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SYN K1 8/13 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sunray Spike (ranked 528 p4p, 4095 weight class) and Jack Morgan (ranked 82 p4p, 455 weight class). Spike comes to the ring accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sunray Spike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Spike. That's going to slow Morgan down.
Spike throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Morgan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Spike closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Spike is trying to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling him.
Spike blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgan's coach down at Cloud9 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Morgan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spike.
A short left from Morgan.
A shot in the inside from Morgan.
Morgan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan drives through and clinches with Spike against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Spike tries to break free but Morgan pushes him back against the ropes.
Spike is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike.
Morgan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Spike is looking to break free of the clinch but Morgan has double underhooks.
Morgan prevents Spike from breaking the clinch.
Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spike gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morgan connects with a body shot.
Spike tries to keep at a distance but Morgan has taken the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morgan.
I was talking to Spike's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Spike is trying to stall.
Morgan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Spike keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spike is trying to break the clinch but Morgan has him pressed against the ropes.
Morgan tries to work over Spike's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morgan lands a right hand.
Spike blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spike forces Morgan back against the ropes and clinches.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spike can't break the clinch.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan tries to circle away but Spike has him pinned against the ropes.
Morgan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spike is trying to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling him.
Spike breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan avoids a kick to the body.
Morgan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Morgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spike avoids the body shot from Morgan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spike clinches up with Morgan and pushes him back against the ropes.
Spike blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spike wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Spike has had enough of the clinch but Morgan keeps him there for the moment.
Spike is leaning against Morgan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morgan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morgan misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Morgan.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Spike uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spike working hard to break the clinch.
Morgan tries a body shot but Spike blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spike scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Morgan works Spike's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spike avoids the body shot from Morgan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Spike does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spike takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Spike on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Spike throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A countering left hand to the body from Morgan misses.
Morgan misses with an uppercut.
Morgan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spike's head.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Spike wants to clinch
letting Morgan counter with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Morgan. Those never looked like landing.
Morgan lands with an overhand left.
Morgan throws a shot from downtown. Spike moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Spike misses its target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Morgan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Morgan lands with a straight right. Spike didn't see that one coming.
A lazy left from Morgan finds it's target.
Morgan punishes Spike's body with a nice straight punch.
Morgan throws a shot to the body.
Morgan connects with a body shot that sends Spike's belly button to the back.
Spike's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morgan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Spike scrambles back to his feet.
 Spike is rocked!
Morgan lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Spike out cold! Spike is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the ropes! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jack Morgan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jack Morgan made sure he mentioned UnderGround Supplements, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Chicken Destroyer (ranked 5713 p4p, 2608 weight class) and Yasol Kim (ranked 523 p4p, 334 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 22 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chicken Destroyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yasol Kim!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Destroyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Kim misses the jab.
Kim with the inside leg kick.
We've been informed that Kim 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.
Destroyer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kim.
Kim tries to clinch
enabling Destroyer to counter with a crisp jab.
Kim throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Destroyer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kim blocks the body kick.
Kim tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kim throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Destroyer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice body kick there by Kim.
Kim swings for the body but Destroyer moves out of range.
Destroyer walks into a straight right hand from Kim.
Kim fails in his attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Kim.
Destroyer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Destroyer takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kim just misses with a punch to the body.
A quick step to the side and Destroyer tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kim tests Destroyer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kim clinches with his opponent.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Kim pushes Destroyer back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Destroyer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kim lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Destroyer.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Destroyer.
Destroyer gets through Kim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kim misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer prevents a body shot from Kim.
Kim misses with some punches.
Destroyer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Destroyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Yasol Kim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Destroyer manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kim throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Destroyer on the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kim.
Kim fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Destroyer on the side of the head.
Destroyer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kim throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Destroyer moves away from the strike by Kim.
Destroyer is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kim closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Destroyer.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Destroyer's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Destroyer backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
Kim keeps control of Destroyer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Destroyer trying to land knees to the body.
Destroyer is trying to maintain a safe position but Kim gets an underhook and turns Destroyer into the ropes.
Good body shot from Kim.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Destroyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kim cracks Destroyer with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer stalling in the clinch.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Kim working aggressively here.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kim.
Kim misses with the head strike.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim misses with some punches.
Destroyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Destroyer is trying to break the clinch but Kim is controlling him.
Kim lands a right hand that snaps the head of Destroyer backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yasol Kim dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kim lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Destroyer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kim throws a predictable looking body shot
and Destroyer counters with a nice uppercut.
Kim changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yasol Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kim lands a nice looking kick to the body. Destroyer takes a step back to recover.
Destroyer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Destroyer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Destroyer tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kim fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Destroyer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kim.
Kim throws a leg kick but Destroyer checks it.
Kim bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Destroyer's 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!
Destroyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kim.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kim.
Yasol Kim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A swing and a miss from Destroyer.
Kim rushes Destroyer and presses him up against the ropes.
Kim misses with a body punch.
Destroyer missing with knees to the body.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Destroyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Destroyer backwards.
Destroyer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kim misses with some punches.
Destroyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Destroyer blocks an uppercut.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Destroyer.
Destroyer blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Destroyer throws a head punch that misses.
Destroyer wants to stall.
Kim struggles to land a body shot inside as Destroyer controls his hands.
Kim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Destroyer backwards.
Destroyer leaning against his opponent.
Destroyer is stalling here.
Kim misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Destroyer lands a nice shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kim throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Destroyers head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Destroyer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kim lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
Kim misses with an elbow over the top.
Destroyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Destroyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim digs a right hand underneath Destroyer's ribcage. Destroyer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kim lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Destroyer blocks a body shot from Kim.
Yasol Kim seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
Kim lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Destroyer can't break the clinch.
Destroyer blocks a body shot from Kim.
Kim lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Kim.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Destroyer taking a breather.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kim tries a body shot but Destroyer blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yasol Kim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kim throws a jab when Destroyer was well out of range.
Kim connects with a solid leg kick.
Destroyer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kim throws a body punch but Destroyer moves out of range.
It looked like Destroyer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kim lands with a good body shot.
Kim fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Destroyer, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kim lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Destroyer.
Kim lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Destroyer backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Destroyer misses with the head strike.
Kim lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Destroyer or not.
A hook to the body from Kim.
Kim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Kim on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Kim.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Destroyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kim misses with a body punch.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Destroyer.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Destroyer's elbow.
Kim lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Destroyer looking to slow down the pace here.
Kim lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kim presses Destroyer against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kim tries to work over Destroyer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands with a short shot to the head.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Destroyer.
Destroyer's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Destroyer.
Chicken Destroyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A right hook to the body lands for Kim.
Kim misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kim.
Kim lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Destroyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Destroyer is trying to break free.
Kim misses with a punch on the inside.
Yasol Kim is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer misses with a body punch.
Destroyer looking to stall.
Destroyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Destroyer is looking to wear down Kim with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kim throws a wild body kick that Destroyer sees coming a mile off.
Destroyer checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A nice leg kick from Kim, right into the meat of the thigh.
Destroyer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kim throws out a powerful jab.
Destroyer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Destroyer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kim - the referee stops the clock and Destroyer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kim. Destroyer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kim lands a nice hook to Destroyer's body. Destroyer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kim moves out of range as Destroyer strikes.
Destroyer misses with a hook. Kim ducked under it nicely.
Kim was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kim rushes Destroyer and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Destroyer.
Destroyer tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yasol Kim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kim 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yasol Kim!
During a confident post fight interview, Yasol Kim thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between John Grammaticus (ranked 22922 p4p, 15703 weight class) and Samran Darweshi (ranked 669 p4p, 700 weight class). Samran Darweshi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Grammaticus !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samran Darweshi!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darweshi tries a head kick but it misses.
Grammaticus ducks under a wild hook from Darweshi.
Grammaticus tests Darweshi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darweshi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grammaticus circles away quickly and effectively.
Grammaticus swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Darweshi counters with a stiff right hand.
Grammaticus has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sparring Cages in the buildup to the fight.
Grammaticus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darweshi was well out of range. Poor timing from Grammaticus .
Nice defenses there by Grammaticus .
Darweshi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grammaticus moves away.
Darweshi misses the jab.
A jab from Grammaticus misses.
Grammaticus scores with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Darweshi.
A big left from Darweshi misses.
Nice straight punches there by Grammaticus . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Grammaticus .
Grammaticus throws a nice outside leg kick.
Samran Darweshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darweshi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grammaticus blocks a head kick by Darweshi.
Darweshi slips a straight right by Grammaticus .
Darweshi connects with a high kick.
Grammaticus defending well as Darweshi loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grammaticus jabs Darweshi right on the nose. Darweshi blinks but takes it well.
Darweshi swings widly with a right hand
and Grammaticus counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Darweshi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grammaticus avoids the body shot from Darweshi.
Grammaticus misses the shot to the body.
Darweshi throws an off balance right hand
enabling Grammaticus to counter with a crisp jab.
Darweshi lands a jab.
Darweshi lands a jab-cross combination.
 It looks like John Grammaticus has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darweshi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grammaticus swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Darweshi misses with an uppercut.
Darweshi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big left from Darweshi misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Grammaticus misses the target.
Grammaticus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darweshi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Darweshi throws the kick towards the body but Grammaticus avoids it.
Darweshi wants to slow Grammaticus down by chopping away at his legs.
Darweshi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darweshi tries a low kick but Grammaticus avoids it.
Darweshi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Darweshi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darweshi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darweshi misses with a straight right.
Darweshi misses with a head kick.
Darweshi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grammaticus throws out the jab.
Grammaticus works the jab nicely.
Darweshi misses with an uppercut. Grammaticus saw that one coming.
Grammaticus slips a jab and a cross from Darweshi.
It looked like Grammaticus wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Grammaticus looks to throw the jab but Darweshi is out of range.
The crowd cheers as Grammaticus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Darweshi doesn't seem phased though.
Darweshi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darweshi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grammaticus moves away.
It appears Grammaticus was looking to counter with a kick there.
Grammaticus 's corner calls for a 1-2. Grammaticus obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Grammaticus misses the shot to the body.
Darweshi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darweshi misses with a wild body shot.
Darweshi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Grammaticus .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darweshi misses with a low kick.
Darweshi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grammaticus .
Grammaticus scoring well with a low kick there.
Darweshi throws a jab but it's blocked by Grammaticus .
Grammaticus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darweshi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grammaticus is out of range and Darweshi settles back down.
Darweshi misses with a wild body shot.
Grammaticus tests Darweshi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grammaticus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Darweshi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grammaticus .
Darweshi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Grammaticus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grammaticus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grammaticus jabs Darweshi right on the nose. Darweshi blinks but takes it well.
Grammaticus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darweshi misses with a straight left.
Grammaticus swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Grammaticus throws a looping overhand right but Darweshi ducks down to avoid it.
Grammaticus cracks Darweshi with an open hand slap.
Grammaticus defending well as Darweshi loads up on a big left hand.
Grammaticus half committed to a counter leg kick.
Grammaticus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darweshi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darweshi throws a counter combo.
Grammaticus lands a jab to the head.
Some wild striking there from Darweshi.
Grammaticus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Darweshi.
Darweshi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grammaticus throws a hook but Darweshi avoids it easily.
Grammaticus blocks a head kick by Darweshi.
Darweshi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darweshi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Grammaticus checks a leg kick nicely.
Darweshi punishes Grammaticus 's body with a nice straight punch.
Grammaticus is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Samran Darweshi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Grammaticus 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A jab from Grammaticus misses.
Grammaticus moves away from the strike by Darweshi.
Darweshi defending well as Grammaticus loads up on a big left hand.
Nice cross by Darweshi.
Grammaticus scores with a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grammaticus . Darweshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grammaticus delivers a nice body kick.
Grammaticus loads up on a big right hand but Darweshi slips the punch.
Darweshi shapes to counter with a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Grammaticus . Beautiful body shot.
Grammaticus misses with a wild body shot.
Darweshi moves away from the strike by Grammaticus .
Nice uppercut lands for Grammaticus . That snapped Darweshi's head back.
A combination from Darweshi does no damage.
And Grammaticus counters with a quick kick to the body but Darweshi blocks it.
Grammaticus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grammaticus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darweshi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Darweshi throws a right hand that Grammaticus ducks under and follows up with a left that Grammaticus also avoids with ease.
Grammaticus looks to land a body kick but Darweshi moved away.
Darweshi throws a counter combo.
Darweshi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darweshi throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Grammaticus to counter with a crisp jab.
Grammaticus lands a jab to the nose.
Darweshi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Samran Darweshi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darweshi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grammaticus .
Grammaticus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darweshi.
Darweshi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grammaticus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Grammaticus scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grammaticus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darweshi with a hook.
Darweshi checks a leg kick.
Darweshi throws a fast counter high kick but Grammaticus manages to duck under it in time.
Grammaticus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darweshi.
Darweshi loads up on a big right hand but Grammaticus slips the punch.
Grammaticus dips to his left and cracks Darweshi with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Darweshi checks a leg kick.
Darweshi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darweshi. Grammaticus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grammaticus loads up on a big right hand but Darweshi slips the punch.
A left lands for Grammaticus .
Grammaticus loads up on a big right hand but Darweshi slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darweshi throws a right hand that misses
and Grammaticus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Darweshi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grammaticus .
Grammaticus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grammaticus misses with a hook.
Darweshi lands with a kick to the temple. Grammaticus shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Grammaticus avoids the head kick by Darweshi.
Darweshi misses with a straight right.
Grammaticus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darweshi.
Darweshi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Darweshi slips a jab from Grammaticus .
Grammaticus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grammaticus misses with a straight left.
Darweshi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice shot lands for Darweshi.
Darweshi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A jab from Grammaticus misses.
Darweshi ducks under a wild hook from Grammaticus .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darweshi throws a shot from downtown. Grammaticus moves away and avoids it.
Grammaticus missing with a left hand there. Darweshi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darweshi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grammaticus scores with a push kick.
Grammaticus fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Darweshi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch lands to the side of Darweshi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darweshi. Grammaticus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grammaticus cracks Darweshi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Darweshi throws a lazy head kick
and Grammaticus counters with a stiff right hand.
Darweshi misses with a low kick.
John Grammaticus is winning the standup battle so far.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grammaticus !
Darweshi is breathing heavily.
Grammaticus avoids the head kick by Darweshi.
Grammaticus fails to land with a series of punches.
Darweshi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Grammaticus .
Darweshi just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grammaticus jabs at Darweshi's body.
Darweshi misses with an uppercut.
Darweshi throws a leg kick
and Grammaticus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darweshi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grammaticus stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Darweshi walks into a stiff left hand from Grammaticus .
Grammaticus lands with an overhand left.
Darweshi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grammaticus jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Grammaticus scores with a hook to the body. Darweshi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Darweshi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Grammaticus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grammaticus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Grammaticus throws an overhand right that lands on Darweshi's shoulder, as Darweshi tries to avoid the shot.
Grammaticus lands a jab to the head.
Grammaticus lands a slapping body shot.
Grammaticus throws a jab but it's blocked by Darweshi.
Grammaticus lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grammaticus connects with a leg kick.
Grammaticus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Darweshi.
Grammaticus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Darweshi can do to turn this around?
Darweshi misses with a double jab.
Grammaticus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Grammaticus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Grammaticus 's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Darweshi takes one on the button.
Grammaticus lands a jab-cross combination.
Darweshi throws a nice looking combination but Grammaticus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Darweshi slips a straight right by Grammaticus .
Darweshi moves out of range of the strikes.
Grammaticus throws out a loose jab but Darweshi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grammaticus lands a nice looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Grammaticus .
Darweshi misses with a hook
and Grammaticus counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Darweshi.
Grammaticus listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Darweshi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darweshi misses with a low kick.
Grammaticus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Darweshi tries to bum rush Grammaticus with a series of wild strikes but Grammaticus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Darweshi.
Darweshi connects with a right hand. Grammaticus shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grammaticus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Darweshi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grammaticus ducks under a wild hook from Darweshi.
Darweshi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Grammaticus connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Darweshi scrambles back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Grammaticus .
That kick from Grammaticus tenderised Darweshi's leg. Darweshi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Darweshi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Darweshi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grammaticus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Darweshi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grammaticus throws an overhand right that lands on Darweshi's shoulder, as Darweshi tries to avoid the shot.
Grammaticus moves out of range of the strikes.
Grammaticus throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Darweshi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grammaticus cracks a nice hook into Darweshi's ribs.
Darweshi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Darweshi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grammaticus lunges at Darweshi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Darweshi's hand.
Grammaticus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darweshi throws a low kick but Grammaticus moves out of range easily.
Darweshi staying out of range there.
Darweshi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Darweshi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Darweshi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grammaticus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grammaticus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grammaticus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darweshi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darweshi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Grammaticus .
Grammaticus connects with a right hand. Darweshi shakes it off.
Darweshi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grammaticus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Grammaticus lands a body shot.
Grammaticus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Darweshi needs to keep his hands up - Grammaticus had a free shot at his head there.
A jab from Grammaticus misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grammaticus fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Darweshi on the side of the head.
Grammaticus blocks the body kick.
Grammaticus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darweshi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grammaticus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darweshi was well out of range. Poor timing from Grammaticus .
Grammaticus moves out of range of the leg kick from Darweshi.
Darweshi lands a head kick. Grammaticus smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Grammaticus connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grammaticus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Darweshi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grammaticus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darweshi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Darweshi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Darweshi lands a jab.
Darweshi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
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!
Grammaticus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darweshi.
Grammaticus was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Grammaticus moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darweshi lands with a straight right. Grammaticus didn't see that one coming.
Grammaticus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darweshi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Darweshi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Darweshi misses with a hook
and Grammaticus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Grammaticus misses the target.
Grammaticus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darweshi scoring well with a low kick there.
Grammaticus looks to land a combination. Darweshi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Grammaticus is looking to slow Darweshi down with leg kicks.
Darweshi motions for Grammaticus to come forward. Darweshi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grammaticus misses the jab.
Grammaticus throws a solid leg kick but Darweshi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Grammaticus .
A jab from Darweshi does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Darweshi misses the target.
Darweshi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grammaticus throws out the jab.
Grammaticus keeps Darweshi at a distance using the push kick.
Darweshi misses with a two punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Grammaticus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grammaticus has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Grammaticus !
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 22901 p4p, 22897 weight class) and Ross Buchanan (ranked 510 p4p, 506 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hail To The King by Avenged Sevenfold. Buchanan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Roy Buchanan's Train Blues. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 32 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Buchanan!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buchanan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Buchanan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Buchanan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Buchanan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buchanan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Buchanan wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Buchanan misses with a wild combination.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Buchanan.
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Buchanan is out of range and Gracie settles back down.
Buchanan rushes Gracie and presses him up against the ropes.
Buchanan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Buchanans head.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Renato Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Buchanan follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Gracie scores with a nice strike.
Buchanan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie throws a quick counter kick to the body but Buchanan avoids it.
Gracie cracks Buchanan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan wants to clinch.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
Buchanan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Buchanan was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie backing away here, and Buchanan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Buchanan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gracie makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Buchanan 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.
Gracie 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.
Buchanan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gracie connects with an inside leg kick.
Buchanan darts in and clinches Gracie up against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Buchanan.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Buchanan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Buchanan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gracie. That's going to slow Buchanan down.
Gracie tries to land a leg kick but Buchanan saw it coming and moves away.
Buchanan walks into a left hand.
Buchanan misses with a kick to the body.
Buchanan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Buchanan clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the ropes.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Gracie lands a left hand.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie throws a leg kick that misses.
Buchanan is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Gracie.
Buchanan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Buchanan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Buchanan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Buchanan wants to clinch.
Gracie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Buchanan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Buchanan tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Gracie gets through Buchanan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Gracie throws a body punch but Buchanan moves out of range.
Buchanan flicks out a counter leg kick but Gracie steps away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Buchanan is just out of range.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buchanan 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.
Gracie is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through Buchanan's defenses.
Gracie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Buchanan checks the leg kick nicely there.
A clash of legs there as Buchanan blocks the low kick.
Gracie thuds his right hand into Buchanan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gracie connects with the punch.
Gracie throws the left hand but Buchanan avoids the punch easily.
Buchanan tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gracie lands a jab to the head.
Gracie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buchanan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Buchanan looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie looks for the body kick but Buchanan saw that one coming.
Gracie lands a glancing blow to the side of Buchanan's head.
A head kick misses from Buchanan.
Buchanan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Gracie dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Buchanan gets a clinch.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buchanan can do to turn this around?
Gracie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Gracie.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Buchanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Buchanan controls his hands.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Gracie.
Renato Gracie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Buchanan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gracie lands a body punch.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie pushes Buchanan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Buchanan moves out of range of the body kick.
Buchanan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gracie feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Buchanans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Buchanan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gracie will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Buchanan tries a quick counter leg kick but Gracie is wise to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie feints and then cracks Buchanan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buchanan down.
Gracie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ross Buchanan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Buchanan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Buchanan moves into the clinch.
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
Buchanan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Gracie digs a right hand into Buchanan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Buchanan's gas tank.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Buchanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie lands with a right to the head.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie pushes Buchanan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Buchanan.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buchanan.
A shot in the inside from Gracie.
Buchanan has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Buchanan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Gracie digs a right hand underneath Buchanan's ribcage. Buchanan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
Buchanan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buchanan.
Gracie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gracie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Buchanan scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buchanan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
A short right from Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Buchanan controls the action.
Gracie pushes Buchanan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buchanan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gracie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Buchanan.
Buchanan lands a right hand.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Buchanan wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie is looking to score with low kicks.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Buchanan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
Buchanan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
Gracie feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Buchanans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Buchanan tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Buchanan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie gets through Buchanan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Gracie.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through Buchanan's defenses.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Buchanan.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Buchanan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buchanan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Buchanan moves to clinch but Gracie breaks away
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie throws a low kick but Buchanan moves out of range easily.
Buchanan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Gracie dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A big left from Gracie misses.
Buchanan moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gracie. Buchanan shrugs it off though.
Buchanan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Buchanan tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Buchanan is looking to clinch.
Buchanan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Buchanan tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Gracie throwing a counter right hand but Buchanan manages to avoid it.
Renato Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Buchanan blocks a low kick nicely.
Buchanan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
Crunch! Gracie slams his shin into Buchanan's torso.
Buchanan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie throws a low kick but Buchanan moves out of range easily.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Buchanan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buchanan wants to clinch.
Gracie with a nice calf kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the ropes.
Gracie tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie lands a nice uppercut.
Buchanan blocking some punches.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buchanan blocking some punches.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buchanan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie misses with a low kick as Buchanan jumps back.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie 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.
Gracie scores with a jab. Buchanan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Buchanan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A quick step to the side and Gracie tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie lands a jab.
Buchanan misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Gracie scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan tries to clinch up.
Buchanan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Buchanan.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but Buchanan checks it.
Buchanan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Gracie sizes up Buchanan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Buchanan's head but Buchanan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Buchanan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buchanan moves into the clinch successfully.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Gracie tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.
Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Buchanan. That did some damage!
Nice body kick from Gracie.
Gracie sizes up Buchanan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Buchanan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Buchanan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Buchanan forces Gracie back against the ropes and clinches.
Buchanan has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Ross Buchanan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie lands a right hand.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan lands a shoulder strike.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Buchanan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie lands a left hand.
Buchanan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
Gracie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buchanan.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Buchanan.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Buchanan tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Buchanan back against the ropes.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Buchanan controls his hands.
Gracie lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from Gracie.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Renato Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Gracie!
Renato Gracie took some time post fight to say the following; 'Daddy's home Tokyo!!! Subarashī! Doumo doumo! That's what I'm about, getting that revenge! VIP? Nah he .. RIP! WHO!? RIP! WHO!? RIP! VIP? RIP!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kenny Tchusuk (ranked 22929 p4p, 4050 weight class) and Jon Erikson (ranked 225 p4p, 46 weight class). Erikson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gåte - Statt Opp kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Tchusuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Erikson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erikson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tchusuk throws a right hand that Erikson ducks under and follows up with a left that Erikson also avoids with ease.
Tchusuk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Erikson.
It looked like Tchusuk was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Erikson.
Erikson is looking to slow Tchusuk down with leg kicks.
Tchusuk misses with an uppercut
and Erikson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tchusuk misses with an uppercut.
Tchusuk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Erikson slips under a jab from Tchusuk.
A swing and a miss from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk throws a head kick that misses.
Erikson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tchusuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tchusuk misses the jab.
Erikson darts in and clinches Tchusuk up against the ropes.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tchusuk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tchusuk pushes Erikson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Erikson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tchusuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tchusuk scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erikson blocking some punches.
Tchusuk misses with a body punch.
Erikson scores with a hook to the body.
Tchusuk looking to throw knees to the head but Erikson is blocking nicely.
Erikson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Erikson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Erikson misses with the head strike.
Erikson is trying to force a seperation but Tchusuk has the dominant position.
Erikson trying to land knees to the body.
Tchusuk lands a hook to the side of the head.
Erikson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tchusuk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Erikson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk lands an elbow just above Erikson 's eye.
Tchusuk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erikson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tchusuk.
Erikson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A thudding body kick lands there by Erikson!
Erikson walks into a stiff left hand from Tchusuk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erikson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tchusuk cracks Erikson with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Erikson get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Erikson looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
 It looks like Jon Erikson has been cut.
A slow jab from Erikson misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Tchusuk misses its intended target.
Erikson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Erikson avoids the head kick by Tchusuk.
Erikson needs to keep his hands up - Tchusuk had a free shot at his head there.
Erikson throws a hook but Tchusuk avoids it easily.
Erikson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slow jab from Tchusuk misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Tchusuk.
Good leg kick by Tchusuk.
Tchusuk misses with a few strikes there.
Erikson takes a swing at Tchusuk's ribcage but misses.
Erikson throws a big shot that misses.
Tchusuk is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tchusuk tries a head kick but it misses.
Erikson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Kenny Tchusuk has been cut.
Tchusuk misses with an uppercut.
Erikson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tchusuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Erikson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tchusuk was well out of range. Poor timing from Erikson.
Erikson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tchusuk throws a sloppy head kick and Erikson moves out of range easily.
Erikson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Erikson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Erikson missing with a left hand there. Tchusuk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Erikson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tchusuk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Erikson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tchusuk.
Erikson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A shot to the body from Tchusuk misses
and Erikson counters by moving into the clinch.
Tchusuk misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tchusuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tchusuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tchusuk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Erikson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Erikson.
Tchusuk misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tchusuk.
Erikson misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tchusuk.
Erikson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tchusuk's elbow.
Tchusuk throws a head punch that misses.
Erikson tries a body shot but Tchusuk blocks it.
Tchusuk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk can't find room to land a body shot as Erikson controls the action.
Tchusuk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tchusuk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Erikson misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tchusuk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Erikson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erikson tries to land knees in the clinch but Tchusuk avoids the damage to the body.
Erikson breaks from the clinch.
Erikson wants to clinch but Tchusuk slips to the side
and as Erikson looks to reset his feet, Tchusuk counters with a string of precision punches, right on the button, sending Erikson crashing to the canvas! Erikson is in big trouble here! The referee has started the count but Erikson is so wobbly that the ref has given up the count at 6 - he's called the bout off! Tchusuk is your winner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kenny Tchusuk!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rick Piano (ranked 340 p4p, 3181 weight class) and Draughn Diego (ranked 55 p4p, 372 weight class). Piano comes to the ring accompanied by Rick Piano Man. Draughn Diego has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Piano !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Draughn Diego!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Piano has had enough of the clinch but Diego keeps him there for the moment.
Piano tries to circle away but Diego has him pinned against the ropes.
Piano manages to break the clinch.
Diego looks to land a combination. Piano sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Diego connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Diego tries to land a front kick but Piano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A counter left hand to the body from Piano misses its target.
Diego lands with a hook. Piano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diego misses the shot to the body.
Piano appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Diego lands a high kick!
Piano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diego throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Piano is looking to break free of the clinch but Diego has double underhooks.
Diego misses with a hook to the ribs.
Piano tries to break free but Diego pushes him back against the ropes.
Diego lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diego.
Diego lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Diego - that landed with a thud.
Piano tries to work over Diego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Piano can't break the clinch.
Diego lands a left hand.
Diego is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Piano takes a shot to the head.
Diego lands an uppercut.
Piano tries a body shot but Diego blocks it.
Piano wants to break free but Diego has control.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Diego creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diego lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diego has Piano pressed against the ropes, preventing Piano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Piano is trying to break the clinch but Diego has him pressed against the ropes.
Diego misses with a body punch.
Piano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Piano has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Piano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Piano misses with a punch to the body.
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piano tries to break free but Diego pushes him back against the ropes.
Piano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diego keeps control of Piano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diego tries to throw a body punch but Piano avoids it by throwing Diego back against the ropes.
Diego misses with some punches.
Diego lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Piano prevents a body shot from Diego.
Piano is trying to push Diego away but Diego has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Diego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diego misses with some punches.
Piano tries to circle away but Diego has him pinned against the ropes.
Piano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diego gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Piano is trying to break free.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Piano .
Diego tries a body shot but Piano blocks it.
Diego throws a head punch that misses.
Piano is looking to break free of the clinch but Diego has double underhooks.
Piano is looking to break free of the clinch but Diego has double underhooks.
Piano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diego's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego tries a body shot but Piano blocks it.
Piano working hard to break the clinch.
Diego lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diego throws a punch but it's blocked by Piano .
Piano is trying to break free.
Still in the clinch, Diego scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diego pushes Piano back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Diego digs a right hand underneath Piano 's ribcage. Piano let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Piano is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Diego.
Piano breaks from the clinch.
Piano takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diego scores with a nice strike.
Diego with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diego misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Piano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Draughn Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Piano .
Piano throws a quick counter head kick but Diego was just out of range.
Diego instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diego throws a right hand that Piano ducks under and follows up with a left that Piano also avoids with ease.
Piano is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Piano gets tackled into the ropes by Diego. Diego maintains the clinch.
Diego lands a right hand.
Diego lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diego lands a nice uppercut.
Piano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Piano 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Piano has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Piano is looking to break free of the clinch but Diego has double underhooks.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Piano tries to work over Diego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diego tries a body shot but Piano blocks it.
Diego is leaning against Piano and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Piano is looking to break free of the clinch but Diego has double underhooks.
Diego tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Draughn Diego dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Diego throws a left and a right that both miss
and Piano makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Diego really felt that one!
Diego clobbers Piano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diego pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diego is looking to clinch but Piano is avoiding it.
Diego throws out a powerful jab.
Diego is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Diego closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Diego clinches up against the ropes.
Piano breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Piano swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Piano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Diego there.
Diego has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Piano slips a straight right by Diego.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piano avoids the body shot from Diego.
Piano quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Piano moves out of range of the strikes.
Diego just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromPiano .
Piano avoids the body shot from Diego.
Diego swings for the body but Piano moves out of range.
Piano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diego clinches with his opponent.
Piano is trying to break the clinch but Diego is controlling him.
Piano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Piano breaks the clinch.
Diego lands with a nice body kick.
Diego misses with an attempted mid kick.
Piano was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Diego throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diego scores with a kick to the midsection.
Piano tries to keep at a distance but Diego has taken the fight into the clinch.
Draughn Diego seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Diego misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Piano wants to get back to striking at distance but Diego won't allow it.
Piano is working Diego over against the ropes.
Diego working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Piano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diego is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Piano is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Piano breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Piano . Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Piano takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piano just misses with a punch to the body.
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch up but Piano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Piano just misses with a punch to the body.
Diego clinches with his opponent.
Piano working hard to break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Diego.
A left hand lands to the body for Diego.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Still in the clinch, Diego scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diego tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Piano 's elbow.
Piano is trying to break the clinch but Diego is controlling him.
Diego looking to slow down the pace here.
Diego lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diego misses with a punch to the body.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Piano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diego drives through and clinches with Piano against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Piano 's head.
Piano is trying to break the clinch but Diego is controlling him.
Diego lands a nice shot to the body.
Piano is trying to break the clinch but Diego is controlling him.
Diego has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Piano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diego pushes Piano back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Piano tries to circle away but Diego has him pinned against the ropes.
A short left from Diego.
Diego has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diego.
Diego lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Piano is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Diego scores with a nice short uppercut.
Piano is rocked!
Piano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oh Piano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diego makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diego creates a bit of distance and cracks Piano with a big uppercut! Piano goes down! The referee pushes Diego away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Piano make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Diego takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Draughn Diego!
Draughn Diego is the new heavyweight champion!
Draughn Diego decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Rick Piano spoke after the fight, saying 'I need more roids!'.
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