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NACF Tournament Finale PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Bryant Baez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Basil Hastings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryant Baez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent boxer
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
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bryant Baez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Basil Hastings!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baez rushes Hastings and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Baez.
Baez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hastings is defending well for now.
Hastings takes a knee to the side of the body.
Baez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Baez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baez misses with a punch to the body.
Baez scores with a shoulder strike.
Baez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've been informed that Hastings 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.
Hastings throws an elbow but it misses.
Hastings throws a punch but it's blocked by Baez.
Baez misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baez as Hastings tries to tie him up.
Hastings fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Baez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee calls for Hastings to work.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Baez.
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!
A short body shot lands from Baez as the two fighters clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Hastings.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez misses with some punches.
Hastings blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hastings breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hastings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hastings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baez throws a leg kick that misses.
Hastings tries to clinch up but Baez circles away and keeps his distance.
Hastings doesn't manage to clinch there - Baez circles away.
Baez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Baez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hastings.
Baez lands a jab to the head.
Baez scores with a body shot.
Hastings darts in trying to clinch
and Baez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hastings moves out of range of the body kick.
Baez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Baez swings for the body but Hastings moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hastings doesn't manage to clinch there - Baez circles away.
Hastings slips under a jab.
Hastings tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As Hastings backs away, Baez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hastings doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hastings closes the distance and pushes Baez back into the cage.
Baez misses with a body punch.
Baez tries a body shot but Hastings blocks it.
Hastings pushes off an throws an elbow but Baez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Baez.
Baez lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Baez fails to land.
Hastings pushes Baez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hastings lands with a left to the head.
Baez lands a body shot.
Hastings misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baez blocks the elbow strike.
Hastings prevents a body shot from Baez.
Baez has Hastings pushed against the cage.
Baez lands a left hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Baez misses with the head strike.
Hastings is trying to stall.
Baez tries a body shot but Hastings blocks it.
Baez misses with a punch on the inside.
Hastings blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hastings backwards.
Baez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hastings's elbow.
I was talking to Baez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Baez tries to throw a body punch but Hastings avoids it by throwing Baez back against the cage.
Baez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hastings is looking to control Baez's arms but Baez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hastings has his back to the cage.
Baez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Baez throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hastings misses with a punch on the inside.
Hastings taking a breather.
Baez has a couple of punches blocked by Hastings.
Baez lands with a short shot to the head.
Hastings misses with the head strike.
Baez missing with knees to the body.
Baez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Hastings.
Baez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hastings's elbow.
Baez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hastings blocks a body shot from Baez.
Hastings stalling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baez.
Baez misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Hastings.
Baez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hastings backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Baez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hastings tries to clinch up but Baez circles away and keeps his distance.
Baez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Baez misses the target.
Hastings tries to clinch but Baez moves out of range.
Baez jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Baez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hastings will feel that in the morning.
Hastings tries to clinch but Baez is having none of it.
Baez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baez tries to score with a low kick but Hastings moves his leg out of the way.
Hastings avoids a kick to the body.
Hastings doesn't manage to clinch there - Baez circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Baez misses the target.
Baez connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hastings moves in looking to clinch but Baez pushes him off.
Hastings steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baez.
Baez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baez misses with a kick to the body.
Baez lands a leg kick that knocks Hastings off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez misses with a hook.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Baez moves to clinch but Hastings breaks away
and Hastings makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Baez really felt that one!
Baez misses with a leg kick.
Baez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hastings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hastings takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Baez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Baez, right into the meat.
Hastings avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hastings is able to avoid easily.
Hastings closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hastings is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Baez is keeping busy.
A body shot lands from Hastings.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hastings doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hastings trying to control the position but instead, Baez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hastings into the cage.
Baez swings wildly with an uppercut but Hastings uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hastings misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baez lands with a light punch inside.
Baez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hastings can do to turn this around?
Hastings stalling the fight.
Baez manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hastings rushes Baez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Baez.
Baez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hastings backwards.
Hastings blocking some punches.
Baez misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baez cracks Hastings with a nice body shot.
Baez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hastings pushes off an throws an elbow but Baez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Baez can't find room to land a body shot as Hastings controls the action.
Baez tries to work over Hastings's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baez tries to work over Hastings's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baez tries a knee to the head but Hastings blocks it.
Baez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baez pushes Hastings back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hastings is looking to control Baez's arms but Baez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hastings has his back to the cage.
Hastings keeps control of Baez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Baez can't find room to land a body shot as Hastings controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baez.
Hastings stalls.
Baez lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hastings lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hastings backwards.
Baez blocks a body shot from Hastings.
Baez scores with a shot to the side of Hastings's head.
Baez misses with a body punch.
Hastings tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hastings scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baez misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hastings throws an elbow but misses.
Baez throws a head punch that misses.
Baez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hastings or not.
A short left from Hastings.
Stalling in the clinch from Hastings.
Hastings tries to work over Baez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Baez - that landed with a thud.
Hastings swings wildly with an uppercut but Baez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hastings prevents a body shot from Baez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Baez dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Baez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hastings is out of range and Baez settles back down.
Baez keeps the fight on the outside.
Hastings tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Baez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hastings tries to clinch up.
Baez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Baez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baez scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Baez.
Hastings tries to clinch there but Baez circles away.
Hastings fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Baez, pushing him back against the cage.
Baez tries to work over Hastings's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baez misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hastings avoiding damage as Baez throws knees to the body.
Hastings lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hastings misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baez blocks a body shot from Hastings.
Hastings throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baezs head.
A right hook to the body lands for Hastings.
A shot in the inside from Hastings.
Baez works on Hastings's body with a couple of short punches.
Baez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hastings avoids it.
Baez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hastings's elbow.
Baez is working Hastings over against the cage.
Hastings prevents a body shot from Baez.
Baez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baez lands a hook that snaps the head of Hastings backwards.
Baez blocking some punches.
Baez blocks an uppercut.
Hastings is trying to stall.
Baez working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hastings prevents a body shot from Baez.
Good body shot from Baez.
Baez struggles to land a body shot inside as Hastings controls his hands.
Hastings lands a nice uppercut.
Hastings tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baez's elbow.
Bryant Baez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baez is struggling to control the position.
Baez lands a left hand.
Baez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hastingss head.
Hastings misses with a body punch.
Basil Hastings has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baez blocks an uppercut.
Baez lands with a short shot to the head.
Hastings blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Baez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hastings has Baez pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Baez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baez pushes Hastings back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Baez looking to stall.
Baez tries to work over Hastings's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baez tries to stall but Hastings uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Baez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hastings on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Baez lands an uppercut.
Hastings lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baez or not.
Hastings throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hastings lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Baez backwards.
Hastings swings wildly with an uppercut but Baez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hastings wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hastings backwards.
Hastings is looking to control Baez's arms but Baez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hastings has his back to the cage.
Hastings misses with some punches.
Baez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hastings misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hastings's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baez blocks a body shot from Hastings.
Baez throws a punch but it's blocked by Hastings.
Hastings looking to stall.
Baez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hastings backwards.
Hastings trying to control the position but instead, Baez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hastings into the cage.
Baez throws a punch but it's blocked by Hastings.
Bryant Baez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A body shot lands from Baez.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryant Baez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Baez 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 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryant Baez!
Bryant Baez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Basil Hastings spoke after the fight, saying 'Again, damn!!! '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Enoch Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Razor Ramon (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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Excellent MT
Very quick
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Enoch Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Razor Ramon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ramon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thompson to score with a decent uppercut.
Ramon sizes up Thompson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ramon throws a leg kick
and Thompson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Ramon.
Thompson slips a jab from Ramon.
Thompson misses with an uppercut.
Thompson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Razor Ramon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson misses with a low kick.
Ramon doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ramon misses with a leg kick.
Thompson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A combination from Ramon does no damage.
Thompson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ramon's hands.
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!
Thompson slips a jab from Ramon.
An inside leg kick lands from Ramon.
A clash of legs there as Thompson blocks the low kick.
Ramon throws a lazy body kick
and Thompson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thompson thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson misses the jab.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramon.
Ramon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ramon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thompson.
Ramon throws a lazy uppercut
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thompson blocks a head kick by Ramon.
Thompson jabs at Ramon's body.
Ramon slips under a jab from Thompson.
Thompson backing away here, and Ramon unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ramon misses with a hook
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ramon replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Thompson blocks it well.
Ramon throws a combination that misses
and Thompson counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Ramon to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Thompson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Enoch Thompson!
Enoch Thompson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Pele Madriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pele Madriano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John LeBlanc!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - LeBlanc throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
LeBlanc looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Madriano rushes LeBlanc and presses him up against the cage.
Madriano prevents a body shot from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
LeBlanc escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
LeBlanc throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madriano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Madriano misses with a double jab.
LeBlanc walks into a left hand.
Madriano moves out of range of the strikes.
Madriano throws a nice looking combination but LeBlanc bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pele Madriano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madriano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Madriano lands with a nice combination. LeBlanc backs away looking to recover.
Madriano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck LeBlanc on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madriano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Madriano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
LeBlanc was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Madriano moves into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Madriano has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
LeBlanc trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
LeBlanc breaks the clinch.
LeBlanc takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
LeBlanc throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
LeBlanc looks to land a body kick but Madriano moved away.
Madriano appears to be looking for a big counter.
Madriano tests LeBlanc's chin there with a solid looking shot.
LeBlanc takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Madriano with a jab.
LeBlanc throws a sloppy body shot
and Madriano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Madriano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Madriano moves out of range of the body kick from LeBlanc.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madriano displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
LeBlanc misses with a hook. Madriano ducked under it nicely.
Madriano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
LeBlanc throws a jab but it's blocked by Madriano.
Madriano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
LeBlanc misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madriano wants to break free but LeBlanc has control.
A knee to the head by LeBlanc.
Madriano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
LeBlanc trying to land knees to the body.
LeBlanc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Madriano lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Madriano.
LeBlanc lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Madriano wants to break free but LeBlanc has control.
LeBlanc has Madriano pressed against the cage, preventing Madriano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Madriano is trying to break the clinch but LeBlanc has him pressed against the cage.
LeBlanc looks to throw an elbow but misses.
LeBlanc tries to circle away but Madriano has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Madriano backwards.
LeBlanc tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madriano's elbow.
LeBlanc misses with a hook to the ribs.
LeBlanc keeps control of Madriano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Madriano avoids the elbow strike from LeBlanc, against the cage.
LeBlanc pushes off an throws an elbow but Madriano leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
LeBlanc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Madriano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
LeBlanc avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Madriano scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
LeBlanc tries to clinch there but Madriano circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from LeBlanc misses the target.
LeBlanc uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Madriano.
Madriano cracks LeBlanc with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Madriano scores with a sloppy right hand. LeBlanc should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madriano connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
LeBlanc swats away the attempt to clinch by Madriano.
LeBlanc flicks out a counter leg kick but Madriano steps away.
LeBlanc takes one to the chin there.
Madriano tests LeBlanc's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Madriano tries to close the distance and clinch up but LeBlanc swats him away and circles back towards the center.
LeBlanc looks to land a body kick but Madriano moved away.
Madriano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Madriano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Madriano stalks LeBlanc and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into LeBlanc's face. LeBlanc staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice straight punches there by Madriano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Madriano.
Sloppy strikes from Madriano. Those never looked like landing.
LeBlanc takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Madriano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pele Madriano dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Madriano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
LeBlanc tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madriano was well out of range. Poor timing from LeBlanc.
Madriano throws a series of punches but LeBlanc avoids them all with ease.
LeBlanc only half commits to the counter leg kick.
LeBlanc takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Madriano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from LeBlanc.
Madriano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
LeBlanc has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from LeBlanc. Madriano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madriano is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Madriano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Madriano is looking to clinch.
Madriano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
LeBlanc ducks right into an uppercut from Madriano.
Madriano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by LeBlanc.
Madriano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of LeBlanc's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
LeBlanc misses with a looping right.
Madriano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that LeBlanc can do to turn this around?
Madriano blocks a head kick by LeBlanc.
Madriano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but LeBlanc circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc lands with a kick to the temple. Madriano shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Madriano catches LeBlanc with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A low kick from LeBlanc misses
and Madriano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Madriano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Madriano's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Madriano duly obliges.
Some bone on bone action there as Madriano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Madriano tries to clinch up.
LeBlanc misses with a lunging right hand
and Madriano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pele Madriano is winning the standup battle so far.
Madriano clinches with his opponent.
Madriano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of LeBlancs head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Madriano is trying to push LeBlanc away but LeBlanc has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Madriano tries to circle away but LeBlanc has him pinned against the cage.
Madriano tries to break the clinch but LeBlanc is controlling the position.
Madriano blocks an uppercut.
LeBlanc looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good leg kick by LeBlanc there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
LeBlanc throws a leg kick but Madriano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Madriano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Madriano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Madriano throws a jab when LeBlanc was well out of range.
Madriano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A bone on bone clash there as Madriano blocks the leg kick.
Madriano throws a shot from downtown. LeBlanc moves away and avoids it.
Good shot there by Madriano.
Madriano has LeBlanc up against the cage in a clinch.
Madriano breaks the clinch.
LeBlanc has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
LeBlanc throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madriano misses with a two punch combination.
Madriano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
LeBlanc appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jab from Madriano.
The fight stays on the outside here - Madriano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Madriano does no damage.
LeBlanc drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from LeBlanc 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 Madriano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Madriano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
LeBlanc slips under a jab from Madriano.
LeBlanc shapes to counter with a head kick.
Madriano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
LeBlanc tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from LeBlanc misses its intended target.
Madriano throws a series of punches but LeBlanc moves out of range.
LeBlanc was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Madriano scores with a jab.
Nice defenses there by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madriano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
LeBlanc throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LeBlanc throws a head kick that misses
and Madriano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Madriano throws a series of punches but LeBlanc avoids them all with ease.
Madriano with a hook.
LeBlanc misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Madriano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by LeBlanc.
Madriano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but LeBlanc circles away quickly and effectively.
Madriano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Madriano moves away from the strike by LeBlanc.
Madriano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pele Madriano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Madriano throws a shot from downtown. LeBlanc moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Madriano wants to clinch.
Madriano backing away here, and LeBlanc unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Madriano doesn't manage to clinch there - LeBlanc circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pele Madriano dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A cross from Madriano lands.
LeBlanc waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Madriano.
LeBlanc keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Madriano.
LeBlanc throws a nice head kick!
Madriano jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Madriano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
LeBlanc takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Madriano misses with a combination
and LeBlanc counters with a good low kick that Madriano was not able to check.
LeBlanc misses with a body shot.
Madriano misses with a series of wild punches.
LeBlanc takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Madriano throws a hook but LeBlanc avoids it easily.
LeBlanc appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
LeBlanc misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madriano is looking to clinch.
LeBlanc throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Madriano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
LeBlanc tries to counter with a clinch but Madriano shakes him off and moves away.
Madriano doesn't manage to clinch there - LeBlanc circles away.
LeBlanc misses with an uppercut. Madriano saw that one coming.
Madriano clinches up with LeBlanc and pushes him back against the cage.
Madriano keeps control of LeBlanc as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
LeBlanc softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
LeBlanc tries to work over Madriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
LeBlanc creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
LeBlanc tries to work over Madriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Madriano avoids the elbow strike from LeBlanc, against the cage.
Madriano avoiding damage as LeBlanc throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madriano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
LeBlanc missing with knees to the body.
Madriano manages to break the clinch.
LeBlanc misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
LeBlanc walks into a jab.
Madriano scores with a hook.
LeBlanc circles away from the clinch attempt.
Madriano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Madriano is looking to clinch.
LeBlanc keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheers as Madriano lands an impressive looking overhand right. LeBlanc doesn't seem phased though.
Madriano swings for the body but LeBlanc moves out of range.
Madriano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as LeBlanc throws out the jab.
Madriano misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc circles away from the clinch attempt.
LeBlanc walks into a left hand.
LeBlanc walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
LeBlanc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Madriano manages to avoid it.
LeBlanc throws a nice outside leg kick.
LeBlanc fails to land with a series of punches.
Madriano tries to clinch but LeBlanc moves out of range.
LeBlanc appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Madriano misses with a few strikes there.
Madriano feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits LeBlancs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
LeBlanc looks for the body kick but Madriano saw that one coming.
Madriano went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
LeBlanc takes a jab right on the kisser.
A bone on bone clash there as Madriano blocks the leg kick.
Madriano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from LeBlanc.
It looked like Madriano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Madriano lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madriano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed LeBlanc momentarily.
LeBlanc misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left lands for Madriano.
Madriano throws a nice looking combination but LeBlanc bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Madriano misses with a hook. LeBlanc ducked under it nicely.
LeBlanc throws a lazy right hand but Madriano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Madriano lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as LeBlanc backs up against the cage.
Madriano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed LeBlanc momentarily.
Madriano throws a right and a left that LeBlanc avoids nicely.
LeBlanc throws a nice head kick!
LeBlanc gets tackled into the cage by Madriano. Madriano maintains the clinch.
Madriano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
John LeBlanc has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pele Madriano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Madriano breaks from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pele Madriano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Madriano, 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pele Madriano!
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Dylan Mathews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Buddington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buddington is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Night gown - Pillow fight!. 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 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dylan Mathews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Buddington!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buddington moves away from the strike by Mathews.
Mathews tries to keep at a distance but Buddington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Buddington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buddington will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mathews up against the cage.
Mathews tries to land a knee to the head but Buddington blocks with his arms.
Mathews is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mathews looking to slow down the pace here.
Mathews scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buddington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mathews avoids it.
Buddington is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Buddington is working Mathews over against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews misses with a punch on the inside.
Mathews looking to stall.
Mathews misses with a body punch.
Come on Mathews - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Buddington is struggling to control the position.
Buddington missing with knees to the body.
Mathews lands with a right to the head.
Mathews lands with a right to the head.
Buddington has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mathews seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Buddington can turn it around.
Buddington lands a good knee to the midsection. Mathews won't want to take too many of those.
Mathews misses with a punch on the inside.
Mathews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buddington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buddington has a couple of punches blocked by Mathews.
Buddington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mathews wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathews taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mathews goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mathews misses with a punch on the inside.
Buddington misses with a punch on the inside.
Buddington leaning against his opponent.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Mathews fails to land.
Buddington blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Buddington.
Mathews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buddington tries to stall but Mathews uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stalling in the clinch from Buddington.
Mathews stalling against the cage.
Buddington lands a good knee to the midsection. Mathews won't want to take too many of those.
Buddington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews is looking to control Buddington's arms but Buddington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mathews has his back to the cage.
Buddington misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buddington.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Buddington as Mathews tries to tie him up.
Buddington slows down the pace here.
Buddington misses with an elbow strike.
Buddington misses with a knee strike.
Buddington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Buddington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mathews is defending well for now.
Mathews on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mathews cracks Buddington with a nice body shot.
Buddington blocking some punches.
Mathews is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Buddington blocks a body shot from Mathews.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathews misses with a punch on the inside.
Buddington digs a right hand underneath Mathews's ribcage. Mathews let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Buddington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mathews backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Buddington as Mathews tries to tie him up.
A short right from Buddington.
Mathews lands a left hand.
Buddington being controlled against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buddington.
Mathews struggles to land a body shot inside as Buddington controls his hands.
Mathews leaning against his opponent.
Buddington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mathews has Buddington pushed against the cage.
Buddington misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Buddington dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mathews looks to land a left hand but Buddington moved out of range nicely.
Buddington closes the distance and clinches.
Mathews tries to stall but Buddington uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Buddington misses with an elbow strike.
Buddington lands a knee to the body.
Mathews is trying to maintain a safe position but Buddington gets an underhook and turns Mathews into the cage.
Mathews is stalling here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Buddington taking a breather.
Mathews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buddington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathews lands with a short shot to the head.
Buddington unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathews lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Buddington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mathews tries to stall but Buddington uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Buddington displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mathews up against the cage.
Buddington scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Mathews scores with a nice short uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Buddington.
Buddington tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathews avoids the damage to the body.
Buddington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oliver Buddington seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Buddington as Mathews tries to tie him up.
Buddington is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mathews will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Buddington up against the cage.
Buddington trying to land knees to the body.
Buddington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buddington misses with an elbow over the top.
Buddington throws a punch but it's blocked by Mathews.
Buddington missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Buddington.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buddington looking to stall.
Mathews on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mathews as Buddington tries to tie him up.
Mathews misses with a punch to the body.
Buddington tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathews avoids the damage to the body.
Buddington trying to stall but Mathews improves his position.
Buddington is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mathews is keeping busy.
Buddington gets through Mathews's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Buddington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buddington is looking to control Mathews's arms but Mathews gets an underhook and turns him. Now Buddington has his back to the cage.
Buddington leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mathews.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews lands an uppercut.
Buddington utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Buddington has Mathews pressed against the cage.
Mathews managing to block the knees to the body from Buddington.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Oliver Buddington.
Mathews bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mathews fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mathews tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buddington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mathews instigates a clinch.
Mathews scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mathews lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Buddington backwards.
Buddington blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mathews.
Mathews has Buddington pressed against the cage.
Buddington landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buddington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buddington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mathews working aggressively here.
Mathews is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mathews looking to stall.
Buddington lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mathews is looking to control Buddington's arms but Buddington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mathews has his back to the cage.
A right hand to the body from Buddington.
Buddington lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Buddington.
Buddington lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Buddington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Buddington throws a big shot that misses.
Mathews connects with a nice looking jab.
Buddington misses with a low kick as Mathews jumps back.
Mathews throws a big shot that misses.
Buddington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oliver Buddington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mathews uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Buddington has time to react.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mathews swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mathews trying to stall but Buddington improves his position.
Buddington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathews avoiding damage as Buddington throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Buddington.
Mathews prevents a body shot from Buddington.
Mathews swings wildly with an uppercut but Buddington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buddington misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews is trying to maintain a safe position but Buddington gets an underhook and turns Mathews into the cage.
Mathews leaning his opponent against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Buddington as Mathews tries to tie him up.
Buddington struggles to land a body shot inside as Mathews controls his hands.
Buddington struggles to land a body shot inside as Mathews controls his hands.
Buddington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mathews avoids it.
Buddington holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short left from Buddington.
Mathews is looking to control Buddington's arms but Buddington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mathews has his back to the cage.
Mathews throws a head punch that misses.
Buddington tries to work over Mathews's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Mathews fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buddington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Buddington taking a breather.
Mathews managing to block the knees to the body from Buddington.
Mathews scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mathews.
Oliver Buddington is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mathews misses with a punch on the inside.
Buddington lands a good knee to the midsection. Mathews won't want to take too many of those.
Buddington blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mathews lands with a light punch inside.
Buddington misses with a punch to the body.
Buddington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Buddington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buddington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mathewss head.
Buddington landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Buddington missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews being controlled against the cage.
Buddington is struggling to control the position.
Buddington receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A knee to the head by Buddington.
Mathews is rocked!
Buddington smacks Mathews right on the bridge of the nose with a massive elbow! Another one lands and Mathews goes down! He's clearly dazed - will he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7... up to one knee... 8,9,10! He's not made it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Oliver Buddington!
As Oliver Buddington got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Sucker, i won. I think your career is done! I was next in release line, but now i get another chance.. Sorry that you got dropped!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Oliver Radcliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Radcliff kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Fatal - Kick me down. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pott's choice of entrance music: I Luv It. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Radcliff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roger Pott!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Radcliff tries to clinch up.
Pott moves out of range of the strikes.
Pott appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pott connects with a solid leg kick.
Radcliff tries to land a front kick but Pott steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A nice side step and Pott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Radcliff throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pott.
Radcliff avoids a kick to the body.
Radcliff throws a leg kick
and Pott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radcliff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pott counters with a body kick.
Pott tries to land a front kick but Radcliff steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pott on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Radcliff lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Radcliff doesn't manage to clinch there - Pott circles away.
Pott appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Radcliff throws a right hand that Pott ducks under and follows up with a left that Pott also avoids with ease.
Pott is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Radcliff misses with a wild combination.
Pott let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pott misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pott slips a straight right by Radcliff.
Pott misses with a kick to the body.
Radcliff attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pott throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pott.
Pott showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Radcliff.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott checks a leg kick.
Radcliff scores with a nice right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Radcliff checks a leg kick.
Radcliff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pott with a hook.
Radcliff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Radcliff.
Pott steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Radcliff. That one must have hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Radcliff swings for the body but Pott moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff throws a nice outside leg kick.
Radcliff misses with a series of wild punches.
Pott appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Radcliff, right into the meat.
Pott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Radcliff fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pott steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Radcliff throws out a loose jab but Pott uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Radcliff. Pott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oliver Radcliff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pott moves away from the strike by Radcliff.
Pott throws a leg kick but Radcliff moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Radcliff doesn't manage to clinch there - Pott circles away.
Radcliff avoids the body shot from Pott.
Radcliff tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pott counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Radcliff connects with a jab.
Pott looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Radcliff looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Radcliff throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Pott connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Radcliff tries to clinch up but Pott circles away and keeps his distance.
Pott takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Radcliff takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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 Oliver Radcliff will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pott throws a right hand that Radcliff ducks under and follows up with a left that Radcliff also avoids with ease.
Radcliff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pott moves away.
Pott is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Radcliff with a body shot.
Radcliff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pott counters with a body kick.
Pott looks to land a body kick but Radcliff moved away.
Radcliff is looking to land body kicks.
Radcliff tries to clinch there but Pott circles away.
Pott looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Radcliff moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oliver Radcliff is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radcliff keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Radcliff quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Pott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pott has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Radcliff on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pott. Pott obviously looking to wear him down.
Radcliff avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick by Radcliff misses
and Pott makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Radcliff misses with a low kick.
Pott is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Radcliff with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pott checks a leg kick.
Despite the aggression on Pott's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pott slips under a jab.
Pott throws a leg kick that misses.
Radcliff misses with a wild body shot.
Pott looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pott throws a hook but Radcliff blocks it.
Radcliff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Pott on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Radcliff with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pott has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Radcliff moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Radcliff throws a series of punches but Pott moves out of range.
Pott pushes Radcliff away with a front kick.
Radcliff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Radcliff tried to counter with a leg kick but Pott avoided it.
Pott fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Radcliff on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Radcliff pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pott scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Radcliff. Pott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pott has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Radcliff is looking to clinch.
Pott appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff throws a body shot but no joy.
Pott is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Radcliff with a body shot.
Pott throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Radcliff tries to clinch but Pott moves out of range.
Radcliff gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pott follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Pott scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pott takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Radcliff.
Radcliff throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice straight punches there by Radcliff. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Radcliff.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Pott is breathing heavily.
Good work by Pott as he checks the leg kick.
Radcliff misses with a hook. Pott ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and Pott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The fighters circling - Radcliff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pott is trying to counter with his kicks.
A swing and a miss from Radcliff.
Pott moves out of range of the strikes.
Pott steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Radcliff scores with a jab.
Pott throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Radcliff bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pott's head.
Radcliff lands with a hook. Pott tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Radcliff dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Radcliff tries to close the distance and clinch but Pott swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Radcliff throws a head kick but Pott moves out of range.
Pott changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pott moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Radcliff misses the shot to the body.
Radcliff backing away here, and Pott unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Radcliff pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pott is out of range and Radcliff settles back down.
Pott steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pott takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Radcliff moves to clinch but Pott breaks away
and Pott counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Radcliff misses with a kick to the body
and Pott counters with a one-two to the body.
Radcliff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Radcliff throws a hook to the side of Pott's head but Pott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Radcliff gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Radcliff lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Radcliff is pushing Pott up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knees in the clinch landing for Radcliff.
Pott takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Radcliff lands with a left to the head.
Pott lands a left hand.
Radcliff stalling in the clinch.
Pott misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff trying to control the position but instead, Pott has worked for underhooks and has pushed Radcliff into the cage.
Pott throws a head punch that misses.
Radcliff is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pott softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Radcliff pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Radcliff throws an elbow but it misses.
Radcliff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pott.
Radcliff can't find room to land a body shot as Pott controls the action.
Radcliff blocks an uppercut.
Radcliff's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pott escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Radcliff gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pott pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pott.
Pott lands with a shot to the body.
Pott has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Radcliff.
Radcliff moves out of range of the body kick.
Pott misses with a combination
and Radcliff finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Radcliff lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pott's sensitive parts.
Radcliff looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Radcliff is looking to slow Pott down with leg kicks.
Pott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Radcliff.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pott misses with a body kick.
Radcliff misses with a wild body shot.
Pott blocks a low kick nicely.
Pott let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Radcliff doesn't manage to clinch there - Pott circles away.
Pott appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Radcliff.
Pott appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pott moves out of range of the body kick.
Radcliff throws a poor cross that misses
and Pott counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Radcliff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pott was well out of range. Poor timing from Radcliff.
Roger Pott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice cross by Pott.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roger Pott.
Well Radcliff 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oliver Radcliff!
An intense looking Oliver Radcliff took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'And you thought that you could win, hah! Back to start, sorry!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Aleksandar Dragović (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firas Qabbani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragović's entrance music is Immortal Technique - Mark Of The Beast feat. Akir & Beast 1333. A fine choice. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksandar Dragović!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Firas Qabbani!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragović with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dragović lands a jab to the nose.
Qabbani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragović.
Qabbani throws a fast counter high kick but Dragović manages to duck under it in time.
Dragović connects with a good right hand that stumbles Qabbani. Qabbani circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
It looks like Firas Qabbani has been cut.
Dragović checks the leg kick.
Dragović missing with a left hand there. Qabbani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Qabbani throws out a loose jab but Dragović uses good head movement to avoid it.
Firas Qabbani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Qabbani takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Qabbani with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dragović to score with a decent uppercut.
Dragović staggers Qabbani with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Qabbani 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! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Dragović is victorious!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Aleksandar Dragović!
Aleksandar Dragović decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Savio Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Sackrider (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 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Savio Preuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Sackrider!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preuss throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Sackrider was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Preuss has taken the fight to the clinch.
Preuss blocks a body shot from Sackrider.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackrider.
Sackrider breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sackrider tries to close the distance and clinch up but Preuss swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Preuss throws a big counter combination but Sackrider scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Preuss fails to land with a series of punches.
Sackrider doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nice shot lands for Sackrider.
Sackrider thuds a left hand into Preuss's body.
Preuss misses with a few strikes there.
Preuss closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sackrider swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Preuss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Preuss definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sackrider wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Preuss can't find room to land a body shot as Sackrider controls the action.
Preuss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sackrider is trying to maintain a safe position but Preuss gets an underhook and turns Sackrider into the cage.
Preuss blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackrider lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sackrider tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Preuss throws a punch but it's blocked by Sackrider.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackrider.
Sackrider working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Preuss.
Sackrider breaks the clinch.
Preuss drives through and clinches with Sackrider against the cage.
Preuss keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sackrider's efforts to push away.
Sackrider misses with a punch on the inside.
Preuss blocks a body shot from Sackrider.
Preuss lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sackrider backwards.
Sackrider scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Preuss.
Sackrider swings wildly with an uppercut but Preuss uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Preuss lands with a light punch inside.
Preuss scores with a shoulder strike.
Sackrider misses with the head strike.
Sackrider lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Sackrider.
Sackrider lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Preuss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sackrider is trying to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Preuss.
Sackrider misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Preuss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sackrider backwards.
Sackrider misses with the head strike.
Preuss lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sackrider backwards.
Preuss lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackrider tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sackrider breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sackrider avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sackrider showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Preuss.
Sackrider looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Preuss tries to clinch there but Sackrider circles away.
Preuss is looking to clinch but Sackrider is avoiding it.
Preuss tries to clinch up.
Sackrider tries to clinch up but Preuss circles away and keeps his distance.
Kyle Sackrider is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good standup being displayed there by Sackrider as he connects with a hook.
Preuss throws a combination that misses
and Sackrider counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sackrider is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sackrider scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Preuss doesn't seem bothered though.
Preuss on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Preuss clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sackrider throws a punch but it's blocked by Preuss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preuss lands with a light punch inside.
Sackrider is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Preuss is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Preuss fails to land.
Preuss blocking some punches.
Sackrider wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sackrider lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sackrider tries to circle away but Preuss has him pinned against the cage.
Sackrider swings wildly with an uppercut but Preuss uses good head movement to avoid it.
Preuss lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sackrider backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackrider.
Sackrider misses with a punch to the body.
Preuss tries to work over Sackrider's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Preuss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackrider tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kyle Sackrider will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Preuss!
A punch combination from Preuss misses.
Sackrider throws a shot to the body.
Preuss clinches with his opponent.
Sackrider fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackrider misses with the head strike.
Sackrider swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sackrider lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sackrider wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Preuss has him pressed against the cage.
Sackrider misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sackrider misses with the head strike.
Sackrider tries to stall but Preuss uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Preuss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Preuss misses with some punches.
Preuss swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sackrider lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Preuss misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackrider throws a head punch that misses.
Preuss works on Sackrider's body with a couple of short punches.
Preuss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Preuss.
Preuss lands a hook that snaps the head of Sackrider backwards.
Preuss blocks an uppercut.
Sackrider fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Preuss lands a hook that snaps the head of Sackrider backwards.
Sackrider doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Preuss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Preuss scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sackrider is rocked!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Preuss creates a bit of distance and cracks Sackrider with a big uppercut! Sackrider goes down! The referee pushes Preuss away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Sackrider make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Preuss takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Savio Preuss!
The defeated Kyle Sackrider had this to say: 'Back to the drawing board I'll be back!!!!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Nicola Bruni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baby Mama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mama is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: My Baby'z Mama. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicola Bruni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Baby Mama!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Bruni misses
and Mama counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bruni tries to move into range but Mama moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mama throws a shot to the body.
Mama wants to clinch.
Mama swings for the body but Bruni moves out of range.
Bruni looks to land a combination but Mama avoids it well.
A nice side step and Mama releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bruni's corner calls for a 1-2. Bruni obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bruni takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mama walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mama slips a jab from Bruni.
Bruni throws a jab when Mama was well out of range.
Bruni moves forwards but Mama connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mama.
Bruni jabs at Mama's body.
Mama showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bruni.
Mama scores with a nice right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mama.
Mama tries to clinch up but Bruni circles away and keeps his distance.
Bruni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mama swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mama fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bruni.
Mama moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mama drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bruni.
Mama slips a straight right by Bruni.
Good shot there by Mama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruni misses with a hook. Mama ducked under it nicely.
Mama scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bruni checks a low kick from Mama.
Mama throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As Mama tries to get set, Bruni tries to push him back and clinch up but Mama manages to avoid the attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mama. Bruni does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've been informed that Mama 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.
A big right from Bruni misses.
Mama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruni.
Bruni moves into the clinch.
Mama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bruni wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bruni swings wildly with an uppercut but Mama uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruni.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruni throws a punch but it's blocked by Mama.
Bruni definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Mama letting Bruni take a breather here.
Bruni lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mama.
Bruni misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mama.
Bruni swings wildly with an uppercut but Mama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mama prevents a body shot from Bruni.
Bruni lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Baby Mama has been cut.
Mama lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bruni prevents a body shot from Mama.
Mama dodges an elbow strike from Bruni.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mama.
A right hook to the body lands for Bruni.
Mama misses with a punch to the body.
Bruni misses with the head strike.
Mama managing to block the knees to the body from Bruni.
Mama lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bruni tries to throw a body punch but Mama avoids it by throwing Bruni back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruni tries to break the clinch but Mama is controlling the position.
Bruni lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mama is trying to maintain a safe position but Bruni gets an underhook and turns Mama into the cage.
Mama stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bruni blocks a body shot from Mama.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mama.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruni misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bruni lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bruni tries a body shot but Mama blocks it.
Bruni doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mama tries a body shot but Bruni blocks it.
Mama throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Bruni.
Mama is stalling here.
Bruni misses with some punches.
Bruni throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short left from Bruni.
Mama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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 Nicola Bruni will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Baby Mama'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.
A clash of legs there as Bruni blocks the low kick.
Bruni misses with a two punch combination.
Bruni scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mama turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bruni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruni.
Bruni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruni scores with the left hand. Mama knows he should have avoided that one.
Bruni throws out a loose jab but Mama uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mama scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mama throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bruni tries to clinch there but Mama circles away.
Mama looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baby Mama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bruni throws a lazy uppercut
and Mama makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mama throws the kick towards the body but Bruni avoids it.
Bruni takes a swing at Mama's ribcage but misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mama.
Bruni throws a poor cross that misses
and Mama counters with an inside leg kick.
Bruni misses with a double jab.
Bruni blocks a leg kick.
Mama is looking to slow Bruni down with leg kicks.
Mama scores with a leg kick.
Mama throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A swing and a miss from Bruni.
Bruni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bruni wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bruni backing away here, and Mama unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bruni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice cross by Bruni.
Bruni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mama throws a leg kick which misses Bruni's front leg but catches the back leg as Bruni tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mama connects with a single shot there.
Mama feints and then cracks Bruni's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bruni down.
Bruni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mama flicks out a counter leg kick but Bruni steps away.
Bruni avoids a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Mama there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bruni looks to score with a jab to the body but Mama is just out of range.
Bruni cracks a nice hook into Mama's ribs.
Bruni checks a leg kick nicely.
Bruni is looking to counter punch.
Bruni misses with a right hand
and Mama connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruni misses with an uppercut.
Bruni clinches with his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bruni.
Bruni lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Mama.
Bruni blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruni managing to block the knees to the body from Mama.
Mama avoids the elbow strike from Bruni, against the cage.
Bruni being controlled against the cage.
Mama holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mama continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mama.
Mama struggles to land a body shot inside as Bruni controls his hands.
Mama prevents a body shot from Bruni.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Bruni as the two fighters clinch.
Bruni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bruni throws a lazy uppercut
and Mama counters with a nice body kick.
A swing and a miss from Bruni.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruni moves in looking to clinch but Mama pushes him off.
Mama throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mama throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mama pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mama misses with a body kick.
Mama sizes up Bruni with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bruni lands a body shot.
Bruni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mama throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baby Mama showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Baby Mama's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Bruni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mama pushes Bruni away with a front kick.
Mama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruni.
Mama was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mama lands with a nice body kick.
Bruni connects with a leg kick. Mama looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mama looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bruni misses with a right hand
and Mama counters with a straight right hand.
Mama throws a hook but Bruni avoids it easily.
Bruni misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mama looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bruni swings for the body but Mama moves out of range.
Bruni lands a glancing blow to the side of Mama's head.
Bruni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mama.
A big right from Bruni misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruni swings for the body but Mama moves out of range.
Bruni throws a body punch but Mama moves out of range.
Mama is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bruni scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mama. That's going to slow Bruni down.
Bruni is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bruni misses with a hook.
Bruni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bruni throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruni uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mama has time to react.
Mama throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mama misses with a body kick.
Mama slips a straight right by Bruni.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mama misses with a body kick.
Bruni wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A good leg kick by Mama.
Bruni connects with a looping right hand.
Bruni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruni loads up on a big right hand but Mama slips the punch.
Mama listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mama cracks the inside of Bruni's front leg.
Bruni connects with the punch.
Bruni jabs Mama right on the nose. Mama blinks but takes it well.
Mama keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruni.
Mama slips a straight right by Bruni.
Mama counters with a body kick.
Mama walks into a straight right hand from Bruni.
Bruni just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruni takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mama moves out of range as Bruni strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Mama misses.
Bruni lands a nice looking body shot.
Mama lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bruni rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mama moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mama bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bruni's head.
Mama throws a body kick that misses.
Mama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bruni throws out the jab.
Mama wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mama lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bruni works the jab nicely.
Bruni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mama was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruni.
Mama scores with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruni just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruni tries to clinch but Mama moves away
and Bruni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good leg kick by Mama there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bruni misses with a leg kick.
Bruni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruni changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bruni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruni scores with a jab. Mama acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bruni.
Mama ducks under a wild hook from Bruni.
Bruni throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mama counters with a good, hard body kick but Bruni shrugs it off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bruni keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bruni misses with a body punch
and Mama counters with a low kick, right behind Bruni 's knee.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nicola Bruni.
I think Bruni has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Nicola Bruni!
An intense looking Nicola Bruni took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: '...'.
In defeat, Baby Mama stepped up to the mic, saying 'Fuck my baby'z mama, bitch got drama.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuco Salamanca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!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, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Rutherford!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tuco Salamanca!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutherford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rutherford lands a right hook to the body.
A lazy left from Salamanca finds it's target.
Rutherford ducks under a wild hook from Salamanca.
Salamanca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Salamanca as he connects with a hook.
Salamanca slips a straight right by Rutherford.
Rutherford has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Salamanca.
Rutherford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Salamanca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rutherford.
Rutherford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Salamanca finds it's way through Rutherford's defenses.
Rutherford has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Charles Martel School of Greatness in the buildup to the fight.
Tuco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salamanca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rutherford circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutherford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salamanca.
Salamanca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big right from Salamanca misses.
Rutherford throws a low kick but Salamanca moves out of range easily.
Salamanca walks into a stiff left hand from Rutherford.
Salamanca misses with a two punch combination.
Salamanca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rutherford was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Salamanca has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Salamanca lands with a hook. Rutherford tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Salamanca lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rutherford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Salamanca lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Danga de danga de dang - Rutherford scores with a four punch combination!
Rutherford with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rutherford throws a wild body kick that Salamanca sees coming a mile off.
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!
Salamanca misses with a low kick.
Rutherford scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rutherford connects with a crisp jab.
Salamanca avoids the body shot from Rutherford.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Rutherford saw that one coming.
Salamanca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Rutherford misses its intended target.
Salamanca throws out a powerful jab.
Salamanca cracks Rutherford with a good jab.
Salamanca attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rutherford lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca misses with a lunging right hand
and Rutherford cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salamanca throws a hook but Rutherford avoids it easily.
Rutherford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salamanca.
Salamanca misses with a double jab.
Salamanca falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rutherford counters with a stiff right hand.
Salamanca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rutherford circles away quickly and effectively.
Salamanca throws a leg kick but Rutherford sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rutherford tried to counter with a leg kick but Salamanca avoided it.
Salamanca misses with a body shot.
Salamanca throws a jab but it's blocked by Rutherford.
Rutherford throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Salamanca is looking to chop away at Rutherford's legs.
Rutherford slips a jab from Salamanca.
Salamanca bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
No joy there for Rutherford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Salamanca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rutherford.
Salamanca scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Salamanca swings for the body but Rutherford moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Rutherford misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. Rutherford does a little dance to reset his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Salamanca blocks the leg kick.
Rutherford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Salamanca looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Salamanca lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rutherford lands a leg kick that knocks Salamanca off balance momentarily.
Salamanca swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rutherford.
Rutherford throws a series of punches but Salamanca avoids them all with ease.
Salamanca throws a poor cross that misses
and Rutherford counters with an inside leg kick.
Rutherford scores with a nice head shot.
Salamanca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rutherford was well out of range. Poor timing from Salamanca.
Rutherford lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Salamanca takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salamanca lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rutherford throws an overhand right that lands on Salamanca's shoulder, as Salamanca tries to avoid the shot.
Salamanca checks a low kick from Rutherford.
Salamanca avoids the head kick by Rutherford.
Rutherford bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salamanca.
Salamanca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rutherford on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Salamanca tries to bum rush Rutherford with a series of wild strikes but Rutherford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Rutherford misses the target.
Rutherford throws a series of punches but Salamanca avoids them all with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Salamanca! But no joy.
Rutherford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
Salamanca throws a jab when Rutherford was well out of range.
Rutherford feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rutherford.
Rutherford throws an overhand right that lands on Salamanca's shoulder, as Salamanca tries to avoid the shot.
Salamanca was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Salamanca takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice defenses there by Rutherford.
Rutherford misses with a kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salamanca throws a hook but Rutherford avoids it easily.
Salamanca misses the shot to the body.
Rutherford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salamanca.
Rutherford is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Salamanca misses with a wild body shot.
Salamanca misses the body punch
and Salamanca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tuco Salamanca will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rutherford moves out of range of the leg kick from Salamanca.
Rutherford fires out a quick counter leg kick but Salamanca just manages to avoid it.
Rutherford takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A jab from Salamanca finds it's way through Rutherford's defenses.
Rutherford connects with a leg kick. Salamanca looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Salamanca throws a body shot but no joy.
Rutherford throws a quick counter kick to the body but Salamanca avoids it.
Salamanca misses with a double jab
and Rutherford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rutherford misses with a kick to the body.
Salamanca throws a lazy right hand but Rutherford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tuco Salamanca seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rutherford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salamanca throws a hook but Rutherford avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Salamanca.
Salamanca throws a hook but Rutherford avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rutherford.
Rutherford throws a jab when Salamanca was well out of range.
Salamanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rutherford throwing a counter right hand but Salamanca manages to avoid it.
Salamanca lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Salamanca throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rutherford on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutherford misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rutherford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Salamanca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rutherford connects with an inside leg kick.
Rutherford tries a head kick but it misses.
Rutherford stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Salamanca.
Rutherford slips a jab from Salamanca.
Rutherford staying out of range there.
Salamanca throws a quick inside leg kick.
Salamanca lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rutherford throws a leg kick but Salamanca moved away.
Salamanca is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Salamanca throws a body kick that misses.
Rutherford lands a glancing blow to the side of Salamanca's head.
Salamanca misses with a lunging right hand
and Rutherford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rutherford scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salamanca misses with a double jab
and Rutherford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rutherford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Salamanca on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rutherford avoids the head kick by Salamanca.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Salamanca throws a low kick but Rutherford avoids it.
Salamanca takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rutherford moves out of range of the leg kick from Salamanca.
A swing and a miss from Salamanca.
Rutherford lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rutherford lands a head kick!
Rutherford throws a head kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Salamanca.
Salamanca's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Salamanca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rutherford.
Salamanca lands a jab to the nose.
Salamanca throws an off balance right hand
and Rutherford counters with an inside leg kick.
Salamanca connects with a solid leg kick.
Salamanca motions for Rutherford to come forward. Salamanca throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Salamanca throws a solid leg kick but Rutherford takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Salamanca.
Salamanca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rutherford.
Rutherford throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rutherford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Salamanca tries to bum rush Rutherford with a series of wild strikes but Rutherford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rutherford waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That kick from Rutherford tenderised Salamanca's leg. Salamanca is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rutherford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. Rutherford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rutherford thinks about countering with a body kick.
Rutherford defending well as Salamanca loads up on a big left hand.
Rutherford throws an overhand right that lands on Salamanca's shoulder, as Salamanca tries to avoid the shot.
Rutherford scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salamanca wants to slow Rutherford down by chopping away at his legs.
Salamanca takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Salamanca swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rutherford.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Rutherford saw that one coming.
Salamanca comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rutherford slips a jab from Salamanca.
A telegraphed right hand from Salamanca misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Rutherford. Beautiful body shot.
Salamanca is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Salamanca misses with a left hand
and Rutherford makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rutherford tests Salamanca's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rutherford throws a head kick that misses.
Rutherford chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Salamanca misses with a looping right.
Rutherford digs a good body shot into Salamanca's ribs.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rutherford checks a leg kick.
Salamanca loads up on a big right hand but Rutherford slips the punch.
Salamanca staying out of range there.
Rutherford scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca takes a swing at Rutherford's ribcage but misses.
Rutherford appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Salamanca throws a right and a left that Rutherford avoids nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Rutherford. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rutherford.
Rutherford walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Salamanca checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rutherford lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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 Kyle Rutherford will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Salamanca scores with a push kick.
Nice defenses there by Rutherford.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut.
Rutherford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Nice shot by Rutherford.
Salamanca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rutherford.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut
letting Rutherford counter with a right hand.
Salamanca shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rutherford moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rutherford. Salamanca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rutherford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rutherford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca misses with a hook
and Rutherford counters with a nice uppercut.
Rutherford tries to move into range but Salamanca moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rutherford takes a swing at Salamanca's ribcage but misses.
Salamanca lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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!
Salamanca misses with a lunging right hand
and Rutherford counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Salamanca is rocked!
Salamanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Rutherford misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca misses with the combination.
Salamanca takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rutherford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salamanca.
Jab by Rutherford.
Salamanca is still on wobbly legs! Can Rutherford finish him?
Rutherford knocks out Salamanca with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Rutherford before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Rutherford picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kyle Rutherford!
Kyle Rutherford is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joaozinho Gurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baak Siko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joaozinho Gurgel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Baak Siko!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gurgel clinches up with Siko and pushes him back against the cage.
Gurgel lands a body shot.
We've been informed that Siko 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.
Siko lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Joaozinho Gurgel has been cut.
Siko blocks a body shot from Gurgel.
Siko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gurgel misses with a punch on the inside.
Siko lands a left hand.
Siko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Siko lands a right hand.
Siko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gurgel blocking some punches.
Gurgel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gurgel misses with a body punch.
Siko lands a nice elbow.
Gurgel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Siko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Siko misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gurgel presses Siko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
I was talking to Gurgel's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Siko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gurgel avoids it.
Gurgel blocks a body shot from Siko.
Siko tries a knee to the head but Gurgel blocks it.
Siko lands an elbow just above Gurgel 's eye.
Gurgel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurgel swings wildly with an uppercut but Siko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gurgel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Siko lands a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Siko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gurgel's brow.
Gurgel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Gurgel misses with a punch on the inside.
Gurgel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
Gurgel misses with the head strike.
Siko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gurgel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Siko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Gurgel misses with some punches.
Siko lands a nice knee to the body.
Gurgel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Siko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gurgel avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Gurgel fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gurgel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gurgel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Siko backwards.
Gurgel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siko lands a shoulder strike.
Gurgel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
Siko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gurgel's defenses.
Siko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gurgel prevents a body shot from Siko.
Gurgel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Siko struggles to land a body shot inside as Gurgel controls his hands.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gurgel.
Gurgel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Siko looking to throw knees to the head but Gurgel is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gurgel.
Gurgel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Gurgel.
Gurgel avoiding damage as Siko throws knees to the body.
Gurgel digs a right hand into Siko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Siko's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Siko working aggressively here.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Gurgel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Siko backwards.
Gurgel has a couple of punches blocked by Siko.
Gurgel lands with a left to the head.
Siko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gurgel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Siko lands a damaging elbow.
Gurgel misses with some punches.
Siko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gurgel managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
Siko lands an elbow inside that Gurgel shrugs off.
Gurgel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gurgel blocks a body shot from Siko.
Gurgel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siko's elbow.
Siko can't find room to land a body shot as Gurgel controls the action.
Siko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gurgel blocks an uppercut.
Gurgel avoiding damage as Siko throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
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!
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
Gurgel dodges an elbow strike from Siko.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Siko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Gurgel.
It looks like Baak Siko has been cut.
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Siko throws an elbow that misses.
Siko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gurgel.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gurgel.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gurgel is defending well for now.
Gurgel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Siko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Gurgel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gurgel avoiding damage as Siko throws knees to the body.
Gurgel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Siko or not.
Gurgel has a couple of punches blocked by Siko.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Siko misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Baak Siko will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Siko misses the shot to the body.
Gurgel tries to counter by clinching up but Siko breaks away and moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Siko.
Gurgel misses with a double jab.
Siko throws a head kick that misses.
Gurgel gets tackled into the cage by Siko. Siko maintains the clinch.
Gurgel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Siko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gurgel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gurgel.
Gurgel tries to work over Siko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Siko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gurgel tries to work over Siko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Siko tries to work over Gurgel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gurgel dodges an elbow strike from Siko.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gurgel is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but Gurgel blocks with his arms.
Gurgel tries to throw a body punch but Siko avoids it by throwing Gurgel back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Gurgel.
Gurgel is leaning against Siko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gurgel can't find room to land a body shot as Siko controls the action.
Siko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gurgel lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurgel lands with a left to the head.
Siko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Siko lands a nice elbow.
Gurgel blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Gurgel scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gurgel.
Siko blocking some punches.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gurgel.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Siko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gurgel's brow.
Gurgel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Siko backwards.
Gurgel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Siko tries a knee to the head but Gurgel blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Siko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gurgel's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Siko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gurgel's brow.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Gurgel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
Siko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gurgel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gurgel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Gurgel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gurgel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gurgel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Gurgel managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
Gurgel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gurgel misses with a punch on the inside.
Gurgel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Siko lands a shoulder strike.
Gurgel managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
A right hand to the body from Siko.
Gurgel misses with the head strike.
Gurgel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gurgel avoiding damage as Siko throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Siko.
Gurgel has a couple of punches blocked by Siko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
Siko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Siko misses with a knee to the head.
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Siko tries to land knees in the clinch but Gurgel avoids the damage to the body.
Baak Siko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gurgel is defending well for now.
Siko blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Siko.
Gurgel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gurgel misses with a body punch.
Gurgel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Gurgel.
Siko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Siko misses with a body punch.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Siko blocks an uppercut.
Gurgel digs a right hand into Siko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Siko's gas tank.
Gurgel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gurgel throws a punch but it's blocked by Siko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siko scores a nice knee to the body.
Gurgel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gurgel is defending well for now.
Gurgel managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Gurgel misses with a punch to the body.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Gurgel prevents a body shot from Siko.
Siko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gurgel avoids it.
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
Gurgel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Gurgel as the two fighters clinch.
Siko is breathing heavily.
Gurgel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gurgel is defending well for now.
Gurgel lands with a short shot to the head.
Gurgel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siko backwards.
Siko tries to work over Gurgel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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 Joaozinho Gurgel will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gurgel misses with an uppercut. Siko saw that one coming.
Gurgel throws a right hand that Siko ducks under and follows up with a left that Siko also avoids with ease.
Gurgel tries to keep at a distance but Siko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Siko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Siko prevents a body shot from Gurgel.
Siko misses with an elbow over the top.
Gurgel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Siko blocking some punches.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gurgel is defending well for now.
Gurgel blocks an elbow strike.
Siko lands a nice knee to the body.
Gurgel tries to work over Siko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gurgel fails to land.
Siko misses with some punches.
A short left from Siko.
Siko scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Siko pushes off an throws an elbow but Gurgel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gurgel avoids it.
Gurgel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Siko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gurgel takes a shot to the head.
Gurgel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Siko backwards.
Siko misses with a punch to the body.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Gurgel misses with some punches.
Gurgel avoids the elbow strike from Siko, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siko.
Gurgel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gurgel works on Siko's body with a couple of short punches.
Siko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
Gurgel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gurgel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Siko blocks a body shot from Gurgel.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Siko.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Siko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gurgel lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Gurgel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gurgel tries to throw a body punch but Siko avoids it by throwing Gurgel back against the cage.
Siko misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Siko.
Siko blocks a body shot from Gurgel.
Siko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gurgel working aggressively here.
Gurgel takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gurgel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gurgel lands an uppercut.
Gurgel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Siko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gurgel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gurgel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gurgel.
Gurgel tries to throw a body punch but Siko avoids it by throwing Gurgel back against the cage.
Gurgel swings wildly with an uppercut but Siko uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gurgel misses with a body punch.
Siko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Siko landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Siko - that landed with a thud.
Siko blocking some punches.
Gurgel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gurgel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siko working Gurgel over with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gurgel.
Gurgel swings wildly with an uppercut but Siko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gurgel swings wildly with an uppercut but Siko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gurgel is defending well for now.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but Gurgel blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gurgel misses with a punch to the body.
Gurgel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Siko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gurgel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Joaozinho Gurgel's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gurgel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gurgel has a couple of punches blocked by Siko.
Gurgel gets through Siko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gurgel lands with a light punch inside.
Gurgel lands a shoulder strike.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gurgel.
Siko misses with some punches.
Gurgel misses with the head strike.
Siko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Siko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gurgel swings wildly with an uppercut but Siko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siko misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaozinho Gurgel clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Siko misses with a wild body shot.
Siko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gurgel throws out a leg kick but Siko moves out of range and Gurgel only half commits.
Gurgel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Siko can pounce on him.
Gurgel scores with a nice strike.
Siko is looking to land body kicks.
Siko closes the distance and clinches.
Gurgel gets through Siko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gurgel struggles to land a body shot inside as Siko controls his hands.
Gurgel prevents a body shot from Siko.
Siko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gurgel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gurgel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Gurgel blocks a body shot from Siko.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gurgel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Siko is rocked!
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Siko is still on wobbly legs! Can Gurgel finish him?
Gurgel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siko backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gurgel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gurgel swings wildly with an uppercut but Siko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gurgel scores with a hook to the body.
Siko is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Gurgel blocks a body shot from Siko.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gurgel.
Gurgel creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Siko crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Siko face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Gurgel takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Joaozinho Gurgel!
Joaozinho Gurgel retains his super heavyweight title!
Joaozinho Gurgel thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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