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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Craig Burke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex De Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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210 lbs
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182 lbs
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Excellent MT
KO power
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Craig Burke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex De Jong!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Jong fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burke, pushing him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burke just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Jong's brow.
De Jong avoids the elbow strike from Burke, against the cage.
De Jong takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Alex De Jong has been cut.
De Jong managing to block the knees to the body from Burke.
De Jong content to slow the pace in the clinch.
De Jong keeps control of Burke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Burke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Jong is defending well for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Burke misses with an elbow strike.
De Jong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Jong just misses with a punch to the body.
De Jong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Jong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Jong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burke.
De Jong takes the fight into the clinch.
Burke tries to land knees in the clinch but De Jong avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jong missing with knees to the body.
De Jong manages to break the clinch.
Craig Burke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burke misses with a few strikes there.
Craig Burke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Jong lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by De Jong.
It looks like Craig Burke has been cut.
Burke avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
De Jong blocks an elbow strike.
De Jong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burke backwards.
Burke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burke looking to throw knees to the head but De Jong is blocking nicely.
Burke tries to break the clinch but De Jong is controlling the position.
Burke wants to get back to striking at distance but De Jong won't allow it.
De Jong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Jong rushes Burke and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burke trying to land knees to the body.
Burke tries to land knees in the clinch but De Jong avoids the damage to the body.
De Jong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Jong checks a leg kick nicely.
Burke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burke takes a kick to the side of the head.
De Jong closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burke throws an elbow but misses.
De Jong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burke pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces De Jong back to the cage. Burke follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Burke is breathing heavily.
Burke misses with an attempted mid kick.
Burke lands with a nice body kick.
Burke moves in looking to clinch but De Jong pushes him off.
A combination from De Jong does no damage.
Burke throws a lazy head kick
and De Jong finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Burke fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Jong throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Burke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jong clinches.
De Jong stalling against the cage.
De Jong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab, jab by De Jong - just one landing.
Burke blocks a head kick by De Jong.
Burke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Jong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burke falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Jong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Burke thinking.
De Jong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hand to the body from De Jong.
De Jong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Jong circles away from the clinch attempt
and De Jong counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
De Jong lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De Jong.
De Jong lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by De Jong.
Burke throws an elbow but it misses.
De Jong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burke tries to bum rush De Jong with a series of wild strikes but De Jong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Burke does no damage.
Burke throws a nice looking combination but De Jong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Jong wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Jong lands a nice looking body kick.
Burke avoids the head kick by De Jong.
De Jong gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Jong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex De Jong dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Burke blocks a head kick by De Jong.
Burke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. De Jong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alex De Jong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Jong swats away the attempt to clinch by Burke.
De Jong moves into the clinch successfully.
De Jong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burke throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Jong breaks the clinch.
Burke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
De Jong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Jong fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burke, pushing him back against the cage.
Burke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Jong avoids a wild elbow strike from Burke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Jong is stalling here.
De Jong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Jong has Burke up against the cage in a clinch.
De Jong breaks the clinch.
Burke misses with a few strikes there.
De Jong closes the distance and clinches.
De Jong will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Burke up against the cage.
Burke misses with an elbow strike.
Burke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Jong breaks the clinch.
De Jong keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burke misses with a wild combination.
De Jong keeps the fight on the outside.
Burke blocks a head kick by De Jong.
Burke tries to clinch there but De Jong circles away.
De Jong throws a sloppy head kick and Burke moves out of range easily.
De Jong gets a clinch.
Alex De Jong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Burke pushes off an throws an elbow but De Jong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Jong breaks from the clinch.
De Jong moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burke just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Jong's brow.
De Jong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Jong has Burke up against the cage in a clinch.
De Jong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A combination from Burke does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jong moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Jong.
Burke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burke tries to land knees in the clinch but De Jong avoids the damage to the body.
De Jong breaks from the clinch.
Burke avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Jong has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Jong has Burke pressed against the cage.
De Jong breaks the clinch.
De Jong misses with a few strikes there.
De Jong clinches up against the cage.
Burke is trying to break the clinch but De Jong has him pressed against the cage.
De Jong manages to break the clinch.
Burke moves in looking to clinch but De Jong pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burke steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from De Jong. That one must have hurt.
An inside leg kick lands from De Jong.
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!
De Jong scores with a spinning back kick!
De Jong lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice shot by De Jong.
De Jong rushes Burke and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De Jong content to slow the pace in the clinch.
De Jong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Burke misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by De Jong.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Jong. That's going to slow Burke down.
De Jong swinging wildly here.
De Jong cracks the inside of Burke's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex De Jong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
De Jong closes the distance and pushes Burke back into the cage.
De Jong taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De Jong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burke missing with knees to the body.
De Jong lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Jong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Burke's face.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De Jong.
De Jong blocks an elbow strike from Burke.
De Jong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Jong instigates a clinch.
De Jong dodges an elbow strike from Burke.
De Jong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Jong gets a clinch.
De Jong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Jong clinches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Burke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Jong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jong has Burke pushed against the cage.
De Jong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burke wants to break free but De Jong has control.
Burke pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Jong manages to break the clinch.
De Jong moves into the clinch.
De Jong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burke misses with a wild combination.
Craig Burke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Jong has managed to clinch.
Burke throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Burke tries to land a knee to the head but De Jong blocks with his arms.
De Jong is stalling here.
De Jong manages to break the clinch.
Craig Burke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burke gets tackled into the cage by De Jong. De Jong maintains the clinch.
De Jong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Jong has closed the distance and engaged Burke in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by De Jong.
De Jong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Jong manages to break the clinch.
De Jong tries a head kick but it misses.
De Jong scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Jong has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Jong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burke takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
De Jong lands a high kick!
Burke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Jong counters with a nice body shot.
De Jong lands a nice looking body shot.
De Jong misses with a few strikes there.
De Jong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Burke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Burke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Burke looks to throw a body kick
and De Jong counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A nice combination there by De Jong.
De Jong has Burke up against the cage in a clinch.
De Jong avoiding damage as Burke throws knees to the body.
De Jong avoids a wild elbow strike from Burke.
De Jong breaks the clinch.
De Jong rushes Burke and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De Jong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from De Jong.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burke throws a combination that misses
and De Jong counters by clinching up.
Burke will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
De Jong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jong gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Jong breaks the clinch.
Burke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. De Jong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burke misses with a series of wild punches.
Burke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Jong is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Burke rather than just go for the knockout.
Burke takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Jong lands with a nice body punch.
Burke misses with a combination
and De Jong counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Some wild striking there from Burke.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Jong gets a clinch.
Burke is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burke throws an elbow but misses.
Alex De Jong is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
De Jong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex De Jong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Jong has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex De Jong!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Alex De Jong waved his t-shirt featuring nope's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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