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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 23040 p4p, 18605 weight class) and Juan Fonseca (ranked 668 p4p, 633 weight class). Nazaryan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami. Juan Fonseca has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 35 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 24 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Fonseca!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan looks to land a left hand but Fonseca moved out of range nicely.
Fonseca looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Good leg kick by Fonseca.
Fonseca moves out of range as Nazaryan strikes.
Fonseca catches Nazaryan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fonseca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nazaryan's head.
Nazaryan throws a leg kick
letting Fonseca counter with a right hand.
 Nazaryan is rocked!
Nazaryan tries to land a leg kick but Fonseca saw it coming and moves away.
Fonseca looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Oh Nazaryan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Juan Fonseca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazaryan throws an off balance right hand
and Fonseca counters with a nice uppercut that drops Nazaryan onto his backside! Nazaryan bounces straight back to his feet before we have a chance to even start the count. He'll get the standing 8 count anyway before we get back underway.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fonseca blocks a jab.
Nazaryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fonseca works Nazaryan's body with a nice hook.
Nazaryan seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice body kick there by Fonseca.
Fonseca connects with a leg kick.
Fonseca knocks out Nazaryan with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Fonseca before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Fonseca picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Juan Fonseca!
In defeat, Vrej Nazaryan stepped up to the mic, saying 'He was the better man today. I need to look at the tapes and figure out what went wrong but dont you worry I will be back.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rob Roy (ranked 21983 p4p, 15198 weight class) and Masada The Zealot (ranked 629 p4p, 590 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Zealot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roy scores with a decent looking hook.
The Zealot displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roy throws out the jab.
Roy moves forwards but The Zealot connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The Zealot scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Zealot swings for the body but Roy moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roy.
The Zealot moves away from the strike by Roy.
The Zealot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roy.
The Zealot lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Zealot lands a body shot.
The Zealot takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Zealot moves out of range as Roy strikes.
The Zealot throws a right hand that misses
and Roy counters with a stiff right hand.
The Zealot misses with a right hand
and Roy counters with a straight right that drops The Zealot to the canvas! Will The Zealot beat the count? He's still wobbly and as the count reaches 7, he's still struggling to make it. 8...9...10. He's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rob Roy!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Akimbo Spice (ranked 1024 p4p, 3091 weight class) and Patrick Jeudy (ranked 141 p4p, 402 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Akimbo Spice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Jeudy!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeudy takes one on the button.
Jeudy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spice.
Jeudy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A slow jab from Jeudy misses its intended target.
Jeudy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spice was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeudy.
Spice on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jeudy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jeudy scores with a leg kick.
Spice looks to throw the jab but Jeudy is out of range.
Spice displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeudy throws out the jab.
Spice throws a series of punches but Jeudy moves out of range.
Jeudy lands a lovely overhand right.
Spice moves in looking to clinch but Jeudy pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Spice.
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!
Spice wants to slow Jeudy down by chopping away at his legs.
Spice misses with a hook. Jeudy ducked under it nicely.
Spice throws out a loose jab but Jeudy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeudy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Spice counters with a nice uppercut.
Spice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jeudy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jeudy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jeudy lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spice looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jeudy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jeudy lands a nice hook to Spice's body. Spice takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jeudy scores with a hook to the body. Spice takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jeudy misses with a straight right.
A jab from Spice misses.
Nice body kick there by Jeudy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jeudy.
Patrick Jeudy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jeudy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Spice tries to move into range but Jeudy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Spice moves into the clinch successfully.
Jeudy tries to throw a body punch but Spice avoids it by throwing Jeudy back against the ropes.
Spice working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Jeudy.
Spice misses with the head strike.
Jeudy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Jeudy prevents a body shot from Spice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeudy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Jeudy.
I was talking to Spice's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Spice blocks an uppercut.
Jeudy blocks an uppercut.
Spice misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spice.
A head punch on the inside from Spice fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spice.
Jeudy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeudy.
Spice throws a head punch that misses.
Jeudy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jeudy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jeudy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jeudy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Spice fails to land.
Jeudy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jeudy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Jeudy lands with a left to the head.
Spice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Jeudy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jeudy digs a good body shot into Spice's ribs.
Spice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jeudy manages to avoid it.
Jeudy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Patrick Jeudy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jeudy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jeudy lands a really nice looking cross but Spice seems unphased.
Spice's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jeudy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Spice scrambles back to his feet.
Spice looks to land a left hand but Jeudy moved out of range nicely.
Spice lands with a kick to the temple. Jeudy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
 It looks like Patrick Jeudy has been cut.
Spice lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jeudy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Spice doesn't manage to clinch there - Jeudy circles away.
Spice tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jeudy moves out of range as Spice strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jeudy! But no joy.
Spice takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spice is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Good shot there by Jeudy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jeudy misses the shot to the body.
Spice with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jeudy to score with a decent uppercut.
A slow jab from Spice misses its intended target.
Jeudy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spice.
Spice is looking to counter punch.
Jeudy lands a jab to the nose.
Spice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jeudy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeudy throws a hook to the side of Spice's head but Spice sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick lands from Jeudy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jeudy 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 Spice has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Spice and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Spice throwing a counter right hand but Jeudy manages to avoid it.
Jeudy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jeudy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spice.
Spice lands a slapping body shot.
Jab by Jeudy.
Jeudy lands a leg kick that knocks Spice off balance momentarily.
Jeudy throws a low kick, looking for Spice's leg but Spice calmly moves out of range.
Spice throwing a counter right hand but Jeudy manages to avoid it.
Spice blocks the body kick.
Spice thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jeudy looks to land a right hand but Spice moved out of range.
Spice loads up on a big right hand but Jeudy slips the punch.
Jeudy throws a lazy right hand but Spice sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Spice throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jeudy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jeudy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jeudy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Spice misses the target.
Jeudy misses with a wild body shot.
Spice takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Jeudy just misses with a punch to the body.
Jeudy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spice.
Jeudy slips under a jab.
Jeudy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jeudy is looking to clinch but Spice is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Spice misses the target.
Spice takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jeudy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Spice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jeudy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spice moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jeudy thuds a left hand into Spice's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jeudy.
Spice tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jeudy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spice connects with a body shot that sends Jeudy's belly button to the back.
Jeudy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spice moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jeudy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jeudy defending well as Spice loads up on a big left hand.
Spice needs to keep his hands up - Jeudy had a free shot at his head there.
Jeudy throws a low kick but Spice moves out of range easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Jeudy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Patrick Jeudy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Spice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jeudy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jeudy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spice moves away.
Spice tries to clinch there but Jeudy circles away.
Spice moves out of range of the strikes.
Spice throws a body punch but Jeudy moves out of range.
Jeudy connects with a right hand. Spice shakes it off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jeudy. That's going to slow Spice down.
Jeudy scores with a body shot.
Jeudy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
Jeudy misses with a body kick.
Spice bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spice is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Spice connects with a high kick.
Jeudy defending well as Spice loads up on a big left hand.
Jeudy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jeudy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spice.
Spice throws a hook but Jeudy avoids it easily.
A jab from Jeudy finds it's way through Spice's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jeudy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Spice gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeudy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spice.
Jeudy throws a body punch but Spice moves out of range.
Jeudy thuds a left hand into Spice's body.
Jeudy scores with a kick to the body.
Jeudy feints and then cracks Spice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spice down.
Jeudy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
Spice throws a big shot that misses.
Nice jab there from Jeudy.
Jeudy lands a glancing blow to the side of Spice's head.
Spice feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jeudys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big right from Spice misses.
Jeudy moves forwards but Spice connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Spice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Spice throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spice does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Spice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jeudy.
A big left from Jeudy misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Spice misses the target.
Jeudy avoids the head kick by Spice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spice throws a hook but Jeudy avoids it easily.
Spice tries to clinch but Jeudy is having none of it.
Spice misses with a straight left.
Jeudy gets tackled into the ropes by Spice. Spice maintains the clinch.
Spice misses with some punches.
Spice throws a head punch that misses.
Jeudy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Spice scores with a head kick. Jeudy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Spice darts in and clinches Jeudy up against the ropes.
Jeudy tries a body shot but Spice blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeudy.
Good body shot from Jeudy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spice misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice lands a left hand.
Spice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jeudy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jeudy can't find room to land a body shot as Spice controls the action.
Spice blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Patrick Jeudy just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Patrick Jeudy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jeudy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jeudy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jeudy moves out of range as Spice strikes.
Spice looks to land a right hand but Jeudy moved out of range.
Spice walks into a jab.
Jeudy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spice avoids the body shot from Jeudy.
Spice swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jeudy.
Jeudy misses with a looping right.
Spice misses with a straight right.
Jeudy lands a head shot.
A slow jab from Spice misses its intended target.
Jeudy misses the jab.
Spice throws a big shot that misses.
Spice throws a jab but it's blocked by Jeudy.
Spice lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spice misses with a low kick.
Jeudy scores with a nice right hand.
Jeudy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spice was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeudy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Jeudy.
Jeudy ducks under a wild hook from Spice.
Jeudy misses with a looping right.
Jeudy misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Spice misses the target.
Jeudy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spice lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jeudy moves away from the strike by Spice.
An inside leg kick from Jeudy misses.
Jeudy takes one to the side of the head.
Jeudy connects with an inside leg kick.
Spice tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jeudy misses with a hook. Spice ducked under it nicely.
Spice missing with a left hand there. Jeudy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Jeudy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jeudy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jeudy pushes Spice up against the ropes in a clinch.
Spice lands a left hand.
Spice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patrick Jeudy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jeudy struggles to land a body shot inside as Spice controls his hands.
Jeudy misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jeudy fails to land.
Jeudy digs a right hand into Spice's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Spice's gas tank.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jeudy lands with a short shot to the head.
Jeudy tries to work over Spice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeudy.
Jeudy scores with a shoulder strike.
Jeudy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jeudy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jeudy working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Jeudy.
Spice throws a punch but it's blocked by Jeudy.
Jeudy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Jeudy throws a punch but it's blocked by Spice.
Jeudy misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice digs a right hand underneath Jeudy's ribcage. Jeudy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jeudy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jeudy tries to throw a body punch but Spice avoids it by throwing Jeudy back against the ropes.
Spice pushes Jeudy back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Jeudy dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Jeudy's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Jeudy slips a jab from Spice.
Akimbo Spice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patrick Jeudy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice cross by Jeudy.
Jeudy is looking to chop away at Spice's legs.
Spice looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jeudy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jeudy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jeudy slips a jab from Spice.
Spice lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jeudy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jeudy connects with a looping right hand.
Jeudy throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Spice.
Jeudy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Spice misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Jeudy. That snapped Spice's head back.
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!
Jeudy lands a leg kick that knocks Spice off balance momentarily.
Both fighters circling a little - Jeudy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jeudy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Spice tests Jeudy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jeudy feints and then cracks Spice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spice down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jeudy.
Spice throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jeudy ducks under a wild hook from Spice.
Jeudy lands with a right hand.
Spice steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jeudy. That one must have hurt.
Jeudy throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Spice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Spice misses.
Jeudy cracks Spice with a right hand to the side of the head.
Spice shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jeudy blocks a jab.
Spice dips to his left and cracks Jeudy with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Spice misses.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Jeudy connects with a single shot there.
Jeudy digs a good hook to Spice's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeudy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spice takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jeudy digs a good body shot into Spice's ribs.
Spice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jeudy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jeudy with the inside leg kick.
Jeudy catches Spice with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jeudy scores with a sloppy right hand. Spice should have avoided that one.
Spice doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Spice drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Spice will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jeudy cracks Spice with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jeudy moves out of range as Spice strikes.
Spice misses the jab.
Jeudy throws out a counter right but Spice avoids it with no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jeudy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Spice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spice throws a head kick that misses.
Jeudy throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Jeudy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jeudy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Jeudy!
Patrick Jeudy bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Brophy (ranked 3914 p4p, 23077 weight class) and King Tua (ranked 493 p4p, 687 weight class). Brophy comes to the ring accompanied by Last Caress - Metallica. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, John Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, King Tua!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy scoring well with a low kick there.
Brophy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brophy misses with a low kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tua.
Brophy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tua is out of range and Brophy settles back down.
Tua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brophy. That did some damage!
Tua looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brophy throws out the jab.
Tua misses with a shot to the body
and Tua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brophy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tua buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
King Tua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by Brophy misses
and Tua connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brophy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tua connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brophy scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tua lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brophy's sensitive parts.
Tua misses with a body shot
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tua throws the kick towards the body but Brophy avoids it.
A big right from Brophy misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Brophy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brophy lands a really nice looking cross but Tua seems unphased.
Tua lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tua uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brophy has time to react.
Nice cross by Tua.
Tua scores with a punch to the head.
Brophy loads up on a big right hand but Tua slips the punch.
A low kick from Tua misses
and Brophy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tua lands with a nice body punch.
Tua throws out a leg kick but Brophy moves out of range and Tua only half commits.
Brophy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brophy pushes Tua away with a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tua throws a hook but Brophy blocks it.
Tua looks to land a left hand but Brophy moved out of range nicely.
Tua throws a body kick that misses
and Tua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tua scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A low kick lands for Brophy.
Brophy throws a body kick that misses.
Brophy avoids the body shot from Tua.
Tua has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Tua misses with a hook
and Tua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Some bone on bone action there as Tua checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tua fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brophy.
Tua throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
Tua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tua works the jab nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tua rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brophy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brophy. That did some damage!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but King Tua will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Brophy scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Tua beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
Tua throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tua is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tua misses with a telegraphed body shot
and before Tua has any time to reset, Brophy cracks him with a big right hand that drops him face first to the canvas! He's hurt! I don't think he's going to get back up from that one! He's trying but he's doing the chicken dance and has face planted into to ropes, causing the referee to bring this fight to an end! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Brophy!
John Brophy 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 featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Name Less (ranked 3154 p4p, 1217 weight class) and Wilson Wills Jr (ranked 319 p4p, 155 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Name Less!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilson Wills Jr!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wills Jr lands with a cross.
Less takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A swing and a miss from Less.
Wills Jr throws the left hand but Less avoids the punch easily.
Wills Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wills Jr connects with a crisp jab.
Less ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wills Jr moves away.
Wills Jr checks the leg kick.
Less tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wills Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Less.
Less keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Wills Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Less throws a hook but Wills Jr blocks it.
Less looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wills Jr avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Wills Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wills Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Less scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wills Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Wills Jr slips under a jab from Less.
Wills Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Less.
Less looks for the body kick but Wills Jr saw that one coming.
Wills Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wills Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Less misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Less moves in looking to clinch but Wills Jr pushes him off.
Less lands a jab.
Less misses with a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wills Jr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wills Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wills Jr throws a low kick but Less avoids it.
Wills Jr tries to score with a low kick but Less moves his leg out of the way.
Less throwing a counter right hand but Wills Jr manages to avoid it.
Less checks a leg kick.
Less takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A low kick lands for Less.
Wills Jr throws a looping overhand right but Less ducks down to avoid it.
Wills Jr ducks under a wild hook from Less.
Wills Jr walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Less checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wills Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Less blocks a jab.
Less throwing a counter right hand but Wills Jr manages to avoid it.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick.
Wills Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Less lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Less staying out of range there.
Wills Jr throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wills Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Less fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wills Jr manages to avoid it.
Wills Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Less.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Wills Jr.
Less is looking to score with low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Less.
Wills Jr ducks under a wild hook from Less.
Less moves away from the strike by Wills Jr.
Less misses with a low kick.
Wills Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wills Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Less misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Less walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wills Jr.
Less misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr misses with a straight right.
Good work by Less as he checks the leg kick.
Wills Jr looks to land a left hand but Less moved out of range nicely.
Less fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wills Jr is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Wills Jr.
Less connects with a solid leg kick.
Wills Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Less attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wills Jr loads up on a big right hand but Less slips the punch.
Less is looking to counter punch.
Wills Jr slips a jab from Less.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Wilson Wills Jr will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Less lands with a kick to the temple. Wills Jr shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Less.
Less fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wills Jr is out of range.
Less pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A left lands for Less.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wills Jr cracks Less with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wills Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Less.
Wills Jr throws out a leg kick but Less moves out of range and Wills Jr only half commits.
Wills Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wills Jr.
Wills Jr misses with a hook.
Nice shot lands for Less.
That kick from Wills Jr tenderised Less's leg. Less is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wills Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wills Jr connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Wills Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wilson Wills Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Less.
Wills Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Less walks into a stiff left hand from Wills Jr.
Less lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills Jr avoids the body shot from Less.
A slow jab from Less misses its intended target.
A shot to the body from Less misses
and Wills Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Less misses with a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Wills Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wills Jr 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.
Wills Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Less.
Less throws a low kick but Wills Jr avoids it.
Less thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wills Jr ducks under a wild hook from Less.
Wills Jr throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Less jabs at Wills Jr's body.
Decent striking displayed by Wills Jr there.
Less jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Less throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Less keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Less takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Less scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Less moves out of range as Wills Jr strikes.
Less takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wills Jr slips a straight right by Less.
Wills Jr scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wills Jr swinging wildly here.
Less is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Less lands with a nice body kick.
Less misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
A jab from Wills Jr misses.
Wills Jr attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wills Jr lands with a shot to the body.
Less comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Less throws a leg kick but Wills Jr moved away.
Wills Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wills Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for Wills Jr.
Wills Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Less looks to land a body kick but Wills Jr moved away.
Wills Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
Less clobbers Wills Jr with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Less avoids the body shot from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Less moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Less on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Wilson Wills Jr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A leg kick checked by Wills Jr.
Less throws a body shot but no joy.
Less displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wills Jr throws out the jab.
Less throws a body kick that misses.
Wills Jr wants to land a leg kick but Less is out of range.
Less throws a sloppy head kick and Wills Jr moves out of range easily.
Less throws a shot from downtown. Wills Jr moves away and avoids it.
Less throws a big shot that misses.
Wills Jr finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab from Wills Jr misses.
Less staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Less misses the target.
Wills Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wills Jr has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Less.
Less lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from Less misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wills Jr misses with a looping right.
Less misses with a low kick.
Wills Jr digs a good hook to Less's body.
Less fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wills Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Less.
Wills Jr blocks a jab.
Less jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills Jr lands with a hook. Less tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wills Jr connects with a body shot.
Good work by Wills Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Wills Jr with the inside leg kick.
Wills Jr throws a jab when Less was well out of range.
A clash of legs there as Wills Jr blocks the low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wills Jr 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 Less has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Less and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Less closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good work by Less as he checks the leg kick.
Less is looking to chop away at Wills Jr's legs.
Less throws a chopping leg kick but Wills Jr manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wills Jr misses with a low kick.
Wills Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Less stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wills Jr thuds a left hand into Less's body.
Wills Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Less thumps Wills Jr with a low kick.
Less looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wills Jr missing with a left hand there. Less was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Less slips a jab from Wills Jr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less moves in looking to clinch but Wills Jr pushes him off.
Wills Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Good work by Less as he checks the leg kick.
Less just misses with a punch to the body.
Wills Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Less shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Less throws a looping overhand right but Wills Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Wills Jr throws a low kick but it's checked well by Less.
Less shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A leg kick checked by Wills Jr.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Less.
Less chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wills Jr can pounce on him.
Less fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wills Jr manages to avoid it.
Wills Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Less scores with a push kick.
Less takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Less misses with a body shot.
Wills Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wills Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Less off balance momentarily.
A low kick lands for Wills Jr.
Less fails with an attempt to clinch.
Less misses with a body punch
and Wills Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wills Jr tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wilson Wills Jr really dominated that round.
That's time! Less's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wills Jr moves away from the strike by Less.
Wills Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wills Jr takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Less turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the body kick from Less.
Wills Jr misses with a hook.
Less throws a low kick, looking for Wills Jr's leg but Wills Jr calmly moves out of range.
It seemed like Wills Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Wills Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wills Jr throws a lazy right hand but Less sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Less looks to throw the jab but Wills Jr is out of range.
A big right from Wills Jr misses.
Less misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wills Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Less.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wills Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Less at a distance.
Wills Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wills Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wills Jr misses with a straight right.
Less digs a good body shot into Wills Jr's ribs.
Wills Jr lands a head kick. Less smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Wills Jr.
Wills Jr feints a jab promting Less to slip. Wills Jr then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Less slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wills Jr cracks Less with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wills Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Less moves away.
Wills Jr misses with a leg kick.
Less throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Less checks a low kick from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wills Jr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Less is out of range.
Less fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wills Jr checks it well.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick.
Wills Jr blocks a leg kick.
Less misses with a head kick.
Less scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wills Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Less just misses with a punch to the body.
Less clinches.
Wills Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Less fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Less. Wills Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Less throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
It seemed like Wills Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Less with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wills Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Less.
Wills Jr tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Less throws a push kick but Wills Jr slaps the foot to one side.
Less misses with a straight left.
Less throws a body punch but Wills Jr moves out of range.
Less connects with a looping right hand.
Less swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Less looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Less throws a wild body kick that Wills Jr sees coming a mile off.
A low kick lands for Wills Jr.
Wills Jr walks into a straight right hand from Less.
Wills Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Less.
Wills Jr misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Less tries a low kick but Wills Jr avoids it.
Less avoids the body shot from Wills Jr.
Less throws a jab when Wills Jr was well out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wills Jr. That's going to slow Less down.
Wills Jr misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Wilson Wills Jr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Less uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Name Less has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Less pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wills Jr is out of range and Less settles back down.
Less throws a leg kick but Wills Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wills Jr's corner calls for a 1-2. Wills Jr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Less moves out of range as Wills Jr strikes.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wills Jr! But no joy.
Less thumps Wills Jr with a low kick.
Wills Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Less.
Less ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wills Jr moves away.
The crowd cheers as Wills Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Less doesn't seem phased though.
Wills Jr with a nice calf kick.
Wills Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Less misses.
Wills Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Less misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Wills Jr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Less walks into a stiff left hand from Wills Jr.
A telegraphed right hand from Less misses the target.
Wills Jr connects with a solid leg kick.
Wills Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wills Jr is looking to slow Less down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Less 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.
Wills Jr with a hook.
Wills Jr digs a good hook to Less's body.
Wills Jr tests Less's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Less misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr lands with a right hand.
Less lands a jab to the head.
Less throws a big shot that misses.
Less 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.
Wills Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Less misses with a looping left.
Donk. Wills Jr catches Less right on the button with a cross.
Nice body punch from Wills Jr.
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!
Less throws the kick towards the body but Wills Jr avoids it.
Wills Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Less tries to work over Wills Jr's front leg with a kick but Wills Jr checks it.
Wills Jr throws out a counter right but Less avoids it with no problem.
Wills Jr moves out of range as Less throws a body kick.
Wills Jr blocks a jab.
Less takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wills Jr tests Less's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wills Jr takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Less does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wills Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wills Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Less misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice leg kick from Wills Jr, right into the meat of the thigh.
Less closes the distance but Wills Jr moves to the side
and Wills Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wills Jr lands with an overhand left.
Less swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wills Jr slips a jab from Less.
Less walks into a left hand.
Wills Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Less. That did some damage!
Less motions for Wills Jr to come forward. Less throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Less looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Less throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Wills Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A lazy body kick from Less
enabling Wills Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Wills Jr digs a good body shot into Less's ribs.
Less throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wilson Wills Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wills Jr winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 47:50
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 47:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Wilson Wills Jr!
In his post fight interview, Wilson Wills Jr started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlotos Spiteri (ranked 6225 p4p, 2448 weight class) and Sortek Redfist (ranked 632 p4p, 318 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Spiteri might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Day to day basis. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlotos Spiteri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sortek Redfist!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spiteri takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Spiteri's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Redfist connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Spiteri scrambles back to his feet.
Redfist scores with a leg kick.
Spiteri circles away from the clinch attempt
and Spiteri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Redfist lands a head shot.
A clash of legs there as Spiteri blocks the low kick.
It looked like Spiteri wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Redfist tests Spiteri's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spiteri lands a lovely overhand right.
Redfist misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Redfist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Redfist swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Spiteri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
Redfist scores with a hook.
Spiteri fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Redfist has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Spiteri throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiteri looks to land a right hand but Redfist moved out of range.
Spiteri jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Redfist connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Redfist lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Redfist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spiteri was well out of range. Poor timing from Redfist.
Redfist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spiteri circles away quickly and effectively.
Redfist on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Spiteri. Spiteri obviously looking to wear him down.
Redfist tries to clinch but Spiteri is having none of it.
Redfist thumps Spiteri with a low kick.
Redfist throws a hook to the side of Spiteri's head but Spiteri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Redfist cracks Spiteri with a good jab.
Redfist throws a leg kick but Spiteri checks it.
Redfist misses with a right hand
and Redfist takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spiteri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redfist.
Redfist jabs at Spiteri's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spiteri jabs Redfist to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Redfist connects with the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Redfist misses the target.
Spiteri instigates a clinch.
Redfist takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Sortek Redfist has been cut.
Good body shot from Spiteri.
Redfist working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Spiteri.
Spiteri working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Spiteri creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spiteri pushes Redfist back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spiteri scores with a shot to the side of Redfist's head.
Spiteri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Spiteri stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Redfist looks winded!
Nice elbow from Spiteri.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redfist working aggressively here.
Spiteri lands an uppercut.
Spiteri lands a nice shot to the body.
Spiteri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Redfist scores with a shot to the side of Spiteri's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Carlotos Spiteri will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sortek Redfist's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Redfist throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Redfist swings widly with a right hand
enabling Spiteri to counter with a crisp jab.
Redfist throws a poor cross that misses
and Spiteri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spiteri 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.
Spiteri defending well as Redfist loads up on a big left hand.
Spiteri is looking to counter punch.
Redfist keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Spiteri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Redfist.
Redfist avoids the body shot from Spiteri.
Redfist looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A telegraphed right hand from Spiteri misses the target.
Spiteri moves out of range as Redfist strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spiteri. Redfist does a little dance to reset his feet.
Redfist looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Redfist rushes Spiteri and presses him up against the ropes.
Redfist tries a knee to the head but Spiteri blocks it.
Spiteri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Spiteri tries to work over Redfist's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spiteri misses with a punch to the body.
Spiteri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfist misses with some punches.
Spiteri tries to throw a body punch but Redfist avoids it by throwing Spiteri back against the ropes.
Redfist tries a knee to the head but Spiteri blocks it.
Spiteri misses with an elbow over the top.
Spiteri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Redfist's defenses.
Redfist with a knee to the head.
Spiteri tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redfist misses with a knee to the head.
Redfist throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spiteri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spiteri tries to throw a body punch but Redfist avoids it by throwing Spiteri back against the ropes.
Spiteri tries to work over Redfist's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redfist has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Spiteri seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Redfist can turn it around.
Spiteri pushes Redfist back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spiteri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short left from Spiteri.
Redfist prevents a body shot from Spiteri.
Redfist tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spiteri struggles to land a body shot inside as Redfist controls his hands.
Spiteri lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Sortek Redfist's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spiteri scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Spiteri lands an elbow inside.
 Redfist is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiteri tries to work over Redfist's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redfist is still on wobbly legs! Can Spiteri finish him?
Spiteri scores with a hook to the body.
Redfist is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Spiteri.
Spiteri lands a nice uppercut.
Spiteri breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Redfist with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Redfist looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Redfist get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Carlotos Spiteri!
Carlotos Spiteri was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Dennis Fischer (ranked 1964 p4p, 4799 weight class) and Tony Cornell (ranked 275 p4p, 559 weight class). Dennis Fischer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tony Cornell's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dennis Fischer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Cornell!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cornell moves out of range of the leg kick from Fischer.
Cornell throws a head kick that misses.
Fischer with a jab.
Cornell misses with a kick to the body.
Cornell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cornell throws a head kick but Fischer moves out of range.
Fischer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cornells jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cornell blocks a jab.
Fischer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cornell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fischer doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fischer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fischer throws a hook to the side of Cornell's head but Cornell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cornell throws a push kick but Fischer slaps the foot to one side.
Fischer misses with a few strikes there.
Cornell ducks into a a hook from Fischer and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
It looks like Tony Cornell has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cornell walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Dennis Fischer!
A very excited looking Dennis Fischer rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Theodore Cleaver (ranked 23069 p4p, 15612 weight class) and Lambert George (ranked 645 p4p, 661 weight class). Cleaver kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Methlabs & MOONSHINE. George has chosen Ca fait mal as his entrance music. Lambert George acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Theodore Cleaver!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 15 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lambert George!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
George moves out of range of the body kick from Cleaver.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from George! But no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from George.
George stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
George clinches.
A short body shot lands from George as the two fighters clinch.
Cleaver lands a hook that snaps the head of George backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Cleaver fails to land.
Our sources have told us that Cleaver has been working on his elbows in the gym.
George lands a good knee to the midsection. Cleaver won't want to take too many of those.
George misses with a hook to the ribs.
George blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cleaver throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, George scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cleaver lands a body shot.
George scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
George blocking some punches.
George managing to block the knees to the body from Cleaver.
Cleaver blocks a body shot from George.
George leaning against his opponent.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and George avoids it.
George tries to work over Cleaver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've been informed that George 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.
Cleaver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver throws a punch but it's blocked by George.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
George is looking to control Cleaver's arms but Cleaver gets an underhook and turns him. Now George has his back to the ropes.
Cleaver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cleaver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
George digs a right hand into Cleaver's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cleaver's gas tank.
George creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cleaver's defenses.
George wants to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from George.
Cleaver takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Cleaver.
George can't find room to land a body shot as Cleaver controls the action.
George working aggressively here.
Cleaver tries a body shot but George blocks it.
George tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cleaver avoids it.
A right hand to the body from George.
George misses with a hook to the ribs.
George fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
George on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
George softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cleaver.
Cleaver has a couple of punches blocked by George.
George pushes Cleaver back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Cleaver misses with the head strike.
Cleaver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from George.
Cleaver misses with a hook to the ribs.
George is leaning against Cleaver and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
George fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
George digs a right hand into Cleaver's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cleaver's gas tank.
Cleaver misses with a knee strike.
A right hand to the body from George.
Cleaver is breathing heavily.
George lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but George avoids the damage to the body.
George blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
George blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from George.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
George takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cleaver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
George pushes Cleaver back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lambert George dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
George is looking to clinch.
George clinches up with Cleaver and pushes him back against the ropes.
George lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
George tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cleaver's elbow.
George misses with a hook to the ribs.
George lands with a light punch inside.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but George avoids the damage to the body.
Cleaver tries a body shot but George blocks it.
George misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cleaver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
George lands a body shot.
George goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cleaver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but George blocks it with crossed arms.
Cleaver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
George takes a shot to the head.
George presses Cleaver against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
George lands with a right to the head.
George lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good body shot from George.
George comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
George has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
George lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
George lands with a light punch inside.
Cleaver tries to throw a body punch but George avoids it by throwing Cleaver back against the ropes.
George lands an elbow just above Cleaver 's eye.
Nice elbow from George.
George avoids a wild elbow strike from Cleaver.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, George creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cleaver is rocked!
A short left from George.
Oh Cleaver is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
George lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cleaver tries a knee to the head but George blocks it.
George looks to throw an elbow but misses.
George tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cleaver avoids it.
George throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, George creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
George misses with a punch to the body.
George lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cleaver lands a nice elbow.
George blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
George misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cleaver.
Cleaver seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
George lands with a short shot to the head.
Cleaver throws a punch but it's blocked by George.
Cleaver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Lambert George seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
George blocking some punches.
Cleaver lands a right hand that snaps the head of George backwards.
Cleaver has a couple of punches blocked by George.
George doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
George gets through Cleaver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for George.
Cleaver lands a right hand.
George blocks a punch to the side of the head.
George lands a body punch in the clinch.
George on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
George trying to land knees to the body.
Cleaver misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
George utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
George lands a shoulder strike.
George lands a shot to the body.
George pushes Cleaver back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lambert George showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
George lands a nice looking body shot.
Cleaver throws a body punch but George moves out of range.
Cleaver tries to clinch up.
George lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cleaver motions for George to come forward. Cleaver throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
George swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
George lands a lovely overhand right.
Cleaver closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
George swinging wildly here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
George scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
George feints and then cracks Cleaver's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cleaver down.
George clinches with his opponent.
George comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cleaver throws a head punch that misses.
Cleaver takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
George creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cleaver's defenses.
Cleaver blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cleaver.
George missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
George softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
George tries to stall but Cleaver uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cleaver struggles to land a body shot inside as George controls his hands.
Cleaver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cleaver blocks the elbow strike.
George lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cleaver backwards.
George tries to land knees in the clinch but Cleaver avoids the damage to the body.
George blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cleaver obliges.
George takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cleaver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
George scores with a shot to the side of Cleaver's head.
Cleaver throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cleaver.
George tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Cleaver.
Cleaver lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Cleaver.
George lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
George blocking some punches.
Cleaver lands an elbow that stopped George in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Lambert George has been cut.
George throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cleavers head.
Cleaver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
George blocking some punches.
George scores with a nice hook to the head.
George can't find room to land a body shot as Cleaver controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for George.
George avoiding damage as Cleaver throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Cleaver fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cleaver.
Cleaver prevents a body shot from George.
Cleaver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleaver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cleaver misses with the head strike.
Cleaver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cleaver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cleaver landing knees to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Lambert George just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Lambert George's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cleaver looks to land a combination but George avoids it well.
George fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cleaver throws a half hearted mid kick.
George fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cleaver shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cleaver on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lambert George seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
George bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cleaver's head backwards.
That kick from George tenderised Cleaver's leg. Cleaver is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cleaver throws a jab but it's blocked by George.
George scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cleaver wants to clinch.
George misses with a straight right.
George rushes Cleaver and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
George comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and George avoids it.
A body shot lands from George.
Cleaver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from George.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
George lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cleaver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
George is working Cleaver over against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, George creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, George just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cleaver's brow.
George struggles to land a body shot inside as Cleaver controls his hands.
A hook to the body from George.
George on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
George blocks an elbow strike from Cleaver.
A shot in the inside from George.
George can't find room to land a body shot as Cleaver controls the action.
George lands a good knee to the midsection. Cleaver won't want to take too many of those.
George controlling the action here for a moment.
George putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cleaver in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
George utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
George throws an elbow but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cleaver swings wildly with an uppercut but George uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cleaver misses with a short punch on the inside.
George tries to throw a body punch but Cleaver avoids it by throwing George back against the ropes.
George lands a damaging elbow.
Cleaver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cleaver landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cleaver trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from George.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but George avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for George.
George lands a nice uppercut.
George scores with a shot to the side of Cleaver's head.
George digs a right hand underneath Cleaver's ribcage. Cleaver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
George is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cleaver is defending well for now.
George blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lambert George dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Lambert George's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
George lands with a thumping leg kick.
George pushes Cleaver up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cleaver working aggressively here.
Cleaver blocks a body shot from George.
Cleaver scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cleaver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of George backwards.
Cleaver misses with a punch on the inside.
George on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cleaver lands a right hand.
Cleaver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but George blocks it with crossed arms.
Cleaver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Cleaver.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cleaver throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
George struggles to land a body shot inside as Cleaver controls his hands.
Cleaver lands a nice elbow.
Cleaver lands an elbow inside that George shrugs off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cleaver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cleaver working aggressively here.
Theodore Cleaver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cleaver misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
George dodges an elbow strike from Cleaver.
George avoiding damage as Cleaver throws knees to the body.
Cleaver lands with a left to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, George just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cleaver's brow.
George tries a body shot but Cleaver blocks it.
George is working Cleaver over against the ropes.
George lands with a light punch inside.
Cleaver misses with a punch to the body.
George wants to stall.
George tries a body shot but Cleaver blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cleaver.
Cleaver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cleaver lands a nice uppercut.
George blocks an elbow strike from Cleaver.
George misses with an elbow strike.
George throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cleaver landing knees to the body.
George is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver lands an elbow just above George 's eye.
Cleaver lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cleaver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
George tries to throw a body punch but Cleaver avoids it by throwing George back against the ropes.
Cleaver tries to throw a body punch but George avoids it by throwing Cleaver back against the ropes.
George takes an elbow to the forehead.
George misses with a short punch on the inside.
George can't find room to land a body shot as Cleaver controls the action.
George can't find room to land a body shot as Cleaver controls the action.
With the fighters up against the ropes, George throws an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cleaver.
Cleaver throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
George looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cleaver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
George misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cleaver blocks a body shot from George.
Cleaver pushes off an throws an elbow but George leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Lambert George is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
George looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Theodore Cleaver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well George has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 46:49
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 46:49
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lambert George!
Lambert George is the new welterweight champion!
Lambert George thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacques Durand (ranked 17627 p4p, 4468 weight class) and Riley Knox (ranked 695 p4p, 541 weight class). Durand comes to the ring accompanied by Kaaris - S.E.V.R.A.N.. Knox is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 39 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Riley Knox!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox misses with a straight left.
Durand displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Durand has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Marty Robbin's Fight Ranch in the buildup to the fight.
Durand scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Durand scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Knox misses with a hook
and Durand counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Durand lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nice uppercut lands for Durand. That snapped Knox's head back.
Knox avoids the body shot from Durand.
Knox blocks a low kick nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Knox! But no joy.
Knox throws a poor cross that misses
and Durand counters with a straight right hand.
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Durand was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox tries to clinch up
and Durand cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Knox is looking to clinch but Durand is avoiding it.
Durand was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Knox fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Durand wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jacques Durand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durand throws out a powerful jab.
Durand delivers a nice body kick.
Durand takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Durand throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Knox's head.
It looks like Riley Knox has been cut.
Durand throws a push kick but Knox slaps the foot to one side.
Knox lands a jab.
Durand lands with a hook. Knox tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Durand manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Durand throws a lazy body kick
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab from Durand.
Durand misses with a jab to the body
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Durand clinches up with Knox and pushes him back against the ropes.
A short right from Durand.
Knox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knox lands a hook that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Knox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Durand or not.
Knox avoids a wild elbow strike from Durand.
Durand looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durand presses Knox against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Durand blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Durand throws an elbow but it misses.
Knox misses with some punches.
Knox misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riley Knox's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Durand instigates a clinch.
Knox lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Durand blocks an uppercut.
Durand blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Durand scores with a nice short uppercut.
Durand lands a damaging elbow.
Durand is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knox is defending well for now.
Durand is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Durand breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Durand scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knox takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Knox steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Durand. That one must have hurt.
Durand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Durand is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knox can do to turn this around?
Durand lands a nice looking body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox needs to keep his hands up - Durand had a free shot at his head there.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Durand moves away and avoids it.
Durand goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand misses with a series of wild punches.
Knox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knox takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good leg kick by Durand.
Jab from Durand.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Durand moves away and avoids it.
Knox throws a low kick, looking for Durand's leg but Durand calmly moves out of range.
Knox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durand is looking to counter punch.
Durand 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.
Durand is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand lands a really nice looking cross but Knox seems unphased.
Durand lands a head shot.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Durand was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Knox sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping body kick lands there for Durand.
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Durand counters with a straight right hand.
Durand throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Knox is rocked!
Durand moves into the clinch.
Knox is still on wobbly legs! Can Durand finish him?
Durand utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Durand cracks Knox on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Knox crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Jacques Durand!
Jacques Durand retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Jacques Durand thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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