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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Dezmond Drake (ranked 639 p4p, 24436 weight class) and Irlav Jarol (ranked 74 p4p, 421 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Irlav Jarol was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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World class boxer
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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 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dezmond Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Irlav Jarol!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarol uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Jarol throws a hook to the side of Drake's head but Drake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jarol tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drake slips under a jab.
Jarol lands a head shot.
Drake takes a swing at Jarol's ribcage but misses.
Jarol scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Drake lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Jarol.
A big left from Drake misses.
Jarol wants to counter the offense by Drake and move into the clinch position.
Drake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jarol.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarol scores with a hook.
Jarol looks to clinch
and Jarol takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jarol tries to score with a low kick but Drake moves his leg out of the way.
Jarol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jarol slips a jab from Drake.
Drake takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Drake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Drake tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jarol moves out of range as Drake strikes.
Drake tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Drake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jarol tries to move into range but Drake moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jarol moves away.
Jarol misses with a body punch
and Drake counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake rushes Jarol and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drake is working Jarol over against the cage.
I was talking to Drake's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Drake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drake tries to work over Jarol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jarol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drake can't find room to land a body shot as Jarol controls the action.
Jarol tries to land knees in the clinch but Drake avoids the damage to the body.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Jarol.
Jarol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jarol trying to land knees to the body.
Jarol lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Knees to the body from Jarol.
Jarol misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake scores with a hook to the body.
Drake tries to work over Jarol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jarol looking to throw knees to the head but Drake is blocking nicely.
Jarol misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jarol gets through Drake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jarol looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Drake managing to block the knees to the body from Jarol.
Drake takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jarol lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jarol creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jarol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Drake.
Jarol breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Drake lands a jab.
Jarol moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jarol goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drake working aggressively here.
Jarol lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Drake.
Jarol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drake has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Jarol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Drake blocks an uppercut.
Drake working aggressively here.
Jarol is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Drake lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Drake misses with the head strike.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Jarol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Jarol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Irlav Jarol will probably get the nod.
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.
Drake checks the leg kick nicely there.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jarol.
Jarol's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drake connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jarol scrambles back to his feet.
Jarol throws a good cross that connects.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Jarol is just out of range.
Jarol throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An attempted straight right counter from Drake misses the target.
Drake lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarol connects with a nice looking jab.
Jarol has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Drake finds it's way round the side to connect with Jarol's head.
Jarol fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drake looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarol gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jarol works on Drake's body with a couple of short punches.
Drake working aggressively here.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Jarol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jarol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jarol tries to work over Drake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jarol lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Jarol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake gets through Jarol's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drake misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Jarol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Jarol.
Drake working aggressively here.
Jarol misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Jarol.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jarol tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Jarol with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drake pushes Jarol back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Drake working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jarol's elbow.
Jarol putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Drake in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jarol digs a right hand into Drake's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Drake's gas tank.
Jarol misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drake.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jarol misses with a knee to the head.
Jarol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drake prevents a body shot from Jarol.
Jarol lands a good knee to the midsection. Drake won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jarol stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jarol with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jarol.
Jarol lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jarol tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Irlav Jarol seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarol misses with a body punch.
Drake can't find room to land a body shot as Jarol controls the action.
Jarol lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jarol has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jarol lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Jarol.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Jarol.
Jarol trying to land knees to the body.
Drake scores with a hook to the body.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jarol swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Jarol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake tries to work over Jarol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Jarol.
Drake misses with the head strike.
Drake lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jarol trying to land knees to the body.
Jarol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Drake.
Drake lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Jarol cracks Drake with a nice body shot.
Drake manages to break the clinch.
Jarol tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drake manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drake throws a lazy uppercut
and Jarol counters with a nice leg kick.
Jarol uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drake.
Jarol tries a head kick but it misses.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jarol.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Irlav Jarol showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Drake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Drake misses with a left hand
and Jarol counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Drake thinking.
Drake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jarol bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Jarol on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dezmond Drake is winning the standup battle so far.
Jarol pivots, looking for a leg kick but Drake is out of range and Jarol settles back down.
Jarol tries to close the distance and clinch but Drake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drake is looking to counter punch.
Drake misses with a lunging right hand
and Jarol holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jarol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarol lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drake lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Drake working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jarol.
Jarol blocks a body shot from Drake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarol misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jarol connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drake's face.
Jarol tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drake's elbow.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drake tries a body shot but Jarol blocks it.
Knees to the body from Jarol.
Jarol lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jarol lands a shoulder strike.
Jarol missing with knees to the body.
Jarol misses with a punch to the body.
Jarol lands a knee to the body.
Jarol blocking some punches.
Drake misses with a body punch.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Jarol.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Jarol.
A head punch on the inside from Jarol fails to land.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Jarol.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Jarol.
A right hook to the body lands for Jarol.
Dezmond Drake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Irlav Jarol is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarol is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jarol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jarol misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drake.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drake working aggressively here.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Jarol.
Jarol blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drake misses with a punch to the body.
Drake can't find room to land a body shot as Jarol controls the action.
Jarol working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Jarol.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Jarol.
Jarol lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jarol blocks a body shot from Drake.
Drake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drake scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jarol prevents a body shot from Drake.
Drake misses with some punches.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Drake wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drake.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drake throws a head punch that misses.
Drake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drake misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jarol blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jarol.
Jarol blocks an uppercut.
Drake misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Drake on the inside.
Drake misses with some punches.
Drake prevents a body shot from Jarol.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as Jarol controls his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Irlav Jarol.
I've got Jarol winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Irlav Jarol!
Irlav Jarol decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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