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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nick Tartle (ranked 4608 p4p, 4421 weight class) and Nexaras Maltus (ranked 529 p4p, 504 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Solid boxing
Granite chin
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Tartle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nexaras Maltus!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tartle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Maltus tries to close the distance and clinch but Tartle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maltus throws a push kick but Tartle slaps the foot to one side.
Maltus moves in looking to clinch but Tartle pushes him off.
A good leg kick by Tartle.
Tartle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nexaras Maltus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maltus tries to clinch up.
Tartle is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tartle scores with a hook.
Maltus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tartle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tartle'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.
Maltus taking a breather.
Maltus is looking to break free of the clinch but Tartle has double underhooks.
Tartle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tartle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maltus. That did some damage!
Tartle checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tartle misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maltus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maltus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tartle takes a step back to recover.
Tartle misses with a hook. Maltus ducked under it nicely.
Tartle lands a right hook to the body.
Tartle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maltus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tartle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tartle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tartle swats away the attempt to clinch by Maltus.
Tartle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maltus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tartle.
Tartle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tartle swats away the attempt to clinch by Maltus.
Tartle half committed to a counter leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Tartle blocks the leg kick.
Maltus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tartle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maltus is looking to clinch.
Maltus tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tartle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tartle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Maltus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maltus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tartle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tartle is looking to counter punch.
A leg kick checked by Maltus.
Tartle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
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!
Maltus closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tartle counters with a straight right hand.
Maltus is looking to clinch but Tartle is avoiding it.
Maltus closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tartle counters with an outside leg kick.
Maltus wants to clinch.
Tartle is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Tartle dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tartle misses with a straight left.
Maltus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tartle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tartle takes a swing at Maltus's ribcage but misses.
Maltus is looking to clinch.
Tartle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Maltus has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Tartle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Tartle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Maltus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maltus tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tartle darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tartle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maltus.
Maltus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maltus wants to clinch up but Tartle keeps it at a distance.
Maltus tries to clinch
and Tartle counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maltus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maltus tries to clinch but Tartle moves out of range.
Maltus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maltus tries to clinch up.
An inside leg kick lands from Tartle.
Maltus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Maltus throws a wild body kick that Tartle sees coming a mile off.
Maltus avoids the body shot from Tartle.
Tartle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maltus closes the distance and clinches.
Tartle blocking some punches.
Maltus is trying to force a seperation but Tartle has the dominant position.
Maltus taking a breather.
Maltus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maltus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maltus trying to stall but Tartle improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tartle struggles to land a body shot inside as Maltus controls his hands.
Maltus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Tartle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tartle manages to break the clinch.
Maltus has Tartle up against the ropes in a clinch.
Tartle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maltus can do to turn this around?
Tartle managing to block the knees to the body from Maltus.
Maltus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maltus swings wildly with an uppercut but Tartle uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maltus.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tartle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Tartle dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Maltus lands the left hand.
Tartle throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Tartle, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tartle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tartle walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Maltus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Maltus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tartle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tartle cracks Maltus with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tartle swings for the body but Maltus moves out of range.
Maltus tries to clinch but Tartle is having none of it.
Tartle appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Maltus is looking to clinch but Tartle is avoiding it.
Tartle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maltus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tartle just misses with a punch to the body.
Maltus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tartle keeps the fight on the outside.
Maltus wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tartle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Maltus tries to clinch but Tartle moves out of range.
Maltus throws a leg kick which misses Tartle's front leg but catches the back leg as Tartle tries to avoid it.
Maltus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tartle manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Maltus checks a leg kick.
Maltus takes a swing at Tartle's ribcage but misses.
Tartle takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nick Tartle is winning the standup battle so far.
Maltus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tartle defending well as Maltus loads up on a big left hand.
Maltus doesn't manage to clinch there - Tartle circles away.
Maltus on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Tartle.
Maltus misses the jab.
Maltus wants to clinch.
Maltus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maltus tries to clinch up.
Maltus tries to clinch but Tartle moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maltus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tartle throwing a counter right hand but Maltus manages to avoid it.
Maltus moves out of range as Tartle strikes.
Nexaras Maltus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tartle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maltus is looking to land body kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tartle throws the kick towards the body but Maltus avoids it.
Maltus unleashes a big counter combination but Tartle bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Maltus works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Maltus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tartle throws a body shot but no joy.
Tartle ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Maltus doesn't manage to clinch there - Tartle circles away.
Nexaras Maltus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nick Tartle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A telegraphed right hand from Tartle misses the target.
Maltus throws a jab when Tartle was well out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Tartle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tartle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Tartle!
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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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