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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kaelin Calderwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Berkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berkman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Panopticon - The Ghosts of Haymarket Square. Kaelin Calderwood has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Big heart
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaelin Calderwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Berkman!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berkman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Calderwood doesn't seem bothered though.
Calderwood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Berkman dodges the punch combination from Calderwood.
Berkman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Calderwood clinches up against the ropes.
Calderwood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've been informed that Berkman 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.
Calderwood looking to throw knees to the head but Berkman is blocking nicely.
Berkman working Calderwood over with knees to the body.
Calderwood is breathing heavily.
Berkman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Calderwood avoiding damage as Berkman throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Berkman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Calderwood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Berkman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Calderwood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Berkman landing knees to the body.
Berkman landing knees to the body.
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!
Berkman lands a good knee to the midsection. Calderwood won't want to take too many of those.
Berkman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Kaelin Calderwood has been cut.
Berkman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Berkman obliges.
Berkman scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkman missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Berkman.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Calderwood avoids it.
Berkman landing knees to the head.
Berkman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Berkman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Calderwood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Berkman missing with knees to the body.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Calderwood avoids it.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the head but Berkman blocks with his arms.
Calderwood definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Berkman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Berkman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Berkman lands a nice knee to the body.
Berkman connects with a knee to the head.
Berkman digs a right hand underneath Calderwood's ribcage. Calderwood let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berkman scores with a knee to the head.
Berkman scores with a knee to the head.
Calderwood is rocked!
Berkman lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Berkman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Berkman is leaning against Calderwood and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Berkman tries to land knees in the clinch but Calderwood avoids the damage to the body.
Berkman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Berkman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Berkman working Calderwood over with knees to the body.
Berkman lands a shot to the body.
Berkman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Berkman lands with a left to the head.
Berkman tries to land knees in the clinch but Calderwood avoids the damage to the body.
Calderwood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Calderwood misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berkman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Berkman looking to throw knees to the head but Calderwood is blocking nicely.
Calderwood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berkman blocks it with crossed arms.
Calderwood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Berkman is defending well for now.
Berkman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Calderwood is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Berkman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaelin Calderwood's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Berkman moves into range and clinches up with Calderwood.
Calderwood has a couple of punches blocked by Berkman.
Calderwood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Calderwood avoiding damage as Berkman throws knees to the body.
Berkman looking to throw knees to the head but Calderwood is blocking nicely.
Calderwood looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Berkman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Berkman works on Calderwood's body with a couple of short punches.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the head but Berkman blocks with his arms.
Calderwood takes a knee to the side of the body.
Berkman misses with an elbow over the top.
Calderwood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Calderwood takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berkman trying to land knees to the body.
Calderwood managing to block the knees to the body from Berkman.
Berkman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Calderwood blocks it with crossed arms.
Berkman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Calderwood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Berkman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calderwood.
Berkman lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calderwood misses with a knee to the head.
Berkman scores a nice knee to the body.
Calderwood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the head but Calderwood blocks with his arms.
Berkman throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Berkman.
Berkman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Berkman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Calderwood's face.
Berkman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Calderwood blocks it with crossed arms.
Calderwood landing knees to the head.
Calderwood looking to stall.
Berkman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Calderwood lands a nice elbow.
Calderwood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Calderwood misses with a punch on the inside.
Calderwood avoiding damage as Berkman throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calderwood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Berkman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berkman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Calderwood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Berkman.
Calderwood misses with a knee strike.
Calderwood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Berkman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alexander Berkman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berkman avoids it.
Calderwood misses with a knee strike.
Berkman tries a knee to the head but Calderwood blocks it.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Calderwood avoids it.
Calderwood wants to stall.
Berkman looking to throw knees to the head but Calderwood is blocking nicely.
Berkman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the head but Calderwood blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Berkman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kaelin Calderwood's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Calderwood lands a jab to the nose.
A big left from Berkman misses.
Calderwood is looking to counter the offense by Berkman and move into the clinch.
Berkman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Calderwood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Calderwood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Berkman.
Alexander Berkman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Berkman. Calderwood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Berkman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Berkman rushes Calderwood and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Berkman.
Oh Calderwood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berkman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Berkman landing knees to the head.
Calderwood connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Calderwood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Calderwood missing with knees to the body.
Calderwood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Berkman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Berkman with a knee to the head.
Calderwood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the head but Berkman blocks with his arms.
Berkman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calderwood.
Berkman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calderwood.
Calderwood seems to have got his legs back now.
Calderwood tries to work over Berkman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Calderwood is trying to maintain a safe position but Berkman gets an underhook and turns Calderwood into the ropes.
Calderwood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Berkman.
Berkman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Calderwood tries to land knees in the clinch but Berkman avoids the damage to the body.
Berkman looking to throw knees to the head but Calderwood is blocking nicely.
Berkman connects with a knee to the head.
Berkman misses with a knee to the head.
Berkman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Calderwood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Calderwood tries a knee to the head but Berkman blocks it.
Calderwood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Calderwood misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calderwood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Calderwood connects with a knee to the head.
Berkman trying to land knees to the body.
Calderwood avoiding damage as Berkman throws knees to the body.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Calderwood avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the head but Calderwood blocks with his arms.
Calderwood managing to block the knees to the body from Berkman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berkman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Calderwood leaning against his opponent.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berkman avoids it.
Berkman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Calderwood is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Berkman as Calderwood tries to tie him up.
Calderwood looking to throw knees to the head but Berkman is blocking nicely.
Calderwood taking a breather.
Calderwood taking a breather.
Calderwood seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Berkman is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Berkman really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaelin Calderwood's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Berkman throws a hook but Calderwood blocks it.
Berkman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Calderwood closes the distance and pushes Berkman back into the ropes.
Calderwood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Berkman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Calderwood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Berkman lands a knee to the head.
Berkman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Calderwood blocks it with crossed arms.
Berkman working Calderwood over with knees to the body.
Berkman lands a good knee to the midsection. Calderwood won't want to take too many of those.
Berkman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Berkman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Calderwood's face.
Calderwood takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berkman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Berkman cracks Calderwood with a nice body shot.
Calderwood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berkman blocks it with crossed arms.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Berkman avoiding damage as Calderwood throws knees to the body.
Calderwood managing to block the knees to the body from Berkman.
Calderwood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calderwood managing to block the knees to the body from Berkman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Berkman.
Berkman misses with a knee to the head.
Berkman misses with a knee to the head.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the head but Berkman blocks with his arms.
Calderwood lands a nice knee to the body.
Calderwood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Berkman scores with a knee to the head.
Calderwood misses with a knee to the head.
Berkman avoids the elbow strike from Calderwood, against the ropes.
Calderwood managing to block the knees to the body from Berkman.
Calderwood managing to block the knees to the body from Berkman.
Berkman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Berkman as Calderwood tries to tie him up.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkman working Calderwood over with knees to the body.
Berkman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Berkman scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berkman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Calderwood blocks it with crossed arms.
Calderwood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Calderwood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Berkman lands a knee to the head.
Berkman lands an uppercut.
Calderwood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Berkman looking to throw knees to the head but Calderwood is blocking nicely.
Calderwood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Berkman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Calderwood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Calderwood managing to block the knees to the body from Berkman.
Calderwood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Berkman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Calderwood lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Berkman dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kaelin Calderwood's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Berkman clobbers Calderwood with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Calderwood doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Berkman rushes Calderwood and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Berkman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calderwood.
Calderwood takes a knee to the side of the body.
Calderwood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Berkman looking to throw knees to the head but Calderwood is blocking nicely.
Berkman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Calderwood or not.
Calderwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Berkman connects with a knee to the head.
Calderwood misses with an elbow strike.
Calderwood misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berkman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Calderwood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Berkman is leaning against Calderwood and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Berkman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berkman crunches a lovely knee into Calderwood's ribcage.
Berkman misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Berkman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calderwood.
Berkman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Calderwood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Berkman missing with knees to the body.
Berkman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Calderwood is defending well for now.
Calderwood misses with an elbow strike.
Berkman tries to throw a body punch but Calderwood avoids it by throwing Berkman back against the ropes.
Berkman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Calderwood avoids it.
Calderwood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kaelin Calderwood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berkman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Calderwood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Calderwood working aggressively here.
Calderwood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Berkman avoiding damage as Calderwood throws knees to the body.
Berkman missing with knees to the body.
Berkman blocks an uppercut.
Berkman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calderwood.
Berkman throws a head punch that misses.
Alexander Berkman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the head but Berkman blocks with his arms.
Calderwood looking to throw knees to the head but Berkman is blocking nicely.
Calderwood missing with knees to the body.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berkman avoids it.
A body shot lands from Berkman.
Berkman connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berkman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Calderwood is defending well for now.
Berkman trying to land knees to the body.
Calderwood tries to throw a body punch but Berkman avoids it by throwing Calderwood back against the ropes.
Berkman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Calderwood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Calderwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Berkman.
Berkman managing to block the knees to the body from Calderwood.
Calderwood has a couple of punches blocked by Berkman.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Berkman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Berkman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Berkman!
Alexander Berkman decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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