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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Young Blood (ranked 5302 p4p, 5666 weight class) and Jack Brittle (ranked 482 p4p, 509 weight class). Blood comes to the ring accompanied by If You Blood Throw it Up - 47 Miller Gang. Brittle comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Abba - Dancing Queen kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jack Brittle is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Young Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Brittle!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brittle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brittle staying out of range there.
Brittle takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blood missing with a left hand there. Brittle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brittle has closed the distance and engaged Blood in a clinch.
Brittle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blood's efforts to push away.
Brittle manages to break the clinch.
Blood looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Blood swings for the body but Brittle moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brittle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brittle tries to clinch there but Blood circles away.
Brittle doesn't manage to clinch there - Blood circles away.
Blood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brittle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brittle tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood looks to throw the jab but Brittle is out of range.
Blood missing with a left hand there. Brittle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brittle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brittle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brittle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blood.
Brittle defending well as Blood loads up on a big left hand.
Blood tests Brittle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood misses with a double jab.
A swing and a miss from Blood.
Brittle tries to counter with a clinch but Blood shakes him off and moves away.
Blood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blood. Brittle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brittle is looking to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Blood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brittle moves out of range of the strikes.
Blood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blood misses with a looping left.
Brittle instigates a clinch.
Brittle breaks from the clinch.
Brittle has closed the distance and engaged Blood in a clinch.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brittle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brittle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brittle tries to clinch up.
Blood misses with a hook.
Blood loads up on a big right hand but Brittle slips the punch.
Blood throws the left hand but Brittle avoids the punch easily.
Blood looks to throw the jab but Brittle is out of range.
Blood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Danga de danga de dang - Blood scores with a four punch combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brittle tries to clinch but Blood moves out of range.
Brittle forces Blood back against the ropes and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brittle keeps control of Blood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blood misses with the head strike.
Brittle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brittle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Blood misses the target.
Brittle is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Brittle wants to clinch.
Brittle moves away from the strike by Blood.
Blood swats away the attempt to clinch by Brittle.
Blood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blood throwing a counter right hand but Brittle manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Blood.
Blood misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Blood misses.
Brittle wants to clinch.
Brittle defending well as Blood loads up on a big left hand.
Brittle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blood.
Brittle slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blood lands a jab to the nose.
Brittle rushes Blood and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Brittle manages to break the clinch.
Blood misses with a looping left.
Brittle has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blood finds it's way round the side to connect with Brittle's head.
Brittle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blood.
Brittle slips a straight right by Blood.
Brittle moves in looking to clinch but Blood pushes him off.
Blood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brittle has Blood up against the ropes in a clinch.
Blood throws a head punch that misses.
Brittle breaks from the clinch.
Blood throws a hook but Brittle blocks it.
Brittle takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brittle breaks the clinch.
Brittle takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brittle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Blood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brittle wants to clinch up but Blood keeps it at a distance.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Brittle's shoulder, as Brittle tries to avoid the shot.
Blood connects with a body shot that sends Brittle's belly button to the back.
Blood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brittle drives through and clinches with Blood against the ropes.
Brittle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brittle is looking to clinch.
Brittle closes the distance and clinches.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brittle tries to clinch but Blood moves out of range.
Brittle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. Blood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Brittle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brittle's head backwards.
Blood throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brittle tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Blood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brittle rushes Blood and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Young Blood dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Blood throws a jab but it's blocked by Brittle.
Brittle moves into range and clinches up with Blood.
Brittle manages to break the clinch.
Blood works Brittle's body with a nice hook.
Brittle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blood throwing a counter right hand but Brittle manages to avoid it.
Brittle tries to clinch there but Blood circles away.
Brittle ducks under a wild hook from Blood.
Blood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Brittle backs up against the ropes.
Brittle walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Blood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brittle can do to turn this around?
Brittle wants to clinch up but Blood keeps it at a distance.
Brittle pushes Blood up against the ropes in a clinch.
Brittle breaks from the clinch.
Blood throws a jab but it's blocked by Brittle.
Brittle tries to clinch up.
Blood connects with a single shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brittle tries to clinch but Blood moves out of range.
Blood throws a jab when Brittle was well out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brittle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blood missing with a left hand there. Brittle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jack Brittle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Blood is trying to push Brittle away but Brittle has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood tries to break the clinch but Brittle is controlling the position.
Blood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Blood as he connects with a hook.
Brittle tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Blood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brittle tries to clinch up.
Blood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brittle ducks under a wild hook from Blood.
Brittle blocks a jab.
Brittle tries to counter by closing the distance.
Brittle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Blood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brittle manages to break the clinch.
Brittle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blood.
Brittle tries to clinch there but Blood circles away.
Blood swings for the body but Brittle moves out of range.
Brittle is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Blood keeps the fight on the outside.
Blood throws a hook but Brittle avoids it easily.
Blood throws a hook but Brittle blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood swats away the attempt to clinch by Brittle.
Blood fails to land with a series of punches.
Young Blood is winning the standup battle so far.
Blood throws a series of strikes that have Brittle backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood throws a jab when Brittle was well out of range.
Blood lands with an overhand left.
Brittle drives through and clinches with Blood against the ropes.
Blood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brittle breaks from the clinch.
Brittle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blood.
Brittle wants to clinch.
Brittle takes the fight into the clinch.
Brittle breaks from the clinch.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Brittle's shoulder, as Brittle tries to avoid the shot.
Brittle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blood is looking to counter punch.
Blood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brittle steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Blood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brittle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blood.
Brittle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little feinted left hand from Blood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brittle tries to clinch up but Blood circles away and keeps his distance.
Brittle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blood.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brittle tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Blood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blood swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brittle.
Nice jab there from Blood.
Blood scores with a hook.
Brittle is looking to clinch but Blood is avoiding it.
Blood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blood was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Blood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brittle doesn't manage to clinch there - Blood circles away.
Blood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blood looks to land a right hand but Brittle moved out of range.
Brittle tries to clinch but Blood moves out of range.
Blood throws a looping overhand right but Brittle ducks down to avoid it.
Brittle takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brittle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brittle clinches up with Blood and pushes him back against the ropes.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brittle is looking to clinch but Blood is avoiding it.
Brittle is looking to clinch.
Blood lands a really nice looking cross but Brittle seems unphased.
Blood lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Blood scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brittle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brittle has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brittle tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Blood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blood misses with an uppercut. Brittle saw that one coming.
Brittle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Brittle's shoulder, as Brittle tries to avoid the shot.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brittle moves away.
Blood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brittle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blood throws a body shot but no joy.
Blood misses with a looping right.
Brittle tries to clinch there but Blood circles away.
Blood swats away the attempt to clinch by Brittle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Young Blood dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Brittle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brittle manages to break the clinch.
Brittle takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blood tests Brittle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brittle is looking to clinch but Blood is avoiding it.
Brittle darts in and clinches Blood up against the ropes.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Blood misses.
A jab from Blood does it's job there.
Blood keeps the fight on the outside.
Brittle clinches up against the ropes.
Brittle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brittle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blood works Brittle's body with a nice hook.
Brittle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blood.
Brittle slips a jab and a cross from Blood.
Blood looks to land a right hand but Brittle moved out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Blood working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Brittle to work.
Brittle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab lands there for Blood.
Blood clobbers Brittle with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
 Brittle is rocked!
Blood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brittle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brittle closes the distance but Blood moves to the side
and Blood counters with a straight right hand.
Brittle is still on wobbly legs! Can Blood finish him?
Blood gets tackled into the ropes by Brittle. Brittle maintains the clinch.
Brittle seems to have recovered his senses.
Blood swings wildly with an uppercut but Brittle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brittle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blood.
Brittle closes the distance and clinches.
Blood misses with the head strike.
Blood misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brittle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blood has a couple of punches blocked by Brittle.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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!
Brittle takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Brittle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blood.
Brittle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brittle moves into range and clinches up with Blood.
Brittle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brittle moves out of range as Blood strikes.
Brittle tries to close the distance and clinch but Blood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Blood misses.
Brittle closes the distance and pushes Blood back into the ropes.
Brittle breaks the clinch.
Brittle moves away from the strike by Blood.
Blood misses with a hook. Brittle ducked under it nicely.
Blood lands an overhand right.
Blood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brittle manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brittle moves in looking to clinch but Blood pushes him off.
Brittle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blood.
Brittle tries to counter with a clinch but Blood shakes him off and moves away.
Brittle tries to close the distance and clinch but Blood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brittle moves into the clinch successfully.
Blood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blood swinging wildly here.
Blood connects with a right hand. Brittle shakes it off.
A swing and a miss from Blood.
Blood throws out a loose jab but Brittle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brittle wants to counter the offense by Blood and move into the clinch position.
Brittle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brittle tries to move into range but Blood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Blood throws a jab when Brittle was well out of range.
Brittle is looking to clinch but Blood is avoiding it.
Blood was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brittle forces Blood back against the ropes and clinches.
Blood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brittle's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice left hand lands by Blood.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brittle breaks the clinch.
Blood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blood tries to keep at a distance but Brittle has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brittle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blood throws the left hand but Brittle avoids the punch easily.
Blood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brittle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blood.
Brittle tries to close the distance and clinch but Blood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blood is looking to counter punch.
Brittle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blood.
Brittle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brittle tries to clinch up but Blood circles away and keeps his distance.
Brittle tries to clinch there but Blood circles away.
Blood misses the jab.
Jack Brittle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young Blood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jab, jab by Brittle - just one landing.
Blood lands the left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Young Blood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blood, 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Young Blood!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Young Blood!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Young Blood!
Young Blood wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Young Blood thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Don Rockmuller (ranked 5112 p4p, 5153 weight class) and Rogelio Nunez (ranked 469 p4p, 475 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Rogelio Nunez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Don Rockmuller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rogelio Nunez!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunez throws a sloppy body shot
and Rockmuller counters with a nice uppercut.
Rockmuller throws a hook to the side of Nunez's head but Nunez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nunez moves into the clinch.
Nunez tries to work over Rockmuller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rockmuller misses with a punch on the inside.
Rockmuller throws a punch but it's blocked by Nunez.
Nunez blocking some punches.
Nunez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nunez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rockmuller's elbow.
Nunez lands a nice uppercut.
Rockmuller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nunez digs a right hand underneath Rockmuller's ribcage. Rockmuller let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Nunez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rockmuller misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Rockmuller.
Nunez lands a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nunez tries to stall but Rockmuller uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nunez misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Nunez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rockmuller.
Rockmuller has a couple of punches blocked by Nunez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Rockmuller fails to land.
Nunez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nunez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rockmuller or not.
Rockmuller prevents a body shot from Nunez.
A right handed body shot lands from Rockmuller.
Nunez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nunez has a couple of punches blocked by Rockmuller.
Nunez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rockmuller cracks Nunez with a nice body shot.
Nunez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nunez swings wildly with an uppercut but Rockmuller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rockmuller misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nunez.
A head punch on the inside from Rockmuller fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nunez.
Rockmuller misses with the head strike.
Rockmuller lands with a right to the head.
Nunez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rockmuller lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nunez backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rockmuller struggles to land a body shot inside as Nunez controls his hands.
Rockmuller throws a head punch that misses.
Nunez struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockmuller controls his hands.
Nunez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nunez blocks a body shot from Rockmuller.
Nunez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rockmuller backwards.
Nunez lands a hook that snaps the head of Rockmuller backwards.
Nunez swings wildly with an uppercut but Rockmuller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rockmuller misses with some punches.
Nunez slows down the pace here.
Rockmuller swings wildly with an uppercut but Nunez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rockmuller throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nunezs head.
A head punch on the inside from Rockmuller fails to land.
Nunez pushes Rockmuller back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nunez misses with a body punch.
Nunez looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nunez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rockmuller swings wildly with an uppercut but Nunez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rockmuller lands a left hand.
Rockmuller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nunez prevents a body shot from Rockmuller.
Nunez lands an uppercut.
Nunez misses with a punch on the inside.
Rockmuller struggles to land a body shot inside as Nunez controls his hands.
Nunez pushes Rockmuller back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nunez misses with the head strike.
Nunez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rockmuller backwards.
Rockmuller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rockmuller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nunez misses with a punch on the inside.
Rockmuller throws a head punch that misses.
Nunez scores with a hook to the body.
Rockmuller is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Nunez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nunez lands an uppercut.
Nunez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rockmullers head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nunez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nunez throws a head punch that misses.
Rockmuller lands with a light punch inside.
Nunez lands an uppercut.
Nunez struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockmuller controls his hands.
Rockmuller swings wildly with an uppercut but Nunez uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nunez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nunez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Nunez.
Rockmuller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rockmuller definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nunez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
 Rockmuller is rocked!
We've been informed that Nunez has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Rockmuller has a couple of punches blocked by Nunez.
Oh Rockmuller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Nunez.
Rockmuller is trying to break the clinch but Nunez has him pressed against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Nunez.
Nunez works on Rockmuller's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nunez lands with a short shot to the head.
Nunez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nunez creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Rockmuller crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Rockmuller face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Nunez takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rogelio Nunez!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kenji Matsuda (ranked 4962 p4p, 5315 weight class) and Tinashe Chukwuma (ranked 458 p4p, 484 weight class). 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, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenji Matsuda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tinashe Chukwuma!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chukwuma uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chukwuma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Matsuda.
Matsuda looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chukwuma swings away with a body shot that misses
and Matsuda counters with a straight right hand.
Matsuda fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Matsuda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chukwuma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matsuda lands a jab to the nose.
Chukwuma throws a right hand that misses
and Matsuda counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matsuda swings widly with a right hand
letting Chukwuma counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Matsuda pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!
Matsuda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Matsuda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Matsuda throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chukwuma.
Chukwuma gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Chukwuma fails to land.
Matsuda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matsuda scores with a shot to the side of Chukwuma's head.
A head punch on the inside from Matsuda fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Chukwuma.
Matsuda is breathing heavily.
Matsuda lands a right hand.
Chukwuma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matsuda swings wildly with an uppercut but Chukwuma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matsuda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chukwuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda is leaning against Chukwuma and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Matsuda works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Matsuda misses with a punch to the body.
Chukwuma misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matsuda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chukwuma throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matsuda counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot lands for Matsuda.
Chukwuma has Matsuda up against the ropes in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Matsuda as Chukwuma tries to tie him up.
Chukwuma lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Matsuda presses Chukwuma against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chukwuma is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Matsuda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chukwuma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Matsuda as the two fighters clinch.
Matsuda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chukwuma misses with an uppercut. Matsuda saw that one coming.
Chukwuma misses with a hook to the body
enabling Matsuda to counter with a crisp jab.
Chukwuma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matsuda.
Matsuda throws a hook but Chukwuma avoids it easily.
Matsuda loads up on a big right hand but Chukwuma slips the punch.
Chukwuma swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Matsuda throws a poor cross that misses
and Chukwuma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matsuda throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chukwuma counters with a nice uppercut.
Chukwuma cracks Matsuda with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Matsuda 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 Matsuda is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Matsuda is rocked!
 It looks like Kenji Matsuda has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chukwuma misses with a hook. Matsuda ducked under it nicely.
Matsuda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Matsuda tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decent striking displayed by Matsuda there.
Chukwuma throws a jab when Matsuda was well out of range.
Chukwuma might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Chukwuma misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Matsuda misses the target.
Chukwuma throws a right hand that misses
and Chukwuma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matsuda throws a poor cross that misses
and Chukwuma counters with a straight right hand.
Chukwuma lunges at Matsuda with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Matsuda's hand.
Chukwuma connects with a quick right hand that sends Matsuda 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 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tinashe Chukwuma!
A very excited looking Tinashe Chukwuma 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 light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Super Macho Man (ranked 5725 p4p, 5111 weight class) and Ted Kona (ranked 514 p4p, 468 weight class). Macho Man comes to the ring accompanied by Ride of the Valkyries. Super Macho Man 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Super Macho Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Kona!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macho Man drives through and clinches with Kona against the ropes.
Macho Man working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Macho Man.
Macho Man working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kona prevents a body shot from Macho Man.
Still in the clinch, Macho Man scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Kona's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Macho Man scores with a shot to the side of Kona's head.
Macho Man keeps control of Kona as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kona has had enough of the clinch but Macho Man keeps him there for the moment.
Macho Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Kona uses good head movement to avoid it.
Macho Man misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Macho Man.
Macho Man throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Macho Man pushes Kona back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Kona is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Macho Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kona wants to get back to striking at distance but Macho Man won't allow it.
Macho Man lands a body punch in the clinch.
Macho Man scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Macho Man.
Macho Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Kona uses good head movement to avoid it.
Macho Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Macho Man.
Kona wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Macho Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Macho Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Macho Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Macho Man softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Macho Man scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kona's efforts to push away.
Macho Man makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Macho Man lands with a left to the head.
Macho Man misses with a hook from the clinch.
Macho Man tries a body shot but Kona blocks it.
Macho Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Macho Man lands a right hand.
Macho Man throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kona wants to break free but Macho Man has control.
Macho Man lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man lands a shoulder strike.
Kona has had enough of the clinch but Macho Man keeps him there for the moment.
Macho Man lands a nice uppercut.
Macho Man definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Macho Man works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kona can't break the clinch.
Macho Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Macho Man has a couple of punches blocked by Kona.
Macho Man lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kona is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Macho Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Super Macho Man dominated that round.
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.
Macho Man misses with a hook to the body
and Kona connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kona misses with a few strikes there.
Kona slips a straight right by Macho Man.
Macho Man scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Macho Man ducks under a wild hook from Kona.
Kona uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Macho Man.
Kona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Macho Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kona can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kona misses with an uppercut. Macho Man saw that one coming.
Macho Man scores with a nice right hand.
Macho Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macho Man takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Super Macho Man has been cut.
Kona is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Macho Man.
Macho Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kona.
Macho Man takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Macho Man scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kona doesn't seem bothered though.
Macho Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kona swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Macho Man counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kona throws a body punch but Macho Man moves out of range.
Macho Man cracks Kona with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kona throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macho Man slips a straight right by Kona.
Macho Man swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ted Kona seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kona throws a hook but Macho Man blocks it.
Macho Man has closed the distance and engaged Kona in a clinch.
Macho Man lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kona is breathing heavily.
Macho Man lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kona's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Super Macho Man has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Macho Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kona's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Macho Man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kona backwards.
Macho Man lands a shot to the body.
Macho Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kona's efforts to push away.
Kona is trying to break the clinch but Macho Man has him pressed against the ropes.
Macho Man digs a right hand underneath Kona's ribcage. Kona let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kona has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Macho Man seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kona can turn it around.
Macho Man is leaning against Kona and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Macho Man lands a hook that snaps the head of Kona backwards.
Macho Man throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kona.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Kona blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Macho Man.
Macho Man misses with a punch to the body.
Kona looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Macho Man is leaning against Kona and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kona blocks an uppercut.
Macho Man lands a body shot in the clinch.
Macho Man misses with a punch on the inside.
Kona wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Super Macho Man dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Super Macho Man's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Kona jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kona thows a left - swing and a miss!
Macho Man moves into the clinch.
Macho Man tries a body shot but Kona blocks it.
Kona wants to get back to striking at distance but Macho Man won't allow it.
Macho Man lands a body shot in the clinch.
Macho Man misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Macho Man fails to land.
Macho Man swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kona blocks a body shot from Macho Man.
Macho Man has Kona pressed against the ropes, preventing Kona from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Macho Man.
Macho Man works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kona is looking to break free of the clinch but Macho Man has double underhooks.
Macho Man lands a left hand.
A short left from Macho Man.
Macho Man works on Kona's body with a couple of short punches.
Kona takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Macho Man lands a nice uppercut.
Kona is rocked!
Macho Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Macho Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kona tries to break free but Macho Man pushes him back against the ropes.
Ted Kona has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Macho Man.
Macho Man working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Macho Man - that landed with a thud.
Kona letting Macho Man take a breather here.
Macho Man pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Macho Man lands a nice uppercut.
Macho Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Macho Man has Kona pressed against the ropes, preventing Kona from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Macho Man makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kona lands a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kona tries to throw a body punch but Macho Man avoids it by throwing Kona back against the ropes.
Macho Man keeps control of Kona as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kona blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kona can't break the clinch.
Kona tries to break the clinch but Macho Man is controlling the position.
Kona wants to break free but Macho Man has control.
Still in the clinch, Macho Man scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kona working aggressively here.
Macho Man gets through Kona's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Macho Man creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kona is still on wobbly legs! Can Macho Man finish him?
Macho Man tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kona's elbow.
Kona is trying to break free.
Kona seems to have recovered his senses.
Macho Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Kona avoids the damage to the body.
Kona struggles to land a body shot inside as Macho Man controls his hands.
Macho Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man digs a right hand underneath Kona's ribcage. Kona let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Macho Man.
Kona wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kona wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kona is trying to force a seperation but Macho Man has the dominant position.
Super Macho Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Macho Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Konas head.
A frustrated look appears on Kona's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kona tries to throw a body punch but Macho Man avoids it by throwing Kona back against the ropes.
Kona tries to work over Macho Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kona can't find room to land a body shot as Macho Man controls the action.
A hook to the body from Kona.
Macho Man lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Macho Man lands a body shot.
Kona tries a body shot but Macho Man blocks it.
A short right from Macho Man.
Macho Man lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Super Macho Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Macho Man, 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Super Macho Man!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Super Macho Man!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Super Macho Man!
Super Macho Man wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Super Macho Man thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Latka Gravas (ranked 1348 p4p, 22527 weight class) and Bruno Fortuna (ranked 49 p4p, 267 weight class). Fortuna comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Godfather Theme by Nino Rota kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Latka Gravas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bruno Fortuna's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latka Gravas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Fortuna!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravas cracks Fortuna with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bruno Fortuna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gravas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bruno Fortuna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gravas misses with a looping right.
Fortuna looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gravas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fortuna 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.
Fortuna takes one on the button.
Fortuna looks to throw the jab but Gravas is out of range.
Gravas thinks about countering with a body kick.
Gravas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fortuna misses with a left hand
and Gravas counters with a stiff right hand.
Fortuna swinging wildly here.
Gravas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fortuna scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fortuna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gravas.
Fortuna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortuna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravas.
Fortuna misses with a looping left.
Fortuna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fortuna falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gravas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fortuna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gravas manages to avoid it.
Fortuna wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fortuna misses with a body punch
and Gravas counters with an inside leg kick.
Gravas connects with a crisp jab.
Fortuna is rocked!
Fortuna is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Gravas doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Fortuna crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Fortuna's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Latka Gravas!
Latka Gravas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Michel Robillard (ranked 5342 p4p, 5008 weight class) and Frank Brown (ranked 486 p4p, 461 weight class). Brown has chosen Gloom, Doom, Heartache and Whiskey as his entrance music. Frank Brown has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Michel Robillard's chin.
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michel Robillard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Brown!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Brown 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Robillard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Frank Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robillard avoids the body shot from Brown.
Brown misses the jab.
Robillard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brown in his tracks.
Robillard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Robillard.
Robillard moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown lands with an overhand left.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.
Robillard avoids the body shot from Brown.
Robillard rushes Brown and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Robillard definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A nice left hand lands by Robillard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown misses with some punches.
Robillard tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Robillard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robillard struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Brown breaks the clinch.
A big left from Brown misses.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Robillard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robillard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Robillard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
Brown throws a hook but Robillard blocks it.
Brown lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Robillard at a distance.
Robillard walks into a straight right hand from Brown.
Robillard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
Nice cross by Robillard.
Robillard works Brown's body with a nice hook.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Robillard ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown digs a good hook to Robillard's body.
Robillard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robillard.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robillard ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Robillard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robillard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut there from Brown.
Brown thuds a left hand into Robillard's body.
Brown thuds his right hand into Robillard's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Robillard swinging wildly here.
Brown connects with a good right hand that stumbles Robillard. Robillard circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brown misses the jab.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Robillard tries to counter by clinching up but Brown breaks away and moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown with a nice cross.
Robillard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Robillard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Robillard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Robillard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Robillard's shoulder, as Robillard tries to avoid the shot.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Robillard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Robillard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brown! But no joy.
Brown misses with a hook
and Robillard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brown misses with a lunging right hand
and Robillard counters with a stiff right hand.
Robillard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown misses with a looping left.
Robillard misses with a straight right.
Robillard ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Robillard counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown misses with a straight right.
Robillard staying out of range there.
Jab from Brown.
Brown swings for the body but Robillard moves out of range.
Brown might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Robillard walks into a stiff left hand from Brown.
Robillard slips under a jab from Brown.
Robillard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Robillard throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Brown misses with a looping left.
Robillard tries to counter by clinching up but Brown breaks away and moves out of range.
Robillard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robillard was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Jab from Brown.
Robillard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Robillard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Brown dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Robillard slips under a jab.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Robillard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fighters circling - Brown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Robillard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Robillard takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown misses with a hook. Robillard ducked under it nicely.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Robillard wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brown doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Robillard misses the shot to the body.
Brown slips under a jab from Robillard.
Frank Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robillard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown throws a looping overhand right but Robillard ducks down to avoid it.
Robillard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown throws a jab when Robillard was well out of range.
Robillard slips a jab from Brown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robillard ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Brown. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Brown.
Brown throws a predictable looking body shot
and Robillard counters with a series of strikes. Brown will be more careful next time no doubt.
Robillard closes the distance and clinches.
Brown working aggressively here.
Robillard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robillard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robillard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robillard lands a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Robillard pushes Brown back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Robillard.
A shot in the inside from Robillard.
Robillard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Robillard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robillard pushes Brown back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robillard working aggressively here.
Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Robillard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Robillard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown misses with a lunging right hand
and Robillard holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Robillard has double underhooks.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Robillard scores with a hook to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Robillard lands a nice uppercut.
Robillard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Robillard as the two fighters clinch.
Robillard lands an uppercut.
Robillard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robillard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Robillard.
Robillard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robillard lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Robillard.
Robillard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Robillard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Robillard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Robillard - that landed with a thud.
Robillard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robillard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robillard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Robillard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Robillard lands a shoulder strike.
Robillard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Brown is rocked!
Robillard has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Robillard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Robillard.
Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Robillard finish him?
A right hand to the body from Robillard.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Robillard.
Robillard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Robillard lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Robillard as the two fighters clinch.
A short left from Robillard.
A hook to the body from Robillard.
Robillard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Robillard lands a shoulder strike.
Robillard pushes Brown back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robillard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Robillard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Nice body punch from Robillard - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Robillard.
Robillard cracks Brown with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Brown goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Brown wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Michel Robillard!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hung Young Wang (ranked 5034 p4p, 5395 weight class) and Summit Panda (ranked 463 p4p, 490 weight class). Summit Panda 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hung Young Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Summit Panda!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panda on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Panda defending well as Wang loads up on a big left hand.
Wang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Panda.
Panda steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Wang.
Wang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Panda.
Nice shot lands for Wang.
Wang tests Panda's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Panda moves out of range as Wang strikes.
Wang throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Panda.
Panda has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Wang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Panda has closed the distance and engaged Wang in a clinch.
Wang manages to break 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!
Wang misses with a looping left.
Wang looks to land a right hand but Panda moved out of range.
Wang throws the left hand but Panda avoids the punch easily.
Wang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Panda throws a hook to the side of Wang's head but Wang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wang throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wang misses with a left hand
and Panda counters by clinching up.
Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Wang.
A short uppercut from Wang.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang misses with a punch on the inside.
Wang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Wang.
Wang is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Panda fails to land.
Wang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Panda defending well as Wang loads up on a big left hand.
Panda tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wang connects with a leg kick.
Wang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wang.
Wang throws a hook to the side of Panda's head but Panda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wang fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Panda looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Panda walks into a left hand.
Panda tries to close the distance and clinch but Wang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wang throws a lazy right hand but Panda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Panda ducks under a wild hook from Wang.
Panda moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wang throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Wang lands.
Wang throws a series of punches but Panda avoids them all with ease.
Panda connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wang's hands.
Wang misses the shot to the body.
Panda tries to counter by closing the distance.
Wang misses with a straight left.
Wang misses with a low kick.
Wang is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Wang throws a low kick but Panda avoids it.
Wang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Panda.
Wang walks into a stiff left hand from Panda.
Wang attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wang looks to land a left hand but Panda moved out of range nicely.
Wang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Panda. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Panda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wang throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wang with a nice cross.
Panda keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Panda throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Panda on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wang lands with a shot to the body.
Wang is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Panda clinches up against the ropes.
Wang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hung Young Wang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Panda shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wang has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wang there as he acknowledges the shot.
Panda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wang throws a hook to the side of Panda's head but Panda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Wang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wang lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wang cracks Panda with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wang swings for the body but Panda moves out of range.
Wang misses with an uppercut
and Panda holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wang breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang misses with a hook.
Panda needs to keep his hands up - Wang had a free shot at his head there.
Panda tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Panda tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wang dips to his left and cracks Panda with an uppercut!
Wang misses with a straight left.
Wang thuds his right hand into Panda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Panda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Panda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Panda tries to clinch up.
Panda tries to clinch but Wang moves out of range.
It looked like Wang was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Panda.
Wang fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Panda is out of range.
Panda steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Wang.
Panda throws a hook to the side of Wang's head but Wang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Panda moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wang.
Panda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Panda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wang's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Wang fails to land.
Wang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hung Young Wang dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wang. Panda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Panda tries to clinch up but Wang circles away and keeps his distance.
Wang misses with a body shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wang - that will leave a mark!
Panda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As Panda looks to move away, Wang throws a big counter combo but Panda just gets out of the way.
Wang works the jab nicely.
Panda rushes Wang and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Wang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wang loads up on a big right hand but Panda slips the punch.
Wang misses with a looping right.
Hung Young Wang is winning the standup battle so far.
Panda tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Panda throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panda dodges the punch combination from Wang.
Panda moves out of range of the strikes.
Panda ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Panda tries to clinch but Wang moves out of range.
Wang darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda moves out of range of the strikes.
Wang fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Panda checks it well.
Panda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wang missing with a left hand there. Panda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wang swats away the attempt to clinch by Panda.
Wang is looking to counter punch.
Panda blocks a leg kick.
Wang circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slow jab from Wang misses its intended target.
The crowd cheers as Panda lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wang doesn't seem phased though.
Wang scores with a nice head shot.
Wang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Panda can do to turn this around?
Panda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Panda avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Panda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wang just misses with a punch to the body.
Wang keeps the fight on the outside.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Panda checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panda throws an overhand right that lands on Wang's shoulder, as Wang tries to avoid the shot.
Wang was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A slow jab from Wang misses its intended target.
Wang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Panda manages to avoid it.
Wang throws the left hand but Panda avoids the punch easily.
Wang gets tackled into the ropes by Panda. Panda maintains the clinch.
Wang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wang wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Panda.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wang manages to break the clinch.
Panda ducks right into an uppercut from Wang.
Panda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wang.
Wang punishes Panda's body with a nice straight punch.
Panda closes the distance and clinches.
Panda struggles to land a body shot inside as Wang controls his hands.
Wang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wang takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang throws a big shot that misses.
Wang throws a shot from downtown. Panda moves away and avoids it.
Panda tries to counter by closing the distance.
Wang wants to slow Panda down by chopping away at his legs.
Panda tries to counter by closing the distance.
Panda wants to clinch up but Wang keeps it at a distance.
Wang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Panda.
Panda slips a straight right by Wang.
A slow jab from Wang misses its intended target.
Wang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Panda.
Panda has closed the distance and engaged Wang in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Wang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Panda misses with a punch on the inside.
Wang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Wang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wang lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Panda fails to land.
Summit Panda seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wang.
Panda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wang throws a looping overhand right but Panda ducks down to avoid it.
Panda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wang misses with an uppercut.
Wang throws a body punch but Panda moves out of range.
Panda feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wangs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Panda tries to clinch but Wang moves out of range.
Wang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wang throws a jab but it's blocked by Panda.
Panda tries to counter by closing the distance.
Panda tries to clinch up but Wang circles away and keeps his distance.
Wang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wang misses with an uppercut. Panda saw that one coming.
Wang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Panda.
Panda avoids a kick to the body.
Panda wants to counter the offense by Wang and move into the clinch position.
Wang lands a nice looking body shot.
Wang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Panda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wang throws a big shot that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hung Young Wang dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Panda moves into the clinch.
Summit Panda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wang manages to break the clinch.
Panda wants to clinch
and Wang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wang scores with a sloppy right hand. Panda should have avoided that one.
Panda checks a low kick from Wang.
Wang darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Panda doesn't manage to clinch there - Wang circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Panda blocks the leg kick.
Wang swings widly with a right hand
and Panda moves into the clinch.
Wang lands a shoulder strike.
Panda lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Panda scores with a nice short uppercut.
Panda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Panda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Panda.
Wang blocking some punches.
Panda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wang fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Panda looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang loads up on a big right hand but Panda slips the punch.
Panda tries to clinch up but Wang circles away and keeps his distance.
Panda scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wang ducks into a a hook from Panda and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Wang is rocked!
Panda wants to clinch up but Wang keeps it at a distance.
Oh Wang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Panda thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from Wang on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wang seems to have got his legs back now.
Wang throws a right and a left that Panda avoids nicely.
Wang misses with a right hand
and Panda counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wang lands a right hand.
Wang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Panda digs a right hand into Wang's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wang's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Panda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wangs head.
Panda makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Panda lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wang.
Panda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Panda.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Panda.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panda lands a left hand.
Panda throws a head punch that misses.
Wang is trying to break the clinch but Panda has him pressed against the ropes.
Panda cracks Wang with a nice body shot.
Panda misses with the head strike.
Panda tries a body shot but Wang blocks it.
Panda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Panda lands a nice shot to the body.
Panda lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wang backwards.
Panda swings wildly with an uppercut but Wang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Panda lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Panda.
Panda misses with some punches.
Panda misses with some punches.
Panda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Panda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Panda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Panda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Panda might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Wang misses the target.
Panda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Panda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wang swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wang throws a poor cross that misses
and Panda moves into the clinch.
Wang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wang just misses with a punch to the body.
Panda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Panda tries to close the distance and clinch but Wang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Panda just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromWang.
Wang ducks under a wild hook from Panda.
Wang connects with a right hand. Panda shakes it off.
Wang lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Panda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Panda defending well as Wang loads up on a big left hand.
Panda closes the distance and pushes Wang back into the ropes.
Panda lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Panda.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Panda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Wang fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Panda.
Panda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Panda scores with a shot to the side of Wang's head.
Wang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Panda has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Panda creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Wang crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Panda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Panda tries to clinch but Wang is having none of it.
Panda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wang walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Panda! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Summit Panda!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Caique Lima (ranked 5145 p4p, 5279 weight class) and Jone White (ranked 473 p4p, 480 weight class). Jone White told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caique Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jone White!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lima throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White misses with a hook.
Lima dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lima pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lima seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lima slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by White.
Lima stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lima slips a straight right by White.
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lima.
A counter left hand to the body from Lima misses its target.
Lima throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White lands a right hook to the body.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Lima counters with a nice uppercut.
White looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima misses with a wild body shot.
White throws a lazy right hand but Lima sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lima misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lima ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White slips under a jab from Lima.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lima moves away.
Lima throwing a counter right hand but White manages to avoid it.
White looks to land a right hand but Lima moved out of range.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lima was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Lima keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lima ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lima connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses the jab.
White misses the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White misses with an uppercut
and Lima counters with a lovely shot to the body.
White takes a shot right to the bread basket.
White scores with a nice head shot.
Nice defenses there by Lima.
A little feinted left hand from Lima on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Lima counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lima just misses with a punch to the body.
White misses with a hook
and Lima counters with a straight right hand.
Jone White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White ducks under a wild hook from Lima.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
White drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
White misses with a hook
and Lima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lima scores with the left hand. White knows he should have avoided that one.
Lima misses with a wild body shot.
Lima slips a straight right by White.
Lima is looking to counter punch.
Lima jabs at White's body.
White misses with a hook
and Lima cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White misses with a looping right.
Lima swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lima moves out of range of the strikes.
Lima lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
White throws a hook but Lima avoids it easily.
White scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
White fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lima moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lima misses with a straight right.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lima moves out of range as White strikes.
Lima throws a left and a right that both miss
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White misses with a hook
and Lima counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Lima's shoulder, as Lima tries to avoid the shot.
Lima was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
White looks to land a right hand but Lima moved out of range.
Lima is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lima misses with an uppercut
and Lima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lima lands a nice shot that snaps White's head back.
Lima looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
Lima takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from White misses.
Lima was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Caique Lima dominated that round.
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.
Lima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Lima drops his hands momentarily and White takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab from White misses.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Lima.
An attempted straight right counter from Lima misses the target.
Lima lands a jab to White's midsection.
Lima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lima uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.
White might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
White throws a looping overhand right but Lima ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Lima misses the target.
Lima staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lima throws a big shot that misses.
Lima fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
White throws the left hand but Lima avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lima throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lima throws out the jab.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
White missing with a left hand there. Lima was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Caique Lima is winning the standup battle so far.
White misses with a straight left.
Lima swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lima counters with a nice body shot.
Lima connects with a single shot there.
Lima rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lima misses with an uppercut.
White lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lima takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Caique Lima has been cut.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lima missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lima.
Good standup being displayed there by Lima as he connects with a hook.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Lima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White looks to land a left hand but Lima moved out of range nicely.
White scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lima throws out the jab.
White misses with a body shot.
Lima ducks under a wild hook from White.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lima on the wrong end of a nice jab.
White swings widly with a right hand
enabling Lima to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Lima.
Nice cross by Lima.
White scores with a punch to the head.
Lima slips under a jab.
White misses with a looping right.
White takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lima just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Lima misses.
Lima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
White lands a nice shot that snaps Lima's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White misses with a wild body shot.
White misses with a left hand
and Lima counters with a straight right hand.
Lima misses with a looping left.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White throws out a loose jab but Lima uses good head movement to avoid it.
White loads up on a big right hand but Lima slips the punch.
Lima is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
White misses with an uppercut. Lima saw that one coming.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jone White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Caique Lima's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
White misses with an uppercut. Lima saw that one coming.
Lima was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A swing and a miss from Lima.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lima.
White keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lima with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lima sizes up White with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
White misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lima counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
White throws a shot from downtown. Lima moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Lima jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Lima is just out of range.
White throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Lima to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima moves out of range of the strikes.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lima counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lima throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lima throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Lima slips a straight right by White.
Lima scores with a jab. White acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Lima finds it's way through White's defenses.
Lima scores with a jab.
White throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lima misses with a straight right.
White looks to land a left hand but Lima moved out of range nicely.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lima manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lima misses with a two punch combination.
Lima slips a straight right by White.
Lima throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White misses with a right hand
and Lima counters with a nice body shot.
Lima throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Lima cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lima defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
Lima throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lima comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
White looks to throw the jab but Lima is out of range.
Lima pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lima. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from White.
A punch lands to the side of White 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice jab there from White.
Lima lands with a shot to the body.
White throws a jab when Lima was well out of range.
Lima throwing a counter right hand but White manages to avoid it.
White has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lima looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
Lima cracks White with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
White misses with a right hand
and Lima counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps White thinking.
Lima dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lima misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Lima counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lima lands a nice shot that snaps White's head back.
White lands a nice shot that snaps Lima's head back.
Lima swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Lima misses with a wild body shot.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
Lima works the jab nicely.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lima.
And that's the end of the fight!
Caique Lima showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lima 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Caique Lima!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Caique Lima!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Caique Lima!
Caique Lima wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lysander Birdwhistle (ranked 5147 p4p, 5128 weight class) and Jacek Siuta (ranked 474 p4p, 472 weight class). Birdwhistle comes into the arena with Black Vultures - Halestorm blaring out of the sound system. Siuta has chosen "The Ecstasy of Gold" Ennio Morricone as his entrance music. Jacek Siuta 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lysander Birdwhistle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacek Siuta!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birdwhistle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Siuta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Siuta's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nice uppercut lands for Birdwhistle. That snapped Siuta's head back.
 It looks like Jacek Siuta has been cut.
Danga de danga de dang - Siuta scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Lysander Birdwhistle has been cut.
Birdwhistle lands a front kick.
Birdwhistle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Siuta at a distance.
Siuta slips under a jab from Birdwhistle.
Lysander Birdwhistle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Birdwhistle clinches up against the ropes.
Siuta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Siuta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Birdwhistle backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siuta misses with a punch to the body.
Birdwhistle misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Siuta.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Siuta.
A short left from Siuta.
Siuta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Birdwhistle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siuta lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siuta is working Birdwhistle over against the ropes.
Siuta lands an uppercut.
Siuta tries to work over Birdwhistle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Birdwhistle.
Siuta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Siuta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Birdwhistle's elbow.
Siuta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Siuta cracks Birdwhistle with a nice body shot.
Siuta cracks Birdwhistle with a nice body shot.
Birdwhistle is breathing heavily.
Siuta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Siuta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Birdwhistle misses with an elbow over the top.
Siuta lands a nice uppercut.
Siuta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Birdwhistle backwards.
Siuta lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Siuta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Siuta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Siuta lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siuta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Siuta digs a right hand underneath Birdwhistle's ribcage. Birdwhistle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siuta.
Siuta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Birdwhistle backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Siuta.
A nice left hand lands by Siuta.
Siuta lands a hook that snaps the head of Birdwhistle backwards.
Siuta managing to block the knees to the body from Birdwhistle.
A nice left hand lands by Siuta.
A nice right hand lands inside from Siuta.
Siuta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Birdwhistle tries a knee to the head but Siuta blocks it.
Siuta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Siuta pushes Birdwhistle back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Siuta.
Still in the clinch, Siuta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Siuta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Siuta.
Siuta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birdwhistle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siuta.
Siuta presses Birdwhistle against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Siuta is leaning against Birdwhistle and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Siuta digs a right hand underneath Birdwhistle's ribcage. Birdwhistle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Siuta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Siuta gets through Birdwhistle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Siuta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Siuta lands with a light punch inside.
Siuta scores with a hook to the body.
Siuta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Siuta.
Still in the clinch, Siuta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Birdwhistle is rocked!
Siuta lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Birdwhistle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Siuta lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Siuta.
Siuta lands a shot to the body.
Birdwhistle seems to have got his legs back now.
Siuta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Birdwhistle misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Siuta.
Siuta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Siuta pushes Birdwhistle back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Siuta.
Siuta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Siuta lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Siuta.
Siuta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Siuta lands with a light punch inside.
Siuta presses Birdwhistle against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Siuta.
Siuta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Siuta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Birdwhistle or not.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Birdwhistle throws a punch but it's blocked by Siuta.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Siuta lands a nice shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Siuta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Siuta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Birdwhistle backwards.
Siuta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacek Siuta dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Birdwhistle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Siuta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Siuta cracks Birdwhistle with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Birdwhistle 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. Birdwhistle looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Siuta engages and cracks Birdwhistle with a massive lead left hook - Birdwhistle tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Siuta is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jacek Siuta!
A relieved looking Jacek Siuta thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Lysander Birdwhistle spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm trying to quit all my bad habits, so I hope this defeat is not the start of a new one.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Akio Kurosaki (ranked 1890 p4p, 851 weight class) and Macka Briggs (ranked 76 p4p, 37 weight class). Briggs is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Stepping Razor by Peter Tosh. Akio Kurosaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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21 - 15 - 0 |
World class MT
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akio Kurosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Macka Briggs!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briggs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Macka Briggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Briggs throws a hook but Kurosaki blocks it.
Briggs 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.
Briggs connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Akio Kurosaki has been cut.
Briggs looks to land a combination but Kurosaki avoids it well.
Akio Kurosaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kurosaki misses with a body kick.
Briggs wants to clinch up but Kurosaki keeps it at a distance.
Briggs swings widly with a right hand
and Kurosaki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Briggs connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kurosaki momentarily.
A nice leg kick from Kurosaki, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kurosaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Briggs's sensitive parts.
Kurosaki throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've been told by Kurosaki's head coaches at White Eagle that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Briggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kurosaki.
Kurosaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Briggs's sensitive parts.
Kurosaki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Briggs throws a jab when Kurosaki was well out of range.
Kurosaki is looking to counter punch.
Kurosaki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kurosaki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Briggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Briggs on the side of the head.
Kurosaki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Briggs stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki slips under a jab.
Kurosaki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Briggs.
Kurosaki scores with a kick to the midsection.
Briggs has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Briggs there as he acknowledges the shot.
Briggs connects with a quick right hand that sends Kurosaki tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Macka Briggs!
A victorious Macka Briggs thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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