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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kickin Heads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Hurley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kickin Heads!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Hurley!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurley misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Hurley.
Heads circles away from the clinch attempt
and Heads counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Brian Hurley has been cut.
Hurley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Heads with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Heads looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heads paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heads checks a leg kick nicely.
Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heads paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hurley is looking to clinch but Heads is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurley throws a leg kick
and Heads counters with an outside leg kick.
Hurley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hurley throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hurley tries to land a body kick
and Heads makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hurley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Heads.
Heads cracks Hurley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Heads uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hurley has time to react.
Heads scores with a spinning back kick!
Hurley doesn't manage to clinch there - Heads circles away.
Heads scores with a decent looking hook.
Hurley throws a head kick that misses.
Heads is looking to counter the offense by Hurley and move into the clinch.
Heads lands with a kick to the ribs.
Heads blocks a head kick by Hurley.
A head kick by Hurley misses
and Heads counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hurley thinking.
Heads's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hurley under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hurley throws a head kick that misses
and Heads holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Heads lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hurley backwards.
Heads pushes Hurley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hurley misses with a knee strike.
Heads slows down the pace here.
Heads lands a left hand.
Heads lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heads is working Hurley over against the cage.
Hurley looks winded!
Heads lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hurley or not.
Heads working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Heads works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Heads is leaning against Hurley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Heads lands a hook that snaps the head of Hurley backwards.
Heads pushes Hurley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Heads pushes Hurley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Heads presses Hurley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Heads content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Heads softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heads scores with a shot to the side of Hurley's head.
Heads scores with a hook to the body.
Heads blocks the elbow strike.
Heads pushes Hurley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Heads.
Heads lands a left hand.
Heads lands a hook that snaps the head of Hurley backwards.
Heads is working Hurley over against the cage.
Heads presses Hurley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Heads stalling.
Heads lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hurley or not.
A short uppercut from Heads.
Heads lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hurley backwards.
Heads presses Hurley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heads lands with a right to the head.
Heads stalls.
Heads lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heads lands a left hand.
Hurley is trying to push Heads away but Heads has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hurley misses with an elbow strike.
Heads lands an uppercut.
Heads lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heads lands a left hand.
Heads lands a shot to the body.
Heads lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heads lands with a short shot to the head.
Hurley struggles to land a body shot inside as Heads controls his hands.
Heads working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hurley is rocked!
Heads lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hurley or not.
Hurley is still on wobbly legs! Can Heads finish him?
Nice body punch from Heads.
Heads lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heads stalls.
Heads creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Hurley crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Hurley face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Heads takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kickin Heads!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between John Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pele Madriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by Another One Bites the Dust. Pele Madriano has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pele Madriano!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madriano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walker.
Madriano tries to clinch up
and Walker counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madriano misses with a wild combination.
Walker feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Madriano needs to keep his hands up - Walker had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker jabs at Madriano's body.
Madriano throws a series of punches but Walker avoids them all with ease.
Walker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Madriano throws out the jab.
Walker misses with a looping left.
Madriano is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Madriano moves out of range easily.
Madriano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Madriano throws a body punch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Madriano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madriano throws a nice looking combination but Walker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walker throwing a counter right hand but Madriano manages to avoid it.
Madriano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Walker counters with a good low kick that Madriano was not able to check.
Madriano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Madriano wants to land a leg kick but Walker is out of range.
Madriano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Walker.
Walker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madriano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Madriano takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madriano throws a right hand that Walker ducks under and follows up with a left that Walker also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Madriano is predictable there
and Walker counters with a nice leg kick.
Walker scores with a punch to the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Walker darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Madriano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Walker on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Walker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Walker wants to clinch up but Madriano keeps it at a distance.
Madriano thinks about the counter body kick.
Walker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Madriano.
A punch combination from Madriano misses.
Walker tries to clinch there but Madriano circles away.
Walker is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker scores with a jab to the body.
Madriano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Madriano looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Madriano throws a left and a right that both miss
and Walker counters with a nice body kick.
Madriano throws a right hand that Walker ducks under and follows up with a left that Walker also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Madriano misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Madriano throws a combination that misses
and Walker counters with an inside leg kick.
Madriano wants to clinch but Walker slips to the side
and Walker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Walker dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Walker jabs Madriano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Walker throws out a powerful jab.
Madriano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crunch! Walker slams his shin into Madriano's torso.
Walker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Madriano moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Madriano's calf.
Madriano swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a one-two to the body.
Pele Madriano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madriano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Madriano scores with a crisp jab that stopped Walker in his tracks.
Madriano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Madriano can do to turn this around?
Walker is looking to slow Madriano down with leg kicks.
Madriano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Walker counters with a left to the body.
Madriano misses with a double jab
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Madriano. Those never looked like landing.
John Walker is winning the standup battle so far.
Walker wants to clinch up but Madriano keeps it at a distance.
Madriano is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker has Madriano up against the cage in a clinch.
Madriano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Madriano controls the action.
Walker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
Madriano closes the distance and clinches.
Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Madriano instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Madriano.
Madriano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walker has him pressed against the cage.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Madriano's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madriano tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Madriano back against the cage.
Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Madriano swinging wildly here.
Walker tried to counter with a leg kick but Madriano avoided it.
Madriano throws a left and a right that both miss
and Walker counters with a good low kick that Madriano was not able to check.
Madriano misses with a hook.
Donk. Madriano catches Walker right on the button with a cross.
A combination from Madriano does no damage.
Madriano fails in his attempt to clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Walker misses its target.
Pele Madriano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madriano takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Walker tries to clinch up but Madriano circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Walker scores with a crisp jab that stopped Madriano in his tracks.
Madriano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walker with a hook.
Madriano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Walker bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Madriano is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Walker dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Madriano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Walker counters with a nice body kick.
Madriano scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Madriano 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 Walker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Walker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Walker throws a series of punches but Madriano avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Madriano. Those never looked like landing.
Walker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Walker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madriano misses with a double jab
and Walker counters with a good low kick that Madriano was not able to check.
Madriano misses with a combination
and Walker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Madriano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walker digs a good hook to Madriano's body.
Madriano looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Madriano wants to land a leg kick but Walker is out of range.
Walker was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Madriano misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Walker was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Madriano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madriano instigates a clinch.
Walker has Madriano pressed against the cage.
Madriano keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Madriano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Madriano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Madriano circles away.
Walker misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Madrianos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Madriano closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Walker counter with a right hand.
Walker thumps Madriano with a low kick.
Madriano is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Walker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Madriano.
Madriano misses with a low kick as Walker jumps back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker staying out of range there.
Madriano tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Madriano misses with a leg kick
and Walker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Madriano looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Walker throwing a counter right hand but Madriano manages to avoid it.
Walker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Madriano's sensitive parts.
A punch lands to the side of Madriano 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Walker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Walker!
John Walker 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 middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Timo Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Savio Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Timo Virtanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Savio Preuss!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preuss uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Virtanen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Preuss.
Virtanen thumps Preuss with a low kick.
Virtanen throws the left hand but Preuss avoids the punch easily.
Preuss misses with the combination.
Virtanen slips a jab and a cross from Preuss.
Virtanen throws a leg kick which misses Preuss's front leg but catches the back leg as Preuss tries to avoid it.
Preuss scores with a hook.
Virtanen is looking to slow Preuss down with leg kicks.
Preuss throws a series of strikes that have Virtanen backpedaling.
Virtanen loads up on a big right hand but Preuss slips the punch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Preuss has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Savio Preuss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Preuss throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Virtanen.
Preuss misses with the combination.
Preuss throws a one two combo.
Virtanen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Virtanen wants to clinch.
Preuss will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Virtanen throwing a counter right hand but Preuss manages to avoid it.
Virtanen throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Preuss on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Virtanen. Virtanen obviously looking to wear him down.
Virtanen doesn't manage to clinch there - Preuss circles away.
Virtanen closes the distance and pushes Preuss back into the cage.
Virtanen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Preuss takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Savio Preuss has been cut.
Virtanen is pushing Preuss up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Virtanen digs a right hand into Preuss's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Preuss's gas tank.
Preuss looks winded!
Virtanen stalling in the clinch but Preuss improves position.
Virtanen lands a body shot.
Virtanen stalls.
Virtanen lands a damaging elbow.
Preuss takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Virtanen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Preuss's brow.
Preuss takes a shot to the head.
That has opened up Savio Preuss's cut even more.
With the fighters up against the cage, Virtanen throws an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Virtanen is pushing Preuss up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Virtanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Virtanen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Virtanen lands a nice elbow.
Virtanen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Preuss is keeping busy.
Virtanen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Virtanen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Virtanen.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Timo Virtanen.
Preuss throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Preuss stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Virtanen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Virtanen drives through and clinches with Preuss against the cage.
Preuss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Virtanen pushes off an throws an elbow but Preuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Virtanen lands an elbow just above Preuss 's eye.
The cut above Savio Preuss's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Virtanen misses with an elbow over the top.
Preuss blocks an elbow strike from Virtanen.
Virtanen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen lands a damaging elbow.
Preuss blocks the elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Virtanen prevents Preuss from breaking the clinch.
Preuss takes an elbow to the temple.
Savio Preuss's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Virtanen looking to slow down the pace here.
Virtanen throws an elbow that misses.
Preuss is trying to force a seperation but Virtanen has the dominant position.
Virtanen misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Virtanen throws an elbow but misses.
Preuss avoids a wild elbow strike from Virtanen.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Virtanen.
Virtanen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Savio Preuss's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Timo Virtanen!
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Geralt Riv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Sabando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Sabando told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Geralt Riv!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Sabando!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riv steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sabando. That one must have hurt.
Sabando scores with a nice body kick.
Riv tries to clinch up but Sabando circles away and keeps his distance.
Sabando will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sabando scores with a nice body kick.
Riv takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Riv on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Riv is breathing heavily.
Sabando lands a front kick to the face, that drops Riv to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
It looks like Geralt Riv has been cut.
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!
Riv tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sabando swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sabando was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Riv looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sabando throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sabando lands a front kick to the face, that drops Riv to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
Riv is rocked!
Sabando thows a body kick. Riv tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sabando throws a head kick that misses.
As Sabando tries to get set, Riv tries to push him back and clinch up but Sabando manages to avoid the attempt.
Sabando explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Sabando! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Carlos Sabando!
Carlos Sabando took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, FJCP Healthy Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hideki Matsuyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Lumpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matsuyama comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem feat. Nate Dogg - Till I Collapse. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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209 lbs
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220 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hideki Matsuyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Lumpio!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsuyama darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lumpio misses with a left hand
and Matsuyama counters by moving into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matsuyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Matsuyama.
Lumpio lands a nice knee to the body.
Lumpio misses with a punch to the body.
Lumpio blocks an uppercut.
Matsuyama throws a head punch that misses.
Matsuyama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lumpio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Matsuyama lands with a right to the head.
Lumpio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Matsuyama can't find room to land a body shot as Lumpio controls the action.
Lumpio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lumpio misses with some punches.
Matsuyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Matsuyama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Matsuyama.
Matsuyama misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matsuyama.
Matsuyama tries to throw a body punch but Lumpio avoids it by throwing Matsuyama back against the cage.
Lumpio's coach down at Gangsterdamage was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lumpio's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Matsuyama tries a knee to the head but Lumpio blocks it.
Lumpio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Matsuyama is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Matsuyama is working Lumpio over against the cage.
Lumpio takes a shot to the head.
Lumpio blocks an uppercut.
Matsuyama is leaning against Lumpio and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Matsuyama scores with a shot to the side of Lumpio's head.
Matsuyama misses with some punches.
Lumpio scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Hideki Matsuyama has been cut.
Lumpio connects with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Lumpio.
Matsuyama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lumpio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matsuyama lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuyama working aggressively here.
Lumpio lands with a short shot to the head.
Lumpio lands a damaging elbow.
Lumpio missing with knees to the body.
Lumpio prevents a body shot from Matsuyama.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Matsuyama lands with a left to the head.
Matsuyama blocks an uppercut.
Lumpio takes a shot to the head.
Lumpio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matsuyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Matsuyama lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matsuyama misses with some punches.
Matsuyama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matsuyama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio breaks the clinch.
Lumpio misses with a lunging right hand
and Matsuyama counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lumpio thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuyama bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lumpio's head backwards.
Lumpio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Matsuyama throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Matsuyama moves out of range as Lumpio strikes.
Matsuyama lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Matsuyama lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Matsuyama looks to land a left hand but Lumpio moved out of range nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Lumpio as he connects with a hook.
Lumpio throws the left hand but Matsuyama avoids the punch easily.
Lumpio looks to throw the jab but Matsuyama is out of range.
Lumpio misses with a lunging right hand
and Matsuyama counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lumpio thinking.
Matsuyama defending well as Lumpio loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio misses with a looping left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matsuyama connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lumpio scores with a punch to the head.
Matsuyama lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Matsuyama takes a swing at Lumpio's ribcage but misses.
Matsuyama swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lumpio.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lumpio. Matsuyama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lumpio might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lumpio throws a right hand that misses
and Matsuyama cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Armas Lumpio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matsuyama misses with a looping right.
Lumpio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lumpio closes the distance looking to clinch
and Matsuyama counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hideki Matsuyama dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hideki Matsuyama's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Matsuyama lands with a right hand.
Lumpio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matsuyama cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lumpio avoids the body shot from Matsuyama.
Matsuyama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matsuyama throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lumpio on the side of the head.
Matsuyama tests Lumpio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lumpio throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Matsuyama counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matsuyama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lumpio.
Matsuyama is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lumpio can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuyama digs a good body shot into Lumpio's ribs.
Lumpio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lumpio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Matsuyama.
Matsuyama pushes Lumpio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuyama throws a head punch that misses.
Matsuyama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matsuyama is looking to control Lumpio's arms but Lumpio gets an underhook and turns him. Now Matsuyama has his back to the cage.
Still in the clinch, Matsuyama scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lumpio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Matsuyama is defending well for now.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Matsuyama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matsuyama blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matsuyama blocking some punches.
Matsuyama lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Matsuyama blocks a body shot from Lumpio.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hideki Matsuyama has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Matsuyama blocks with his arms.
Lumpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matsuyama blocks it with crossed arms.
Lumpio misses with a knee strike.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matsuyama avoids it.
Matsuyama softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Matsuyama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but Matsuyama blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matsuyama cracks Lumpio with a nice body shot.
Lumpio is breathing heavily.
Lumpio throws a head punch that misses.
Matsuyama working aggressively here.
A short right from Matsuyama.
Matsuyama lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Matsuyama lands an uppercut.
Lumpio is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Matsuyama.
Lumpio is still on wobbly legs! Can Matsuyama finish him?
Matsuyama breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Lumpio with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Lumpio looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Lumpio 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 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hideki Matsuyama!
After winning the bout, Hideki Matsuyama 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 lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rory Quince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shen Su Vue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rory Quince has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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160 lbs
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rory Quince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shen Su Vue!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vue scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vue tries to land a body kick
and Quince counters with a stiff right hand.
Vue fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Quince on the side of the head.
Quince takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Quince is rocked!
Quince moves in looking to clinch but Vue pushes him off.
Oh Quince is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vue connects with a leg kick. Quince looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A bone on bone clash there as Vue blocks the leg kick.
Rory Quince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom! Vue lands a massive head kick that sends Quince crashing into the cage, followed by a classic face plant on the canvas! He's up to his knees but he's not going to beat the count - this one is all over! Vue is jumping around like a lunatic, extatic with the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Shen Su Vue!
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Marvin Manswell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lamela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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142 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marvin Manswell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lamela!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lamela lands a nice shot to the body.
Manswell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lamela connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lamela lands with a good body shot.
Manswell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manswell misses with a head kick.
Manswell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lamela to score with a decent uppercut.
Lamela is looking to clinch.
Manswell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lamela.
Manswell looks for the body kick but Lamela saw that one coming.
Manswell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lamela cracks a nice hook into Manswell's ribs.
Lamela steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Manswell.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lamela lands a leg kick that knocks Manswell off balance momentarily.
Lamela scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Manswell doesn't seem bothered though.
Manswell moves in looking to clinch but Lamela pushes him off.
Lamela misses with a hook.
Manswell throws a right hand that Lamela ducks under and follows up with a left that Lamela also avoids with ease.
Lamela throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamela scores with a hook.
Lamela thuds a left hand into Manswell's body.
Manswell tries to clinch there but Lamela circles away.
Manswell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manswell moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lamela is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Manswell rather than just go for the knockout.
Lamela digs a good body shot into Manswell's ribs.
Manswell has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Million Dollar Performance Center in the buildup to the fight.
Manswell rushes Lamela and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lamela scores with a shoulder strike.
Manswell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lamela tries a body shot but Manswell blocks it.
Manswell misses with a knee to the head.
Lamela throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Manswells head.
A head punch on the inside from Lamela fails to land.
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!
Manswell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lamela trying to control the position but instead, Manswell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lamela into the cage.
Lamela lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamela lands a hook that snaps the head of Manswell backwards.
Lamela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Manswell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Manswell scores with a knee to the head.
Lamela fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manswell pushes off an throws an elbow but Lamela leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lamela is leaning against Manswell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Manswell is breathing heavily.
Lamela gets through Manswell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Manswell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lamela lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lamela is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Manswell is keeping busy.
Manswell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manswell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lamela blocks an elbow strike.
Lamela avoiding damage as Manswell throws knees to the body.
Lamela wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Manswell working Lamela over with knees to the body.
Manswell with a knee to the head.
Lamela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamela scores with a hook to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lamela.
Lamela misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lamela lands with a left to the head.
Lamela pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manswell tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Lamela releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lamela scores with a jab. Manswell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Manswell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lamela catches Manswell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lamela wants to clinch up but Manswell keeps it at a distance.
Manswell tries a head kick but it misses.
Lamela lands with an uppercut that bounces Manswell off the cage and back into range.
Manswell is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Lamela engages and cracks Manswell with a massive lead left hook - Manswell tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Lamela is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eric Lamela!
After winning the bout, Eric Lamela 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 super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zbigniew Ciosek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Meijeri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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40
277 lbs
23 - 23 - 1 |
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4 - 7 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 23 - 1, fighting out of London, Zbigniew Ciosek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antti Meijeri!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciosek stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Meijeri.
Ciosek defending well as Meijeri loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Ciosek wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ciosek.
Meijeri blocks the body kick.
Meijeri is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ciosek.
A slapping body kick lands there for Meijeri.
Some wild striking there from Ciosek.
Sloppy strikes from Ciosek. Those never looked like landing.
Ciosek swings for the body but Meijeri moves out of range.
Meijeri wants to counter the offense by Ciosek and move into the clinch position.
Ciosek scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ciosek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ciosek turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Meijeri throws a push kick but Ciosek slaps the foot to one side.
Ciosek wants to clinch.
Meijeri tries to counter with a clinch but Ciosek shakes him off and moves away.
Meijeri 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.
Meijeri throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ciosek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ciosek throws a sloppy head kick and Meijeri moves out of range easily.
Meijeri tries to counter with a clinch but Ciosek shakes him off and moves away.
Ciosek moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ciosek slips under a jab from Meijeri.
Ciosek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Meijeri misses its intended target.
Antti Meijeri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ciosek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meijeri circles away quickly and effectively.
Meijeri misses the jab.
Ciosek throws a head kick that misses.
Ciosek blocks a jab.
Ciosek pushes Meijeri away with a front kick.
That kick from Meijeri tenderised Ciosek's leg. Ciosek is trying to keep his angry face on.
Meijeri moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Meijeri avoids the body shot from Ciosek.
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!
Meijeri throws a jab when Ciosek was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meijeri jabs Ciosek to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Meijeri takes one on the button.
Ciosek misses with a body punch
and Meijeri counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ciosek is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ciosek lands a head kick. Meijeri smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ciosek lands a nice shot to the body.
Ciosek tries to clinch but Meijeri moves out of range.
Ciosek is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ciosek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meijeri takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ciosek defending well as Meijeri loads up on a big left hand.
Ciosek connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Meijeri takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ciosek fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Meijeri on the side of the head.
Meijeri throws a solid leg kick but Ciosek takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Meijeri.
Meijeri throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ciosek.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Meijeri.
Meijeri pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ciosek throwing a counter right hand but Meijeri manages to avoid it.
Ciosek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meijeri was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Meijeri misses with a low kick.
Ciosek fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Meijeri moves out of range of the body kick from Ciosek.
Meijeri is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Meijeri with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ciosek to score with a decent uppercut.
Ciosek is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Meijeri smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
It looks like Zbigniew Ciosek has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Meijeri.
Ciosek lands a nice looking kick to the body. Meijeri takes a step back to recover.
Meijeri swats away the attempt to clinch by Ciosek.
Ciosek connects with a body shot that sends Meijeri's belly button to the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek loads up on a big right hand but Meijeri slips the punch.
Meijeri misses with a hook to the body
and Ciosek connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meijeri misses with a straight left.
Ciosek is looking to clinch.
Meijeri throws a hook but Ciosek blocks it.
Ciosek tries to clinch but Meijeri is having none of it.
Meijeri looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Meijeri looks to land a combination but Ciosek avoids it well.
It looked like Ciosek was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Meijeri.
Meijeri misses with a head kick.
Ciosek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meijeri.
Meijeri tries to counter by closing the distance.
Meijeri throws the left hand but Ciosek avoids the punch easily.
Ciosek fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Meijeri.
Ciosek connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ciosek just misses with a punch to the body.
Ciosek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zbigniew Ciosek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zbigniew Ciosek's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ciosek looks to land a combination but Meijeri avoids it well.
Ciosek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Meijeri moves out of range as Ciosek throws a body kick.
Meijeri throws a counter combo.
A lazy left from Ciosek finds it's target.
Meijeri misses with a hook.
Ciosek is looking to clinch but Meijeri is avoiding it.
Meijeri tries a head kick but it misses.
Meijeri lands a leg kick that knocks Ciosek off balance momentarily.
Meijeri throws a jab but it's blocked by Ciosek.
Meijeri throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ciosek takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Meijeri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ciosek.
Meijeri does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ciosek scores with a hook.
Meijeri throws a head kick but Ciosek moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meijeri tries to clinch but Ciosek moves out of range.
Meijeri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Meijeri.
Ciosek thuds his right hand into Meijeri's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Meijeri throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ciosek counters with a stiff right hand.
Meijeri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ciosek was well out of range. Poor timing from Meijeri.
Ciosek fakes the leg kick and cracks Meijeri in the body.
Ciosek throws a head kick that misses.
Zbigniew Ciosek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meijeri misses with a looping right.
Ciosek is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ciosek lands an overhand right.
Meijeri takes one to the chin there.
Meijeri has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Meijeri there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ciosek moves forwards but Meijeri connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciosek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meijeri is looking to land body kicks.
Ciosek feints and then cracks Meijeri's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Meijeri down.
Meijeri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ciosek.
Ciosek connects with a good right hand that stumbles Meijeri. Meijeri circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ciosek moves out of range as Meijeri throws a body kick.
Meijeri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ciosek moves out of range of the strikes.
Ciosek throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It seemed like Meijeri was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Meijeri swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ciosek.
Meijeri scores with a nice head shot.
Meijeri takes a jab right on the kisser.
Meijeri misses with a hook
and Ciosek counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Meijeri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ciosek.
Nice shot by Ciosek.
Ciosek misses the body punch
and Meijeri counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meijeri fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ciosek is out of range.
Meijeri throws a chopping leg kick but Ciosek manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ciosek keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ciosek.
Ciosek misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Ciosek misses its intended target.
Meijeri will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Zbigniew Ciosek is winning the standup battle so far.
Meijeri misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ciosek fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meijeri tries to score with a low kick but Ciosek moves his leg out of the way.
Meijeri walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ciosek cracks a nice hook into Meijeri's ribs.
Meijeri throws a big shot that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Ciosek checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ciosek's jab looks to have found its range, popping Meijeri under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciosek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meijeri has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Meijeri throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ciosek counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Some wild striking there from Ciosek.
Meijeri looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Meijeri looks to land a right hand but Ciosek moved out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ciosek.
Ciosek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meijeri manages to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ciosek misses with a looping right.
Ciosek misses with a two punch combination.
Ciosek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ciosek looks to land a left hand but Meijeri moved out of range nicely.
Ciosek wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zbigniew Ciosek dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zbigniew Ciosek's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ciosek misses with a double jab.
Ciosek walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Meijeri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ciosek.
A slow jab from Meijeri misses its intended target.
Ciosek connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Meijeri gets a clinch.
Meijeri looking to throw knees to the head but Ciosek is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Meijeri.
Ciosek is trying to push Meijeri away but Meijeri has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Meijeri misses with an elbow over the top.
Meijeri tries to work over Ciosek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meijeri tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ciosek.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ciosek.
Ciosek wants to break the clinch but can't.
Meijeri lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek missing with knees to the body.
Ciosek can't find room to land a body shot as Meijeri controls the action.
Ciosek breaks the clinch.
Ciosek misses with a hook. Meijeri ducked under it nicely.
Ciosek misses with a two punch combination.
Ciosek takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ciosek misses with a straight right.
Meijeri lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ciosek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meijeri.
Meijeri moves out of range as Ciosek throws a body kick.
Meijeri tries a quick counter leg kick but Ciosek is wise to it.
Meijeri throws a push kick but Ciosek slaps the foot to one side.
Ciosek swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ciosek misses with a straight left.
Meijeri looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Meijeri keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ciosek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meijeri was well out of range. Poor timing from Ciosek.
The fighters circling - Ciosek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek checks a low kick from Meijeri.
Antti Meijeri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ciosek connects with a solid leg kick.
Meijeri finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Meijeri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ciosek was well out of range. Poor timing from Meijeri.
Meijeri misses with a hook. Ciosek ducked under it nicely.
Meijeri rushes Ciosek and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciosek tries to circle away but Meijeri has him pinned against the cage.
Meijeri crunches a lovely knee into Ciosek's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ciosek tries to circle away but Meijeri has him pinned against the cage.
Meijeri lands an elbow that stopped Ciosek in his tracks for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Meijeri.
Meijeri misses with a knee strike.
Ciosek misses with a knee strike.
I was talking to Ciosek's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Meijeri.
Zbigniew Ciosek's cut is getting worse.
Meijeri connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meijeri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Meijeri with a knee to the head.
Ciosek tries to stall but Meijeri uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Meijeri throws a knee to the head but misses.
Meijeri looking to throw knees to the head but Ciosek is blocking nicely.
Meijeri with a knee to the head.
Zbigniew Ciosek's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A head punch on the inside from Ciosek fails to land.
Meijeri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Meijeri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ciosek wants to break free but Meijeri has control.
A head punch on the inside from Meijeri fails to land.
Ciosek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meijeri is defending well for now.
Meijeri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Meijeri.
Meijeri working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meijeri escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zbigniew Ciosek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meijeri connects with a leg kick. Ciosek looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Meijeri throws the left hand but Ciosek avoids the punch easily.
Ciosek appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ciosek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ciosek slips under a jab from Meijeri.
Meijeri misses with a low kick as Ciosek jumps back.
No joy there for Ciosek, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ciosek scores with a head kick. Meijeri tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ciosek throws a leg kick which misses Meijeri's front leg but catches the back leg as Meijeri tries to avoid it.
Ciosek throws a right and a left that Meijeri avoids nicely.
Ciosek throws a big shot that misses.
Meijeri's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Meijeri misses the shot to the body.
Ciosek tests Meijeri's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ciosek connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Meijeri momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Meijeri comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ciosek 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zbigniew Ciosek!
Zbigniew Ciosek made sure to mention his sponsor, 10th World Order in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kick Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Elasor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kick Boxer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leon Elasor!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Boxer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Elasor doesn't seem phased though.
Kick Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Boxer. Beautiful body shot.
Boxer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Elasor throws out the jab.
Boxer lands a glancing blow to the side of Elasor's head.
Boxer scores with a nice head shot.
Elasor tries to land a front kick but Boxer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Elasor throws a chopping leg kick but Boxer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Boxer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Boxer scores with a body shot.
Elasor throws a sloppy head kick
and Boxer counters with a stiff right hand.
Boxer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elasor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to the liver by Boxer. Beautiful body shot.
Elasor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Elasor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boxer.
Elasor lands a nice shot to the body.
Boxer thuds his shin into the meat of Elasor's side.
Boxer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Elasors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Elasor takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Elasor is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Boxer.
Elasor is still on wobbly legs! Can Boxer finish him?
Elasor looks winded!
BAM! Boxer delivers a spinning backfist that drops Elasor like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Kick Boxer!
Kick Boxer is the new lightweight champion!
Kick Boxer 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 super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pauline Hanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alekzandr Borikav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hanson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pauline Pantsdown - I Don't Like It. Borikav is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pelican - Bliss in Concrete. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pauline Hanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alekzandr Borikav!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanson moves out of range of the body kick from Borikav.
Hanson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hanson defending well as Borikav loads up on a big left hand.
Borikav lands with a straight right. Hanson didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Borikav misses.
Hanson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hanson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Borikav if he has to take too many more of those.
Hanson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Borikav looks winded!
Hanson with a hook.
Borikav cracks Hanson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Borikav looks to land a right hand but Hanson moved out of range.
Hanson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borikav.
Hanson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hanson misses the body punch
and Borikav counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borikav swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanson thows a body kick. Borikav tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Borikav.
Borikav attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hanson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hanson.
Hanson lands with a nice body punch.
Hanson throws an overhand right that lands on Borikav's shoulder, as Borikav tries to avoid the shot.
Borikav misses with a straight left.
Hanson scores with a spinning back kick!
Borikav ducks right into an uppercut from Hanson.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hanson.
Hanson misses with a wild body shot.
Borikav looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Borikav closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Borikav missing with a left hand there. Hanson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Borikav takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Borikav doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hanson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A shot to the liver by Hanson. Beautiful body shot.
Hanson tries to land a front kick but Borikav steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hanson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hanson works Borikav's body with a nice hook.
Hanson lands a right hook to the body.
Hanson cracks Borikav with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hanson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hanson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hanson lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Borikav goes down! The ref sends Hanson to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Borikav is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
Hanson feints and then cracks Borikav's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Borikav down.
Hanson is looking to wear down Borikav with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanson staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hanson.
Borikav is rocked!
Hanson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Borikav is still on wobbly legs! Can Hanson finish him?
Borikav has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hanson.
Hanson takes a swing at Borikav's ribcage but misses.
Hanson delivers a nice body kick.
Borikav seems to have recovered his senses.
Hanson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Borikav takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hanson lands with a cross.
Hanson lands a nice hook to Borikav's body. Borikav takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Borikav's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hanson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Borikav scrambles back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Hanson.
Hanson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Borikav sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Borikav. That did some damage!
Hanson cracks the inside of Borikav's front leg.
Good standup being displayed there by Hanson as he connects with a hook.
Hanson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Borikav doesn't seem bothered though.
Borikav's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hanson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Borikav scrambles back to his feet.
Borikav might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Borikav has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hanson.
Borikav takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hanson lands a nice shot that snaps Borikav's head back.
Hanson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hanson throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hanson.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hanson.
Hanson's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Hanson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hanson throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pauline Hanson should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Borikav misses with a left hand
and Hanson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hanson lands a body shot.
Hanson just misses with a punch to the body.
Borikav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanson.
Borikav tries to move into range but Hanson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hanson scores with a nice strike.
Borikav takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hanson misses with a body kick.
Hanson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Borikav can do to turn this around?
Hanson misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borikav blocks the body kick.
Hanson slips a straight right by Borikav.
Borikav takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Borikav ducks under a wild hook from Hanson.
Hanson checks a low kick from Borikav.
Borikav is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borikav takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pauline Hanson is winning the standup battle so far.
That kick from Hanson tenderised Borikav's leg. Borikav is trying to keep his angry face on.
Borikav throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hanson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hanson cracks Borikav with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the cage! Can Borikav get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Borikav looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Hanson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
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!
Hanson scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Borikav beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
Hanson misses with an uppercut.
Borikav swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hanson with a jab.
Crunch! Hanson slams his shin into Borikav's torso.
Hanson cracks Borikav with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Borikav is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Borikav is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Borikav could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Pauline Hanson!
Pauline Hanson looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I don’t like a puppet without strings,
There's a muppet in the wings and it's saying racist things, I wont cop that, no way. I don't like it. '.
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