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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Juan Fonseca (ranked 20090 p4p, 659 weight class) and Steven Kennedy (ranked 2754 p4p, 328 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class MT
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Fonseca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kennedy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fonseca - the referee stops the clock and Kennedy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fonseca. Kennedy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kennedy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A punch combination from Fonseca misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kennedy! But no joy.
Fonseca misses with a low kick.
Fonseca just misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy tries to clinch up but Fonseca circles away and keeps his distance.
Juan Fonseca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kennedy misses with a head kick.
Kennedy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fonseca stuns Kennedy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kennedy punishes Fonseca's body with a nice straight punch.
Kennedy connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fonseca.
Kennedy scores with a leg kick.
Kennedy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fonseca was well out of range. Poor timing from Kennedy.
Kennedy delivers a nice body kick.
Fonseca connects with a body shot that sends Kennedy's belly button to the back.
A jab from Kennedy does it's job there.
Kennedy is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy tries a head kick but it misses.
Fonseca lands the left hand.
Kennedy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fonseca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kennedy moves away.
Kennedy takes one to the side of the head.
Fonseca avoids the head kick by Kennedy.
Kennedy looks to score with a jab to the body but Fonseca is just out of range.
Fonseca misses with a straight left.
Kennedy misses with a body kick.
Kennedy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kennedy slips under a jab.
Kennedy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Juan Fonseca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fonseca misses with a series of wild punches.
Fonseca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kennedy.
Fonseca feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kennedys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fonseca.
Kennedy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kennedy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fonseca misses with a hook. Kennedy ducked under it nicely.
Fonseca throws a leg kick but Kennedy sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Kennedy misses.
Fonseca takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fonseca has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fonseca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kennedy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fonseca checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fonseca staying out of range there.
Kennedy misses with a body kick.
Fonseca is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kennedy tries to close the distance and clinch but Fonseca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Fonseca misses.
Fonseca avoids a kick to the body.
Fonseca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kennedy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kennedy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fonseca has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Juan Fonseca will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fonseca misses with a straight left.
Kennedy misses with a body shot.
Fonseca appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fonseca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kennedy moves away.
Fonseca looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fonseca throws a nice looking combination but Kennedy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kennedy is looking for the big counter here.
Fonseca looks to throw the jab but Kennedy is out of range.
Kennedy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kennedy walks into a jab.
Fonseca throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Kennedy.
Fonseca misses with a shot to the body
and Kennedy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kennedy swings for the body but Fonseca moves out of range.
Fonseca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kennedy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fonseca.
Fonseca swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fonseca looks to land a combination. Kennedy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Juan Fonseca is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fonseca lands a jab-cross combination.
Fonseca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kennedy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fonseca to score with a decent uppercut.
Kennedy moves away from the strike by Fonseca.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fonseca on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kennedy thuds his shin into the meat of Fonseca's side.
A head kick misses from Kennedy.
Kennedy lands a slapping body shot.
Fonseca misses with an uppercut.
Fonseca scores with a body shot.
Fonseca throws an overhand right that lands on Kennedy's shoulder, as Kennedy tries to avoid the shot.
Fonseca throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kennedy counters with a low kick, right behind Fonseca 's knee.
Kennedy throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Fonseca misses with a body kick.
Kennedy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fonseca.
Fonseca swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kennedy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fonseca drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kennedy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca misses with a head kick.
Kennedy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fonseca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kennedy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kennedy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fonseca changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kennedy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kennedy misses with a kick to the body.
Kennedy lands a leg kick that knocks Fonseca off balance momentarily.
Kennedy throws a lazy head kick
and Fonseca counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kennedy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fonseca jabs Kennedy right on the nose. Kennedy blinks but takes it well.
Kennedy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fonseca rather than just go for the knockout.
Kennedy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fonseca.
Fonseca loads up on a big right hand but Kennedy slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fonseca cracks Kennedy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Fonseca looks to score with a jab to the body but Kennedy is just out of range.
Kennedy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fonseca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Fonseca dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Fonseca throws a body punch but Kennedy moves out of range.
Kennedy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kennedy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice cross by Fonseca.
Kennedy swings for the body but Fonseca moves out of range.
Kennedy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kennedy misses with a kick to the body.
Kennedy blocks a jab.
Fonseca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kennedy manages to avoid it.
Kennedy steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Fonseca throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fonseca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kennedy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Fonseca.
Kennedy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kennedy moves into the clinch.
Fonseca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Fonseca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Kennedy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy tries a head kick but it misses.
Fonseca is looking to counter punch.
Fonseca clobbers Kennedy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kennedy misses the jab.
As Kennedy looks to move away, Fonseca throws a big counter combo but Kennedy just gets out of the way.
Fonseca bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kennedy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fonseca throws a low kick, looking for Kennedy's leg but Kennedy calmly moves out of range.
Fonseca comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fonseca closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Kennedy crashing to the mat! Kennedy uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Juan Fonseca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fonseca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kennedy can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kennedy throws the left hand but Fonseca avoids the punch easily.
Kennedy just misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy misses with a double jab.
Kennedy walks into a straight right hand from Fonseca.
Good standup being displayed there by Kennedy as he connects with a hook.
Kennedy misses with a kick to the body
and Fonseca counters with a solid body kick.
Fonseca takes a swing at Kennedy's ribcage but misses.
Fonseca throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy has managed to clinch.
Kennedy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fonseca throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kennedy's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fonseca.
Fonseca fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kennedy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kennedy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fonseca manages to avoid it.
Fonseca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fonseca throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kennedy.
Fonseca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fonseca connects with the punch.
Fonseca throws a hook but Kennedy blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick from Kennedy.
Fonseca throws a quick counter head kick but Kennedy was just out of range.
Kennedy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steven Kennedy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fonseca darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Fonseca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fonseca 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Fonseca!
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