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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kwasi Kwong (ranked 756 p4p, 1002 weight class) and Sime Soldic (ranked 77 p4p, 95 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kwong might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Great Gates Of Kiev. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kwasi Kwong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sime Soldic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soldic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Soldic defending well as Kwong loads up on a big left hand.
Soldic keeps the fight on the outside.
Soldic throws out a counter right but Kwong avoids it with no problem.
Kwong slips a straight right by Soldic.
An inside leg kick from Soldic misses.
Kwong appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kwong moves away from the strike by Soldic.
Kwong tries to land a leg kick but Soldic saw it coming and moves away.
Soldic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kwong moves away.
Soldic tries a low kick but Kwong avoids it.
Soldic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Soldic misses.
Kwong tries to move into range but Soldic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kwong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
No joy there for Kwong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Soldic punishes Kwong's body with a nice straight punch.
Kwong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soldic.
Kwong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Soldic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kwong's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soldic scores with a shot to the body.
A low kick from Soldic misses
and Kwong counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Soldic.
Soldic scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwong takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Soldic lands a leg kick that knocks Kwong off balance momentarily.
Kwong misses with a straight left.
Kwong moves out of range of the strikes.
Soldic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Soldic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kwong.
Kwong moves away from the strike by Soldic.
Kwong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Soldic throws a hook but Kwong avoids it easily.
Soldic throws a good cross that connects.
A leg kick checked by Soldic.
Soldic misses with an uppercut
and Kwong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kwong moves away from the strike by Soldic.
Soldic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Soldic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sime Soldic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soldic throws a leg kick but Kwong sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kwong went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kwong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soldic.
Soldic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kwong looks to land a left hand but Soldic moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kwong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soldic.
Soldic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Soldic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kwong.
Soldic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kwong.
Soldic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kwong closes the distance and clinches.
Soldic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kwong staying out of range there.
Kwong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soldic misses with a hook. Kwong ducked under it nicely.
Kwong pushes Soldic up against the cage in a clinch.
Soldic blocking some punches.
Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Kwong.
Soldic throws a big shot that misses.
Soldic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kwong.
Soldic throws a hook but Kwong avoids it easily.
Kwong throws an overhand right that lands on Soldic's shoulder, as Soldic tries to avoid the shot.
Soldic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Soldic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kwong.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A shot to the liver by Soldic. Beautiful body shot.
Soldic misses the shot to the body.
Soldic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kwong had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kwong jabs at Soldic's body.
Soldic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kwong lands a two punch combo.
A shot to the body from Kwong misses
and Soldic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kwong throws out a powerful jab.
Kwong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Soldic throws a big shot that misses.
Kwong throws a right hand that misses
and Kwong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kwong blocks a jab.
Kwong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
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!
Kwong scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kwong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soldic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kwong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kwong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Soldic connects with a body shot.
Kwong connects with a good right hand that stumbles Soldic. Soldic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A solid leg kick lands there for Soldic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic moves out of range of the strikes.
Kwong is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Soldic misses with a left hand
and Kwong counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Kwong.
Soldic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kwong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Soldic.
Kwong lands with a straight right. Soldic didn't see that one coming.
Soldic throws a front kick aimed at Kwong's knee but Kwong avoids it well.
Kwong with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Soldic to score with a decent uppercut.
Soldic throws the left hand but Kwong avoids the punch easily.
Kwong throws a lazy uppercut
and Soldic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Soldic checks a leg kick.
Soldic throws the left hand but Kwong avoids the punch easily.
Kwong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kwong wants to slow Soldic down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kwong looks to land a right hand but Soldic moved out of range.
Kwong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kwong pushes Soldic up against the cage in a clinch.
Soldic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kwong has him pressed against the cage.
Soldic scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sime Soldic dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kwong takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Soldic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kwong closes the distance and clinches.
Soldic is trying to break the clinch but Kwong has him pressed against the cage.
Kwong has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soldic.
A frustrated look appears on Soldic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Soldic is looking to break free of the clinch but Kwong has double underhooks.
Soldic working hard to break the clinch.
Soldic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kwong misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Kwong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kwong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soldic moves away.
Soldic clobbers Kwong with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soldic throws a low kick, looking for Kwong's leg but Kwong calmly moves out of range.
Soldic misses with a body shot.
Soldic takes one on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kwong.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soldic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Soldic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kwong has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soldic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Soldic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Soldic misses the jab.
Soldic lands an overhand right.
Soldic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soldic. Kwong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kwong buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Kwong misses.
Soldic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kwong misses with a few strikes there.
Soldic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kwong.
Soldic blocks a low kick nicely.
Soldic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kwong. Kwong circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kwong jabs Soldic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soldic wants to slow Kwong down by chopping away at his legs.
Soldic lands a jab to the nose.
Kwong misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soldic misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Kwong misses the target.
Kwong wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kwong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kwong throws a head kick but Soldic moves out of range.
Soldic misses with an uppercut.
Sime Soldic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Soldic wants to land a leg kick but Kwong is out of range.
Soldic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kwong was well out of range. Poor timing from Soldic.
Soldic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Soldic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kwong.
Nice shot lands for Soldic.
Soldic moves out of range of the body kick from Kwong.
Kwong looks to land a body kick but Soldic moved away.
Kwong throws out a leg kick but Soldic moves out of range and Kwong only half commits.
Kwong throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice inside leg kick there by Soldic. That's going to slow Kwong down.
Kwong looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Soldic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kwong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Soldic.
Kwong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic moves out of range of the body kick from Kwong.
Some bone on bone action there as Soldic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kwong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soldic.
Kwong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kwong misses with a low kick.
Kwong gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kwong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Soldic throws a hook to the side of Kwong's head but Kwong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kwong tries to counter by clinching up but Soldic breaks away and moves out of range.
Kwong throws a right hand that Soldic ducks under and follows up with a left that Soldic also avoids with ease.
It seemed like Soldic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soldic. Kwong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Soldic throws an off balance right hand
enabling Kwong to counter with a crisp jab.
Kwong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kwong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soldic.
Kwong slips a straight right by Soldic.
Soldic misses with a straight right.
Soldic digs a good body shot into Kwong's ribs.
Soldic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kwong lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soldic misses with an uppercut.
Kwong connects with a right hand. Soldic shakes it off.
Kwong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Soldic looks to land a left hand but Kwong moved out of range nicely.
Kwong throws a sloppy head kick and Soldic moves out of range easily.
Kwong throws a body punch but Soldic moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Soldic, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kwong ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Kwong thinks about countering with a body kick.
Soldic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Soldic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kwong.
Soldic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kwong.
Kwong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Soldic.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bone on bone clash there as Kwong blocks the leg kick.
Kwong was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Soldic getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kwong walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Soldic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kwong moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sime Soldic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Soldic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soldic throws a looping overhand right but Kwong ducks down to avoid it.
Soldic connects with a body shot that sends Kwong's belly button to the back.
Kwong bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Soldic's head backwards.
Soldic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kwong.
Soldic misses with a body shot.
Kwong went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Soldic throws a poor cross that misses
and Kwong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kwong throws a right hand that Soldic ducks under and follows up with a left that Soldic also avoids with ease.
A countering left hand to the body from Soldic misses.
Kwong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Soldic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kwong takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kwong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soldic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kwong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kwong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kwong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soldic.
It looked like Kwong wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Soldic throws a lazy uppercut
and Kwong counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot lands for Soldic.
Soldic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Soldic checks a leg kick.
Soldic misses with a hook. Kwong ducked under it nicely.
Kwong looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kwong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Soldic.
Kwong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kwong throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Soldic.
Soldic is rocked!
Kwong misses with a straight left.
Soldic is still on wobbly legs! Can Kwong finish him?
Kwong slips a jab from Soldic.
As Soldic tries to get set, Kwong tries to push him back and clinch up but Soldic manages to avoid the attempt.
Soldic seems to have recovered his senses.
Kwong connects with a body shot.
Kwong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kwong ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Nice jab there from Soldic.
Soldic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kwong slips a straight right by Soldic.
Kwong tries to clinch up but Soldic circles away and keeps his distance.
Kwong throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good shot there by Soldic.
Kwong scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sime Soldic 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.
Soldic throws a big shot that misses.
Kwong doesn't manage to clinch there - Soldic circles away.
Soldic throws out a counter right but Kwong avoids it with no problem.
A big left from Kwong misses.
Soldic steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Soldic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Soldic looks to land a right hand but Kwong moved out of range.
Kwong scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kwong. Soldic does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Kwong. Beautiful body shot.
Soldic throws a body shot but no joy.
Kwong throws a half hearted mid kick.
Soldic misses with a hook.
Soldic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Soldic looks to land a left hand but Kwong moved out of range nicely.
Kwong ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Soldic with a nice cross.
Soldic misses the shot to the body.
Kwong pivots, looking for a leg kick but Soldic is out of range and Kwong settles back down.
Kwasi Kwong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kwong connects with a looping right hand.
Soldic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kwong.
Kwong tries to counter by clinching up but Soldic breaks away and moves out of range.
Soldic lands with a straight right. Kwong didn't see that one coming.
Kwong misses with a left hand
enabling Soldic to counter with a crisp jab.
Soldic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kwong connects with a body shot that sends Soldic's belly button to the back.
Kwong looks to score with a jab to the body but Soldic is just out of range.
Soldic scores with a jab.
Soldic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soldic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kwong.
Soldic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kwong on the side of the head.
Soldic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Soldic throws a low kick but Kwong avoids it.
Soldic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kwong misses with a straight right.
Kwong staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kwong fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Soldic checks it well.
Soldic throws a hook but Kwong blocks it.
Kwong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Soldic flicks out a counter leg kick but Kwong steps away.
Kwong throws a leg kick but Soldic sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kwong scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kwong lands a body shot.
Kwong moves away from the strike by Soldic.
Soldic scoring well with a low kick there.
Kwong misses with a wild body shot.
Kwong staying out of range there.
Kwong ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Soldic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kwong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Soldic throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A lazy left from Kwong finds it's target.
Kwong looks to land a left hand but Soldic moved out of range nicely.
Soldic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Kwong misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sime Soldic.
I've got Soldic 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sime Soldic!
During a confident post fight interview, Sime Soldic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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