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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between August Beach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Zeegelaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beach kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love. August Beach has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, August Beach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bart Zeegelaar!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beach attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zeegelaar.
Zeegelaar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Beach tries to work over Zeegelaar's front leg with a kick but Zeegelaar checks it.
Beach lands a head kick!
It looks like Bart Zeegelaar has been cut.
An inside leg kick from Beach misses.
Beach scores with a leg kick.
Zeegelaar misses the shot to the body.
Zeegelaar lands with an uppercut that bounces Beach off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Beach.
Beach misses with a leg kick
and Zeegelaar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zeegelaar misses with an uppercut.
Beach pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zeegelaar is out of range and Beach settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeegelaar checks a low kick from Beach.
Beach throws a low kick but Zeegelaar avoids it.
Zeegelaar misses with a double jab
and Beach counters with a low kick, right behind Zeegelaar 's knee.
Zeegelaar checks the leg kick.
August Beach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beach checks a leg kick nicely.
Beach slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Beach stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zeegelaar.
Zeegelaar thuds his right hand into Beach's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zeegelaar misses with a wild body shot.
Beach misses with a body shot.
Beach tried to score with a low kick but Zeegelaar checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeegelaar throws a body punch but Beach moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beach tries to work over Zeegelaar's front leg with a kick but Zeegelaar checks it.
Zeegelaar ducks under a wild hook from Beach.
Beach throws a chopping leg kick but Zeegelaar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Beach 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.
Zeegelaar scoring well with a low kick there.
Beach throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Beach tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zeegelaar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beach throws out the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beach misses with a leg kick.
Zeegelaar swings for the body but Beach moves out of range.
Beach moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
August Beach dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bart Zeegelaar's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Beach takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Beach drives through and clinches with Zeegelaar against the cage.
Beach lands a damaging elbow.
Zeegelaar avoids the elbow strike from Beach, against the cage.
Beach lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Bart Zeegelaar's cut even more.
Beach lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The cut above Bart Zeegelaar's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Zeegelaar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beach throws an elbow that misses.
Beach blocks a body shot from Zeegelaar.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beach.
Bart Zeegelaar's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bart Zeegelaar's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). August Beach!
Our winner, August Beach, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ivan Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rage Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blade has chosen Nows My Time as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Kozlov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rage Blade!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozlov keeps the fight on the outside.
Kozlov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Blade throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kozlov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kozlov connects with a body shot that sends Blade's belly button to the back.
Blade defending well as Kozlov loads up on a big left hand.
Blade staying out of range there.
Blade is looking to clinch but Kozlov is avoiding it.
Blade misses with a few strikes there.
Blade has managed to clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kozlov throws a punch but it's blocked by Blade.
Kozlov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kozlov stalling in the clinch but Blade improves position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blade.
Kozlov lands an uppercut.
Blade has Kozlov pressed against the cage, preventing Kozlov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kozlov tries to work over Blade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kozlov is trying to break the clinch but Blade is controlling him.
Kozlov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Blade misses its intended target.
Kozlov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch but Kozlov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kozlov takes a swing at Blade's ribcage but misses.
Blade is looking to clinch but Kozlov is avoiding it.
Kozlov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ivan Kozlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blade throws a looping overhand right but Kozlov ducks down to avoid it.
Blade moves into the clinch successfully.
Kozlov tries to work over Blade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kozlov gets through Blade's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kozlov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blade takes a shot to the head.
Kozlov leaning against his opponent.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blade.
Kozlov wants to get back to striking at distance but Blade won't allow it.
Blade lands a shoulder strike.
Blade prevents a body shot from Kozlov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kozlov wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blade's elbow.
Blade lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kozlov or not.
Blade is trying to maintain a safe position but Kozlov gets an underhook and turns Blade into the cage.
Kozlov throws a head punch that misses.
Blade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kozlov tries to throw a body punch but Blade avoids it by throwing Kozlov back against the cage.
Kozlov can't find room to land a body shot as Blade controls the action.
Kozlov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blade comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Ivan Kozlov has been cut.
Kozlov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kozlov backwards.
Blade missing with knees to the body.
Kozlov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kozlov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blade under the eye.
Blade scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blade wants to clinch.
Blade clobbers Kozlov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blade throws out a powerful jab.
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 Ivan Kozlov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ivan Kozlov's cut.
That's time! Kozlov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kozlov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kozlov looks to score with a jab to the body but Blade is just out of range.
Kozlov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kozlov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blade swats away the attempt to clinch by Kozlov.
Kozlov keeps Blade at a distance using the push kick.
A left lands for Blade.
Blade fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kozlov tries to clinch there but Blade circles away.
Kozlov misses with a leg kick.
Kozlov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Blade darts in trying to clinch
and Kozlov counters with a big head kick but Blade shrugs it off.
Rage Blade seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kozlov throws an overhand right that lands on Blade's shoulder, as Blade tries to avoid the shot.
Blade forces Kozlov back against the cage and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kozlov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ivan Kozlov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade blocks a body shot from Kozlov.
Blade misses with an elbow strike.
Blade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Kozlov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blade lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kozlov is rocked!
Blade lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oh Kozlov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blade swings wildly with an uppercut but Kozlov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kozlov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blade throws a head punch that misses.
Blade creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Kozlov off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Kozlov is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Blade is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Rage Blade!
Post fight, Rage Blade stared into the camera and said 'I want that title baby lezz gooo'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nikolai Bellica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolai Bellica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin Grundy!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grundy cracks Bellica with a right hand to the side of the head.
Grundy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bellica momentarily.
Bellica on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like Nikolai Bellica has been cut.
Bellica tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grundy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bellica doesn't manage to clinch there - Grundy circles away.
Grundy swings for the body but Bellica moves out of range.
Bellica throws a jab but it's blocked by Grundy.
Grundy tests Bellica's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bellica throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bellica looks to land a body kick but Grundy moved away.
Grundy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grundy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grundy looks to land a body kick but Bellica moved away.
Grundy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nikolai Bellica seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grundy looks to land a right hand but Bellica moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellica misses with a body shot.
Bellica throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bellica staying out of range there.
Jab by Bellica.
Grundy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grundy throws a shot from downtown. Bellica moves away and avoids it.
Bellica works the jab nicely.
Bellica takes a swing at Grundy's ribcage but misses.
Bellica swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grundy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bellica throws a hook but Grundy blocks it.
Bellica misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grundy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Grundy, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bellica uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grundy.
Jab, jab by Grundy - just one landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grundy clips Bellica with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Bellica a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Bellica is rocked!
Bellica glances at the clock... BAM! Grundy nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Bellica crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Bellica is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Benjamin Grundy!
Benjamin Grundy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Konstantin Khavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Gray!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray looks to throw a body kick
and Khavin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khavin.
Khavin tries a body shot but Gray blocks it.
Khavin lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khavin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khavin blocks the elbow strike.
Gray scores with a shot to the side of Khavin's head.
Khavin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gray's face.
A left hand lands to the body for Khavin.
Gray tries to throw a body punch but Khavin avoids it by throwing Gray back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gray wants to stall.
Khavin avoids the elbow strike from Gray, against the cage.
Gray misses with a punch to the body.
Khavin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khavin has a couple of punches blocked by Gray.
Khavin avoiding damage.
Good body shot from Khavin.
Khavin lands an uppercut.
Khavin letting Gray take a breather here.
Gray is trying to maintain a safe position but Khavin gets an underhook and turns Gray into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khavin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gray stalling in the clinch but Khavin improves position.
Khavin lands a nice knee to the body.
Khavin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gray.
Gray taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by David Gray.
Khavin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khavin.
Nice defenses there by Khavin.
Khavin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khavin looks to land a left hand but Gray moved out of range nicely.
Khavin moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khavin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gray avoids a kick to the body.
Khavin moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Gray to work.
Khavin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gray trying to stall but Khavin improves his position.
Khavin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gray breaks the clinch.
Gray avoids a kick to the body.
Gray looks for the body kick but Khavin saw that one coming.
Khavin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khavin was well out of range. Poor timing from Gray.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khavin scores with a jab.
Khavin throws a leg kick which misses Gray's front leg but catches the back leg as Gray tries to avoid it.
Gray wants to slow Khavin down by chopping away at his legs.
Gray misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konstantin Khavin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gray thumps Khavin with a low kick.
Gray avoids the head kick by Khavin.
Gray misses with a body shot.
David Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gray misses with a body shot.
Khavin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Khavin.
Khavin tries to clinch there but Gray circles away.
Khavin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khavin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khavin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gray.
A shot to the liver by Gray. Beautiful body shot.
Gray is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khavin rather than just go for the knockout.
Khavin wants to clinch.
Gray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khavin misses with a few strikes there.
Khavin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gray tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Decent striking displayed by Khavin there.
Khavin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A lazy left from Khavin finds it's target.
Khavin moves out of range as Gray strikes.
Khavin lands a jab.
Gray is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Gray.
Gray is still on wobbly legs! Can Khavin finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BAM! Khavin delivers a spinning backfist that drops Gray like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Konstantin Khavin!
A relieved looking Konstantin Khavin 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alonzo Mourning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Paige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mourning's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rising to the Top -- KRS One. Paige has chosen Drowning Pool - Step Up as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alonzo Mourning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stan Paige!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paige cracks a nice hook into Mourning's ribs.
Paige steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mourning.
Paige misses with an uppercut.
Mourning thuds a left hand into Paige's body.
Mourning uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paige.
Paige misses with a kick to the body
and Paige takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mourning is looking to score with low kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Paige 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 Mourning has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mourning and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mourning throws a jab but it's blocked by Paige.
Mourning throws a series of strikes that have Paige backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mourning looks to land a body kick but Paige moved away.
Mourning misses with a combination
and Paige counters with a nice uppercut.
Paige misses with a double jab.
Mourning throws a jab but it's blocked by Paige.
Mourning lands with a nice body kick.
Mourning bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourning throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mourning looks to land a right hand but Paige moved out of range.
Mourning pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paige takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mourning throws a body kick that misses.
Paige throws a series of strikes that have Mourning backpedaling.
Paige tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mourning manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mourning lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Paige dips to his left and cracks Mourning with an uppercut!
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!
Paige scores with a jab to the head.
Paige blocks a jab.
Paige misses with a straight left.
That kick from Mourning tenderised Paige's leg. Paige is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mourning chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Paige can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paige misses with the combination.
Mourning swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Paige.
Mourning throws a front kick aimed at Paige's knee but Paige avoids it well.
A clash of legs there as Paige blocks the low kick.
Mourning feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Paige's calf.
Paige jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mourning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paige was well out of range. Poor timing from Mourning.
Paige pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mourning moves away from the strike by Paige.
Mourning misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paige moves in looking to clinch but Mourning pushes him off.
Paige lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Alonzo Mourning has been cut.
Stan Paige seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paige with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alonzo Mourning dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alonzo Mourning's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Paige throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mourning is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mourning feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Paige's calf.
Mourning thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mourning feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Paige's calf.
Paige ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mourning moves away.
Mourning thows a body shot but no joy.
Mourning misses with a low kick.
Paige walks into a straight right hand from Mourning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mourning just misses with a punch to the body.
Paige misses with a wild body shot.
Mourning attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A telegraphed right hand from Paige misses the target.
Mourning throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mourning with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourning ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mourning sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Paige throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mourning connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mourning misses with the combination.
Mourning uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paige.
Paige throws out a loose jab but Mourning uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paige avoids the head kick by Mourning.
Mourning moves out of range of the strikes.
Mourning lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paige's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mourning slips a straight right by Paige.
Paige fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mourning manages to avoid it.
Paige tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Paige is breathing heavily.
Paige stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mourning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mourning moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mourning uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paige.
Paige misses with a body shot.
Mourning fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Paige.
Mourning bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Paige's head backwards.
Paige is rocked!
Mourning ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Paige out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alonzo Mourning!
Alonzo Mourning seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jesse Dardar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rysty Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dardar kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Get Some Go Again. Jesse Dardar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Insanely flexible
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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
28 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Dardar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rysty Sankari!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sankari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Sankari misses.
Dardar wants to clinch.
Dardar scores with a jab to the head.
Sankari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dardar wants to clinch up but Sankari keeps it at a distance.
Sankari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sankari scoring well with a low kick there.
Dardar connects with a body shot.
Sankari lands the left hand.
It looks like Jesse Dardar has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dardar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Sankari misses.
Dardar throws out a loose jab but Sankari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sankari moves out of range of the strikes.
Sankari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dardar.
Dardar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sankari.
Sankari looks to score with a jab to the body but Dardar is just out of range.
Dardar misses with a body shot.
Sankari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankari moves out of range of the strikes.
Sankari misses the shot to the body.
Sankari throws a combination that misses
and Dardar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sankari misses with a left hand
letting Dardar counter with a right hand.
Dardar slips under a jab from Sankari.
Dardar looks low and kicks high, catching Sankari right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
It looks like Rysty Sankari has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sankari missing with a left hand there. Dardar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sankari misses with a kick to the body.
Dardar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dardar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dardar tries to clinch up but Sankari circles away and keeps his distance.
Sankari cracks Dardar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dardar misses with an uppercut. Sankari saw that one coming.
Dardar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sankari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sankari. Dardar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dardar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dardar throws a sloppy head kick and Sankari moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dardar.
Dardar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dardar scores with a body shot.
Sankari looks to throw the jab but Dardar is out of range.
Dardar takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sankari throws an overhand right that lands on Dardar's shoulder, as Dardar tries to avoid the shot.
Sankari throws a series of strikes that have Dardar backpedaling.
Dardar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dardar looks low and kicks high, catching Sankari right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sankari. Dardar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sankari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sankari staying out of range there.
Sankari throws an overhand right that lands on Dardar's shoulder, as Dardar tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sankari looks to land a combination but Dardar avoids it well.
Sankari moves forwards but Dardar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dardar.
Sankari takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesse Dardar takes that one as he scored multiple knockdowns. Rysty Sankari was lucky to get out of the first 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 cage so we can get back down to business.
Sankari misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sankari scores with a hook to the body. Dardar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dardar staggers Sankari with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Sankari looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sankari scores with a hook to the body. Dardar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sankari throws a big shot that misses.
Jesse Dardar is winning the standup battle so far.
Sankari just misses with a punch to the body.
Sankari throws a series of punches but Dardar moves out of range.
Dardar has managed to clinch.
Dardar working aggressively here.
Sankari lands a shoulder strike.
Dardar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dardar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dardar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sankari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dardar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sankari avoids it.
Dardar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sankari.
Sankari is breathing heavily.
Dardar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dardar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab from Dardar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sankari moves away from the strike by Dardar.
Dardar connects with a nice looking jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sankari crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dardar - the referee stops the clock and Sankari gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dardar. Sankari manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A solid body kick from Dardar.
Sankari misses with a body punch
and Dardar counters with an outside leg kick.
Dardar with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dardar instigates a clinch.
Dardar lands with a short shot to the head.
Dardar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dardar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dardar lands with a left to the head.
Dardar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dardar lands a nice shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Dardar.
A punch combination from Sankari misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dardar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sankari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dardar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sankari.
Dardar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sankari on the side of the head.
Sankari is rocked!
Dardar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sankari.
Sankari is still on wobbly legs! Can Dardar finish him?
Dardar clinches with his opponent.
Sankari tries to stall but Dardar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sankari seems to have recovered his senses.
Dardar lands with a right to the head.
Sankari lands a hook that snaps the head of Dardar backwards.
Dardar lands with a short shot to the head.
Dardar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dardar digs a right hand into Sankari's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sankari's gas tank.
Dardar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sankari looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dardar lands a hook that snaps the head of Sankari backwards.
Dardar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dardar lands an elbow inside that Sankari shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesse Dardar will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the 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 cage so we can get back down to business.
Dardar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dardar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dardar misses with a punch to the body.
Dardar working Sankari over with knees to the body.
Dardar scores with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dardar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dardar crunches a lovely knee into Sankari's ribcage.
Dardar digs a right hand into Sankari's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sankari's gas tank.
Dardar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dardar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sankari thows a body shot but no joy.
Dardar clinches.
Dardar lands a body punch.
Dardar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sankari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sankari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dardar cracks Sankari with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the cage! Can Sankari 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. Sankari looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Sankari defending well as Dardar loads up on a big left hand.
Sankari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Dardar! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jesse Dardar!
In his post fight interview, Jesse Dardar gave a big smile as he said 'Rysty said he was going to put me to sleep tonight. I wasnt mad at him for that though. That was just The Fear talking when he found out he was facing me. I can't blame him for that.'.
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