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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lester Neich (ranked 22605 p4p, 3908 weight class) and Koko Kallik (ranked 412 p4p, 297 weight class). Neich kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is YKWIM? - Yot club. Koko Kallik has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lester Neich's chin.
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Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lester Neich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koko Kallik!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kallik tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Neich counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jab, jab by Neich - just one landing.
Koko Kallik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neich scores with a sloppy right hand. Kallik should have avoided that one.
Neich scores with a hook to the body. Kallik takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kallik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kallik tries to clinch but Neich moves away
and Kallik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Neich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Neich on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Neich.
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!
Neich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kallik blocks an uppercut.
Neich scores with a shoulder strike.
Kallik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kallik blocking some punches.
Neich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kalliks head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kallik.
A head punch on the inside from Neich fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kallik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kallik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Neich.
Kallik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neich misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kallik.
Neich misses with some punches.
Kallik looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Neich has a couple of punches blocked by Kallik.
Kallik blocking some punches.
Neich lands a left hand.
Kallik blocking some punches.
Kallik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kallik's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kallik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Neich.
Neich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Neich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kallik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neich misses with the head strike.
Kallik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kallik lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kallik blocks an uppercut.
Neich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neich misses with some punches.
Kallik working aggressively here.
I was talking to Neich's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Neich lands a right hand.
Neich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neich throws a head punch that misses.
Neich misses with the head strike.
Kallik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kallik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lester Neich 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.
Kallik tries to clinch but Neich moves away
and Neich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Neich digs a good body shot into Kallik's ribs.
Neich stuns Kallik with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Neich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Neich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kallik walks into a jab.
Kallik has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kallik there as he acknowledges the shot.
Neich keeps the fight on the outside.
Kallik tries to clinch but Neich is having none of it.
Neich throws a shot to the body.
Neich moves into range and throws a lovely three punch 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!
Kallik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Neich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Neich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kallik clinches up against the ropes.
Neich misses with a punch on the inside.
Neich lands a shoulder strike.
Kallik blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kallik.
A short uppercut from Neich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kallik misses with a punch on the inside.
Neich lands a hook that snaps the head of Kallik backwards.
Neich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Neich misses with the head strike.
Kallik misses with the head strike.
Neich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kallik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kallik throws a punch but it's blocked by Neich.
A short right from Neich on the inside.
A short right from Neich on the inside.
Neich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Neich gets through Kallik's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neich.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kallik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kallik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kallik misses with some punches.
Kallik blocking some punches.
Neich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kallik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Neich lands a hook that snaps the head of Kallik backwards.
Neich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kallik backwards.
Neich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kallik working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Neich.
Neich has a couple of punches blocked by Kallik.
Neich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Neich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kallik throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Kallik fails to land.
Neich misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kallik.
Kallik tries to throw a body punch but Neich avoids it by throwing Kallik back against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lester Neich dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kallik takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kallik takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Neich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Neich scores with a shot to the body.
Kallik fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kallik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kallik tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Neich counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A cross from Neich lands.
Neich getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kallik takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lester Neich is winning the standup battle so far.
Kallik tries to clinch but Neich is having none of it.
Kallik moves to clinch but Neich breaks away
and Neich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neich connects with a looping right hand.
Neich moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kallik moves to clinch but Neich breaks away
and Neich makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fighters circling - Kallik throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Neich listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Neich lands a really nice looking cross but Kallik seems unphased.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kallik tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Neich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kallik tries to clinch up but Neich circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Neich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Neich jabs Kallik to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kallik tries to close the distance and clinch but Neich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Neich punishes Kallik's body with a nice straight punch.
Neich lands with a shot to the body.
Kallik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Neich appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Neich lands with an overhand left.
Kallik tries to clinch
and Neich counters with a stiff right hand.
Neich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kallik looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Neich swats away the attempt to clinch by Kallik.
It looked like Neich was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kallik.
Kallik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Neich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Neich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kallik wants to clinch
and Neich counters with a nice uppercut.
Neich scores with a shot to the body.
Kallik shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kallik tries to clinch but Neich is having none of it.
Kallik tries to clinch up
and Neich makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neich with a jab.
Kallik looks to clinch
and Kallik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Neich swats away the attempt to clinch by Kallik.
Neich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kallik has time to react.
Neich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab lands there for Neich.
Kallik is rocked!
Neich scores with a sloppy right hand. Kallik should have avoided that one.
Kallik is still on wobbly legs! Can Neich finish him?
Neich scores with a big combo that sends Kallik crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Kallik flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Neich jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lester Neich!
A very excited looking Lester Neich made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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