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EFFA 55 - On the Chin PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between John Deere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Deere has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Deere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Deere crashing to the mat! Deere uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
It looks like John Deere has been cut.
Deere looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Deere throws a head kick that misses.
Deere takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rogers throws a combination. Deere tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Deere is rocked!
John Deere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Deere out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dan Rogers!
After winning the bout, Dan Rogers thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Rico Hoekstra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahamud Najib Osman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rico Hoekstra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mahamud Najib Osman!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoekstra tries to clinch up.
Hoekstra avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Najib Osman does no damage.
Hoekstra gets tackled into the ropes by Najib Osman. Najib Osman maintains the clinch.
Hoekstra working aggressively here.
Najib Osman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hoekstra gets tackled into the ropes by Najib Osman. Najib Osman maintains the clinch.
Najib Osman breaks from the clinch.
Hoekstra moves in looking to clinch but Najib Osman pushes him off.
Najib Osman blocks a head kick by Hoekstra.
Najib Osman needs to keep his hands up - Hoekstra had a free shot at his head there.
Hoekstra gets tackled into the ropes by Najib Osman. Najib Osman maintains the clinch.
Najib Osman tries to break the clinch but Hoekstra is controlling the position.
Hoekstra misses with a punch on the inside.
Najib Osman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Najib Osman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hoekstra, pushing him back against the ropes.
Najib Osman stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoekstra is looking to break free of the clinch but Najib Osman has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Hoekstra's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short left from Najib Osman.
Hoekstra is trying to break the clinch but Najib Osman is controlling him.
Hoekstra lands an elbow just above Najib Osman 's eye.
It looks like Mahamud Najib Osman has been cut.
Hoekstra is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hoekstra breaks from the clinch.
Rico Hoekstra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Najib Osman is looking to clinch.
Najib Osman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hoekstra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Najib Osman misses with a low kick.
Najib Osman has managed to clinch.
Hoekstra wants to get back to striking at distance but Najib Osman won't allow it.
Najib Osman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Najib Osman.
Najib Osman tries a body shot but Hoekstra blocks it.
Najib Osman breaks from the clinch.
Najib Osman looks to land a body kick but Hoekstra moved away.
Hoekstra wants to clinch.
Rico Hoekstra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hoekstra tries to clinch up but Najib Osman circles away and keeps his distance.
Hoekstra tries to close the distance and clinch but Najib Osman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hoekstra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Najib Osman moves out of range of the body kick.
Najib Osman has Hoekstra up against the ropes in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Najib Osman is looking to break free of the clinch but Hoekstra has double underhooks.
Hoekstra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Najib Osman is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoekstra has a couple of punches blocked by Najib Osman.
Najib Osman trying to stall but Hoekstra improves his position.
Najib Osman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hoekstra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoekstra with a knee to the head.
Najib Osman breaks from the clinch.
Najib Osman takes a swing at Hoekstra's ribcage but misses.
Hoekstra blocks a head kick by Najib Osman.
Najib Osman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Najib Osman looks winded!
Najib Osman drives through and clinches with Hoekstra against the ropes.
Hoekstra misses with a body punch.
Hoekstra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Najib Osman backwards.
Hoekstra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Najib Osman wants to get back to striking at distance but Hoekstra won't allow it.
Hoekstra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hoekstra misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Najib Osman clinches up with Hoekstra and pushes him back against the ropes.
Hoekstra looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hoekstra blocking some punches.
Najib Osman tries to break the clinch but Hoekstra is controlling the position.
Good body shot from Hoekstra.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoekstra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Najib Osmans head.
Hoekstra taking a breather.
Hoekstra scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Najib Osman has Hoekstra pressed against the ropes, preventing Hoekstra from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hoekstra tries to break free but Najib Osman pushes him back against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoekstra is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hoekstra lands with a right to the head.
Hoekstra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rico Hoekstra will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mahamud Najib Osman's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hoekstra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hoekstra tries to clinch but Najib Osman is having none of it.
Najib Osman moves into the clinch.
Hoekstra looking to stall.
Hoekstra misses with a body punch.
Najib Osman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hoekstra tries to throw a body punch but Najib Osman avoids it by throwing Hoekstra back against the ropes.
Najib Osman tries to break free but Hoekstra pushes him back against the ropes.
Hoekstra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoekstra pushes off an throws an elbow but Najib Osman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hoekstra trying to control the position but instead, Najib Osman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hoekstra into the ropes.
Najib Osman avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hoekstra.
Najib Osman wants to get back to striking at distance but Hoekstra won't allow it.
Hoekstra trying to control the position but instead, Najib Osman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hoekstra into the ropes.
Najib Osman wants to get back to striking at distance but Hoekstra won't allow it.
Najib Osman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hoekstra can't break the clinch.
Najib Osman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hoekstra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hoekstra is trying to break free.
Najib Osman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Najib Osman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Najib Osman is breathing heavily.
Hoekstra lands a knee to the head.
Najib Osman tries to work over Hoekstra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Najib Osman as Hoekstra tries to tie him up.
Hoekstra has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hoekstra can't break the clinch.
Hoekstra trying to control the position but instead, Najib Osman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hoekstra into the ropes.
Najib Osman wants to break free but Hoekstra has control.
Najib Osman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hoekstra is trying to break the clinch but Najib Osman is controlling him.
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!
Najib Osman throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hoekstra.
Najib Osman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Najib Osman breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hoekstra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoekstra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hoekstra throws a series of punches but Najib Osman avoids them all with ease.
Najib Osman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hoekstra wants to clinch
and Najib Osman counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Najib Osman keeps the fight on the outside.
Najib Osman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hoekstra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Najib Osman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hoekstra misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Najib Osman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rico Hoekstra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hoekstra throws a head kick that Najib Osman semi-blocks.
Hoekstra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hoekstra throws a right and a left that Najib Osman avoids nicely.
Hoekstra wants to clinch up but Najib Osman keeps it at a distance.
Hoekstra scores with a big combo that sends Najib Osman crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Najib Osman flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Hoekstra jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rico Hoekstra!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ronan Gaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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215 lbs
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219 lbs
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World class MT
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronan Gaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Young!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws a right hand that misses
and Gaara counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young misses with a hook. Gaara ducked under it nicely.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dan Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaara feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Youngs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Dan Young has been cut.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gaara fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Young.
Young throws a head kick that Gaara semi-blocks.
Young lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young misses with a looping left.
Gaara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Gaara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gaara throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Young misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young lands a damaging elbow.
Gaara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gaara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Gaara tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Gaara back against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Gaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gaaras head.
Young throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young lands an elbow inside that Gaara shrugs off.
Gaara can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Gaara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gaara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Gaara's head.
Gaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Gaara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Gaara missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Young throws an elbow but misses.
Gaara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.
Gaara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Gaara trying to land knees to the body.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gaara's defenses.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gaara's defenses.
Young lands an elbow inside that Gaara shrugs off.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gaara's defenses.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
Gaara working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Young.
Gaara managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Young tries to work over Gaara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gaara lands a body shot.
Young throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands an elbow inside.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gaara lands a knee to the body.
Gaara can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Gaara managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gaara avoids the elbow strike from Young, against the ropes.
Gaara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.
Young lands a right hand.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gaara is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Gaara - that landed with a thud.
Gaara dodges an elbow strike from Young.
Nice body punch from Young.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Gaara.
Gaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from Gaara.
Young lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaara misses with a body punch.
Young is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gaara is defending well for now.
Young gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gaaras head.
Gaara is leaning against Young and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Young lands an elbow just above Gaara 's eye.
Gaara throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gaara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young blocks an elbow strike.
Young landing knees to the body.
Gaara blocks an elbow strike from Young.
Young gets through Gaara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gaara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young has Gaara pressed against the ropes, preventing Gaara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Young throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Young has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gaara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Gaara tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Young's cut.
That's time! Gaara's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gaara moves out of range of the body kick.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gaara.
Gaara has managed to clinch.
Young prevents a body shot from Gaara.
Gaara avoids the elbow strike from Young, against the ropes.
Young gets through Gaara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gaara is rocked!
Young is leaning against Gaara and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Oh Gaara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young cracks Gaara with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Gaara goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Gaara wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Dan Young!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruno Sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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207 lbs
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruno Sparrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparrow scores with a nice right hand.
Wayne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wayne takes one to the side of the head.
Jab from Wayne.
Nice defenses there by Wayne.
Sparrow uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wayne moves away from the strike by Sparrow.
Sparrow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wayne's coach down at MuscleWorks Amsterdam™ was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Wayne's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wayne blocks a jab.
Wayne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sparrow.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch but Sparrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch but Sparrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sparrow lands a nice shot to the body.
Sparrow misses with a hook. Wayne ducked under it nicely.
Sparrow lands with an overhand left.
Wayne on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - Wayne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wayne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sparrow thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sparrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sparrow looks to throw the jab but Wayne is out of range.
Wayne misses with a hook. Sparrow ducked under it nicely.
Sparrow definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sparrow misses with the combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sparrow.
Wayne slips under a jab from Sparrow.
Sparrow lands a nice hook to Wayne's body. Wayne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wayne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sparrow lands a body shot.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sparrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sparrow missing with a left hand there. Wayne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wayne tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sparrow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sparrow scores with a nice right hand.
Sparrow is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne tries to clinch up.
Sparrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Wayne is just out of range.
Sparrow just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab by Sparrow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne lands with a cross.
Wayne slips under a jab.
Sparrow misses with a double jab
and Wayne counters with a stiff right hand.
Sparrow misses with a looping right.
Wayne tries to clinch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Wayne tries to clinch up but Sparrow circles away and keeps his distance.
Wayne tries to clinch up.
Sparrow misses with a straight left.
Wayne thumps Sparrow with a low kick.
Wayne moves away from the strike by Sparrow.
Wayne looks to land a combination but Sparrow avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is looking to clinch.
Bruno Sparrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sparrow swings for the body but Wayne moves out of range.
Sparrow misses with a double jab.
Sparrow lands with a good body shot.
Sparrow looks to throw the jab but Wayne is out of range.
Wayne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sparrow works over Wayne's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like John Wayne has been cut.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch but Sparrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sparrow with a jab.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Sparrow circles away.
Wayne tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sparrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sparrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sparrow scores with a shot to the body.
Wayne staying out of range there.
Sparrow throws a hook but Wayne avoids it easily.
Sparrow misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow misses with a lunging right hand
and Wayne counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sparrow.
Sparrow throws a jab but it's blocked by Wayne.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Sparrow circles away.
A slow jab from Wayne misses its intended target.
Wayne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wayne throws a series of punches but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow lands with an uppercut that bounces Wayne off the ropes and back into range.
Sparrow just misses with a punch to the body.
Sparrow just misses with a punch to the body.
Sparrow misses with a hook. Wayne ducked under it nicely.
Wayne catches Sparrow with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparrow jabs Wayne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sparrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sparrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wayne misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Sparrow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Wayne's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Wayne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sparrow throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch lands to the side of Wayne 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sparrow throws a body punch but Wayne moves out of range.
No joy there for Sparrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wayne avoids the body shot from Sparrow.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sparrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wayne takes one to the chin there.
Wayne scores with a spinning back kick!
Wayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparrow is just out of range.
Sparrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wayne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sparrow.
Wayne slips under a jab.
Wayne throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sparrow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sparrow swings for the body but Wayne moves out of range.
Wayne misses with a hook. Sparrow ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sparrow.
Wayne might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wayne tries to clinch up.
Sparrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sparrow misses with a left hand
and Wayne counters with a straight right hand.
Sparrow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wayne.
Sparrow is looking to slow Wayne down with leg kicks.
Wayne takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wayne changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sparrow takes a swing at Wayne's ribcage but misses.
Sparrow scores with a jab to the body.
Wayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
Sparrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Wayne is just out of range.
Sparrow throws a one two combo.
Wayne falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sparrow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Sparrow here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Wayne moves out of range as Sparrow strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne tries to clinch up but Sparrow circles away and keeps his distance.
Sparrow misses the shot to the body.
Wayne tries to clinch but Sparrow is having none of it.
Wayne dips to his left and cracks Sparrow with an uppercut!
Sparrow swings for the body but Wayne moves out of range.
Wayne slips under a jab from Sparrow.
Wayne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wayne walks into a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Wayne misses the target.
Wayne throws a push kick but Sparrow slaps the foot to one side.
Wayne ducks under a wild hook from Sparrow.
Nice defenses there by Sparrow.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Sparrow circles away.
Sparrow slips a straight right by Wayne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sparrow.
Wayne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wayne needs to keep his hands up - Sparrow had a free shot at his head there.
Wayne tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sparrow counters with a straight right hand.
Bruno Sparrow is winning the standup battle so far.
Sparrow connects with a body shot that sends Wayne's belly button to the back.
Sparrow takes a swing at Wayne's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Sparrow does no damage.
Wayne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sparrow scores with a nice strike.
Wayne works the jab nicely.
Wayne drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wayne cracks Sparrow with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wayne has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sparrow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wayne is rocked!
Some wild striking there from Wayne.
Wayne is still on wobbly legs! Can Sparrow finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sparrow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sparrow connects with a quick right hand that sends Wayne tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bruno Sparrow!
Our winner, Bruno Sparrow, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ichabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ichabod Crane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Silver!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crane gets a clinch.
Crane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Silver blocks with his arms.
A body shot lands from Crane.
Crane tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Crane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crane lands with a light punch inside.
Silver tries to work over Crane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Crane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver blocks a head kick by Crane.
A big right from Silver misses.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
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!
Silver connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Crane momentarily.
Crane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crane pushes Silver up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Crane has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Crane scores with a shot to the side of Silver's head.
Crane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silver struggles to land a body shot inside as Crane controls his hands.
Crane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crane doesn't manage to clinch there - Silver circles away.
Nice defenses there by Silver.
Crane pushes Silver up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silver trying to stall but Crane improves his position.
Crane lands with a light punch inside.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crane working aggressively here.
Crane crunches a lovely knee into Silver's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crane throws a head punch that misses.
Crane scores with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver avoiding damage as Crane throws knees to the body.
Crane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver tries a body shot but Crane blocks it.
Crane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Crane tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Crane back against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Crane as the two fighters clinch.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Crane, against the ropes.
Crane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crane misses with a body punch.
Crane misses with a punch to the body.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crane looking to throw knees to the head but Silver is blocking nicely.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silver is trying to break free.
A short right from Crane on the inside.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crane tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Crane moves out of range of the strikes.
Ichabod Crane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crane looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Crane looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Crane throws a head kick that misses.
Crane tries a head kick but it misses.
Crane pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane moves into range and clinches up with Silver.
A left hand lands to the body for Crane.
Crane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crane throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silver.
Crane wants to clinch up but Silver keeps it at a distance.
Crane takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crane pushes Silver up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Crane misses with the head strike.
Crane swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crane scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crane scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ichabod Crane dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silver throws a hook but Crane avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Crane.
Silver cracks a nice hook into Crane's ribs.
Crane tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Crane ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Crane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crane swinging wildly here.
Silver lunges at Crane with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crane's hand.
Crane tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Crane counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.
Crane is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Silver throws a hook but Crane blocks it.
Crane throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crane buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick from Crane lands but Silver takes it in his stride.
A big right from Silver misses.
Crane instigates a clinch.
Knees to the body from Crane.
Crane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crane tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Silver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane has managed to clinch.
Silver looking to slow down the pace here.
Crane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Crane.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crane.
Crane looking to throw knees to the head but Silver is blocking nicely.
Crane can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Crane lands an elbow just above Silver 's eye.
Silver trying to control the position but instead, Crane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silver into the ropes.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crane lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crane.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Crane is able to avoid easily.
Silver misses with a wild combination.
Crane throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silver.
Crane tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
Silver lands a body shot.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a low kick but it's checked well by Crane.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silver.
Crane misses with a head kick.
Crane throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
Crane slips under a jab from Silver.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
Crane tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Crane is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crane moves away from the strike by Silver.
Nice uppercut there from Silver.
Silver slips a jab and a cross from Crane.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ichabod Crane dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Crane is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Silver lands with a right hand.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crane takes the fight into the clinch.
Crane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
Crane breaks the clinch.
Crane throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Crane tries to clinch up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silver.
Silver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crane.
Ichabod Crane is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Silver.
Silver gets tackled into the ropes by Crane. Crane maintains the clinch.
Ichabod Crane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silver misses with a punch to the body.
Crane misses with a punch on the inside.
Crane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crane clinches up with Silver and pushes him back against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crane manages to break the clinch.
Crane tries a head kick but it misses.
Crane closes the distance and clinches.
Crane lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Crane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Silver fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane breaks the clinch.
Crane tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Crane misses with a wild combination.
Crane takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Crane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver gets tackled into the ropes by Crane. Crane maintains the clinch.
Crane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crane looking to throw knees to the head but Silver is blocking nicely.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Silver blocks with his arms.
Crane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crane takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silver uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silver throws a shot from downtown. Crane moves away and avoids it.
Silver circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crane tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Silver circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver checks a leg kick.
Silver avoids the head kick by Crane.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crane goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Crane lands a high kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Crane's head but Crane sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crane slips a jab from Silver.
Silver lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crane at a distance.
Crane clinches up against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver scores with a hook to the body.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ichabod Crane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silver is trying to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crane missing with knees to the body.
Michael Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ichabod Crane showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crane 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ichabod Crane!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Walter Mooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cedric Murphy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Walter Mooney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cedric Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mooney slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Mooney doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mooney has time to react.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Mooney's shoulder, as Mooney tries to avoid the shot.
Mooney uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and Mooney moves out of range easily.
Mooney is looking to clinch.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mooney with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murphy to score with a decent uppercut.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy looks for the body kick but Mooney saw that one coming.
Mooney throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murphy.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Mooney tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mooney is able to avoid easily.
Mooney definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mooney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mooney manages to avoid it.
Mooney connects with a leg kick. Murphy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooney wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Murphy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mooney scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mooney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
Cedric Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murphy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mooney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've been informed that Murphy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy throws a head kick but Mooney moves out of range.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Mooney bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mooney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mooney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Mooney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mooney tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Mooney lets loose with a powerful body kick. Murphy will feel that in the morning.
Mooney wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
Mooney wants to clinch
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Murphy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Murphy lands a glancing blow to the side of Mooney's head.
Mooney throws a half hearted mid kick.
Murphy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mooney's calf.
Murphy jabs Mooney right on the nose. Mooney blinks but takes it well.
Murphy throws a looping overhand right but Mooney ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mooney rushes Murphy and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Mooney manages to break the clinch.
Murphy dips to his left and cracks Mooney with an uppercut!
Murphy connects with a leg kick. Mooney looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murphy throws a chopping leg kick but Mooney manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mooney misses with a body kick.
Murphy swinging wildly here.
Mooney is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and Mooney moves out of range easily.
Murphy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mooney had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murphy throws a combination that misses
and Mooney counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy blocks a head kick by Mooney.
Murphy blocks a head kick by Mooney.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mooney lands with a shot to the body.
Mooney throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily.
Murphy throws a hook but Mooney avoids it easily.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick from Mooney.
Murphy misses with a hook.
Mooney tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murphy scores with a jab. Mooney acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mooney throws a leg kick but Murphy checks it.
Mooney misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Mooney's body. Mooney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Murphy.
Murphy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mooney tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cedric Murphy's cut.
That's time! Mooney's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mooney takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mooney lands a head kick. Murphy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mooney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Mooney.
Mooney drops his hands momentarily and Murphy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Murphy misses with an uppercut. Mooney saw that one coming.
Mooney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mooney rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murphy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mooney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murphy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mooney throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murphy.
Mooney lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
Mooney takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Murphy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mooney.
Murphy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mooney takes a step back to recover.
Murphy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mooney throws a head kick that misses.
Mooney throws a head kick but Murphy moves out of range.
Walter Mooney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mooney moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Mooney tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy tries to bum rush Mooney with a series of wild strikes but Mooney uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mooney tries a head kick but it misses.
Mooney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Murphy counters with a body kick that stops Mooney in his tracks momentarily.
Murphy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mooney misses with a body kick.
Murphy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mooney backs up against the ropes.
Mooney is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mooney avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Mooney misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
Murphy tests Mooney's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oh Mooney is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cedric Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Mooney seems to have got his legs back now.
Murphy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mooney lands a two punch combo.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
Mooney throws a lazy body kick
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mooney avoids a kick to the body.
Mooney closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Murphy lands with a right hand.
Mooney clinches up against the ropes.
Mooney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Mooney breaks from the clinch.
Mooney tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mooney throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Murphy.
Mooney tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphy lands a lovely overhand right.
Murphy thows a body kick. Mooney tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Murphy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A head kick misses from Mooney.
Murphy cracks Mooney with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Mooney is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Mooney is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Mooney could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cedric Murphy!
After the fight, Cedric Murphy was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Asikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giacomo Benvenuti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benvenuti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Machines Of Loving Grace - Golgotha Tenement Blues. Giacomo Benvenuti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Asikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giacomo Benvenuti!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asikainen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benvenuti, pushing him back against the ropes.
A short left from Benvenuti.
It looks like Tommy Asikainen has been cut.
Asikainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benvenuti can't find room to land a body shot as Asikainen controls the action.
Benvenuti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Asikainens head.
Benvenuti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Asikainen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Benvenuti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Benvenuti works on Asikainen's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benvenuti takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Giacomo Benvenuti has been cut.
A short left from Benvenuti.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benvenuti.
Asikainen trying to land knees to the body.
Benvenuti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benvenuti lands with a short shot to the head.
Asikainen is rocked!
Benvenuti breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Asikainen with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Asikainen looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Asikainen get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Giacomo Benvenuti!
A very excited looking Giacomo Benvenuti made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tom Thadani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Schrank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Schrank will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Thadani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Schrank!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thadani is looking to land body kicks.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Thadani.
Schrank chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thadani can pounce on him.
Thadani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schrank.
Schrank avoids a kick to the body.
Schrank throws a hook to the side of Thadani's head but Thadani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Schrank throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thadani misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thadani throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Schrank throws a body punch but Thadani moves out of range.
Thadani has been working on his boxing with his coaches at gym closing in the buildup to the fight.
Thadani throws a body kick that misses.
Schrank swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schrank misses with a double jab
and Thadani counters with a straight right hand.
Thadani clinches with his opponent.
Thadani lands a good knee to the midsection. Schrank won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thadani comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Frank Schrank has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thadani misses with an elbow strike.
We've been informed that Schrank has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Thadani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Schrank in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thadani is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Thadani lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Schrank scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thadani unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schrank lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thadani tries to stall but Schrank uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thadani with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schrank is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Thadani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schrank avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Schrank fails to land.
Thadani lands an elbow just above Schrank 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schrank takes an elbow to the temple.
Schrank stalling in the clinch but Thadani improves position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schrank as Thadani tries to tie him up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thadani as Schrank tries to tie him up.
Schrank leaning his opponent against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thadani.
Schrank working hard to break the clinch.
Thadani missing with knees to the body.
Schrank takes an elbow to the temple.
Schrank tries to stall but Thadani uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schrank has a couple of punches blocked by Thadani.
Thadani working Schrank over with knees to the body.
Thadani throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Thadani.
Thadani gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thadani lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thadani tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thadani blocks a body shot from Schrank.
Nice elbow from Thadani.
That has opened up Frank Schrank's cut even more.
Schrank blocks the elbow strike.
Thadani scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thadani.
Schrank lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schrank lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thadani backwards.
Thadani lands an elbow just above Schrank 's eye.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Thadani throws an elbow but misses.
Thadani throws an elbow but it misses.
Schrank dodges an elbow strike from Thadani.
A head punch on the inside from Schrank fails to land.
Thadani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schrank avoids it.
Thadani lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Schrank blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thadani misses with a knee strike.
Thadani is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thadani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Thadani misses with the head strike.
Thadani looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The referee calls for Thadani to work.
Thadani lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The cut above Frank Schrank's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Schrank is looking to control Thadani's arms but Thadani gets an underhook and turns him. Now Schrank has his back to the ropes.
Schrank blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schrank fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thadani pushes off an throws an elbow but Schrank leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thadani throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schrank tries to work over Thadani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thadani tries to land a knee to the head but Schrank blocks with his arms.
Thadani takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Thadani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Schrank's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Schrank lands a nice looking body shot.
Thadani throws a head kick that misses.
Thadani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schrank.
Thadani with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Schrank lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thadani throws a half hearted mid kick.
Schrank swings for the body but Thadani moves out of range.
Schrank throws a lazy head kick
and Thadani counters with a nice leg kick.
Thadani takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Thadani keeps Schrank at a distance using the push kick.
Frank Schrank 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!
Thadani pushes Schrank away with a front kick.
Thadani misses with a body kick.
Schrank blocks the body kick.
Thadani throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Schrank connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrank swings for the body but Thadani moves out of range.
Schrank misses with a double jab
and Thadani counters with a nice body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Thadani!
Schrank is breathing heavily.
Schrank chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thadani can pounce on him.
Schrank throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schrank missing with a left hand there. Thadani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thadani doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thadani throws a front kick that sends Schrank stumbling back into the ropes.
Thadani delivers a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thadani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thadani throws a push kick but Schrank slaps the foot to one side.
Thadani throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Thadani lands with a kick to the temple. Schrank shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrank on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Thadani looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Schrank throws a low kick but Thadani moves out of range easily.
Schrank misses with a kick to the body.
Schrank takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thadani throws a leg kick which misses Schrank's front leg but catches the back leg as Schrank tries to avoid it.
Thadani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thadani connects with a jab.
Thadani throws a head kick that misses.
Thadani clinches up with Schrank and pushes him back against the ropes.
Thadani lands an elbow inside that Schrank shrugs off.
Schrank being controlled against the ropes.
Schrank blocks an elbow strike from Thadani.
Tom Thadani has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thadani takes a shot to the head.
Thadani trying to land knees to the body.
Thadani gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Schrank is rocked!
Schrank takes an elbow to the temple.
Schrank is still on wobbly legs! Can Thadani finish him?
Thadani smacks Schrank right on the bridge of the nose with a massive elbow! Another one lands and Schrank goes down! He's clearly dazed - will he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7... up to one knee... 8,9,10! He's not made it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Tom Thadani!
A less than humble Tom Thadani misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Frank Schrank spoke after the fight, saying 'Wah wah wahh'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Milovan Cirkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Eckstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirkovic kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Five Finger Death Punch - "Lift Me Up". This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milovan Cirkovic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Eckstein!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirkovic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Eckstein's calf.
Eckstein chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cirkovic can pounce on him.
Eckstein moves out of range as Cirkovic strikes.
Eckstein throws a body kick that misses.
Eckstein finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cirkovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eckstein was well out of range. Poor timing from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Eckstein throws a leg kick
and Cirkovic counters by moving into the clinch.
Cirkovic lands an uppercut.
Cirkovic definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Eckstein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Eckstein slips under a jab.
Cirkovic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Eckstein on the side of the head.
Cirkovic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Eckstein checks it well.
Eckstein connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eckstein attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cirkovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Eckstein misses with a left hand
and Cirkovic counters by moving into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cirkovic.
Eckstein told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Eckstein lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cirkovic backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Eckstein fails to land.
Cirkovic prevents a body shot from Eckstein.
Cirkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eckstein prevents a body shot from Cirkovic.
Eckstein is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cirkovic misses with a punch to the body.
Cirkovic is trying to break the clinch but Eckstein is controlling him.
Eckstein blocks an uppercut.
Eckstein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Eckstein is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cirkovic is defending well for now.
Eckstein lands a body punch in the clinch.
Eckstein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Eckstein.
Eckstein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cirkovic managing to block the knees to the body from Eckstein.
Cirkovic can't find room to land a body shot as Eckstein controls the action.
Eckstein throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cirkovics head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Cirkovic fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Eckstein fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right handed body shot lands from Cirkovic.
Eckstein breaks the clinch.
Eckstein finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Eckstein thows a leg kick but Cirkovic checks it
and Cirkovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cirkovic throws a hook to the side of Eckstein's head but Eckstein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Eckstein closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cirkovic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cirkovic closes the distance and clinches.
Cirkovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Eckstein.
Eckstein is trying to push Cirkovic away but Cirkovic has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Cirkovic can't find room to land a body shot as Eckstein controls the action.
Eckstein blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cirkovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cirkovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Eckstein's elbow.
Cirkovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein wants to get back to striking at distance but Cirkovic won't allow it.
Cirkovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Eckstein backwards.
A short uppercut from Eckstein.
Eckstein swings wildly with an uppercut but Cirkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cirkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eckstein in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Eckstein tries to break the clinch but Cirkovic is controlling the position.
Eckstein breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cirkovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cirkovic moves in looking to clinch but Eckstein pushes him off.
Cirkovic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
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!
Eckstein stuns Cirkovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cirkovic tries to work over Eckstein's front leg with a kick but Eckstein checks it.
Cirkovic slips under a jab from Eckstein.
The crowd cheers as Eckstein lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cirkovic doesn't seem phased though.
Eckstein misses with a leg kick.
Cirkovic scores with a spinning back kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Eckstein.
Eckstein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic tries to clinch but Eckstein is having none of it.
Cirkovic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Eckstein's head backwards.
Cirkovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eckstein.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cirkovic.
Eckstein misses with a kick to the body.
Cirkovic checks the leg kick nicely there.
The fighters circling - Eckstein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cirkovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Eckstein wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eckstein.
Eckstein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cirkovic's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cirkovic cracks Eckstein with a nice body shot.
Cirkovic wants to break free but Eckstein has control.
Eckstein blocking some punches.
Cirkovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Milovan Cirkovic dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
An inside leg kick lands from Cirkovic.
Eckstein takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Eckstein takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cirkovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eckstein.
Eckstein walks into a stiff left hand from Cirkovic.
A combination from Eckstein does no damage.
Cirkovic is looking to land body kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cirkovic tries to clinch but Eckstein moves out of range.
Cirkovic cracks a nice hook into Eckstein's ribs.
Cirkovic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cirkovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eckstein was well out of range. Poor timing from Cirkovic.
Eckstein blocks a jab.
Cirkovic throws a solid leg kick but Eckstein takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cirkovic.
Cirkovic connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirkovic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Eckstein tries to land a leg kick but Cirkovic saw it coming and moves away.
Eckstein attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Eckstein with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Eckstein finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Eckstein with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Eckstein shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eckstein. Cirkovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cirkovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cirkovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cirkovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eckstein throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Milovan Cirkovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Cirkovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cirkovic lands with a hook. Eckstein tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cirkovic has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic can't find room to land a body shot as Eckstein controls the action.
Cirkovic avoiding damage.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Eckstein throws an elbow but misses.
Eckstein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eckstein throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cirkovic takes a shot to the head.
Eckstein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Cirkovic.
Milovan Cirkovic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Eckstein lands a left hand.
Eckstein misses with a knee to the head.
Eckstein lands with a left to the head.
Cirkovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Eckstein misses with a punch to the body.
Cirkovic is looking to control Eckstein's arms but Eckstein gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cirkovic has his back to the ropes.
Eckstein wants to stall.
Cirkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Eckstein controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Eckstein's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Eckstein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cirkovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Cirkovic lands a right hand.
Eckstein misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cirkovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Eckstein backwards.
Eckstein goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eckstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Eckstein is trying to break free.
Cirkovic stalling in the clinch.
Cirkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eckstein avoiding damage as Cirkovic throws knees to the body.
Cirkovic digs a right hand underneath Eckstein's ribcage. Eckstein let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cirkovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cirkovic lands a knee to the body.
Eckstein is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cirkovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Eckstein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cirkovic misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Eckstein throws an elbow but misses.
Eckstein tries to stall but Cirkovic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cirkovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Eckstein won't want to take too many of those.
Cirkovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cirkovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Eckstein takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cirkovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eckstein is defending well for now.
Cirkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Eckstein as Cirkovic tries to tie him up.
Stalling in the clinch from Cirkovic.
Eckstein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eckstein tries to stall but Cirkovic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cirkovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cirkovic is trying to stall.
Eckstein avoiding damage as Cirkovic throws knees to the body.
Cirkovic looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Milovan Cirkovic dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Eckstein avoids a kick to the body.
Cirkovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Eckstein moves out of range as Cirkovic strikes.
Jab by Cirkovic.
Eckstein slips a jab from Cirkovic.
Eckstein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Cirkovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Eckstein misses with a low kick.
Cirkovic throws a leg kick but Eckstein sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cirkovic scores with a decent looking hook.
Cirkovic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cirkovic takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Eckstein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Eckstein throws a nice looking combination but Cirkovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirkovic checks a low kick from Eckstein.
Eckstein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cirkovic manages to avoid it.
Eckstein checks a leg kick.
Cirkovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Eckstein takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cirkovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cirkovic scores with a nice body kick.
Cirkovic ducks under a wild hook from Eckstein.
A slow jab from Eckstein misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cirkovic. Eckstein does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cirkovic. Eckstein does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheers as Cirkovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Eckstein doesn't seem phased though.
Eckstein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cirkovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eckstein ducks right into an uppercut from Cirkovic.
Jab, jab by Cirkovic - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cirkovic throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Eckstein walks into a straight right hand from Cirkovic.
Eckstein is rocked!
Cirkovic cracks Eckstein with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Eckstein is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Eckstein is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Eckstein could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Milovan Cirkovic!
Milovan Cirkovic retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Milovan Cirkovic made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hank McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCoy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip- Get Better . Miller has chosen Frightened Rabbit - Modern Leper as his entrance music. Hank McCoy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Danny Miller's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank McCoy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Danny Miller!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller throws a leg kick
and McCoy counters with a good low kick that Miller was not able to check.
McCoy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Miller checks a low kick from McCoy.
Miller closes the distance and pushes McCoy back into the ropes.
Miller lands an elbow just above McCoy 's eye.
It looks like Hank McCoy has been cut.
McCoy missing with knees to the body.
Miller misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Miller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Miller lands with a right to the head.
McCoy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Miller looking to throw knees to the head but McCoy is blocking nicely.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
McCoy lands an elbow just above Miller 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Miller throws a head punch that misses.
McCoy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Miller told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
McCoy missing with knees to the body.
Miller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCoy lands a body punch in the clinch.
McCoy dodges an elbow strike from Miller.
McCoy lands a knee to the body.
McCoy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCoy.
McCoy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miller blocks it with crossed arms.
Miller blocks an uppercut.
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!
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy presses Miller against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Miller looks winded!
McCoy has Miller pressed against the ropes, preventing Miller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Miller misses with some punches.
McCoy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Danny Miller has been cut.
Miller lands a hook that snaps the head of McCoy backwards.
McCoy blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Miller working aggressively here.
Miller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCoy.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, McCoy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Miller's brow.
Miller breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCoy checks the leg kick.
Miller throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McCoy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Miller.
Miller misses with a leg kick
and McCoy counters with a three punch combo that has Miller backing up. Miller nods at McCoy to acknowledge the strikes.
A low kick from Miller is predictable there
and McCoy counters with a thumping low kick.
Miller closes the distance and clinches.
McCoy blocking some punches.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miller is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for McCoy.
McCoy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Miller in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miller can't break the clinch.
Miller takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCoy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCoy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McCoy working Miller over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from McCoy.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miller takes an elbow to the temple.
Miller is rocked!
McCoy cracks Miller on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Miller crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Hank McCoy!
Hank McCoy retains his super heavyweight title!
Hank McCoy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Danny Miller spoke after the fight, saying 'I need to go away and think about what's next. He'll, I don't even know if I wanna do this anymore!'.
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