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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dwayne King (ranked 20113 p4p, 5048 weight class) and Koh Ibu (ranked 484 p4p, 409 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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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 16 - 23 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dwayne King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Koh Ibu!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ibu with a nice cross.
Ibu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ibu misses with an uppercut.
Ibu moves out of range as King strikes.
King walks into a left hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by King!
 It looks like Koh Ibu has been cut.
Ibu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by King.
Ibu connects with a single shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King misses with a wild combination.
Ibu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
Ibu moves out of range of the strikes.
King stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ibu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
King thuds a left hand into Ibu's body.
Ibu lands with a hook. King tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Koh Ibu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ibu lands a nice shot to the body.
King just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ibu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Ibu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ibu lands a lovely overhand right.
Ibu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ibu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
King scores with a hook.
 Ibu is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. King engages and cracks Ibu with a massive lead left hook - Ibu tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! King is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dwayne King!
During a confident post fight interview, Dwayne King thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Franko De Cremonesi (ranked 23690 p4p, 3695 weight class) and Ryo Hazuki (ranked 514 p4p, 398 weight class). De Cremonesi kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Paint It, Black. 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Franko De Cremonesi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryo Hazuki!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazuki closes the distance looking to clinch
and De Cremonesi counters with a nice uppercut.
Ryo Hazuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hazuki throws a hook to the side of De Cremonesi's head but De Cremonesi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hazuki pushes De Cremonesi up against the ropes in a clinch.
De Cremonesi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from De Cremonesi.
Hazuki misses with a body punch.
De Cremonesi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hazuki can't find room to land a body shot as De Cremonesi controls the action.
Hazuki tries a body shot but De Cremonesi blocks it.
De Cremonesi tries a body shot but Hazuki blocks it.
De Cremonesi misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Cremonesi can't find room to land a body shot as Hazuki controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Hazuki.
A hook to the body from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi blocks a body shot from Hazuki.
De Cremonesi is leaning against Hazuki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hazuki trying to land knees to the body.
De Cremonesi tries a body shot but Hazuki blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazuki takes an elbow to the temple.
Hazuki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hazuki tries to throw a body punch but De Cremonesi avoids it by throwing Hazuki back against the ropes.
De Cremonesi blocks a body shot from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hazuki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Cremonesi avoids it.
Hazuki prevents a body shot from De Cremonesi.
Our sources have told us that De Cremonesi has been working on his elbows in the gym.
De Cremonesi avoiding damage as Hazuki throws knees to the body.
De Cremonesi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hazuki takes a shot to the head.
De Cremonesi prevents a body shot from Hazuki.
De Cremonesi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Cremonesi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Cremonesi can't find room to land a body shot as Hazuki controls the action.
A right hand to the body from De Cremonesi.
Still in the clinch, De Cremonesi scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Cremonesi cracks Hazuki with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Cremonesi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De Cremonesi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Cremonesi or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi presses Hazuki against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Cremonesi lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Cremonesi.
Hazuki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Hazuki.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hazuki has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
De Cremonesi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Cremonesi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hazuki's elbow.
De Cremonesi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hazuki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hazuki blocks a body shot from De Cremonesi.
A left hand lands to the body for De Cremonesi.
Hazuki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hazuki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from De Cremonesi.
Hazuki looks winded!
Hazuki digs a right hand underneath De Cremonesi's ribcage. De Cremonesi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hazuki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Cremonesi's elbow.
De Cremonesi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hazuki takes a shot to the head.
Hazuki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Cremonesi lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Cremonesi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Franko De Cremonesi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
De Cremonesi throws the left hand but Hazuki avoids the punch easily.
Hazuki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A head kick misses from Hazuki.
Hazuki fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Cremonesi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A left lands for De Cremonesi.
Hazuki moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A big left from De Cremonesi misses.
Hazuki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Cremonesi blocks a body shot from Hazuki.
A short right from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi works on Hazuki's body with a couple of short punches.
De Cremonesi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hazuki scores with a shot to the side of De Cremonesi'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!
Hazuki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Cremonesi is defending well for now.
Hazuki blocks an elbow strike from De Cremonesi.
Hazuki prevents a body shot from De Cremonesi.
Hazuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from De Cremonesi.
A right handed body shot lands from De Cremonesi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Cremonesi cracks Hazuki with a nice body shot.
De Cremonesi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hazuki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Cremonesi is defending well for now.
Hazuki blocks a body shot from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Cremonesi tries a body shot but Hazuki blocks it.
Hazuki blocks a body shot from De Cremonesi.
A short body shot lands from De Cremonesi as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi lands an elbow that stopped Hazuki in his tracks for a moment.
Hazuki lands a nice shot to the body.
De Cremonesi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Cremonesi lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Cremonesi.
Hazuki is breathing heavily.
De Cremonesi misses with a punch to the body.
De Cremonesi lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Cremonesi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hazuki tries a body shot but De Cremonesi blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by De Cremonesi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Cremonesi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi lands with a right to the head.
De Cremonesi blocks a body shot from Hazuki.
De Cremonesi lands with a right to the head.
Hazuki trying to land knees to the body.
De Cremonesi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hazuki.
A head punch on the inside from Hazuki fails to land.
De Cremonesi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hazuki can do to turn this around?
De Cremonesi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hazuki tries a body shot but De Cremonesi blocks it.
Franko De Cremonesi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Cremonesi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, De Cremonesi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hazuki's brow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hazuki.
De Cremonesi struggles to land a body shot inside as Hazuki controls his hands.
De Cremonesi prevents a body shot from Hazuki.
De Cremonesi scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Cremonesi lands a damaging elbow.
Hazuki is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Cremonesi.
A shot in the inside from De Cremonesi.
Hazuki is still on wobbly legs! Can De Cremonesi finish him?
Hazuki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Cremonesi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Cremonesi digs a right hand underneath Hazuki's ribcage. Hazuki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
De Cremonesi works on Hazuki's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Franko De Cremonesi dominated that second round.
That's time! De Cremonesi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
De Cremonesi connects with a quick right hand that sends Hazuki tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Franko De Cremonesi!
A less than humble Franko De Cremonesi misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jayson Tatum (ranked 20703 p4p, 5914 weight class) and Theodore Epicity (ranked 622 p4p, 566 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Epicity's choice of entrance music: Tempest by Deftones. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jayson Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Theodore Epicity!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
 It looks like Jayson Tatum has been cut.
Tatum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatum throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tatum tries a head kick but it misses.
Tatum takes one to the chin there.
Tatum misses with a series of wild punches.
Epicity misses with a looping right.
Tatum throws a good cross that connects.
Epicity fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tatum checks it well.
As Epicity backs away, Tatum returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Epicity lands a nice shot to the body.
Epicity throws a poor cross that misses
and Tatum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Epicity has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Epicity throws a sloppy body shot
and Epicity takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Epicity lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Epicity misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Epicity wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tatum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tatum drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Epicity attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A quick step to the side and Tatum tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Epicity dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tatum misses the shot to the body.
Tatum tries a low kick but Epicity avoids it.
Tatum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Epicity was well out of range. Poor timing from Tatum.
Tatum misses with a body kick.
Tatum drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tatum goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Epicity checks a low kick from Tatum.
Epicity thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tatum is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Tatum takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Epicity misses.
Tatum works the jab nicely.
Tatum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Epicity sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Epicity.
A lazy left from Epicity finds it's target.
Jayson Tatum's cut is getting worse.
Tatum throws a head kick but Epicity moves out of range.
Tatum looks for the body kick but Epicity saw that one coming.
Tatum throws a big shot that misses.
Theodore Epicity is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Epicity moves out of range of the body kick.
Epicity appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tatum throws an off balance right hand
and Epicity cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick there by Tatum.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Theodore Epicity will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jayson Tatum's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tatum looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Epicity misses with a leg kick
and Tatum counters with a left and a right that stings Epicity.
Tatum takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Epicity gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tatum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Epicity throws a poor cross that misses
and Tatum counters with a two punch combo.
Tatum throws an overhand right that lands on Epicity's shoulder, as Epicity tries to avoid the shot.
Tatum works the jab nicely.
Tatum catches Epicity with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Epicity.
Tatum is looking for a counter combo.
Epicity misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tatum.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tatum.
Tatum connects with a looping right hand.
Tatum throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A leg kick checked by Epicity.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity checks the leg kick.
Epicity walks into a straight right hand from Tatum.
Tatum cracks Epicity with an open hand slap.
Epicity attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tatum with the inside leg kick.
Tatum throws a hook to the side of Epicity's head but Epicity sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Epicity is looking to slow Tatum down with leg kicks.
Tatum paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tatum moves out of range of the leg kick from Epicity.
Epicity lands a lovely overhand right.
Tatum misses with a looping left.
Tatum on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A shot to the body from Tatum misses
and Epicity counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tatum lands a lovely overhand right.
Theodore Epicity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Epicity.
Epicity connects with a solid leg kick.
Epicity with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tatum lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Epicity lands with a shot to the body.
Tatum throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Epicity counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tatum thinking.
Tatum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Epicity throws a low kick but Tatum avoids it.
Tatum takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Epicity lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jayson Tatum's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Epicity uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Epicity fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jayson Tatum will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jayson Tatum's cut.
That's time! Tatum's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Both fighters circling a little - Epicity finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tatum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab lands there for Epicity.
No joy there for Epicity, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tatum throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Epicity misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Epicity connects with an inside leg kick.
Tatum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Epicity throws a jab when Tatum was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tatum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Epicity.
Epicity connects with a body shot that sends Tatum's belly button to the back.
Tatum slips under a jab from Epicity.
Theodore Epicity seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tatum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tatum avoids the head kick by Epicity.
Epicity throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatum lands with a nice body punch.
Tatum tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Epicity throws a sloppy body shot
and Tatum counters with a body kick.
Tatum throws a hook to the side of Epicity's head but Epicity sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Epicity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tatum manages to avoid it.
Epicity misses with a wild body shot.
Epicity takes a swing at Tatum's ribcage but misses.
Epicity takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Epicity.
Tatum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Epicity sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Epicity fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Epicity with the inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid body kick from Tatum.
Epicity scores with the left hand. Tatum knows he should have avoided that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Epicity 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 Tatum has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tatum and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tatum throws a big counter combination but Epicity scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A low kick from Epicity misses
and Tatum counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jab by Epicity.
Jeez, Jayson Tatum's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Epicity with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Epicity misses with a kick to the body.
Epicity checks the leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Theodore Epicity comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Epicity 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Not Ponor (ranked 1857 p4p, 4788 weight class) and Keith Thurman (ranked 265 p4p, 554 weight class). Thurman has chosen DMX lord give me a sign as his entrance music. Not Ponor could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Keith Thurman 's chin.
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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 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Not Ponor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keith Thurman !
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thurman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ponor counters with a stiff right hand.
Ponor blocks a head kick by Thurman .
As Thurman looks to move away, Ponor throws a big counter combo but Thurman just gets out of the way.
Ponor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Thurman , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Ponor misses the target.
Ponor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Thurman . Thurman obviously looking to wear him down.
Ponor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Ponor misses
and Thurman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Not Ponor has been cut.
Thurman tries to bum rush Ponor with a series of wild strikes but Ponor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ponor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A head kick by Thurman misses
and Ponor counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thurman throws a lazy head kick
and Ponor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ponor misses with a head kick.
It seemed like Thurman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Thurman throws a lazy uppercut
and Ponor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thurman is rocked!
Thurman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ponor counters with a nice body kick.
Thurman is still on wobbly legs! Can Ponor finish him?
Thurman looks winded!
BAM! Ponor delivers a spinning backfist that drops Thurman like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Not Ponor!
After winning the bout, Not Ponor 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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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between En Route (ranked 23290 p4p, 3261 weight class) and Aaron Petrov (ranked 481 p4p, 320 weight class). Petrov has chosen Star.One - Original Badman Feat. Takura & Assassin as his entrance music. Aaron Petrov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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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 13 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, En Route!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Route is looking to clinch.
Petrov throws a lazy head kick
and Route counters with a stiff right hand.
Route looks to land a combination but Petrov avoids it well.
Petrov lands a jab to the head.
Route has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cloud9 in the buildup to the fight.
Petrov throws a right hand that Route ducks under and follows up with a left that Route also avoids with ease.
Route looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Route's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Petrov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Route scrambles back to his feet.
Petrov works the jab nicely.
Route takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Route throws a jab but it's blocked by Petrov.
Petrov throws out a counter right but Route avoids it with no problem.
Aaron Petrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov misses with a leg kick
and Route makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Route.
Route works Petrov's body with a nice hook.
Petrov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Petrov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov lands a jab.
Petrov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Route has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut there from Petrov.
Petrov throws a lazy uppercut
and Route counters with a straight right hand.
Route fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Petrov checks it well.
Petrov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Route was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Petrov misses with a hook. Route ducked under it nicely.
Route tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Petrov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Petrov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Petrov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Route.
Petrov avoids the body shot from Route.
Petrov avoids the body shot from Route.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov misses with a double jab.
Route swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice shot lands for Petrov.
Petrov connects with a body shot.
Route takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab from Petrov misses.
Petrov throws a shot from downtown. Route moves away and avoids it.
Route thinks about countering with a body kick.
Petrov misses with a double jab
letting Route counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Route is looking to counter punch.
Route slips a straight right by Petrov.
Route half committed to a counter leg kick.
Route tries to land a front kick but Petrov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Petrov dominated that round.
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.
Route walks into a stiff left hand from Petrov.
Route has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Petrov.
Petrov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Route's head backwards.
Petrov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Route loads up on a big right hand but Petrov slips the punch.
Route fails in his attempt to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Route.
Petrov is rocked!
Petrov throws a leg kick
and Route counters with a good, hard body kick but Petrov shrugs it off.
Petrov is still on wobbly legs! Can Route finish him?
Route misses with a wild body shot.
As Route backs off Petrov throws a huge counter combo but Route manages to avoid it all.
Petrov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Route blocks a jab.
Route looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Route displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Petrov seems to have recovered his senses.
A good leg kick by Route.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Route connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Petrov's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Petrov - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). En Route!
En Route thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Yasol Kim (ranked 4054 p4p, 18971 weight class) and Dutch Schultz (ranked 466 p4p, 564 weight class). Yasol Kim had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yasol Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dutch Schultz!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim with a nice calf kick.
Kim has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cloud9 in the buildup to the fight.
Kim uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schultz.
Kim appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Schultz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kim lands the left hand.
Kim gets a clinch.
Kim lands a right hand.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schultz blocks a body shot from Kim.
Good body shot from Kim.
Kim lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schultz misses with a body punch.
Kim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kim scores with a hook to the body.
Kim scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schultz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schultz misses with a knee strike.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Schultz.
Schultz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kim working aggressively here.
Kim working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Kim.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schultz is leaning against Kim and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kim scores with a shoulder strike.
Schultz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim lands a shot to the body.
Schultz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Schultz.
Kim lands a shoulder strike.
Schultz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schultz misses with a knee strike.
Schultz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Schultz on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultz.
Schultz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schultz with a knee to the head.
Kim lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Schultz fails to land.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Schultz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kims head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Schultz misses with a punch on the inside.
Kim throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schultzs head.
Schultz missing with knees to the body.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schultz gets through Kim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
Kim lands with a short shot to the head.
Schultz blocking some punches.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schultz works on Kim's body with a couple of short punches.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Schultz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kim blocks it with crossed arms.
Kim lands a body punch.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schultz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
Schultz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
Schultz misses with the head strike.
Kim scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yasol Kim dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schultz was well out of range. Poor timing from Kim.
Schultz fails to land with a series of punches.
Kim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Schultz 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 Kim has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kim and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kim feints and then cracks Schultz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schultz down.
Kim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schultz can do to turn this around?
Kim scores with a hook.
Schultz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dutch Schultz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schultz throws out a loose jab but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schultz throws a nice looking combination but Kim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kim.
Schultz misses with a left hand
and Kim counters with a slapping leg kick.
Schultz avoids the body shot from Kim.
Kim throws a leg kick which misses Schultz's front leg but catches the back leg as Schultz tries to avoid it.
A slow jab from Schultz misses its intended target.
Schultz throws a series of punches but Kim avoids them all with ease.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kim. Schultz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kim throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schultz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yasol Kim is winning the standup battle so far.
Kim connects with a leg kick.
Kim moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kim bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Schultz throws a poor cross that misses
and Kim counters with a stiff right hand.
Schultz misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Kim was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Schultz.
Schultz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Schultz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kim blocks a head kick by Schultz.
Schultz avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Kim finds it's way through Schultz's defenses.
Schultz misses with a body kick.
Kim throwing a counter right hand but Schultz manages to avoid it.
Schultz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Schultz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Kim.
Schultz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kim. That one must have hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim scoring well with a low kick there.
Kim fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Schultz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Schultz misses with a straight left.
Schultz throws a big shot that misses.
Kim dips to his left and cracks Schultz with an uppercut!
Schultz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kim will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schultz appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kim turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kim. Schultz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schultz feints a counter leg kick.
Schultz misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schultz misses with a leg kick
and Kim counters with a leg kick.
Schultz blocks a jab.
Kim fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kim fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Schultz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yasol Kim dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nice jab there from Schultz.
Kim slips a jab and a cross from Schultz.
Kim moves out of range of the strikes.
Schultz throws a body punch but Kim moves out of range.
Schultz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Schultz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Schultz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kim changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Schultz swings widly with a right hand
and Kim counters with a slapping leg kick.
Schultz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Schultz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kim works over Schultz's head and body with a nice combination.
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 misses with a body kick.
Schultz cracks Kim with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Schultz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kim misses with a body shot.
Kim connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Schultz looks to land a combination but Kim avoids it well.
Yasol Kim is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz throws a head kick but Kim moves out of range.
Kim throws a body shot but no joy.
Schultz needs to keep his hands up - Kim had a free shot at his head there.
Kim lands with a right hand.
Kim swinging wildly here.
Dutch Schultz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schultz throws a leg kick
and Kim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kim throws a body shot but no joy.
Kim throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schultz.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Kim here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Schultz misses with a few strikes there.
Schultz keeps the fight on the outside.
Kim avoids the head kick by Schultz.
An attempted straight right counter from Kim misses the target.
Kim uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schultz.
Kim moves into the clinch.
Schultz looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schultz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schultz misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schultz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schultz tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Schultz misses with a punch on the inside.
Schultz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
Schultz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim avoiding damage as Schultz throws knees to the body.
Schultz misses with some punches.
Schultz trying to land knees to the body.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but Kim blocks with his arms.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schultz misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dutch Schultz.
Well Kim 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yasol Kim!
A victorious Yasol Kim thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Daniel Dimitrov (ranked 17871 p4p, 22462 weight class) and Grivnindal Doomclaw (ranked 171 p4p, 185 weight class). Dimitrov comes to the ring accompanied by Drake - Energy. Daniel Dimitrov has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 41 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Dimitrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grivnindal Doomclaw!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doomclaw throws a shot from downtown. Dimitrov moves away and avoids it.
Doomclaw bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dimitrov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Daniel Dimitrov has been cut.
Dimitrov throws a series of punches but Doomclaw avoids them all with ease.
Dimitrov misses with a two punch combination.
Doomclaw keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Doomclaw.
Dimitrov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Doomclaw connects with a jab.
Doomclaw has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dimitrov is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Dimitrov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dimitrov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dimitrov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Doomclaw swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
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!
Dimitrov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Doomclaw lands a lovely overhand right.
Dimitrov fails to land with a series of punches.
Doomclaw throws out a counter right but Dimitrov avoids it with no problem.
Dimitrov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doomclaw manages to avoid it.
Daniel Dimitrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doomclaw scores with a jab.
Doomclaw lands with a straight right. Dimitrov didn't see that one coming.
Doomclaw lands with an overhand left.
Doomclaw avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitrov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Doomclaw blocks the leg kick.
Doomclaw stuns Dimitrov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dimitrov throws a sloppy head kick and Doomclaw moves out of range easily.
Doomclaw is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dimitrov has managed to clinch.
Doomclaw lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Doomclaw landing knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Dimitrov has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Dimitrov is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Doomclaw fails to land.
Dimitrov misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dimitrov.
Doomclaw throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dimitrov blocks it with crossed arms.
Doomclaw looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dimitrov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Doomclaw bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dimitrov's head backwards.
Dimitrov misses with the combination.
Doomclaw has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
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!
Nice straight punches there by Doomclaw. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Doomclaw.
Doomclaw avoids a kick to the body.
Doomclaw blocks a head kick by Dimitrov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doomclaw scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dimitrov doesn't seem bothered though.
Doomclaw connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Daniel Dimitrov's cut is getting worse.
Doomclaw scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dimitrov in his tracks.
 Dimitrov is rocked!
Doomclaw circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Dimitrov tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Doomclaw wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Grivnindal Doomclaw!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dru Quick (ranked 21790 p4p, 23535 weight class) and Imagine Thibodeaux (ranked 167 p4p, 179 weight class). Quick's entrance music is Gangster's Paradise- Coolio. A fine choice. Dru Quick 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dru Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Imagine Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeaux looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Quick throws a combination that misses
and Thibodeaux counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Dru Quick has been cut.
Thibodeaux scores with a nice right hand.
We've been informed that Thibodeaux 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.
Quick takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quick is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Quick throws an overhand right that lands on Thibodeaux's shoulder, as Thibodeaux tries to avoid the shot.
Thibodeaux missing with a left hand there. Quick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thibodeaux looks to land a right hand but Quick moved out of range.
Thibodeaux pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thibodeaux moves away from the strike by Quick.
Thibodeaux misses with a straight left.
Quick looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Thibodeaux missing with a left hand there. Quick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thibodeaux throws a body punch but Quick moves out of range.
Thibodeaux punishes Quick's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Thibodeaux is predictable there
and Quick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Imagine Thibodeaux has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thibodeaux scores with a nice body kick.
Thibodeaux is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A lazy left from Thibodeaux finds it's target.
Thibodeaux fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quick.
Thibodeaux takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thibodeaux throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Quick.
Quick has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Quick lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Thibodeaux goes down! The ref sends Quick to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Thibodeaux is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thibodeaux ducks under a wild hook from Quick.
Thibodeaux fakes the leg kick and cracks Quick in the body.
Nice body punch from Thibodeaux.
Quick is breathing heavily.
Thibodeaux buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thibodeaux scores with a hook to the body. Quick takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thibodeaux slips a straight right by Quick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick from Thibodeaux, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thibodeaux misses with a wild body shot.
Thibodeaux thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thibodeaux connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thibodeaux connects with a body shot.
Quick sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Thibodeaux thumps Quick with a low kick.
Thibodeaux ducks under a wild hook from Quick.
Quick throws a hook but Thibodeaux blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Quick.
Thibodeaux lands a really nice looking cross but Quick seems unphased.
Quick misses the shot to the body.
Thibodeaux scores with a one two! Quick had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dru Quick should take that round, based on the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Thibodeaux bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Thibodeaux has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head kick misses from Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux cracks Quick with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Quick throws a poor cross that misses
and Thibodeaux counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quick is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Thibodeaux. Quick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thibodeaux lands with a cross.
Oh Quick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quick lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thibodeaux circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Quick tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Thibodeaux wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Imagine Thibodeaux!
Imagine Thibodeaux very nearly forgot to thank © Trap House amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Silva Scorpion (ranked 18008 p4p, 22205 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 466 p4p, 459 weight class). Scorpion comes into the arena with Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz) blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 52 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Silva Scorpion!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scorpion throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya throws the left hand but Scorpion avoids the punch easily.
Scorpion lands a nice looking body shot.
Scorpion throws an overhand right that lands on La De Hoya's shoulder, as La De Hoya tries to avoid the shot.
Scorpion lands with a nice body punch.
Scorpion closes the distance and clinches.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Silva Scorpion has been cut.
Scorpion on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scorpion tries to stall but La De Hoya uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Scorpion pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scorpion throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Scorpion blocks it.
Scorpion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scorpion's elbow.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Scorpion lands a left hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion is working La De Hoya over against the ropes.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion breaks the clinch.
Scorpion looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Scorpion fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches La De Hoya on the side of the head.
Scorpion avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Scorpion pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've been informed that La De Hoya 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.
Scorpion tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Scorpion fails to land.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Scorpion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Scorpion scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Scorpion lands an uppercut.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
Scorpion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Scorpion lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
Scorpion struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Scorpion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Scorpion keeps La De Hoya at a distance using the push kick.
Scorpion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Scorpion.
Scorpion gets a clinch.
Scorpion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scorpion has La De Hoya pressed against the ropes.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
Scorpion managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scorpion.
Silva Scorpion has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Scorpion pressing his opponent against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Scorpion.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Scorpion digs a right hand into La De Hoya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on La De Hoya's gas tank.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
Scorpion lands a left hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
La De Hoya letting Scorpion take a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Scorpion controls his hands.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scorpion digs a right hand underneath La De Hoya's ribcage. La De Hoya let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Scorpion on the inside.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scorpion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Scorpion blocks an uppercut.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
Scorpion prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
Scorpion lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scorpion is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La De Hoya can do to turn this around?
Scorpion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Scorpion dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
That's time! Scorpion's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
Scorpion sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
La De Hoya lands a jab.
Scorpion takes the fight into the clinch.
Scorpion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Scorpion avoids the damage to the body.
Scorpion lands a left hand.
A short body shot lands from Scorpion as the two fighters clinch.
Scorpion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scorpion blocks it with crossed arms.
Scorpion throws a blind hook that connects with the side of La De Hoyas head.
La De Hoya takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scorpion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La De Hoya swings wildly with an uppercut but Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scorpion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scorpion lands an uppercut.
Scorpion lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
La De Hoya is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scorpion.
La De Hoya is still on wobbly legs! Can Scorpion finish him?
Scorpion lands a body punch.
Scorpion presses La De Hoya against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Scorpion lands a right hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
La De Hoya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Scorpion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left hand lands to the body for Scorpion.
Scorpion creates a bit of distance and cracks La De Hoya with a big uppercut! La De Hoya goes down! The referee pushes Scorpion away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will La De Hoya make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Scorpion takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Silva Scorpion!
Silva Scorpion retains his featherweight title!
Silva Scorpion 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 heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tom Obama (ranked 4575 p4p, 22534 weight class) and Nikolai Magomedov (ranked 152 p4p, 544 weight class). Nikolai Magomedov 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 23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Obama!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikolai Magomedov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obama throws a series of strikes that have Magomedov backpedaling.
Magomedov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Magomedov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Obama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Obama scores with a crisp jab that stopped Magomedov in his tracks.
Magomedov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Obama.
Obama throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Magomedovs head.
Magomedov is trying to force a seperation but Obama has the dominant position.
A short left from Obama.
Magomedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Obama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magomedov's elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Obama blocks it.
Obama misses with a punch on the inside.
Magomedov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Magomedov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magomedov is looking to control Obama's arms but Obama gets an underhook and turns him. Now Magomedov has his back to the ropes.
Obama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Obama'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.
Obama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Nice body punch from Magomedov - that landed with a thud.
Magomedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Obama's elbow.
Obama lands a shoulder strike.
Magomedov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Obama seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Magomedov can turn it around.
Obama lands a right hand.
Magomedov is rocked!
Obama misses with a body punch.
Magomedov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Obama misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Magomedov.
Magomedov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Obamas head.
Obama tries to circle away but Magomedov has him pinned against the ropes.
Magomedov is working Obama over against the ropes.
Magomedov digs a right hand underneath Obama's ribcage. Obama let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Obama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Obama.
Obama misses with some punches.
Magomedov tries to land a knee to the head but Obama blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Magomedov lands a hook that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Obama prevents a body shot from Magomedov.
Magomedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov struggles to land a body shot inside as Obama controls his hands.
Magomedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Obama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
I was talking to Obama's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Magomedov misses with a punch to the body.
Magomedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Obama.
A short body shot lands from Magomedov as the two fighters clinch.
Obama prevents a body shot from Magomedov.
Magomedov lands an uppercut.
Obama avoiding damage as Magomedov throws knees to the body.
Magomedov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Obama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Magomedov tries to throw a body punch but Obama avoids it by throwing Magomedov back against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magomedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov is working Obama over against the ropes.
Obama misses with a punch on the inside.
Magomedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obama is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Magomedov is keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nikolai Magomedov will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Obama misses with a wild body shot.
Magomedov closes the distance and clinches.
Obama misses with a punch on the inside.
Obama controlling the action here for a moment.
Magomedov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Magomedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Obama's elbow.
A short uppercut from Obama.
Magomedov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Obama lands a right hand.
Obama is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Magomedov is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Magomedov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomedov lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Obama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Obama lands a shot to the body.
Nikolai Magomedov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Magomedov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obama breaks the clinch.
Magomedov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Obama in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov closes the distance and clinches.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Obama blocks it.
Obama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Magomedov stalling in the clinch but Obama improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Obama fails to land.
Magomedov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Magomedov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Magomedov lands a left hand.
Obama wants to stall.
Magomedov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Obama blocks it with crossed arms.
Obama working aggressively here.
Magomedov works on Obama's body with a couple of short punches.
Magomedov breaks the clinch.
Magomedov is looking to clinch.
Magomedov with a hook.
Magomedov tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Obama has a couple of punches blocked by Magomedov.
Magomedov landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magomedov pushes Obama back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Magomedov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Magomedov digs a right hand underneath Obama's ribcage. Obama let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Obama blocks a body shot from Magomedov.
Obama gets through Magomedov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Magomedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Obama's elbow.
Obama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Obama.
Magomedov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Obama misses with the head strike.
Magomedov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Obama lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Magomedov.
Magomedov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Obama lands with a short shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Magomedov 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.
Magomedov closes the distance and clinches.
A hook to the body from Magomedov.
Magomedov looking to throw knees to the head but Obama is blocking nicely.
Magomedov prevents a body shot from Obama.
Obama lands with a short shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Magomedov.
Obama takes a knee to the side of the body.
Obama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov misses with a punch to the body.
Magomedov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Obama is defending well for now.
Magomedov misses with the head strike.
Magomedov stalling in the clinch but Obama improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magomedov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Magomedov throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Magomedov.
Obama lands a right hand that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Magomedov tries to land knees in the clinch but Obama avoids the damage to the body.
Magomedov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Obama misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Obama struggles to land a body shot inside as Magomedov controls his hands.
Magomedov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Magomedov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Magomedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magomedov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Obama blocks a body shot from Magomedov.
Obama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Obama prevents a body shot from Magomedov.
Obama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Magomedov tries to throw a body punch but Obama avoids it by throwing Magomedov back against the ropes.
Obama's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Magomedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Magomedov.
Magomedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Obama looking to slow down the pace here.
Magomedov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Magomedov is trying to maintain a safe position but Obama gets an underhook and turns Magomedov into the ropes.
Magomedov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Magomedov pushes Obama back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Obama lands a hook that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Magomedov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Magomedov can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
Magomedov lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Magomedov.
Magomedov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Magomedov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Magomedov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Magomedov is leaning against Obama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Magomedov looking to stall.
Magomedov scores a nice knee to the body.
Magomedov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Magomedov.
Magomedov is working Obama over against the ropes.
Magomedov cracks Obama with a nice body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Magomedov really dominated that round.
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.
Obama walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Magomedov rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Obama has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Magomedov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Obama, pushing him back against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Obama.
Magomedov lands with a left to the head.
Magomedov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Obama is rocked!
Magomedov takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magomedov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Obama is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Obama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Magomedov misses with a body punch.
Obama has had enough of the clinch but Magomedov keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Obama.
Obama seems to have got his legs back now.
Magomedov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Magomedov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Magomedov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Magomedov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Magomedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Obama's elbow.
Good body shot from Magomedov.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Magomedov lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama tries to throw a body punch but Magomedov avoids it by throwing Obama back against the ropes.
Magomedov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Obama swings wildly with an uppercut but Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Obama blocks it.
Obama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magomedov's elbow.
Obama throws a punch but it's blocked by Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a knee to the head.
Obama swings wildly with an uppercut but Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magomedov tries to throw a body punch but Obama avoids it by throwing Magomedov back against the ropes.
Obama struggles to land a body shot inside as Magomedov controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a knee strike.
Obama misses with a punch to the body.
Magomedov throws a punch but it's blocked by Obama.
Obama misses with a punch on the inside.
Magomedov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Magomedov misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Obama wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Magomedov has him pressed against the ropes.
Magomedov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Magomedov struggles to land a body shot inside as Obama controls his hands.
Obama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magomedov's elbow.
Obama is trying to force a seperation but Magomedov has the dominant position.
Obama lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Obama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Obama lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magomedov misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Magomedov.
Obama lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Magomedov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Obama is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magomedov can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
Obama throws a head punch that misses.
Magomedov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Obama.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Magomedov scored the knockdown and takes the final round.
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 hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Obama misses with a hook to the body
and Magomedov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tom Obama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Obama throws an off balance right hand
enabling Magomedov to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Obama misses.
Magomedov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Obama lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Obama blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Obama - just one landing.
Magomedov takes a swing at Obama's ribcage but misses.
Obama was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Magomedov looks to land a combination. Obama sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Magomedov defending well as Obama loads up on a big left hand.
Magomedov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Obama manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Obama tests Magomedov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Magomedov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Obama counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magomedov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov ducks under a wild hook from Obama.
Magomedov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Magomedov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Magomedov closes the distance and clinches.
Magomedov lands with a light punch inside.
Obama scores with a hook to the body.
Obama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magomedov can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
Magomedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obama misses with the head strike.
Magomedov can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
Obama on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Magomedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov blocks an uppercut.
Obama lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Obama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama lands a hook that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Obama misses with the head strike.
Obama avoiding damage as Magomedov throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Magomedov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magomedov misses with a body punch.
Obama cracks Magomedov with a nice body shot.
Magomedov is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Obama lands a right hand that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Magomedov blocks a body shot from Obama.
Obama takes a knee to the side of the body.
Obama misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Obama.
Magomedov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Obama throws a lazy head kick
and Magomedov counters with a one-two to the body.
Obama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magomedov.
Magomedov unleashes a big counter combination but Obama bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Magomedov moves into range and clinches up with Obama.
Magomedov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Magomedov presses Obama against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nikolai Magomedov.
Well Magomedov 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 45:50
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 44:50
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 44:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Magomedov!
Nikolai Magomedov is the new heavyweight champion!
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