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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Kovingten (ranked 25115 p4p, 8064 weight class) and Michael Scott (ranked 678 p4p, 648 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Scott!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott lands with a good body shot.
Scott misses with a low kick.
Scott jabs at Kovingten's body.
Kovingten slips a straight right by Scott.
Scott throws a low kick but Kovingten avoids it.
Kovingten thinks about countering with a head kick.
Kyle Kovingten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kovingten throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Michael Scott has been cut.
Scott looks to land a left hand but Kovingten moved out of range nicely.
Scott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kovingten manages to avoid it.
Kovingten scores with a crisp jab that stopped Scott in his tracks.
Scott lands a right hook to the body.
Scott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kovingten.
Scott gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A clash of legs there as Scott blocks the low kick.
Kovingten takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kovingten catches Scott with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Scott checks a low kick from Kovingten.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kovingten stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kovingten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scott's elbow.
Scott blocks an elbow strike.
Scott manages to break the clinch.
Kovingten throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kovingten takes a swing at Scott's ribcage but misses.
Scott scores with a jab to the body.
Kovingten fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Scott, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kovingten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Scott or not.
Kovingten misses with a punch on the inside.
Kovingten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scotts head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kovingten.
Scott lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kovingten takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scott.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kovingten scores with a shot to the side of Scott's head.
Kovingten lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Kovingten.
Kovingten misses with a punch on the inside.
Scott lands with a short shot to the head.
Kovingten makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kovingten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten trying to stall but Scott improves his position.
Kovingten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Scott blocks a body shot from Kovingten.
Kovingten trying to control the position but instead, Scott has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kovingten into the ropes.
Scott has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kovingten seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Scott can turn it around.
Scott breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good leg kick by Scott there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Kovingten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Scott throws a sloppy body shot
and Kovingten counters with a stiff right hand.
Kovingten throws a looping overhand right but Scott ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Scott on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Scott throws a jab when Kovingten was well out of range.
Kovingten chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Scott looks to score with a jab to the body but Kovingten is just out of range.
Scott takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kovingten takes the fight into the clinch.
Kovingten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kovingten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scott can do to turn this around?
Scott tries to work over Kovingten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kovingten is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kovingten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kovingten is trying to stall.
Nice body punch from Kovingten.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I was talking to Kovingten's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kovingten working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Scott - that landed with a thud.
Kovingten blocks an uppercut.
Scott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scott.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Scott throws an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Kovingten.
Kovingten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scott takes an elbow to the temple.
Kovingten can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.
A short uppercut from Kovingten.
Scott dodges an elbow strike from Kovingten.
Scott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Kovingten.
Kovingten lands a nice hook to Scott's body. Scott takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Scott cracks the inside of Kovingten's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten tried to score with a low kick but Scott checks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Kovingten.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kovingten missing with a left hand there. Scott was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kovingten throws a sloppy body shot
and Scott makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Scott darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kovingten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scott.
Kovingten takes a swing at Scott's ribcage but misses.
Scott is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kovingten rather than just go for the knockout.
Nice body kick there by Scott.
Kovingten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Scott misses its intended target.
Kovingten lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scott circles away quickly and effectively.
Scott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kovingten throws a leg kick
and Scott counters with a stiff right hand.
Kovingten takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kyle Kovingten will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kovingten clinches with his opponent.
Scott breaks the clinch.
Scott misses with a wild body shot.
Scott walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A head kick misses from Kovingten.
Kovingten throws a lazy head kick
and Scott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Scott works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Scott gets tackled into the ropes by Kovingten. Kovingten maintains the clinch.
Kovingten lands a shoulder strike.
Scott scores with a shot to the side of Kovingten's head.
Scott misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kovingten.
Kovingten can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.
Scott misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scott misses with an elbow strike.
Scott breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kovingten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Scott dodges the punch combination from Kovingten.
Scott throws a body shot but no joy.
Scott throws a body shot but no joy.
Kovingten ducks under a wild hook from Scott.
Scott swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kovingten quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Kovingten is looking to clinch but Scott is avoiding it.
Scott takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Scott looks to score with a jab to the body but Kovingten is just out of range.
Kovingten throws a big counter combination but Scott scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Scott just misses with a punch to the body.
Michael Scott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kovingten throws a leg kick which misses Scott's front leg but catches the back leg as Scott tries to avoid it.
Scott cracks Kovingten with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kyle Kovingten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kovingten throwing a counter right hand but Scott manages to avoid it.
Scott scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Kovingten misses its intended target.
Scott blocks a low kick nicely.
Scott now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Kovingten.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kovingten throws a low kick, looking for Scott's leg but Scott calmly moves out of range.
A nice side step and Scott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Scott takes a swing at Kovingten's ribcage but misses.
Scott stuns Kovingten with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kovingten slips under a jab from Scott.
Kovingten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scott.
Kovingten moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kovingten misses with a double jab.
Scott appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Scott misses with a looping left.
Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Scott.
Michael Scott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott throws a shot from downtown. Kovingten moves away and avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Michael Scott.
I think Kovingten has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Michael Scott!
Michael Scott thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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