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PRIDE: New Year Same War PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jonny Nap Time (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Bernill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bernill has chosen Magic System - Magic In The Air as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sami Bernill will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonny Nap Time!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Sami Bernill!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Nap Time. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nap Time.
Jonny Nap Time seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nap Time throws a leg kick
and Bernill counters with a thumping low kick.
Nap Time scores with a spinning back kick!
Bernill takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bernill scores with a decent looking hook.
Nap Time fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bernill bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nap Time's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bernill throws a sloppy head kick and Nap Time moves out of range easily.
That kick from Nap Time tenderised Bernill's leg. Bernill is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bernill takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bernill has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nap Time ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bernill takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nap Time rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bernill counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bernill stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nap Time.
Nap Time lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bernill has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nap Time.
Nap Time throws a sloppy head kick and Bernill moves out of range easily.
Bernill unleashes a big counter combination but Nap Time bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nap Time tries to score with a low kick but Bernill moves his leg out of the way.
Bernill swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nap Time throws a push kick but Bernill slaps the foot to one side.
Bernill throws a counter combo.
Bernill tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bernill steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nap Time. That one must have hurt.
Bernill rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nap Time counters with a head kick. That will keep Bernill thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nap Time with a nice cross.
Nap Time doesn't manage to clinch there - Bernill circles away.
Bernill circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Bernill counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Bernill finds it's target.
Nap Time swings for the body but Bernill moves out of range.
Nap Time tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Bernill on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bernill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bernill is looking to chop away at Nap Time's legs.
Bernill tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bernill avoids the head kick by Nap Time.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bernill! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nap Time, right into the meat.
Nap Time misses with a shot to the body
and Bernill counters with a series of strikes. Nap Time will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nap Time lands a nice shot to the body.
Nap Time feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bernill's calf.
Nap Time throws a leg kick that misses.
Bernill appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nap Time throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bernill counters with an outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nap Time throws a lazy head kick
and Bernill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bernill takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nap Time goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nap Time misses with the body kick
and Bernill counters with a nice uppercut.
Nap Time throws the left hand but Bernill avoids the punch easily.
Nap Time slips a jab and a cross from Bernill.
As Bernill tries to get set, Nap Time tries to push him back and clinch up but Bernill manages to avoid the attempt.
Nap Time throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bernill looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nap Time is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bernill.
Bernill avoids a kick to the body.
Bernill is looking for the big counter here.
Bernill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nap Time.
A nice side step and Bernill releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bernill checks a leg kick nicely.
Nap Time checks a leg kick.
Bernill avoids the head kick by Nap Time.
Some bone on bone action there as Bernill checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It seemed like Bernill was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nap Time throws a combination. Bernill tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A leg kick checked by Bernill.
Nap Time throws a sloppy body shot
and Bernill counters with a nice uppercut.
Nap Time throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Sami Bernill has been cut.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nap Time attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nap Time misses with a head kick.
Nap Time walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bernill checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bernill looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nap Time dodges the punch combination from Bernill.
Nap Time misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nap Time misses with an uppercut. Bernill saw that one coming.
Nap Time keeps Bernill at a distance using the push kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nap Time turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bernill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Bernill checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nap Time throws a solid leg kick but Bernill takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nap Time.
Bernill takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bernill throws a big counter head kick but Nap Time avoids it with no problem.
Nap Time tries a head kick but it misses.
Bernill tests Nap Time's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nap Time tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Nap Time.
Nap Time throws a head kick but Bernill moves out of range.
Bernill looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nap Time throws a series of strikes that have Bernill backpedaling.
Nap Time connects with a leg kick. Bernill looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nap Time ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Bernill tries to get set, Nap Time tries to push him back and clinch up but Bernill manages to avoid the attempt.
Nap Time lands with a nice combination. Bernill backs away looking to recover.
Bernill has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nap Time.
Nap Time scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny Nap Time dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sami Bernill'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nap Time tries to clinch but Bernill moves out of range.
A punch combination from Nap Time misses.
A little jabbing left from Bernill on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jonny Nap Time is winning the standup battle so far.
Nap Time on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nap Time lands with a slapping head kick.
Bernill is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bernill avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nap Time changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bernill pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nap Time is out of range and Bernill settles back down.
Nap Time appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bernill has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nap Time.
Nap Time shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bernill is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bernill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nap Time moves away.
Nap Time fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bernill.
Bernill's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bernill moves out of range of the body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nap Time.
Good leg kick by Bernill there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Nap Time checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bernill has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A low kick from Bernill misses
and Nap Time holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nap Time goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bernill stalling the fight.
Bernill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nap Time blocks it with crossed arms.
Nap Time swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bernill breaks the clinch.
Nap Time misses with a few strikes there.
Bernill feints a counter leg kick.
Nap Time misses with a wild body shot.
Nap Time tries to land a body kick
and Bernill counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernill fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bernill lands with a nice body punch.
Bernill throws a head kick but Nap Time moves out of range.
Bernill on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nap Time throws a head kick that half lands.
Bernill tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nap Time is looking to wear down Bernill with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bernill looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bernill slips a straight right by Nap Time.
Bernill throws a counter combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nap Time misses with a kick to the body.
Bernill throws a leg kick but Nap Time moved away.
Bernill swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nap Time clinches with his opponent.
Bernill managing to block the knees to the body from Nap Time.
Nap Time is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bernill can do to turn this around?
Nap Time misses with an elbow strike.
Come on Nap Time - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nap Time using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bernill has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bernill scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bernill blocks an elbow strike.
Nap Time with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bernill breaks from the clinch.
Bernill swings for the body but Nap Time moves out of range.
Bernill swats away the attempt to clinch by Nap Time.
Bernill takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nap Time swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nap Time lands a high kick!
Nap Time fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bernill.
Bernill missing with a left hand there. Nap Time was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nap Time throws a body kick that misses.
Bernill tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bernill takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bernill avoids the head kick by Nap Time.
Bernill throws a head kick that half lands.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nap Time.
Nap Time misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bernill counters with a low kick, right behind Nap Time 's knee.
Bernill has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nap Time.
Nap Time looks to land a combination but Bernill avoids it well.
Nap Time tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Bernill on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nap Time throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bernill swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nap Time is looking to land body kicks.
Bernill goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nap Time forces Bernill back against the cage and clinches.
Nap Time managing to block the knees to the body from Bernill.
Bernill lands with a left to the head.
Bernill looking to throw knees to the head but Nap Time is blocking nicely.
Nap Time misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bernill blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nap Time.
Nap Time fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bernill misses with some punches.
Sami Bernill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bernill blocks an elbow strike.
Nap Time tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bernill avoids it.
Bernill breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nap Time throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nap Time tries to clinch up but Bernill circles away and keeps his distance.
Nap Time tries to clinch there but Bernill circles away.
Bernill raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nap Time looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bernill now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nap Time swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Bernill to counter with a crisp jab.
Nap Time tries to land a front kick but Bernill steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Despite the aggression on Bernill's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Bernill moves out of range of the body kick from Nap Time.
Bernill looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nap Time misses with a few strikes there.
Bernill looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Nap Time showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nap Time 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Jonny Nap Time!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Jonny Nap Time!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Jonny Nap Time!
Jonny Nap Time wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Joe Helbent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mervyn Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Helbent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mervyn Harris!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris scores with a kick to the body.
Helbent doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Helbent's sensitive parts.
Helbent wants to clinch
and Harris counters with a good, hard body kick but Helbent shrugs it off.
Harris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Helbent stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Helbent tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harris lands with a left to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Harris.
Harris lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris pushes Helbent back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Harris pushes Helbent back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Joe Helbent has been cut.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Harris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Helbent is rocked!
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Helbent is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helbent misses with an elbow strike.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Helbent seems to have got his legs back now.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Helbent.
Harris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Helbent is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Harris.
Harris scores with a hook to the body.
Harris lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Helbent.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Harris lands with a left to the head.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Helbent backwards.
A short left from Harris.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris is leaning against Helbent and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harris breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Helbent with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Helbent looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Helbent 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 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mervyn Harris!
After winning the bout, Mervyn Harris 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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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Calvin King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Brentwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by Katy Perry - ROAR. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Calvin King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bernard Brentwood!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brentwood appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
King misses with a looping right.
King throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brentwood counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brentwood on the wrong end of a nice hook.
King throws out a loose jab but Brentwood uses good head movement to avoid it.
King swings widly with a right hand
and Brentwood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brentwood gets a clinch.
Brentwood misses with a hook from the clinch.
King blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Brentwood.
King breaks from the clinch.
Brentwood misses with a kick to the body.
King fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Calvin King has been cut.
Brentwood gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brentwood moves out of range of the strikes.
Brentwood tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brentwood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brentwood lands with a thumping leg kick.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
King throws an off balance right hand
and Brentwood counters with a big head kick but King shrugs it off.
Brentwood throws a lazy uppercut
and King counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
King bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brentwood's head.
King misses with a straight right.
King feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brentwood's calf.
Brentwood looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
A cross from King lands.
Brentwood catches King napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends King crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Brentwood raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bernard Brentwood!
Bernard Brentwood seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Riski Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Sexyton (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Riski Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chad Sexyton!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hester walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sexyton checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sexyton throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sexyton looks to land a body kick but Hester moved away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sexyton.
Sexyton moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sexyton feints and then cracks Hester's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hester down.
Hester misses with a leg kick
and Sexyton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hester's knee momentarily.
Chad Sexyton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sexyton looks to land a body kick but Hester moved away.
Hester takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sexyton lands a front kick.
Sexyton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sexyton moves out of range as Hester strikes.
Sexyton tries a low kick but Hester avoids it.
Hester scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good work by Hester as he checks the leg kick.
Hester throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crunch! Hester slams his shin into Sexyton's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester connects with a leg kick. Sexyton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sexyton avoids a kick to the body.
Hester throws a head kick that misses.
Hester takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hester throws a sloppy head kick
and Sexyton makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sexyton throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
Sexyton's coach down at Elorde MMA (ELITE LEVEL TRAINING W/ ELITE COACHES) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sexyton's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sexyton fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hester is out of range.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch but Sexyton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sexyton moves out of range of the leg kick from Hester.
A clash of legs there as Hester blocks the low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hester.
Hester avoids the head kick by Sexyton.
Hester wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Hester thumps Sexyton with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sexyton.
Sexyton misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sexyton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sexyton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sexyton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sexyton keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Sexyton.
Good work by Hester as he checks the leg kick.
Hester is looking to counter with head kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sexyton.
Sexyton is looking to chop away at Hester's legs.
Sexyton tries to work over Hester's front leg with a kick but Hester checks it.
Hester is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sexyton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sexyton fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hester checks it well.
Hester appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sexyton looks to land a body kick but Hester moved away.
Sexyton throws a leg kick but Hester sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sexyton fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hester has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester moves out of range of the body kick.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sexyton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sexyton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hester throws a leg kick but Sexyton checks it.
Hester swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hester seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nice body kick there by Hester.
Sexyton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hester clinches up with Sexyton and pushes him back against the cage.
Sexyton blocks a body shot from Hester.
Hester struggles to land a body shot inside as Sexyton controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hester misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hester can't find room to land a body shot as Sexyton controls the action.
Sexyton tries to break the clinch but Hester is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sexyton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sexyton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but Sexyton uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Hester fails to land.
Hester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sexyton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sexyton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hester avoiding damage as Sexyton throws knees to the body.
Sexyton working Hester over with knees to the body.
Sexyton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sexyton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hester was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hester blocks the body kick.
Sexyton throws a push kick but Hester slaps the foot to one side.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sexyton!
Hester stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sexyton.
Sexyton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hester's sensitive parts.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sexyton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sexyton throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hester looks to clinch
and Sexyton counters with a nice leg kick.
Sexyton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And Hester counters with a quick kick to the body but Sexyton blocks it.
Sexyton tries to land a front kick but Hester steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sexyton lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hester lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sexyton takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hester thows a body kick. Sexyton tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sexyton will feel that in the morning.
A good leg kick by Hester.
Sexyton lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sexyton.
Sexyton checks a leg kick nicely.
Sexyton blocks a head kick by Hester.
Sexyton follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Hester throws a sloppy head kick and Sexyton moves out of range easily.
Sexyton was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sexyton.
Hester on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sexyton. Sexyton obviously looking to wear him down.
Hester blocks a head kick by Sexyton.
Sexyton moves out of range as Hester throws a body kick.
Hester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hester throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sexyton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hester lands with a slapping head kick.
Sexyton misses with a body kick.
Sexyton is looking to land body kicks.
Hester is looking to land body kicks.
Hester misses with a body kick.
Hester tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sexyton misses with a head kick.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch but Sexyton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sexyton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hester. That did some damage!
Sexyton throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hester tries to counter by clinching up but Sexyton breaks away and moves out of range.
Hester misses with a body kick.
And Sexyton responds with a good body kick, but Hester manages to step out the way in time.
Sexyton moves out of range as Hester throws a body kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sexyton moves out of range of the body kick from Hester.
Sexyton scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hester checks a low kick from Sexyton.
Hester checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
As Sexyton backs away, Hester returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hester tries to work over Sexyton's front leg with a kick but Sexyton checks it.
Sexyton tries a quick counter leg kick but Hester is wise to it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sexyton lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick from Sexyton.
Hester fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sexyton checks it well.
Hester checks a leg kick nicely.
Hester will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hester chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hester throws a leg kick which misses Sexyton's front leg but catches the back leg as Sexyton tries to avoid it.
Hester is looking to clinch.
Sexyton appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hester takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hester blocks the body kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sexyton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sexyton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hester throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Chad Sexyton has been cut.
Sexyton scores with a spinning back kick!
Sexyton thows a body kick. Hester tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sexyton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hester's sensitive parts.
Sexyton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hester pushes Sexyton up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Sexyton.
Hester trying to stall but Sexyton improves his position.
Sexyton leaning against his opponent.
Hester can't find room to land a body shot as Sexyton controls the action.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by Sexyton.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Sexyton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chad Sexyton's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hester blocks a low kick nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hester.
Sexyton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters circling a little - Sexyton finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sexyton scores with a spinning back kick!
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch but Sexyton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sexyton thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hester if he has to take too many more of those.
Sexyton delivers a nice body kick.
Chad Sexyton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sexyton is looking to land body kicks.
Sexyton connects with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester checks the leg kick.
Sexyton tries to score with a low kick but Hester moves his leg out of the way.
Hester fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sexyton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sexyton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hester is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sexyton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sexyton's sensitive parts.
Hester throws a sloppy head kick and Sexyton moves out of range easily.
Hester throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sexyton moves out of range of the body kick from Hester.
Hester takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sexyton scores with a nice body kick.
Sexyton throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hester tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hester takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sexyton throws a head kick that misses.
Sexyton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sexyton throws a leg kick but Hester sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hester is looking to counter the offense by Sexyton and move into the clinch.
Hester misses with a kick to the body
and Sexyton counters with a thumping low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sexyton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hester.
Sexyton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sexyton checks a leg kick nicely.
Sexyton connects with a solid leg kick.
Hester on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hester goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sexyton plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sexyton tries to land a front kick but Hester steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sexyton throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Sexyton looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hester throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hester moves out of range as Sexyton throws a body kick.
Hester tries a low kick but Sexyton avoids it.
Hester will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hester doesn't manage to clinch there - Sexyton circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sexyton throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Hester tried to counter with a leg kick but Sexyton avoided it.
Hester fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sexyton lands a front kick.
Hester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sexyton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sexyton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sexyton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sexyton throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sexyton throws a nice head kick!
Sexyton thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hester if he has to take too many more of those.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sexyton.
Hester throws a low kick but Sexyton avoids it.
Sexyton moves out of range of the leg kick from Hester.
Hester misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sexyton throws a leg kick which misses Hester's front leg but catches the back leg as Hester tries to avoid it.
Sexyton is looking to land body kicks.
Good work by Hester as he checks the leg kick.
Hester moves out of range of the body kick.
Sexyton fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hester is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A leg kick checked by Sexyton.
Sexyton tries to land a front kick but Hester steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hester is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sexyton.
Sexyton blocks a leg kick.
Hester wants to clinch but Sexyton slips to the side
and Sexyton makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hester really felt that one!
Sexyton thows a body kick. Hester tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sexyton cracks the inside of Hester's front leg.
Hester keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sexyton!
A head kick misses from Hester.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sexyton goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hester stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sexyton.
Sexyton swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hester throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sexyton avoids it.
Sexyton lands a head kick!
Hester blocks the body kick.
Sexyton checks a low kick from Hester.
Sexyton misses with a head kick.
Hester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sexyton throws the kick towards the body but Hester avoids it.
Sexyton throws a push kick but Hester slaps the foot to one side.
Hester takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sexyton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hester throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sexyton's head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sexyton lands a front kick.
Sexyton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hester moves out of range as Sexyton throws a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester tries to clinch but Sexyton is having none of it.
Sexyton looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sexyton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hester throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sexyton's head.
Sexyton throws a body kick that misses.
Sexyton lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sexyton moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sexyton wants to slow Hester down by chopping away at his legs.
Hester misses with a low kick.
Sexyton thinks about the counter body kick.
Chad Sexyton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head kick from Sexyton lands but Hester takes it in his stride.
Hester takes the fight into the clinch.
Sexyton lands a nice knee to the body.
Hester tries to work over Sexyton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester managing to block the knees to the body from Sexyton.
Hester's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sexyton.
Hester misses with some punches.
Sexyton prevents a body shot from Hester.
Sexyton prevents a body shot from Hester.
Sexyton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hester avoids it.
Hester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sexyton.
Hester misses with a punch to the body.
Riski Hester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sexyton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sexyton pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A good leg kick by Hester.
Sexyton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A head kick misses from Sexyton.
Hester throws a chopping leg kick but Sexyton manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hester throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sexyton throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sexyton blocks the body kick.
Sexyton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sexyton.
Hester blocks the body kick.
Hester throws a chopping leg kick but Sexyton manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Sexyton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sexyton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Chad Sexyton!
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight for Chad Sexyton!
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight for Chad Sexyton!
Chad Sexyton wins by unanimous decision!
Chad Sexyton decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Anthony Barreras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malik Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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180 lbs
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Barreras!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malik Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jennings throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barreras holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jennings lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barreras backwards.
A hook to the body from Barreras.
Jennings tries to break free but Barreras pushes him back against the cage.
Barreras blocking some punches.
Jennings has had enough of the clinch but Barreras keeps him there for the moment.
Barreras throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barreras works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barreras lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barreras lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barreras throws an elbow but misses.
Jennings avoids the elbow strike from Barreras, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Barreras.
Jennings is trying to break the clinch but Barreras has him pressed against the cage.
Barreras keeps control of Jennings as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barreras lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jennings backwards.
Barreras doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jennings misses with the head strike.
Barreras has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head punch on the inside from Jennings fails to land.
Jennings tries to break free but Barreras pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Barreras.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jennings misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barreras is stalling here.
Jennings digs a right hand underneath Barreras's ribcage. Barreras let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barreras.
Barreras digs a right hand underneath Jennings's ribcage. Jennings let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barreras.
Barreras lands a nice uppercut.
Barreras lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jennings has had enough of the clinch but Barreras keeps him there for the moment.
Jennings lands a left hand.
Barreras blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Barreras scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jennings looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barreras lands a nice uppercut.
Barreras is leaning against Jennings and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Barreras's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barreras misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Barreras.
The referee calls for Barreras to work.
A short right from Barreras on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Barreras.
Jennings letting Barreras take a breather here.
Jennings misses with a punch to the body.
Barreras tries to work over Jennings's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barreras.
Barreras stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barreras lands a body punch.
Barreras lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jennings backwards.
Barreras lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barreras lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barreras is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Barreras throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jenningss head.
Barreras misses with a knee strike.
Barreras stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barreras lands a nice shot to the body.
Barreras gets through Jennings's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Barreras.
Barreras pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jennings blocks the elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barreras.
Jennings has a couple of punches blocked by Barreras.
Barreras blocks an uppercut.
Jennings wants to break free but Barreras has control.
Jennings is looking to break free of the clinch but Barreras has double underhooks.
Barreras manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Barreras lands with a short shot to the head.
It looks like Malik Jennings has been cut.
A short right from Barreras.
Barreras working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jennings is rocked!
Jennings wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barreras lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barreras gets through Jennings's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jennings is still on wobbly legs! Can Barreras finish him?
Barreras presses Jennings against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jennings seems to have recovered his senses.
Jennings looks winded!
A nice right hand lands inside from Barreras.
Barreras throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jennings misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barreras lands with a left to the head.
Barreras has Jennings pressed against the cage, preventing Jennings from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barreras creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barreras throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jenningss head.
Barreras creates a bit of distance and cracks Jennings with a big uppercut! Jennings goes down! The referee pushes Barreras away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Jennings make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Barreras takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Anthony Barreras!
In his post fight interview, Anthony Barreras started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Riki Tahlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teenager Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tahlin comes to the cage accompanied by Fear and Wonder. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Riki Tahlin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teenager Torres!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tahlin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Torres tries a head kick but it misses.
We've been informed that Torres 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.
Tahlin moves into the clinch.
Torres is looking to break free of the clinch but Tahlin has double underhooks.
Torres pushes off an throws an elbow but Tahlin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tahlin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tahlin keeps control of Torres as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tahlin scores with a shot to the side of Torres's head.
Tahlin is struggling to control the position.
Tahlin scores with a shot to the side of Torres's head.
Tahlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tahlin blocks an elbow strike.
Tahlin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tahlin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tahlin blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahlin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Torres backwards.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tahlin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tahlin tries to land a knee to the head but Torres blocks with his arms.
Torres throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tahlin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Torres up against the cage.
Torres throws an elbow but it misses.
Torres lands a good knee to the midsection. Tahlin won't want to take too many of those.
Torres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Torres tries a body shot but Tahlin blocks it.
Tahlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Tahlin.
Tahlin throws a punch but it's blocked by Torres.
Torres pressing his opponent against the cage.
Torres tries to break free but Tahlin pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tahlin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tahlin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Tahlin.
Torres tries to break free but Tahlin pushes him back against the cage.
Tahlin avoiding damage as Torres throws knees to the body.
Tahlin tries to land a knee to the head but Torres blocks with his arms.
Torres's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tahlin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tahlin tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Torres fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tahlin is out of range.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Tahlin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tahlin connects with an inside leg kick.
Torres misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Torres will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tahlin tries to counter by clinching up but Torres breaks away and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres feints and then cracks Tahlin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tahlin down.
Tahlin connects with a solid leg kick.
Torres lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Decent striking displayed by Torres there.
Torres tries a head kick but it misses.
Tahlin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tahlin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Torres.
Tahlin tries to counter by clinching up but Torres breaks away and moves out of range.
Tahlin moves into the clinch.
Tahlin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tahlin avoiding damage as Torres throws knees to the body.
Tahlin blocks an uppercut.
Tahlin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A bit of stalling here from Tahlin.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tahlin.
Torres with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tahlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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!
Tahlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tahlin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torres tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tahlin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tahlin misses with a knee to the head.
Tahlin scores a nice knee to the body.
Tahlin lands a shoulder strike.
Torres stalling in the clinch but Tahlin improves position.
Tahlin effectively controlling the action here.
Tahlin gets through Torres's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tahlin effectively controlling the action here.
Torres stalling the fight.
Torres landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Torres as the two fighters clinch.
The referee calls for Tahlin to work.
Tahlin lands a nice uppercut.
Torres tries a knee to the head but Tahlin blocks it.
Torres being controlled against the cage.
Torres softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tahlin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Torres misses with a punch to the body.
Torres lands an elbow inside that Tahlin shrugs off.
It looks like Riki Tahlin has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Tahlin.
Tahlin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tahlin misses with a knee strike.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tahlin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torres wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Torres blocks an elbow strike.
Tahlin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tahlin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tahlin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tahlin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Torres obliges.
Torres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tahlin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Torres backwards.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tahlin is defending well for now.
Tahlin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Tahlin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torres in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tahlin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tahlin misses with an elbow strike.
Tahlin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tahlin looking to slow down the pace here.
Torres lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tahlin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Torres taking a breather.
Tahlin lands an elbow inside.
A bit of stalling here from Tahlin.
Tahlin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torres throws an elbow that misses.
Torres tries to break free but Tahlin pushes him back against the cage.
Torres just leaning against Tahlin, taking a breather.
Tahlin working Torres over with knees to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tahlin blocking some punches.
Torres has had enough of the clinch but Tahlin keeps him there for the moment.
Tahlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tahlin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Torres's efforts to push away.
Tahlin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tahlin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Torres up against the cage.
Tahlin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tahlin has Torres pressed against the cage.
Tahlin is stalling here.
Tahlin seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Tahlin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torres breaks from the clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Torres looks to throw the jab but Tahlin is out of range.
Tahlin is looking to counter the offense by Torres and move into the clinch.
Torres scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Torres tries to land a front kick but Tahlin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tahlin is looking to chop away at Torres's legs.
A little jabbing left from Torres on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Torres moves out of range as Tahlin throws a body kick.
Torres throws a shot to the body.
Torres throws a right hand that Tahlin ducks under and follows up with a left that Tahlin also avoids with ease.
Tahlin ducks under a wild hook from Torres.
Tahlin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Torres, pushing him back against the cage.
Tahlin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tahlin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Torres pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tahlin lands an elbow just above Torres 's eye.
Tahlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torres landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riki Tahlin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riki Tahlin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tahlin doesn't manage to clinch there - Torres circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Torres as he connects with a hook.
Tahlin rushes Torres and presses him up against the cage.
Tahlin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tahlin with a knee to the head.
Riki Tahlin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Torres.
Torres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Torres trying to stall but Tahlin improves his position.
Torres tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Torres.
Torres lands a good knee to the midsection. Tahlin won't want to take too many of those.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tahlin controlling the action here for a moment.
Torres is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tahlin is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahlin tries a knee to the head but Torres blocks it.
Torres misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tahlin.
Torres lands a nice knee to the body.
Tahlin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Torres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tahlin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tahlin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torres can do to turn this around?
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Torres is looking to break free of the clinch but Tahlin has double underhooks.
Tahlin prevents a body shot from Torres.
Tahlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tahlin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Torress head.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.
Tahlin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres stalling in the clinch but Tahlin improves position.
Torres creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tahlin taking a breather.
Tahlin with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Tahlin to work.
Torres misses with some punches.
Tahlin stalling in the clinch.
Tahlin misses with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torres misses with an elbow strike.
Tahlin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tahlin managing to block the knees to the body from Torres.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tahlin avoiding damage.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.
Torres misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tahlin.
Torres has had enough of the clinch but Tahlin keeps him there for the moment.
A short right from Tahlin.
Tahlin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torres looking to slow down the pace here.
Torres blocks an elbow strike.
Tahlin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tahlin prevents a body shot from Torres.
Torres takes an elbow to the temple.
Tahlin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tahlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres letting Tahlin take a breather here.
Torres wants to break free but Tahlin has control.
Tahlin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tahlin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torres avoids it.
Tahlin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torres in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Torres missing with knees to the body.
Tahlin wants to stall.
Tahlin lands an elbow inside.
Torres working hard to break the clinch.
Torres misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tahlin.
Torres trying to land knees to the body.
Tahlin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Torres's defenses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Torres misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Tahlin.
Tahlin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Torres is keeping busy.
Tahlin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A head punch on the inside from Tahlin fails to land.
Tahlin avoiding damage.
Tahlin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Torres takes an elbow to the temple.
Torres struggles to land a body shot inside as Tahlin controls his hands.
Tahlin is looking to control Torres's arms but Torres gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tahlin has his back to the cage.
Tahlin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torres missing with knees to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Torres looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Tahlin.
Tahlin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Torres backwards.
Tahlin is stalling here.
Torres is trying to break the clinch but Tahlin has him pressed against the cage.
Tahlin is struggling to control the position.
Torres tries to work over Tahlin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Torres misses with some punches.
Tahlin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torres's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Torres throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torres throws a leg kick but Tahlin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Torres throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Teenager Torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tahlin moves into the clinch.
Riki Tahlin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Come on Tahlin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Torres breaks the clinch.
Torres throws out a leg kick but Tahlin moves out of range and Torres only half commits.
Torres pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tahlin is out of range and Torres settles back down.
Tahlin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Torres.
Torres throws a hook but Tahlin blocks it.
Torres misses with a few strikes there.
Tahlin throws a sloppy head kick
and Torres counters with a nice uppercut.
Tahlin moves out of range of the strikes.
Tahlin moves out of range of the strikes.
Torres avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tahlin slips a straight right by Torres.
Torres listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Torres swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Teenager Torres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torres is breathing heavily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tahlin clinches with his opponent.
Tahlin has Torres pressed against the cage.
Torres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tahlin's elbow.
Tahlin just leaning against Torres, taking a breather.
Torres using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tahlin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Torres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torres tries a body shot but Tahlin blocks it.
Torres dodges an elbow strike from Tahlin.
Torres is pushing Tahlin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Torres pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tahlin stalling in the clinch.
Torres has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Torres with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tahlin managing to block the knees to the body from Torres.
Tahlin taking a breather.
Torres breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Torres swings for the body but Tahlin moves out of range.
As Torres tries to get set, Tahlin tries to push him back and clinch up but Torres manages to avoid the attempt.
Torres misses with a hook. Tahlin ducked under it nicely.
Torres looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tahlin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Torres.
Teenager Torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Torres swings widly with a right hand
and Tahlin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Riki Tahlin.
I think Tahlin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Riki Tahlin!
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Riki Tahlin!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Riki Tahlin!
Riki Tahlin wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, Riki Tahlin took to the microphone: 'Another contract completed.. '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between William Dillinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dillinger's entrance music is Sad monday - Low kick. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Dillinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Jake Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillinger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stevenson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Stevenson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dillinger manages to avoid it.
Dillinger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dillinger throws a chopping leg kick but Stevenson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Stevenson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stevenson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Stevenson misses with a hook
and Dillinger counters with an outside leg kick.
A combination from Dillinger does no damage.
Stevenson lands a high kick!
Stevenson misses with an uppercut. Dillinger saw that one coming.
Dillinger definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dillinger avoids the body shot from Stevenson.
Dillinger is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dillinger misses with a low kick.
Dillinger slips under a jab.
Stevenson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stevenson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A jab from Dillinger misses.
Stevenson with a nice cross.
Dillinger has closed the distance and engaged Stevenson in a clinch.
Dillinger lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson has had enough of the clinch but Dillinger keeps him there for the moment.
Dillinger can't find room to land a body shot as Stevenson controls the action.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks with his arms.
Dillinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Jake Stevenson has been cut.
Dillinger blocks the elbow strike.
Stevenson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dillinger backwards.
Dillinger crunches a lovely knee into Stevenson's ribcage.
Stevenson looking to throw knees to the head but Dillinger is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Dillinger.
Stevenson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stevenson tries a body shot but Dillinger blocks it.
Dillinger scores a nice knee to the body.
Stevenson tries a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks it.
Stevenson looks winded!
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stevenson avoids it.
Dillinger pushes Stevenson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dillinger pushes Stevenson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dillinger misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Stevenson fails to land.
Dillinger lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dillinger makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stevenson tries to circle away but Dillinger has him pinned against the cage.
Dillinger content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dillinger taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stevenson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillinger.
Dillinger lands a shot to the body.
Stevenson avoiding damage as Dillinger throws knees to the body.
Dillinger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dillinger displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stevenson up against the cage.
Dillinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Stevenson won't want to take too many of those.
A bit of stalling here from Dillinger.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dillinger avoids it.
Stevenson throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Dillinger.
Stevenson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stevenson throws an elbow that misses.
Dillinger missing with knees to the body.
Stevenson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dillinger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dillinger throws an elbow but misses.
Stevenson tries a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks it.
Dillinger avoids a wild elbow strike from Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with an elbow over the top.
Dillinger lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dillinger.
Dillinger pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stevenson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillinger blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stalling in the clinch from Dillinger.
Dillinger leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stevenson blocks a body shot from Dillinger.
Nice body punch from Dillinger - that landed with a thud.
Stevenson missing with knees to the body.
Stevenson has a couple of punches blocked by Dillinger.
Dillinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Stevenson won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dillinger is stalling here.
Stevenson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dillinger is defending well for now.
Dillinger stalling in the clinch.
Stevenson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dillinger trying to land knees to the body.
Dillinger dodges an elbow strike from Stevenson.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson missing with knees to the body.
Stevenson letting Dillinger take a breather here.
Stevenson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stevenson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dillinger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stevenson or not.
Stevenson trying to land knees to the body.
Stevenson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dillinger is pushing Stevenson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dillinger lands with a light punch inside.
Dillinger lands with a short shot to the head.
Dillinger will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stevenson up against the cage.
Stevenson throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dillinger is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stevenson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dillinger dodges an elbow strike from Stevenson.
A nice left hand lands by Dillinger.
Dillinger blocks an elbow strike from Stevenson.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stevenson avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevenson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dillinger makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dillinger taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stevenson tries to break the clinch but Dillinger is controlling the position.
Dillinger blocks an elbow strike from Stevenson.
Stevenson avoiding damage as Dillinger throws knees to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson wants to break free but Dillinger has control.
Dillinger stalls.
Stevenson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dillinger stalling against the cage.
Dillinger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dillinger avoiding damage as Stevenson throws knees to the body.
Dillinger misses with a knee to the head.
Stevenson throws an elbow but it misses.
Dillinger pushes Stevenson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stevenson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dillinger's face.
Dillinger scores a nice knee to the body.
Stevenson misses with a body punch.
Dillinger blocks an elbow strike.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson tries a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks it.
Dillinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dillinger landing knees to the body.
Dillinger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dillinger dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stevenson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dillinger lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Dillinger.
A body shot lands from Dillinger.
Dillinger working Stevenson over with knees to the body.
Dillinger crunches a lovely knee into Stevenson's ribcage.
Dillinger has Stevenson pushed against the cage.
Dillinger controlling the action here for a moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks with his arms.
Stevenson tries to work over Dillinger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stevenson takes an elbow to the temple.
Dillinger avoiding damage.
Dillinger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevenson backwards.
Dillinger stalling the fight.
The referee calls for Dillinger to work.
Dillinger missing with knees to the body.
Stevenson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dillinger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dillinger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevenson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Dillinger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Stevenson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Stevenson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dillinger throws out the jab.
A big right from Dillinger misses.
Dillinger moves out of range of the body kick.
Dillinger is looking to counter punch.
Dillinger rushes Stevenson and presses him up against the cage.
Stevenson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillinger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillinger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stevenson can do to turn this around?
Dillinger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stevenson blocks it with crossed arms.
Dillinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stevenson takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stevenson throws an elbow but misses.
Dillinger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dillinger slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillinger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.
Dillinger slows down the pace here.
Dillinger lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Dillinger.
Dillinger scores with a hook to the body.
Dillinger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dillinger lands a knee to the body.
Dillinger lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dillinger taking a breather.
The referee calls for Dillinger to work.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Dillinger for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Dillinger lands a shoulder strike.
William Dillinger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dillinger avoiding damage.
Dillinger is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dillinger dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by William Dillinger.
Stevenson staying out of range there.
Dillinger moves into range and clinches up with Stevenson.
Stevenson tries a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks it.
Stevenson avoiding damage as Dillinger throws knees to the body.
Dillinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dillinger lands a hook that snaps the head of Stevenson backwards.
Stevenson misses with a knee to the head.
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!
Dillinger slowing the pace effectively.
Dillinger prevents Stevenson from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dillinger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dillinger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stevenson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dillinger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dillinger stalling the fight.
Dillinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Stevenson won't want to take too many of those.
Dillinger landing knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dillinger - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stevenson's efforts to push away.
Stevenson misses with the head strike.
Dillinger pushes Stevenson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dillinger leaning against his opponent.
Dillinger displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stevenson up against the cage.
Dillinger seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Dillinger crunches a lovely knee into Stevenson's ribcage.
Dillinger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stevenson is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dillinger.
Dillinger leaning against his opponent.
Dillinger avoids a wild elbow strike from Stevenson.
Dillinger lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson misses with a knee strike.
Dillinger misses with a knee strike.
Dillinger works on Stevenson's body with a couple of short punches.
Dillinger is stalling here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dillinger.
Dillinger is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by William Dillinger.
Stevenson fails to land with a series of punches.
Dillinger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dillinger lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dillinger paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dillinger throws a hook to the side of Stevenson's head but Stevenson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stevenson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dillinger has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dillinger and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dillinger is looking to counter with head kicks.
Dillinger clinches with his opponent.
Dillinger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dillinger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevenson backwards.
Dillinger is struggling to control the position.
Dillinger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dillinger gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Dillinger stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dillinger working Stevenson over with knees to the body.
Dillinger manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Stevenson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dillinger tries to land knees in the clinch but Stevenson avoids the damage to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dillinger - that landed with a thud.
Stevenson wants to break free but Dillinger has control.
Dillinger gets through Stevenson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson letting Dillinger take a breather here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dillinger blocks a body shot from Stevenson.
Dillinger dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dillinger is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by William Dillinger.
Stevenson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dillinger to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dillinger moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That has opened up Jake Stevenson's cut even more.
Dillinger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevenson was well out of range. Poor timing from Dillinger.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Stevenson misses.
Dillinger throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stevenson throws a right and a left that Dillinger avoids nicely.
Dillinger throws a body shot but no joy.
Dillinger backing away here, and Stevenson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Stevenson throws a leg kick but Dillinger sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dillinger fires out a quick counter leg kick but Stevenson just manages to avoid it.
Jake Stevenson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dillinger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dillinger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevenson was well out of range. Poor timing from Dillinger.
Stevenson misses with a few strikes there.
Stevenson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stevenson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dillinger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stevenson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dillinger scrambles back to his feet.
Dillinger jabs at Stevenson's body.
Dillinger tries to land a front kick but Stevenson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stevenson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Dillinger blocks it well.
Dillinger slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dillinger lands an overhand right.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dillinger misses the shot to the body.
Stevenson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Stevenson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dillinger has Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Stevenson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillinger.
Dillinger slowing the pace effectively.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dillinger lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stevenson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stevenson wants to get back to striking at distance but Dillinger won't allow it.
Stevenson has had enough of the clinch but Dillinger keeps him there for the moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger managing to block the knees to the body from Stevenson.
The referee calls for Dillinger to work.
Dillinger scores a nice knee to the body.
Stevenson throws a punch but it's blocked by Dillinger.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stevenson.
Dillinger blocks an elbow strike from Stevenson.
Dillinger stalling against the cage.
Stevenson takes a shot to the head.
Stevenson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dillinger is defending well for now.
Dillinger is stalling here.
Stevenson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dillinger has Stevenson pushed against the cage.
Dillinger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
William Dillinger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dillinger 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Hoff scores the fight for William Dillinger!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for William Dillinger!
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight for William Dillinger!
William Dillinger wins by unanimous decision!
William Dillinger seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between George Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey The Razor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joey The Razor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with George Morris's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, George Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joey The Razor!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Razor has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but The Razor is blocking nicely.
Morris lands an elbow just above The Razor 's eye.
It looks like Joey The Razor has been cut.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
The Razor has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.
Morris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Razor is keeping busy.
The Razor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Razor working aggressively here.
The Razor displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morris up against the cage.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Razor blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Razor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Razor misses with the head strike.
Morris scores a nice knee to the body.
Morris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Razor.
A short left from The Razor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris crunches a lovely knee into The Razor's ribcage.
The Razor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morris working The Razor over with knees to the body.
The Razor looks winded!
The Razor takes an elbow to the temple.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as The Razor controls his hands.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
Morris lands an elbow inside.
Morris scores with a knee to the head.
Morris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Razor's elbow.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Razor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Morris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Razor throws a punch but it's blocked by Morris.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
The Razor managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.
The Razor's coach down at Foot Loves was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on The Razor's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
The Razor has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris blocking some punches.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
The Razor swings wildly with an uppercut but Morris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morris lands a shoulder strike.
Morris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morris - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Razor managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.
The Razor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Morris could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
The Razor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Razor looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Razor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morris missing with knees to the body.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
The Razor stalling in the clinch but Morris improves position.
Morris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
Morris takes a shot to the head.
Morris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
The Razor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The Razor managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.
The Razor breaks from the clinch.
The Razor darts in and clinches Morris up against the cage.
The Razor misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morris obliges.
Morris lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Razor tries to break free but Morris pushes him back against the cage.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morris lands an elbow inside that The Razor shrugs off.
The Razor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morris cracks The Razor with a nice body shot.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Razor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but The Razor avoids the damage to the body.
Morris is trying to stall.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but The Razor avoids the damage to the body.
Morris with a knee to the head.
The Razor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morris is keeping busy.
The Razor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morris throws an elbow but misses.
The Razor is trying to maintain a safe position but Morris gets an underhook and turns The Razor into the cage.
A short right from Morris.
Morris tries to work over The Razor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morris lands an elbow inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Razor tries to stall but Morris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morris trying to control the position but instead, The Razor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morris into the cage.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor misses with an elbow strike.
Morris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from The Razor.
Morris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Razor's efforts to push away.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
Morris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Razor's defenses.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but The Razor avoids the damage to the body.
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!
The Razor breaks from the clinch.
Morris throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Razor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Razor throws a head kick that misses.
Morris throws a wild body kick that The Razor sees coming a mile off.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morris gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Morris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Razor takes a kick to the side of the head.
Morris wants to clinch but The Razor slips to the side
and The Razor counters with a stiff right hand.
The Razor lands with a nice body punch.
The Razor closes the distance and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
Morris connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Razor's face.
The Razor has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.
Morris misses with a punch to the body.
The Razor misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Razor manages to break the clinch.
The Razor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morris moves away.
Morris bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The Razor moves out of range as Morris throws a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Razor misses with a right hand
and Morris counters with a low kick, right behind The Razor 's knee.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Razor moves into the clinch.
The Razor breaks from the clinch.
Morris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Razor raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The Razor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Razor clobbers Morris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morris misses with a wild body shot.
The Razor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Razor tries a head kick but it misses.
The Razor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Razor shapes to counter with a head kick.
Morris throws a lazy head kick
letting The Razor counter with a right hand.
The Razor moves into the clinch.
The Razor working hard to break the clinch.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but The Razor avoids the damage to the body.
The Razor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Razor is trying to break the clinch but Morris has him pressed against the cage.
The Razor has had enough of the clinch but Morris keeps him there for the moment.
The Razor missing with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morris.
The Razor tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Morris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Razor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Razor working aggressively here.
Morris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Razor avoids it.
Nice body punch from Morris.
Morris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
The Razor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris blocking some punches.
Morris gets through The Razor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Morris scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Morris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey The Razor's cut.
That's time! Morris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
The Razor takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morris.
Morris moves into range and clinches up with The Razor.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Razor blocks it with crossed arms.
Morris lands an elbow that stopped The Razor in his tracks for a moment.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.
The Razor working hard to break the clinch.
Morris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Razor is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morris.
The Razor misses with a punch on the inside.
Morris working The Razor over with knees to the body.
The Razor stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Razor throws a punch but it's blocked by Morris.
Morris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Razor pushes off an throws an elbow but Morris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Razor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from The Razor.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on The Razor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morris crunches a lovely knee into The Razor's ribcage.
The Razor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Razor is breathing heavily.
Morris lands with a right to the head.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Razor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Razor takes an elbow to the temple.
The Razor misses with some punches.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Morris scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morris scores with a knee to the head.
The Razor takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Razor has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.
Morris tries a knee to the head but The Razor blocks it.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morris wants to stall.
Morris tries a knee to the head but The Razor blocks it.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
Morris lands an elbow inside.
The Razor trying to land knees to the body.
The Razor lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Razor throws an elbow but misses.
The Razor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morris backwards.
Morris lands a good knee to the midsection. The Razor won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Razor can do to turn this around?
Morris blocking some punches.
The Razor misses with a punch on the inside.
Morris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morris lands a hook that snaps the head of The Razor backwards.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as The Razor controls his hands.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morris avoids a wild elbow strike from The Razor.
The Razor misses with some punches.
The Razor missing with knees to the body.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but The Razor is blocking nicely.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Razor takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Razor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from The Razor.
The Razor lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Razor trying to land knees to the body.
Morris lands an elbow just above The Razor 's eye.
Morris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Razor is defending well for now.
The Razor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Razor tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Morris is looking to control The Razor's arms but The Razor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morris has his back to the cage.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
The Razor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
The Razor scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Morris as the two fighters clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but The Razor is blocking nicely.
The Razor manages to break the clinch.
Morris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Razor lands a hook that snaps the head of Morris backwards.
Morris pushes off an throws an elbow but The Razor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Razor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Razor is looking to control Morris's arms but Morris gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Razor has his back to the cage.
The Razor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morris as The Razor tries to tie him up.
Morris landing knees to the body.
The Razor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morriss head.
Morris is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The Razor throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Razor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morris tries a body shot but The Razor blocks it.
The Razor gets through Morris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Razor blocks it with crossed arms.
The Razor trying to land knees to the body.
The Razor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris scores a nice knee to the body.
The Razor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
The Razor wants to get back to striking at distance but Morris won't allow it.
The Razor wants to break free but Morris has control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Razor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris lands a nice knee to the body.
The Razor is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
The Razor throws a head punch that misses.
The Razor is trying to stall.
Morris has The Razor pushed against the cage.
Morris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morris just leaning against The Razor, taking a breather.
Morris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Razor avoids it.
Morris looking to slow down the pace here.
The Razor misses with some punches.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Razor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morris throws a head punch that misses.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Razor managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.
Morris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Razor avoids it.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
The Razor misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Razor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Razor misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morriss head.
The Razor can't find room to land a body shot as Morris controls the action.
The Razor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morris blocking some punches.
The Razor is trying to break the clinch but Morris is controlling him.
The Razor tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
The Razor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Morris misses with a body punch.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
The Razor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joey The Razor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by The Razor.
George Morris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Razor misses with the head strike.
The Razor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morris pushes off an throws an elbow but The Razor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
The Razor missing with knees to the body.
The Razor swings wildly with an uppercut but Morris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as The Razor controls his hands.
Morris trying to stall but The Razor improves his position.
The Razor is looking to control Morris's arms but Morris gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Razor has his back to the cage.
A short body shot lands from Morris as the two fighters clinch.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morris working The Razor over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morris.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
Morris is trying to maintain a safe position but The Razor gets an underhook and turns Morris into the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Morris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for George Morris!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for George Morris!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for George Morris!
George Morris wins by unanimous decision!
Joey The Razor spoke after the fight, saying 'Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.....'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Canela Elbow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmie Craig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Canela Elbow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Canela Elbow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jimmie Craig!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elbow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Craig. That did some damage!
Craig misses with a double jab
and Elbow counters with an outside leg kick.
Craig throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Elbow.
Elbow throws a counter high kick but Craig was just alert enough to avoid it.
Craig throws the kick towards the body but Elbow avoids it.
Craig with a jab.
Elbow tries to clinch up.
Craig takes a swing at Elbow's ribcage but misses.
Craig connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Craig scores with a jab.
Elbow checks a leg kick.
Elbow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Craig.
Elbow definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jimmie Craig seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Craig misses.
Craig throws a sloppy head kick and Elbow moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Craig. Elbow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Craig scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Craig rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Elbow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Elbow throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Craig throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Elbow counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Craig tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Elbow is able to avoid easily.
Elbow gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Elbow misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Craig.
Elbow trying to stall but Craig improves his position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Elbow obliges.
Elbow lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Jimmie Craig has been cut.
Elbow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Elbow pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Elbow.
Elbow tries to land knees in the clinch but Craig avoids the damage to the body.
Craig lands a hook to the side of the head.
Craig working aggressively here.
Craig scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Elbow tries to land knees in the clinch but Craig avoids the damage to the body.
Craig lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craig working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Elbow lands a damaging elbow.
Elbow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Elbow blocks a body shot from Craig.
Craig taking a breather.
Craig misses with a short punch on the inside.
Craig struggles to land a body shot inside as Elbow controls his hands.
Craig lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Craig swings wildly with an uppercut but Elbow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Craig misses with a hook from the clinch.
Craig avoids the elbow strike from Elbow, against the cage.
Craig avoids a wild elbow strike from Elbow.
Craig goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Craig throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Elbows head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elbow landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Craig lands a right hand that snaps the head of Elbow backwards.
Craig has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Elbow lands an elbow inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Elbow.
Craig pushes Elbow back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Elbow is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Craig is defending well for now.
Elbow misses with an elbow over the top.
Craig lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Craig digs a right hand into Elbow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Elbow's gas tank.
Craig works on Elbow's body with a couple of short punches.
Elbow is breathing heavily.
Craig blocks the elbow strike.
Elbow lands an elbow that stopped Craig in his tracks for a moment.
Craig is pushing Elbow up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Craig scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Craig.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Elbow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Craig creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Elbow throws an elbow but misses.
Craig lands a right hand.
Elbow throws an elbow that misses.
Craig is working Elbow over against the cage.
Craig wants to get back to striking at distance but Elbow won't allow it.
Craig working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Craig makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Elbow is rocked!
Craig holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Oh Elbow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Craig digs a right hand into Elbow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Elbow's gas tank.
Elbow seems to have got his legs back now.
A left hand lands to the body for Craig.
Craig digs a right hand underneath Elbow's ribcage. Elbow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Craig taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Craig.
Craig lands a left hand that snaps the head of Elbow backwards.
Elbow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Elbow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Craig avoids it.
A body shot lands from Craig.
Craig lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Craig lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Elbow backwards.
Craig misses with a body punch.
Craig lands with a left to the head.
Craig lands with a short shot to the head.
Craig misses with a punch to the body.
Craig has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Elbow seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Craig can turn it around.
Craig misses with a hook to the ribs.
Craig lands with a short shot to the head.
Craig creates a bit of distance and cracks Elbow with a big uppercut! Elbow goes down! The referee pushes Craig away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Elbow make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Craig takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jimmie Craig!
Jimmie Craig decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mike Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicola Bruni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes into the arena with Wanna Be A Baller blaring out of the sound system. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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
7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Mike Green!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nicola Bruni!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruni throws the left hand but Green avoids the punch easily.
Bruni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruni. Green does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Green throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bruni paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Green lands a jab.
Some wild striking there from Bruni.
Decent striking displayed by Bruni there.
Some wild striking there from Bruni.
Bruni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Green thows a body kick. Bruni tries to catch it but that hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruni lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bruni looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Green lands a head kick that bluckles Bruni and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Green no doubt looking to push for a finish!
It looks like Nicola Bruni has been cut.
Bruni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Green was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruni.
Bruni lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Green at a distance.
Bruni lands a jab to the nose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green lands with a straight right. Bruni didn't see that one coming.
Bruni blocks a jab.
Bruni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice jab there from Bruni.
It looks like Mike Green has been cut.
Green takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bruni scores with a punch to the head.
Bruni moves away from the strike by Green.
Bruni swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Bruni uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Green has time to react.
Bruni takes a swing at Green's ribcage but misses.
Green thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bruni if he has to take too many more of those.
Bruni throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Green on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Bruni.
Green quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Bruni moves out of range as Green throws a body kick.
Bruni throws a jab when Green was well out of range.
Bruni throws an overhand right that lands on Green's shoulder, as Green tries to avoid the shot.
Bruni connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Green momentarily.
Bruni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruni lands the left hand.
Bruni lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bruni clobbers Green with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Green takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Green lands a head kick. Bruni smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bruni misses with a wild combination.
Bruni misses the shot to the body.
Bruni just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruni is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Green had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bruni misses the shot to the body.
Green uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bruni.
Bruni lands a jab.
Nicola Bruni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruni takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bruni throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Green stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Green catches Bruni napping and cracks him with a perfect head kick! Bruni goes down! He's bigtime hurt! He's not going to make it back to his feet - the referee has called it off! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Mike Green!
Mike Green retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Mike Green thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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