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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 21481 p4p, 3883 weight class) and Michael Venom (ranked 481 p4p, 374 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Salamanca might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Superstar Cypress Hill. 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 lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Venom !
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venom misses with a double jab.
Venom throws a predictable looking body shot
and Salamanca counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Salamanca moves away from the strike by Venom .
Venom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Salamanca throws out a leg kick but Venom moves out of range and Salamanca only half commits.
Salamanca punishes Venom 's body with a nice straight punch.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Venom ducks down to avoid it.
Salamanca's corner calls for a 1-2. Salamanca obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Salamanca is looking to score with low kicks.
Venom moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Salamanca lands a leg kick that knocks Venom off balance momentarily.
Salamanca tries to land a leg kick but Venom saw it coming and moves away.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Venom is just out of range.
Salamanca lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. Venom does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Venom blocks a low kick nicely.
Salamanca throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Venom counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Salamanca bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Salamanca throws out a leg kick but Venom moves out of range and Salamanca only half commits.
Salamanca throws a leg kick
and Salamanca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Venom throws a right and a left that Salamanca avoids nicely.
Venom misses with a straight right.
Salamanca is looking to counter punch.
Salamanca lands a jab to the nose.
Venom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salamanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Venom .
A slow jab from Salamanca misses its intended target.
Salamanca throws a body shot but no joy.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Salamanca 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 Venom has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Venom and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Venom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A lazy left from Salamanca finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca loads up on a big right hand but Venom slips the punch.
Salamanca tests Venom 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Salamanca 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 Venom has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Venom and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Venom is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Salamanca with a body shot.
Salamanca misses with a wild body shot.
Salamanca avoids the body shot from Venom .
Venom takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Venom chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Salamanca can pounce on him.
Salamanca lands a leg kick that knocks Venom off balance momentarily.
Salamanca smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Salamanca swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Venom is just out of range.
Salamanca thows a leg kick but Venom checks it
and Venom counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca dominated that round.
That's time! Salamanca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Salamanca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Salamanca moves out of range as Venom strikes.
Salamanca avoids the body shot from Venom .
Venom jabs Salamanca to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Venom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salamanca.
Venom appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Venom throws a body shot but no joy.
Venom misses with a double jab.
The fighters circling - Salamanca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Salamanca misses.
Salamanca misses with a low kick as Venom jumps back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca scores with a nice head shot.
Salamanca throws out a loose jab but Venom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salamanca throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marco Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.
Venom loads up on a big right hand but Salamanca slips the punch.
Salamanca lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca with a hook.
Venom blocks a jab.
Salamanca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Venom can do to turn this around?
Salamanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Venom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body kick from Salamanca.
Venom swings for the body but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca's jab looks to have found its range, popping Venom under the eye.
Salamanca works Venom 's body with a nice hook.
Venom checks a leg kick.
Salamanca lands a jab to the head.
Salamanca tries to work over Venom 's front leg with a kick but Venom checks it.
A nice side step and Venom releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Salamanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venom moves away.
Venom misses with a body shot
and Salamanca counters with a nice uppercut.
Salamanca throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Venom slips a jab from Salamanca.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca misses with a hook
and Venom counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Salamanca.
Venom is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Salamanca rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salamanca throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Venom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Salamanca connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salamanca moves away from the strike by Venom .
Venom needs to keep his hands up - Salamanca had a free shot at his head there.
Salamanca throws a jab when Venom was well out of range.
Salamanca lunges at Venom with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Venom 's hand.
Venom takes a jab right on the kisser.
Salamanca takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Salamanca.
Venom misses the shot to the body.
Marco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salamanca staying out of range there.
Venom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Venom looks to land a right hand but Salamanca moved out of range.
Venom comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Venom tries to bum rush Salamanca with a series of wild strikes but Salamanca uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Salamanca throwing a counter right hand but Venom manages to avoid it.
Salamanca misses with a low kick.
Salamanca looks to throw the jab but Venom is out of range.
Salamanca swings for the body but Venom moves out of range.
Venom avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Venom is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Salamanca with a body shot.
Salamanca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Venom .
Decent striking displayed by Salamanca there.
Salamanca punishes Venom 's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Venom .
Salamanca misses with a hook
and Salamanca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Salamanca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Salamanca scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venom misses with an uppercut.
Venom ducks under a wild hook from Salamanca.
Salamanca throws a hook to the side of Venom 's head but Venom sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salamanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Venom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Salamanca connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Salamanca scores with a leg kick.
Venom misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Salamanca misses the target.
Venom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Venom swings for the body but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca is looking to score with low kicks.
Salamanca throws a jab but it's blocked by Venom .
Salamanca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Salamanca throws a chopping leg kick but Venom manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Venom misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Venom .
Venom throws a looping overhand right but Salamanca ducks down to avoid it.
Salamanca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Venom throws a jab but it's blocked by Salamanca.
Salamanca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Venom .
Venom throws a lazy uppercut
and Venom takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Venom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Venom on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Salamanca. Salamanca obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salamanca throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A shot to the liver by Salamanca. Beautiful body shot.
Venom misses the shot to the body.
Salamanca misses the shot to the body.
Venom appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Venom checks the leg kick nicely there.
Venom throws out a counter right but Salamanca avoids it with no problem.
Salamanca misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Venom ! But no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Salamanca throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Venom on the side of the head.
Venom doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Salamanca catches Venom with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big right from Salamanca misses.
Salamanca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Venom throws a hook to the side of Salamanca's head but Salamanca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Venom 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Salamanca scores with a nice head shot.
Venom has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Venom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salamanca.
Venom unleashes a big counter combination but Salamanca bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Venom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Venom throws the left hand but Salamanca avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salamanca.
Salamanca connects with a crisp jab.
Good work by Venom as he checks the leg kick.
Venom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salamanca.
Marco Salamanca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venom lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Venom scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Salamanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Venom swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Venom cracks Salamanca with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Venom displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
Venom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Salamanca motions for Venom to come forward. Salamanca throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Venom blocks the leg kick.
Venom throws a lazy right hand but Salamanca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Venom avoids the body shot from Salamanca.
Venom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Venom throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Venom moves out of range as Salamanca strikes.
Venom thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Venom is just out of range.
Venom is looking for the big counter here.
Salamanca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Venom jabs at Salamanca's body.
Some wild striking there from Salamanca.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Venom misses the target.
Salamanca with the inside leg kick.
Salamanca moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Venom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salamanca.
Salamanca thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Venom on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Salamanca lands with an uppercut that bounces Venom off the ropes and back into range.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Venom ! But no joy.
Salamanca looks to land a left hand but Venom moved out of range nicely.
Venom defending well as Salamanca loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca had his way with Michael Venom in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Venom digs a good body shot into Salamanca's ribs.
Venom takes a swing at Salamanca's ribcage but misses.
Venom moves away from the strike by Salamanca.
Venom looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Venom lands a lovely overhand right.
Salamanca digs a good hook to Venom 's body.
Venom ducks under a wild hook from Salamanca.
A nice side step and Venom releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Salamanca throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Venom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salamanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venom moves away.
Good leg kick by Salamanca.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venom digs a good hook to Salamanca's body.
Venom scores with a nice right hand.
Venom throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Salamanca on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Venom saw that one coming.
Venom takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Salamanca defending well as Venom loads up on a big left hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Venom checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Salamanca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Venom appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Venom just misses with a punch to the body.
Salamanca looks to throw the jab but Venom is out of range.
Venom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Venom checks the leg kick nicely there.
Salamanca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Venom .
Salamanca jabs Venom to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice body kick there by Salamanca.
Venom misses with a right hand
and Salamanca counters with an outside leg kick.
A low kick from Salamanca is predictable there
and Venom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Venom looks to land a combination but Salamanca avoids it well.
As Venom backs away, Salamanca returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Venom doesn't seem bothered though.
Salamanca thuds his shin into the meat of Venom 's side.
An inside leg kick lands from Salamanca.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salamanca throws a jab but it's blocked by Venom .
Nice shot lands for Salamanca.
Salamanca scores with a hook to the body. Venom takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Venom misses with a body shot.
Venom doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Venom ducks down to avoid it.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut.
Michael Venom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Venom moves away from the strike by Salamanca.
Venom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Venom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salamanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Venom .
Salamanca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Venom .
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Salamanca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Salamanca 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 50:45
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Salamanca!
Marco Salamanca retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Marco Salamanca thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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