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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Hilton Teimosia (ranked 1213 p4p, 131 weight class) and Vesa Sykk (ranked 573 p4p, 63 weight class). Sykk has chosen Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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158 lbs
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172 cm
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155 lbs
38 - 26 - 2 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hilton Teimosia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Vesa Sykk!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Sykk coming out on top.
Sykk tests Teimosia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Teimosia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykk.
Sykk blocks the body kick.
Teimosia gets a clinch.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sykk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Teimosia throws a head punch that misses.
Teimosia misses with a punch on the inside.
Sykk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Teimosia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A shot in the inside from Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with some punches.
Teimosia lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sykk.
Sykk throws a punch but it's blocked by Teimosia.
Teimosia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Teimosia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sykk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Teimosia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sykk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Teimosia moves into the clinch.
Sykk lands a shoulder strike.
Teimosia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Sykk.
Sykk prevents a body shot from Teimosia.
Sykk misses with the head strike.
Sykk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teimosia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sykk moves out of range of the body kick.
Some wild striking there from Sykk.
Sykk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sykk throws a chopping leg kick but Teimosia manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Teimosia throws a hook but Sykk avoids it easily.
Sykk misses with a hook.
Teimosia doesn't manage to clinch there - Sykk circles away.
Sykk has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sykk missing with a left hand there. Teimosia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hilton Teimosia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Sykk.
Teimosia tries to clinch but Sykk is having none of it.
Sykk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teimosia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sykk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykk misses with an uppercut.
Teimosia tries to clinch there but Sykk circles away.
Teimosia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykk.
Teimosia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Teimosia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Teimosia throws a leg kick but Sykk moved away.
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!
Sloppy strikes from Teimosia. Those never looked like landing.
Teimosia misses with an uppercut.
Teimosia scores with a nice strike.
Teimosia lands with a kick to the ribs.
Teimosia moves in looking to clinch but Sykk pushes him off.
A left and a right from Teimosia both land. Nice combination.
Nice straight punches there by Sykk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sykk.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sykk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sykk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Teimosia moves in looking to clinch but Sykk pushes him off.
Sykk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Teimosia moves in looking to clinch but Sykk pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vesa Sykk will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Teimosia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sykk throws a solid leg kick but Teimosia takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sykk.
Sykk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teimosia lands an overhand right.
Sykk misses with a low kick.
Nice body kick from Teimosia.
Teimosia blocks a jab.
Sykk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sykk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Teimosia's sensitive parts.
Sykk closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Teimosia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Sykk.
Sykk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Teimosia lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teimosia swings for the body but Sykk moves out of range.
Sykk keeps Teimosia at a distance using the push kick.
Teimosia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykk throws an overhand right that lands on Teimosia's shoulder, as Teimosia tries to avoid the shot.
Sykk cracks Teimosia with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Teimosia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Teimosia throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sykk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Teimosia tries to clinch up.
Teimosia lands an overhand right.
Teimosia tried to score with a low kick but Sykk checks it.
Teimosia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Teimosia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sykk throws out the jab.
Sykk throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Teimosia on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Sykk misses its intended target.
Teimosia ducks under a wild hook from Sykk.
Teimosia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Teimosia tries to score with a low kick but Sykk moves his leg out of the way.
Sykk finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sykk lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Teimosia has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Teimosia and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sykk's hands.
Vesa Sykk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Sykk does no damage.
Teimosia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Teimosia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Teimosia tries to clinch up.
Sykk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Teimosia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Teimosia tries to land a front kick but Sykk steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Teimosia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sykk moves away.
Teimosia doesn't manage to clinch there - Sykk circles away.
Sykk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Teimosia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sykk thinking.
Sykk does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Teimosia has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Teimosia fails to land.
Teimosia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hilton Teimosia will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Teimosia moves out of range of the body kick from Sykk.
Teimosia tried to counter with a leg kick but Sykk avoided it.
Teimosia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Teimosia moves in looking to clinch but Sykk pushes him off.
Teimosia checks a low kick from Sykk.
Teimosia tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sykk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Teimosia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sykk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Teimosia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Teimosia backing away here, and Sykk unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Teimosia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Sykk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sykk is looking to slow Teimosia down with leg kicks.
Teimosia misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Teimosia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sykk throws a body punch but Teimosia moves out of range.
Teimosia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykk.
Teimosia checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sykk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Teimosia. Teimosia obviously looking to wear him down.
Sykk throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykk thumps Teimosia with a low kick.
Teimosia is looking to clinch but Sykk is avoiding it.
Sykk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Teimosia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sykk, pushing him back against the ropes.
Teimosia misses with some punches.
Sykk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Teimosia.
Hilton Teimosia has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sykk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sykk looking to throw knees to the head but Teimosia is blocking nicely.
Sykk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Teimosia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sykk backwards.
Sykk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sykk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Teimosia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Teimosia misses with a head kick.
Teimosia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sykk misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykk misses with a head kick.
Teimosia catches Sykk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sykk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teimosia.
Teimosia is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sykk.
Teimosia is looking to clinch.
Sykk was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sykk moves out of range of the strikes.
Teimosia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sykk.
Sykk throws a leg kick that is checked
and Teimosia moves into the clinch.
Sykk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia misses with a body punch.
Sykk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sykk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Teimosia blocks an elbow strike from Sykk.
Sykk breaks from the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Teimosia.
Sykk throws a jab when Teimosia was well out of range.
Sykk throws a big shot that misses.
Teimosia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sykk misses with a low kick.
Teimosia wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vesa Sykk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sykk has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Vesa Sykk!
A less than humble Vesa Sykk misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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