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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Chubby Noel (ranked 22918 p4p, 21992 weight class) and Francis Begbie (ranked 700 p4p, 703 weight class). Noel comes to the ring accompanied by the fat boys fat boys. The crowd seem to be enjoying Begbie's choice of entrance music: Raining Blood. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
KO power
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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 27 - 30 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chubby Noel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Begbie!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noel darts in and clinches Begbie up against the ropes.
Noel throws a punch but it's blocked by Begbie.
Noel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Begbie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Begbie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Noel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Noel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Noel has a couple of punches blocked by Begbie.
Noel swings wildly with an uppercut but Begbie uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been informed that Begbie has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Noel misses with a punch on the inside.
Begbie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noel lands with a left to the head.
Noel tries a body shot but Begbie blocks it.
Noel looking to throw knees to the head but Begbie is blocking nicely.
Noel struggles to land a body shot inside as Begbie controls his hands.
Noel misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel lands a knee to the body.
Noel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Noel lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Noel.
Begbie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Noel struggles to land a body shot inside as Begbie controls his hands.
Noel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Noel has Begbie pressed against the ropes, preventing Begbie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Noel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Begbie blocks an uppercut.
Begbie blocking some punches.
Noel tries a body shot but Begbie blocks it.
Noel throws a punch but it's blocked by Begbie.
Noel prevents a body shot from Begbie.
Begbie works on Noel's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel tries a body shot but Begbie blocks it.
Noel tries a knee to the head but Begbie blocks it.
Noel misses with a body punch.
Noel has a couple of punches blocked by Begbie.
Begbie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Noel misses with a wild combination.
Begbie stalks Noel and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Noel's face. Noel staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Noel has closed the distance and engaged Begbie in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Noel.
Noel lands a nice uppercut.
Noel missing with knees to the body.
Begbie blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Noel.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chubby Noel dominated that round.
That's time! Noel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Noel moves into the clinch.
Begbie landing knees to the body.
Noel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Begbie's elbow.
Begbie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Noel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Noel tries a knee to the head but Begbie blocks it.
Noel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Noel tries to throw a body punch but Begbie avoids it by throwing Noel back against the ropes.
Noel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Noel fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noel misses with the head strike.
Begbie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Noel lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Noel.
Begbie blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Begbie blocks it with crossed arms.
Begbie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Noel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Noel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Begbie lands with a left to the head.
Begbie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Noel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Begbie can do to turn this around?
Begbie wants to clinch.
Noel throws a hook to the side of Begbie's head but Begbie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Begbie moves into the clinch.
Begbie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Noel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Begbie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Noel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Noel.
Noel throws a punch but it's blocked by Begbie.
Noel throws a punch but it's blocked by Begbie.
Noel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Begbie.
Noel tries a knee to the head but Begbie blocks it.
Begbie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Noel misses with a knee to the head.
Noel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Noel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Begbie blocking some punches.
Begbie managing to block the knees to the body from Noel.
Noel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Begbie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Begbie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Noel tries to land knees in the clinch but Begbie avoids the damage to the body.
Begbie blocks a body shot from Noel.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chubby Noel dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Noel rushes Begbie and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Noel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Noel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Noel has a couple of punches blocked by Begbie.
Noel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Noel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Noel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Begbie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Noel pushes Begbie up against the ropes in a clinch.
Noel misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Noel.
Noel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Noel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Noel has a couple of punches blocked by Begbie.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Begbie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Begbie pushes Noel back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Begbie prevents a body shot from Noel.
Begbie working hard to break the clinch.
Noel throws a head punch that misses.
Noel misses with the head strike.
Noel misses with some punches.
Noel tries to land knees in the clinch but Begbie avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Noel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chubby Noel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Begbie blocks an uppercut.
Begbie has a couple of punches blocked by Noel.
Noel can't find room to land a body shot as Begbie controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begbie manages to break the clinch.
Noel closes the distance and pushes Begbie back into the ropes.
Begbie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Begbie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Francis Begbie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Noel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Begbie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Noel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Noel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Begbie throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chubby Noel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Noel, 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Chubby Noel!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Chubby Noel!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Chubby Noel!
Chubby Noel wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Chubby Noel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Francis Begbie spoke after the fight, saying 'Bollocks to the lot of ya!'.
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