to clinch but Taurus moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Taurus.
Taurus punishes Espensen's body with a nice straight punch.
Taurus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Espensen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Taurus counters with an outside leg kick.
Taurus misses the shot to the body.
Taurus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Espensen can do to turn this around?
Espensen instigates a clinch.
Espensen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Taurus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Espensen forces Taurus back against the ropes and clinches.
Espensen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Espensen on the inside.
Espensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Espensen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taurus.
Espensen lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Espensen on the inside.
Espensen lands a right hand.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Espensen moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taurus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espensen wants to clinch but Taurus slips to the side
and Taurus counters with a straight right hand.
Espensen moves into the clinch.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taurus keeps the fight on the outside.
Espensen has closed the distance and engaged Taurus in a clinch.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taurus scores with a crisp jab that stopped Espensen in his tracks.
Taurus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Espensen drives through and clinches with Taurus against the ropes.
Taurus lands a body shot.
Espensen throws a head punch that misses.
Espensen lands with a light punch inside.
Taurus takes a shot to the head.
Taurus blocks an uppercut.
Taurus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Espensen wants to clinch but Taurus slips to the side
letting Taurus counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Taurus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taurus tests Espensen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Espensen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taurus shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Espensen eats them both and turns towards Taurus to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Espensen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taurus, pushing him back against the ropes.
Espensen misses with some punches.
Taurus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Espensen tries to clinch but Taurus is having none of it.
Taurus scores with a jab to the jaw.
Espensen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taurus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Espensen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Taurus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Espensen is looking to clinch.
Taurus scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Espensen clinches.
Espensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taurus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Espensen clinches up against the ropes.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen darts in trying to clinch
and Taurus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Taurus misses with an uppercut. Espensen saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Espensen! But no joy.
Espensen moves in looking to clinch but Taurus pushes him off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Taurus.
A cross from Taurus lands.
Espensen is looking to clinch but Taurus is avoiding it.
Taurus keeps the fight on the outside.
Espensen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Espensen is looking to clinch but Taurus is avoiding it.
A quick step to the side and Taurus tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Espensen tries to clinch there but Taurus circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Taurus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Taurus keeps the fight on the outside.
Espensen tries to clinch
and Taurus counters with a nice uppercut.
Taurus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Espensen moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Espensen! But no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wesley Taurus dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Espensen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taurus, pushing him back against the ropes.
Taurus blocks an uppercut.
Taurus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen has Taurus up against the ropes in a clinch.
Taurus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taurus throws a series of punches but Espensen avoids them all with ease.
Espensen moves into the clinch.
Thorvald Espensen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espensen tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Taurus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Espensen tries to clinch but Taurus is having none of it.
Espensen moves into the clinch.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taurus lands a nice shot that snaps Espensen's head back.
Espensen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Taurus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Espensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espensen tries to close the distance and clinch but Taurus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Espensen rushes Taurus and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Taurus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Espensen moves into the clinch successfully.
Espensen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Taurus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Espensen tries to clinch up but Taurus circles away and keeps his distance.
Taurus throws a quick counter head kick but Espensen was just out of range.
Espensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Espensen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Espensen is looking to clinch.
Taurus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Espensen.
Espensen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jab from Taurus.
Taurus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Espensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Espensen tries to clinch up.
Espensen tries to clinch up.
Espensen tries to clinch up.
Espensen has closed the distance and engaged Taurus in a clinch.
Thorvald Espensen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taurus breaks the clinch.
Taurus swats away the attempt to clinch by Espensen.
Espensen tries to clinch there but Taurus circles away.
Taurus lands with a hook. Espensen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Espensen tries to clinch up but Taurus circles away and keeps his distance.
Espensen looks to clinch
and Taurus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Espensen wants to clinch up but Taurus keeps it at a distance.
Taurus throws a counter high kick but Espensen was just alert enough to avoid it.
Taurus lands with a straight right. Espensen didn't see that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Espensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Espensen has Taurus up against the ropes in a clinch.
Taurus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taurus seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Taurus with a nice cross.
Taurus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Taurus throws a wild body kick that Espensen sees coming a mile off.
Espensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wesley Taurus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espensen tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Taurus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Espensen darts in and clinches Taurus up against the ropes.
Taurus blocking some punches.
Taurus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Espensen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Taurus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espensen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Taurus counters with a low kick, right behind Espensen 's knee.
Espensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Espensen doesn't manage to clinch there - Taurus circles away.
A quick step to the side and Taurus tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Espensen tries to close the distance and clinch but Taurus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Espensen moves into the clinch successfully.
Espensen lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taurus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taurus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Espensen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Espensen fails to land.
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Espensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Taurus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taurus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Espensen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taurus blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Espensen throws a head punch that misses.
Taurus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Espensen working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Wesley Taurus.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Taurus, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Wesley Taurus!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Wesley Taurus!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Wesley Taurus!
Wesley Taurus wins by unanimous decision!
A less than humble Wesley Taurus misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Berto Kin (ranked 19288 p4p, 1880 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 659 p4p, 250 weight class). Benedetti has chosen Atrevete te as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Berto Kin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kin fails to land with a series of punches.
Kin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Punch Out Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kin throws a sloppy head kick and Benedetti moves out of range easily.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Kin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Kin throws a wild body kick that Benedetti sees coming a mile off.
Kin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Kin.
A little jabbing left from Benedetti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kin throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kin lands a jab-cross combination.
Benedetti lands with a right hand.
Kin moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Benedetti connects with a jab.
 Kin is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benedetti circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti throws out a powerful jab.
Oh Kin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benedetti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kin seems to have got his legs back now.
Benedetti cracks Kin with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Kin get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Kin looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti swinging wildly here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kin throws a nice looking combination but Benedetti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kin digs a good body shot into Benedetti's ribs.
Kin walks into a big right hand from Benedetti and goes down! The referee sends Benedetti to a neutral corner as Kin gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benedetti counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Claudio Benedetti!
Claudio Benedetti is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Claudio Benedetti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Vos Zy (ranked 2402 p4p, 1476 weight class) and George Backman (ranked 242 p4p, 150 weight class). Vos Zy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vos Zy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Backman!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zy is looking to land body kicks.
Backman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zy missing with a left hand there. Backman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zy throws a leg kick but Backman moved away.
Backman swings widly with a right hand
and Zy counters with a big 3 punch combo that drops Backman on his ass! Backman wobbles back to his feet half way through the count and though looking a bit dazed, the referee is going to allow the fight to continue!
Backman is rocked!
George Backman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zy cracks Backman with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Backman is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Backman is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Backman could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Vos Zy!
A very excited looking Vos Zy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Yajson Rram (ranked 670 p4p, 1692 weight class) and Takeru Kubota (ranked 70 p4p, 175 weight class). Rram's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Overhaul. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yajson Rram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeru Kubota!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Rram both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Rram.
Decent striking displayed by Rram there.
Kubota is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kubota throws a series of punches but Rram avoids them all with ease.
Rram throws a push kick but Kubota slaps the foot to one side.
An inside leg kick lands from Kubota.
The fighters circling - Rram throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kubota only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kubota has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rram throws a hook to the side of Kubota's head but Kubota sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Rram finds it's way through Kubota's defenses.
Rram misses with a body punch
and Kubota counters with a left and a right that stings Rram.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kubota walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rram checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rram scores with a three punch combo!
Rram throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kubota throws the left hand but Rram avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Rram.
Rram looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rram misses with a series of wild punches.
It seemed like Kubota was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rram lands with a hook. Kubota tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kubota moves out of range of the body kick from Rram.
Rram throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kubota connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rram momentarily.
Rram misses with an uppercut
and Kubota makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rram really felt that one!
Rram walks into a left hand.
Kubota takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kubota swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rram.
Rram throws out a loose jab but Kubota uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rram lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rram showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kubota.
Rram is looking to counter punch.
Kubota scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rram showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kubota.
Rram on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rram keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kubota.
Rram swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rram scores with a leg kick.
Rram displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A left lands for Kubota.
Kubota throws a body kick that misses.
Rram looks to land a right hand but Kubota moved out of range.
A big right from Rram misses.
Rram punishes Kubota's body with a nice straight punch.
Rram throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rram misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rram loads up on a big right hand but Kubota slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kubota! But no joy.
Kubota changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yajson Rram seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Kubota.
Rram tries to close the distance and clinch but Kubota swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rram clinches up with Kubota and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kubota manages to break the clinch.
Kubota lands with a nice body punch.
Rram scores with a jab to the body.
Kubota staying out of range there.
Rram fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kubota manages to avoid it.
Kubota buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rram connects with a body shot.
Rram lands a nice 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!
Rram moves in looking to clinch but Kubota pushes him off.
Rram misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kubota counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kubota tried to score with a low kick but Rram checks it.
Rram swinging wildly here.
Rram misses with a series of wild punches.
Rram swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kubota counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rram throws a right hand that misses
and Kubota counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kubota gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rram counters with a straight right hand.
Kubota is looking to score with low kicks.
Rram throws a combination that misses
and Kubota counters with a stiff right hand.
Rram throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kubota slips under a jab.
Kubota throws a counter combo.
Rram rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kubota moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kubota doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yajson Rram will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A combination from Rram does no damage.
Rram throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kubota counters with a left and a right that stings Rram.
Kubota takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rram throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kubota.
Yajson Rram is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed right hand from Rram misses the target.
Kubota displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rram connects with a nice looking jab.
Rram misses with a body shot.
Rram takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rram throws a wild body kick that Kubota sees coming a mile off.
Rram misses with an uppercut.
Kubota lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rram goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kubota ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rram wants to clinch but Kubota slips to the side
and Kubota counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yajson Rram is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kubota takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rram connects with a body shot that sends Kubota's belly button to the back.
Kubota cracks Rram with an open hand slap.
Kubota takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A combination from Rram does no damage.
Kubota throws out a counter right but Rram avoids it with no problem.
Rram misses with a hook.
Kubota slips a jab from Rram.
Rram throws a right hand that misses
and Kubota counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rram checks a leg kick nicely.
A big left from Kubota misses.
Rram lands a jab-cross combination.
Rram lands with a hook. Kubota tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kubota misses with an uppercut. Rram saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rram waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kubota.
Kubota now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rram looks to score with a jab to the body but Kubota is just out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rram lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kubota has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kubota and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kubota appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rram throws a body punch but Kubota moves out of range.
Rram moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rram lands with a straight right. Kubota didn't see that one coming.
Kubota misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rram lands a really nice looking cross but Kubota seems unphased.
Rram misses with a hook
and Kubota counters with a series of strikes. Rram will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kubota throws a body shot but no joy.
Rram looks to score with a jab to the body but Kubota is just out of range.
Rram misses with a kick to the body.
Kubota connects with a crisp jab.
Rram misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rram misses with a combination
and Kubota connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donk. Rram catches Kubota right on the button with a cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Kubota as he connects with a hook.
Rram misses with a body punch
and Kubota connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kubota thuds a left hand into Rram's body.
Rram lands a slapping body shot.
Rram swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kubota counters with a stiff right hand.
Kubota uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rram.
Rram cracks a nice hook into Kubota's ribs.
A left lands for Rram.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rram turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rram throws a hook but Kubota blocks it.
It seemed like Kubota was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rram misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kubota counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kubota takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rram throws an off balance right hand
and Kubota counters with a three punch combo that has Rram backing up. Rram nods at Kubota to acknowledge the strikes.
Rram is rocked!
A shot to the liver by Kubota. Beautiful body shot.
Oh Rram is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rram takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good exchange - Rram coming out on top.
Kubota slips a jab and a cross from Rram.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rram lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kubota circles away quickly and effectively.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kubota! But no joy.
Rram throws a combination that misses
and Kubota counters with a left to the body.
Kubota cracks Rram with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Rram is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Rram is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Rram could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Takeru Kubota!
In his post fight interview, Takeru Kubota started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Elgin Turner (ranked 225 p4p, 2021 weight class) and Snake Duanesboy (ranked 26 p4p, 207 weight class). Turner comes to the ring accompanied by Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'. Elgin Turner had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Elgin Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Snake Duanesboy!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turner seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Duanesboy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Turner lands with an overhand left.
Turner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Duanesboy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turner.
Turner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Duanesboy scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Duanesboy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turner is looking to slow Duanesboy down with leg kicks.
Duanesboy drops his hands momentarily and Turner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner lands with a right hand.
Turner scores with a leg kick.
Duanesboy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turner slips under a jab from Duanesboy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turner.
Duanesboy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turner swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Duanesboy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Turner looks to land a body kick but Duanesboy moved away.
Turner is looking to slow Duanesboy down with leg kicks.
Turner tried to score with a low kick but Duanesboy checks it.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Duanesboy - that will leave a mark!
Turner lands a jab.
Turner misses the body punch
and Duanesboy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Turner lands a nice shot that snaps Duanesboy's head back.
Duanesboy tries to keep at a distance but Turner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Turner breaks the clinch.
Duanesboy throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duanesboy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good leg kick by Turner.
Duanesboy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy moves away from the strike by Turner.
Duanesboy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Duanesboy ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Duanesboy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Duanesboy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Duanesboy does it's job there.
Turner lands a jab to the head.
Duanesboy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duanesboy misses the jab.
Duanesboy throws a body kick that misses.
Duanesboy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turner throws out the jab.
Duanesboy misses with a body kick.
Turner is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Turner moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Turner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Duanesboy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turner.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duanesboy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Duanesboy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Turner fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Duanesboy is out of range.
Turner looks to throw the jab but Duanesboy is out of range.
Turner lands a leg kick that knocks Duanesboy off balance momentarily.
Duanesboy blocks a low kick nicely.
Turner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Turner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Duanesboy blocks the low kick.
Turner slips a jab from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy tries to move into range but Turner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Turner throws a body punch but Duanesboy moves out of range.
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duanesboy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Duanesboy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice uppercut lands for Duanesboy. That snapped Turner's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Turner misses.
Turner throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Duanesboy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duanesboy drops his hands momentarily and Turner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turner throws a shot from downtown. Duanesboy moves away and avoids it.
Duanesboy replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Turner blocks it well.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Duanesboy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Duanesboy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner throws a push kick but Duanesboy slaps the foot to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Turner. That's going to slow Duanesboy down.
Turner looks to throw the jab but Duanesboy is out of range.
Duanesboy looks to land a left hand but Turner moved out of range nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elgin Turner dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Duanesboy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Turner blocks the body kick.
Turner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Duanesboy in his tracks.
Turner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duanesboy can do to turn this around?
Duanesboy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Duanesboy throws a head kick that misses.
Turner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duanesboy.
Turner throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Duanesboy throws a body kick that misses.
Duanesboy moves out of range of the strikes.
Duanesboy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner with the inside leg kick.
Turner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Elgin Turner is winning the standup battle so far.
Turner blocks a head kick by Duanesboy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy lands a nice shot that snaps Turner's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duanesboy lands a nice looking body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Duanesboy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duanesboy throws out a counter right but Turner avoids it with no problem.
Turner lands a front kick.
Turner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Turner tries a low kick but Duanesboy avoids it.
Turner moves out of range of the body kick from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Duanesboy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Duanesboy at a distance.
Duanesboy ducks right into an uppercut from Turner.
Turner drives through and clinches with Duanesboy against the ropes.
Turner lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turner.
Duanesboy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Turner.
Turner half committed to a counter leg kick.
Turner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
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!
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duanesboy moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turner tries to clinch up.
It seemed like Duanesboy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Turner lands a front kick.
A big left from Duanesboy misses.
Turner throws a good cross that connects.
Crunch! Duanesboy slams his shin into Turner's torso.
Turner throws out a loose jab but Duanesboy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turner is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Turner throws a body shot but no joy.
Duanesboy throws out a counter right but Turner avoids it with no problem.
Decent striking displayed by Turner there.
Duanesboy misses the jab.
Turner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Duanesboy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duanesboy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Duanesboy throws out a counter right but Turner avoids it with no problem.
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A head kick misses from Duanesboy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Turner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turner thumps Duanesboy with a low kick.
Duanesboy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turner moves out of range of the body kick.
Turner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turner changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner wants to slow Duanesboy down by chopping away at his legs.
Turner misses with a looping left.
Turner misses with a hook
and Duanesboy finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Duanesboy is looking to land body kicks.
Turner connects with a nice looking jab.
Duanesboy misses with a head kick.
Turner cracks Duanesboy with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duanesboy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Duanesboy checks a leg kick.
Turner throws a front kick aimed at Duanesboy's knee but Duanesboy avoids it well.
Duanesboy follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Turner blocks a jab.
Duanesboy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Duanesboy slips a straight right by Turner.
Duanesboy is trying to counter with his kicks.
Turner swings away with a body shot that misses
and Duanesboy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Elgin Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner forces Duanesboy back against the ropes and clinches.
Nice body punch from Duanesboy.
Turner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duanesboy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner lands a shoulder strike.
Duanesboy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Turner lands a hook that snaps the head of Duanesboy backwards.
Turner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Duanesboy tries a body shot but Turner blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elgin Turner dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Duanesboy takes one to the chin there.
Duanesboy misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Turner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Duanesboy doesn't seem phased though.
Turner will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Duanesboy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duanesboy.
A little feinted left hand from Turner on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Turner throws a sloppy body shot
letting Duanesboy counter with a right hand.
Turner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Duanesboy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duanesboy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turners head.
Duanesboy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turner throws a punch but it's blocked by Duanesboy.
Turner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duanesboy swings wildly with an uppercut but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duanesboy lands with a light punch inside.
Turner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duanesboy throws a punch but it's blocked by Turner.
Duanesboy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Turner seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Duanesboy can turn it around.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duanesboy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turner throws a punch but it's blocked by Duanesboy.
Duanesboy tries to throw a body punch but Turner avoids it by throwing Duanesboy back against the ropes.
Duanesboy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turner lands a hook that snaps the head of Duanesboy backwards.
A short uppercut from Duanesboy.
Turner lands with a short shot to the head.
Duanesboy lands a body punch.
Duanesboy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turner.
Turner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Duanesboy backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duanesboy misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Duanesboy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Duanesboy fails to land.
Duanesboy scores with a shot to the side of Turner's head.
Duanesboy struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duanesboy is trying to break the clinch but Turner has him pressed against the ropes.
Turner blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Turner throws an elbow but misses.
Turner swings wildly with an uppercut but Duanesboy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turner blocking some punches.
Duanesboy misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turner.
Turner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duanesboy breaks from the clinch.
Turner lands a nice shot that snaps Duanesboy's head back.
Turner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Duanesboy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Duanesboy drops his hands momentarily and Turner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turner throws a hook but Duanesboy blocks it.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Duanesboy slips the punch.
Duanesboy follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Turner looks to land a body kick but Duanesboy moved away.
Duanesboy slips a straight right by Turner.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner scores with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turner can pounce on him.
Duanesboy throws the kick towards the body but Turner avoids it.
Duanesboy misses the jab.
Duanesboy checks a low kick from Turner.
Good standup being displayed there by Turner as he connects with a hook.
Turner closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duanesboy.
Turner gets through Duanesboy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Turner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turner breaks the clinch.
Turner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Duanesboy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duanesboy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duanesboy throws a head kick that misses.
Snake Duanesboy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Duanesboy checks a leg kick.
Duanesboy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Turner walks forward, straight into a front kick from Duanesboy.
Turner throws a leg kick
and Duanesboy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turner tries to clinch but Duanesboy is having none of it.
Duanesboy is trying to counter with his kicks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Turner!
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner connects with a body shot.
Turner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Turner lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duanesboy manages to avoid it.
Duanesboy moves out of range as Turner strikes.
Duanesboy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Good shot there by Turner.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elgin Turner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turner 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Elgin Turner!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Elgin Turner!
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Elgin Turner!
Elgin Turner wins by unanimous decision!
Elgin Turner was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jesse Custer (ranked 4105 p4p, 2509 weight class) and Marty Robbins (ranked 523 p4p, 356 weight class). Robbins has chosen Marty Robbins - Big Iron as his entrance music. Marty Robbins acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Custer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 48 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Robbins!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Robbins. Beautiful body shot.
Custer throws a leg kick but Robbins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Robbins throws a looping overhand right but Custer ducks down to avoid it.
Robbins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Robbins throws a sloppy head kick and Custer moves out of range easily.
Robbins tries to bum rush Custer with a series of wild strikes but Custer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Custer quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Custer throws a sloppy head kick
and Robbins counters by moving into the clinch.
Custer tries to work over Robbins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Custer misses with a punch to the body.
Robbins prevents Custer from breaking the clinch.
Robbins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Robbins scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Robbins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Robbins scores with a hook to the body.
Robbins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Robbins gets through Custer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Robbins.
Custer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Robbins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Robbins has Custer pressed against the ropes, preventing Custer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
I was talking to Custer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Jesse Custer has been cut.
Custer is breathing heavily.
Robbins scores with a shoulder strike.
Robbins lands a damaging elbow.
Robbins lands an elbow inside.
Robbins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Custer backwards.
Robbins tries to work over Custer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Robbins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Custer struggles to land a body shot inside as Robbins controls his hands.
Robbins misses with a punch to the body.
Custer breaks the clinch.
Robbins swings for the body but Custer moves out of range.
Robbins throws an off balance right hand
and Custer counters with a nice uppercut.
Robbins throws a right hand that misses
and Custer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
 It looks like Marty Robbins has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robbins scores with a body shot.
Custer throws a low kick but Robbins moves out of range easily.
Robbins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Robbins connects with an inside leg kick.
Robbins moves into range and clinches up with Custer.
Custer lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbins tries to throw a body punch but Custer avoids it by throwing Robbins back against the ropes.
Custer has a couple of punches blocked by Robbins.
Robbins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robbins has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Robbins there as he acknowledges the shot.
Custer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Robbins.
Robbins avoids the body shot from Custer.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Robbins checks a leg kick.
Robbins lands with a hook. Custer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Custer misses with the body kick
and Robbins counters with a low kick, right behind Custer 's knee.
Robbins dips to his left and cracks Custer with an uppercut!
Robbins scores with a jab to the body.
Robbins fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Custer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Robbins connects with a quick right hand that sends Custer tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marty Robbins!
During a confident post fight interview, Marty Robbins thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Songkom Fairtex (ranked 22688 p4p, 23030 weight class) and Nikolai Magomedov (ranked 149 p4p, 169 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Songkom Fairtex!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikolai Magomedov!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairtex throws a lazy body kick
and Magomedov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Songkom Fairtex has been cut.
Magomedov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fairtex has time to react.
Songkom Fairtex seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fairtex fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magomedov manages to avoid it.
Magomedov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magomedov avoids a kick to the body.
Fairtex tries to land a front kick but Magomedov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Magomedov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fairtex misses with a wild body shot.
Magomedov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fairtex.
Fairtex tries to counter by clinching up but Magomedov breaks away and moves out of range.
Magomedov forces Fairtex back against the ropes and clinches.
Fairtex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fairtex creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hand to the body from Magomedov.
Magomedov trying to land knees to the body.
Magomedov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Magomedov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Magomedov on the inside.
Fairtex throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Magomedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov misses with a body punch.
Magomedov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fairtex is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Fairtex looking to stall.
Fairtex seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Magomedov is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Magomedov misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Magomedov.
Fairtex crunches a lovely knee into Magomedov's ribcage.
Magomedov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fairtex.
Fairtex misses with an elbow strike.
Fairtex tries a body shot but Magomedov blocks it.
Magomedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov missing with knees to the body.
Magomedov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Magomedov trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex misses with a body punch.
Fairtex is trying to stall.
Fairtex is trying to stall.
Magomedov lands a left hand.
Magomedov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fairtex's face.
I was talking to Fairtex's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Fairtex as the two fighters clinch.
Fairtex doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov tries to land a knee to the head but Fairtex blocks with his arms.
Fairtex looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Fairtex trying to stall but Magomedov improves his position.
Magomedov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex taking a breather.
Magomedov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fairtex.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Fairtex lands a hook that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Magomedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Fairtex uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fairtex obliges.
Magomedov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fairtex displaying some good clinch control by pressing Magomedov up against the ropes.
Fairtex lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Fairtex softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Fairtex avoiding damage as Magomedov throws knees to the body.
Magomedov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex blocking some punches.
A short right from Fairtex.
Fairtex swings wildly with an uppercut but Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Magomedov avoids it.
Fairtex tries to throw a body punch but Magomedov avoids it by throwing Fairtex back against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fairtex has Magomedov pressed against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex managing to block the knees to the body from Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a knee to the head.
Magomedov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fairtex backwards.
Fairtex lands a nice shot to the body.
Fairtex is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fairtex.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fairtex stalling in the clinch but Magomedov improves position.
Fairtex tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Magomedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Fairtex uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Magomedov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fairtex throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Magomedov.
Fairtex stalling in the clinch but Magomedov improves position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fairtex throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Magomedov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Songkom Fairtex's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Magomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Magomedov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Magomedov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fairtex gets tackled into the ropes by Magomedov. Magomedov maintains the clinch.
Magomedov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fairtex.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Magomedov obliges.
A short right from Fairtex on the inside.
Magomedov looking to slow down the pace here.
Magomedov looking to throw knees to the head but Fairtex is blocking nicely.
Magomedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fairtex's elbow.
Magomedov blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairtex lands a damaging elbow.
Nikolai Magomedov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Magomedov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fairtex misses with a hook from the clinch.
Magomedov tries to land a knee to the head but Fairtex blocks with his arms.
Fairtex tries to stall but Magomedov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fairtex avoiding damage as Magomedov throws knees to the body.
Magomedov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fairtex doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the ropes.
Fairtex taking a breather.
Magomedov lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Magomedov blocks it.
Fairtex landing knees to the body.
Magomedov is breathing heavily.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fairtex misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Magomedov.
Magomedov has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Magomedov looking to throw knees to the head but Fairtex is blocking nicely.
Fairtex lands a nice uppercut.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Magomedov avoids the damage to the body.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Fairtex tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fairtex is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Magomedov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magomedov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex looking to slow down the pace here.
Fairtex stalling in the clinch but Magomedov improves position.
Fairtex lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fairtex can't find room to land a body shot as Magomedov controls the action.
Fairtex doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Magomedov tries to work over Fairtex's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Fairtex blocks it.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Magomedov 's eye.
Fairtex scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Nikolai Magomedov has been cut.
Fairtex tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fairtex takes a knee to the side of the body.
Magomedov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fairtex scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Fairtex blocks it.
Magomedov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fairtex.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magomedov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fairtex lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fairtex lands a left hand that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Fairtex pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Magomedov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex avoiding damage as Magomedov throws knees to the body.
Magomedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Magomedov is pushing Fairtex up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fairtex is struggling to control the position.
Magomedov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Magomedov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Magomedov missing with knees to the body.
Fairtex avoiding damage as Magomedov throws knees to the body.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Magomedov.
Magomedov scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Magomedov blocks the elbow strike.
Magomedov tries to land knees in the clinch but Fairtex avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Magomedov as Fairtex tries to tie him up.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Magomedov blocks it.
Magomedov landing knees 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!
Magomedov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Magomedov.
Magomedov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fairtex lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Magomedov lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Songkom Fairtex will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Fairtex takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A big left from Fairtex misses.
Magomedov doesn't manage to clinch there - Fairtex circles away.
Fairtex is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Magomedov.
A left lands for Magomedov.
Magomedov pushes Fairtex up against the ropes in a clinch.
Fairtex stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Magomedov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fairtex lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fairtex has Magomedov pressed against the ropes.
Fairtex is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomedov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Magomedov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fairtex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Magomedov trying to land knees to the body.
Magomedov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fairtex has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Fairtex scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov throws a punch but it's blocked by Fairtex.
Fairtex misses with a hook to the ribs.
Magomedov misses with a punch on the inside.
Fairtex avoiding damage as Magomedov throws knees to the body.
Fairtex is pushing Magomedov up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Magomedov throws a head punch that misses.
Fairtex prevents a body shot from Magomedov.
Fairtex misses with a hook to the ribs.
Magomedov missing with knees to the body.
Magomedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Fairtex.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fairtex.
Magomedov blocks an elbow strike.
Fairtex misses with an elbow over the top.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow.
Magomedov scores with a shot to the side of Fairtex's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov tries to stall but Fairtex uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fairtex creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fairtex tries to stall but Magomedov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Magomedov scores a nice knee to the body.
Magomedov is trying to maintain a safe position but Fairtex gets an underhook and turns Magomedov into the ropes.
Nice body punch from Magomedov.
Magomedov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Magomedov on the inside.
Fairtex blocks a body shot from Magomedov.
A left hand lands to the body for Magomedov.
Fairtex blocks a body shot from Magomedov.
Magomedov digs a right hand into Fairtex's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fairtex's gas tank.
Magomedov lands a body punch.
Magomedov lands a hook that snaps the head of Fairtex backwards.
Magomedov tries to throw a body punch but Fairtex avoids it by throwing Magomedov back against the ropes.
Magomedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fairtex's elbow.
Magomedov throws a head punch that misses.
Songkom Fairtex has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Magomedov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fairtex avoids it.
Magomedov is looking to control Fairtex's arms but Fairtex gets an underhook and turns him. Now Magomedov has his back to the ropes.
Magomedov trying to land knees to the body.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fairtex throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fairtex cracks Magomedov with a nice body shot.
Magomedov misses with the head strike.
Magomedov misses with some punches.
Magomedov tries to land knees in the clinch but Fairtex avoids the damage to the body.
Fairtex swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fairtex managing to block the knees to the body from Magomedov.
Fairtex looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fairtex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex misses with a body punch.
Magomedov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex tries to stall but Magomedov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Magomedov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Magomedov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fairtex backwards.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Magomedov avoids it.
Fairtex lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Magomedov working aggressively here.
Magomedov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Magomedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Fairtex stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Magomedov shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fairtex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magomedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Magomedov takes a knee to the side of the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fairtex - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice left hand lands by Fairtex.
Magomedov tries to land knees in the clinch but Fairtex avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nikolai Magomedov.
Well Magomedov 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight for Nikolai Magomedov!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Nikolai Magomedov!
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Nikolai Magomedov!
Nikolai Magomedov wins by unanimous decision! Nikolai Magomedov retains his super heavyweight title!
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