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NACF- Gurgel the Legend PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Abe Lievin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carson West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abe Lievin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abe Lievin !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carson West!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West has managed to clinch.
West working aggressively here.
West misses with a short punch on the inside.
West lands an elbow inside.
Lievin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lievin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
West lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lievin scores with a shoulder strike.
Lievin lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Carson West has been cut.
West has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
West looks to throw an elbow but misses.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lievin 's defenses.
Lievin missing with knees to the body.
West misses with a short punch on the inside.
West throws an elbow that misses.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
West swings away with an uppercut that misses.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section.
West tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lievin avoids it.
West lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lievin .
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lievin avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West misses with an elbow strike.
West's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lievin is defending well for now.
Lievin lands a good knee to the midsection. West won't want to take too many of those.
West breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
West lands with a nice body kick.
Lievin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from West.
West lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lievin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lievin misses with a straight left.
Lievin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Breakdown Club in the buildup to the fight.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Lievin circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Lievin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West closes the distance and clinches.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lievin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lievin misses with some punches.
West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lievin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from West.
Lievin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
West ducks under a wild hook from Lievin .
West throws a combination that misses
and Lievin counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice defenses there by West.
Lievin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
West thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lievin throws a leg kick which misses West's front leg but catches the back leg as West tries to avoid it.
West closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from West.
Lievin scores a nice knee to the body.
Lievin missing with knees to the body.
West working Lievin over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West lands with a light punch inside.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lievin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lievin avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
Lievin trying to land knees to the body.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Lievin avoids the damage to the body.
Lievin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
West landing knees to the head.
Lievin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lievin misses with a short punch on the inside.
West swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lievin avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West lands a hook that snaps the head of Lievin backwards.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
West lands an uppercut.
Lievin managing to block the knees to the body from West.
West tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lievin avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West misses with a knee strike.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lievin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lievin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lievin avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
Lievin leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
West lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lievin backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carson West dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carson West's cut.
That's time! Lievin 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
West tries to clinch but Lievin is having none of it.
Lievin tried to counter with a leg kick but West avoided it.
West blocks the body kick.
West connects with a crisp jab.
West looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lievin .
Lievin slips a jab from West.
Nice defenses there by Lievin .
West has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
West dodges the punch combination from Lievin .
Nice uppercut there from West.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lievin .
West lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
West tries to clinch but Lievin moves out of range.
West pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Lievin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
West connects with a solid leg kick.
West moves to clinch but Lievin breaks away
and Lievin counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West misses with a right hand
enabling Lievin to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lievin counters with an outside leg kick.
West is looking to clinch.
Carson West is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
West falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lievin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lievin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
West is rocked!
Lievin throws a leg kick that misses.
West is still on wobbly legs! Can Lievin finish him?
West throws a right hand that misses
and Lievin counters with a nice uppercut.
West connects with a leg kick. Lievin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carson West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lievin lands with a nice body kick.
West is breathing heavily.
West stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lievin .
Lievin avoids a punch combination nicely.
West seems to have recovered his senses.
West takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lievin throws a wild body kick that West sees coming a mile off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Lievin .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lievin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Lievin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lievin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Lievin misses the target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lievin .
West misses with a low kick.
West misses with an uppercut
and Lievin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lievin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West throws a leg kick but Lievin checks it.
Nice jab there from Lievin .
Abe Lievin is winning the standup battle so far.
Lievin scores with a body shot.
Lievin scoring well with a low kick there.
West tries to clinch up but Lievin circles away and keeps his distance.
Lievin scores with a nice right hand.
Lievin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lievin lands a head kick that bluckles West 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 Lievin no doubt looking to push for a finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lievin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lievin lands a glancing blow to the side of West's head.
West looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lievin scores with a jab. West acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lievin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lievin misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from West does no damage.
Lievin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lievin lands a jab.
Lievin plants his feet and throws a devastating head kick! It connects square on West's ear and has knocked him out cold! No need for a count here as the referee immediately tends to a stricken West, crumpled in the corner! Wow, what a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Abe Lievin !
Abe Lievin 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Diego Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald McDonald (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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronald McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and McDonald counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McDonald looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ronald McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald moves away from the strike by Silva.
A cross from McDonald lands.
A jab from Silva misses.
McDonald lands with a kick to the ribs.
McDonald gets a clinch.
Nice body punch from McDonald - that landed with a thud.
McDonald looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
McDonald gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McDonald lands a body shot.
McDonald scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDonald works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from McDonald on the inside.
McDonald crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva is breathing heavily.
McDonald manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A hook to the body from McDonald.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald stalling.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McDonald.
A short left from McDonald.
McDonald with a knee to the head.
McDonald throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McDonald creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McDonald controlling the action here for a moment.
A short uppercut from McDonald.
McDonald lands a nice knee to the body.
McDonald lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from McDonald.
Knees in the clinch landing for McDonald.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonald lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McDonald lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McDonald lands a body punch.
McDonald lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from McDonald.
The referee is keeping an eye on McDonald - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with some punches.
McDonald utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for McDonald.
Knees in the clinch landing for McDonald.
McDonald'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.
McDonald landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McDonald lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McDonald presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McDonald unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from McDonald.
Knees in the clinch landing for McDonald.
A nice right hand lands inside from McDonald.
A short right from McDonald on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McDonald lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McDonald lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from McDonald.
A left hand lands to the body for McDonald.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
A right hand to the body from McDonald.
McDonald landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McDonald lands a body shot.
McDonald lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McDonald.
McDonald unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McDonald creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on McDonald - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McDonald softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McDonald with a knee to the head.
McDonald lands with a light punch inside.
McDonald lands a nice knee to the body.
McDonald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McDonald lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva is rocked!
McDonald lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McDonald creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Silva 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! Silva face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! McDonald takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ronald McDonald!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ronald McDonald made sure he mentioned Sun-Tzu, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlos Sabando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Sackrider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Sabando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Sackrider!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Sabando does no damage.
Sabando's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sackrider connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sabando scrambles back to his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sabando. That's going to slow Sackrider down.
Sackrider thows a body kick. Sabando tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sackrider 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.
Sackrider swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sabando uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sackrider.
Sabando misses with a head kick.
Sabando throws a front kick that sends Sackrider stumbling back into the cage.
Sackrider misses with an uppercut.
Sabando keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sackrider.
Sabando takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sackrider misses with a hook. Sabando ducked under it nicely.
Sackrider throws a front kick that sends Sabando stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sabando throws a push kick but Sackrider slaps the foot to one side.
A shot to the body from Sackrider misses
and Sabando counters with an outside leg kick.
Sabando lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabando throws a head kick but Sackrider moves out of range.
Sackrider throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sabando takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sabando throws a sloppy head kick
and Sackrider counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sabando's knee momentarily.
Jab by Sackrider.
Sabando fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sackrider.
Sabando displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A shot to the liver by Sackrider. Beautiful body shot.
Sackrider darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sackrider connects with an inside leg kick.
Sackrider lands with an overhand left.
Sabando throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sabando turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sackrider moves out of range of the body kick.
Sabando scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabando misses with a head kick.
Sackrider follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Sabando throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sackrider scores with a shot to the body.
Sackrider lands a jab.
Good leg kick by Sabando there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Carlos Sabando seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sabando tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sackrider swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sackrider scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Sabando to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.
A head kick misses from Sabando.
Sabando walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Sabando is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kyle Sackrider!
A relieved looking Kyle Sackrider thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Danielson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danielson comes to the cage accompanied by Cult of Personality . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Danielson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Rutherford!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danielson misses with a low kick.
Danielson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rutherford checks a low kick from Danielson .
Danielson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rutherford. That one must have hurt.
Danielson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rutherford connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A telegraphed right hand from Danielson misses the target.
Danielson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danielson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steven Rutherford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutherford with a hook.
Rutherford lands with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Danielson misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutherford scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Danielson to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Rutherford away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Danielson got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
Rutherford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Danielson slips a jab and a cross from Rutherford.
Rutherford 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.
Rutherford thows a body kick. Danielson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rutherford lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutherford misses with an uppercut.
Rutherford looks to throw the jab but Danielson is out of range.
It looked like Danielson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rutherford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rutherford throws a head kick that misses.
Danielson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Danielson rushes Rutherford and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rutherford prevents a body shot from Danielson .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rutherford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rutherford scores with a shot to the side of Danielson 's head.
Rutherford has a couple of punches blocked by Danielson .
Rutherford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Danielson backwards.
Danielson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rutherford scores with a hook to the body.
Danielson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rutherford lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rutherford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danielson 's elbow.
Danielson blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
A right handed body shot lands from Rutherford.
Rutherford lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Danielson or not.
Rutherford managing to block the knees to the body from Danielson .
Rutherford pushes Danielson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Rutherford on the inside.
Rutherford lands a right hand.
Danielson misses with the head strike.
Danielson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rutherford is defending well for now.
Rutherford lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford lands an uppercut.
Danielson is rocked!
Rutherford is working Danielson over against the cage.
Oh Danielson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rutherford blocks an uppercut.
Danielson seems to have got his legs back now.
Rutherford manages to break the clinch.
Danielson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rutherford.
Danielson is breathing heavily.
Danielson tries to clinch but Rutherford is having none of it.
Rutherford tries a quick counter leg kick but Danielson is wise to it.
Rutherford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rutherford lands a head kick that bluckles Danielson 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 Rutherford no doubt looking to push for a finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danielson tries to keep at a distance but Rutherford has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rutherford lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rutherford lands with a light punch inside.
Rutherford lands a left hand.
Danielson throws a head punch that misses.
Rutherford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Danielson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Rutherford on the inside.
Rutherford creates a bit of distance and cracks Danielson with a big uppercut! Danielson goes down! The referee pushes Rutherford away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Danielson make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Rutherford takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Steven Rutherford!
The defeated Johnny Danielson had this to say: 'I'm disappointed, I know I can do better than that. I need to work harder. Full credit to my opponent for bringing his A-game. Much respect.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Robin Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Duterte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Duterte's choice of entrance music: Tayo ay Dabawenyo. Robin Banks has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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185 lbs
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180 lbs
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Robin Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodrigo Duterte!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Banks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duterte is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Banks gets tackled into the cage by Duterte. Duterte maintains the clinch.
Duterte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Banks.
Banks gets through Duterte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Banks breaks the clinch.
Banks fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Duterte checks it well.
Duterte is trying to counter with his kicks.
Banks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duterte.
Duterte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Banks scores with a jab.
Duterte moves in looking to clinch but Banks pushes him off.
Banks throws a big counter combination but Duterte scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nice jab there from Banks.
Banks connects with a crisp jab.
Duterte shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duterte throws out a leg kick but Banks moves out of range and Duterte only half commits.
Banks connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Duterte momentarily.
Banks throws a series of punches but Duterte avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks throws the left hand but Duterte avoids the punch easily.
Duterte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Banks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duterte.
Banks buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Banks slips a jab and a cross from Duterte.
Banks is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Banks connects with a looping right hand.
Duterte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Banks.
Banks throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duterte.
Duterte is rocked!
Duterte drives through and clinches with Banks against the cage.
Duterte trying to land knees to the body.
Banks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Banks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duterte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Banks lands a right hand.
Duterte misses with a punch to the body.
Duterte lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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!
A right hand to the body from Banks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Banks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duterte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Duterte fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Banks, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Banks.
It looks like Rodrigo Duterte has been cut.
Banks avoids the elbow strike from Duterte, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Banks.
Banks breaks from the clinch.
Banks getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Banks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duterte throws a series of punches but Banks avoids them all with ease.
Duterte blocks a head kick by Banks.
Banks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Banks avoids the head kick by Duterte.
Robin Banks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banks clinches.
Banks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Banks really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duterte tries a head kick but it misses.
Banks smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Banks misses with a hook
and Banks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Banks connects with a jab.
Banks is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Banks is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Banks tests Duterte's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duterte moves out of range as Banks strikes.
Duterte tries a quick counter leg kick but Banks is wise to it.
Banks is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Duterte lands with a hook. Banks tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Banks thumps Duterte with a low kick.
Duterte takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Duterte throws a head kick that misses.
Banks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duterte is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duterte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Banks.
Duterte shapes to counter with a head kick.
Banks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duterte blocks a head kick by Banks.
That kick from Banks tenderised Duterte's leg. Duterte is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duterte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Banks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Banks moves into the clinch successfully.
Duterte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Banks is defending well for now.
Banks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duterte has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Banks seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Duterte can turn it around.
Banks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Banks scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Banks throws a right hand that misses
and Duterte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Duterte moves in looking to clinch but Banks pushes him off.
Banks bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Duterte's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duterte fails to land with a series of punches.
Duterte doesn't manage to clinch there - Banks circles away.
Banks rushes Duterte and presses him up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Banks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Banks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Duterte's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Banks misses with a hook
and Duterte counters with a nice low kick that buckles Banks's knee momentarily.
Jab, jab by Banks - just one landing.
Duterte takes the fight into the clinch.
Banks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duterte can do to turn this around?
Banks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duterte blocks a body shot from Banks.
Banks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duterte tries to clinch there but Banks circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duterte. Banks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duterte tries to land a front kick but Banks steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Banks scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banks connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Duterte momentarily.
Duterte is looking to clinch.
Banks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Banks.
Banks moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Duterte is still on wobbly legs! Can Banks finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Banks.
Banks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duterte takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Banks throws a head kick but Duterte moves out of range.
Banks lands with an uppercut that bounces Duterte off the cage and back into range.
Duterte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Banks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duterte moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Banks scores with a nice strike.
Banks will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Banks dips to his left and cracks Duterte with an uppercut!
Banks throws a head kick but Duterte moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Banks misses with a low kick as Duterte jumps back.
Duterte punishes Banks's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duterte tries to clinch but Banks is having none of it.
Banks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duterte seems to have recovered his senses.
Duterte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Robin Banks has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Banks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Banks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duterte fakes the leg kick and cracks Banks in the body.
Duterte throws a series of punches but Banks avoids them all with ease.
Banks clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Duterte throws an elbow but misses.
Banks avoiding damage as Duterte throws knees to the body.
Banks avoiding damage as Duterte throws knees to the body.
Banks managing to block the knees to the body from Duterte.
Banks misses with a body punch.
Duterte tries a knee to the head but Banks blocks it.
Banks misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Duterte.
Banks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Duterte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duterte.
Banks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Banks.
Duterte slips a jab and a cross from Banks.
Duterte shapes to counter with a head kick.
Duterte gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Banks missing with a left hand there. Duterte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Banks dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duterte. That did some damage!
Banks rushes Duterte and presses him up against the cage.
Banks digs a right hand into Duterte's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duterte's gas tank.
Duterte lands with a light punch inside.
Banks wants to stall.
Banks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Duterte misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duterte tries to clinch up but Banks circles away and keeps his distance.
Banks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Duterte counters with a series of strikes. Banks will be more careful next time no doubt.
Duterte needs to keep his hands up - Banks had a free shot at his head there.
Banks connects with a crisp jab.
Duterte tries to close the distance and clinch but Banks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robin Banks is winning the standup battle so far.
Duterte throws a sloppy head kick and Banks moves out of range easily.
Banks is looking to counter punch.
Rodrigo Duterte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Banks shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Duterte misses with a hook to the body
and Banks counters with a series of strikes. Duterte will be more careful next time no doubt.
Duterte avoids the head kick by Banks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banks misses with a few strikes there.
Duterte avoids the head kick by Banks.
Banks misses with an uppercut. Duterte saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Banks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Duterte's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!
Banks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duterte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Banks stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Duterte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Duterte throws a series of punches but Banks avoids them all with ease.
Banks moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duterte just misses with a punch to the body.
Duterte tries to clinch there but Banks circles away.
Banks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duterte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duterte fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duterte takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice shot by Banks.
Banks lands a head shot.
Duterte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Banks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duterte throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duterte takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duterte dodges the punch combination from Banks.
Duterte is looking for the big counter here.
Banks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Banks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duterte.
Duterte misses with a body kick.
Duterte has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Banks swats away the attempt to clinch by Duterte.
Banks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Banks backs off Duterte throws a huge counter combo but Banks manages to avoid it all.
Duterte feints and then cracks Banks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Banks down.
Banks looks to land a right hand but Duterte moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks swinging wildly here.
Duterte pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Banks with a hook.
Duterte on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Duterte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banks.
Banks cracks Duterte with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A clash of legs there as Banks blocks the low kick.
Duterte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Banks scores with a decent looking hook.
Duterte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banks.
As Banks backs off Duterte throws a huge counter combo but Banks manages to avoid it all.
Duterte lands a leg kick that knocks Banks off balance momentarily.
Duterte gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Banks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks scores with a nice strike.
Duterte throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Banks is looking to slow Duterte down with leg kicks.
Banks looks to throw the jab but Duterte is out of range.
Banks falls off balance throwing a combination
and Duterte counters with a body kick.
Banks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duterte.
Duterte throws a leg kick that misses.
Banks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Banks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A countering left hand to the body from Duterte misses.
Banks misses with a looping left.
Banks cracks Duterte with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Duterte clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks lands an elbow that stopped Duterte in his tracks for a moment.
Banks blocks an elbow strike.
Banks wants to break free but Duterte has control.
Banks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duterte fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Banks, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duterte trying to land knees to the body.
Banks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duterte is looking to clinch but Banks is avoiding it.
Duterte tries a head kick but it misses.
Banks was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Banks misses with a head kick.
Banks clinches up against the cage.
Duterte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duterte scores a nice knee to the body.
Robin Banks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Still in the clinch, Duterte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rodrigo Duterte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duterte prevents a body shot from Banks.
Duterte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Banks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Banks, 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 Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Banks!
After the fight, Robin Banks was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Enoch Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parko Milcic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 2, fighting out of New York, Enoch Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Parko Milcic!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Milcic misses
and Milcic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Milcic lands a head kick. Thompson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Milcic getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thompson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite build in the buildup to the fight.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Milcic throws an overhand right that lands on Thompson's shoulder, as Thompson tries to avoid the shot.
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Thompson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Milcic throws a head kick that misses
and Thompson counters with a leg kick.
Thompson pushes Milcic up against the cage in a clinch.
Milcic blocks a body shot from Thompson.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.
Milcic tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Milcic tries to stall but Thompson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Thompson.
Milcic misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thompson.
Milcic throws a head punch that misses.
Thompson lands a body punch in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Milcic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Milcic lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Milcic struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
Milcic misses with some punches.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thompson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thompson.
Thompson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Milcics head.
Milcic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Milcic trying to control the position but instead, Thompson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Milcic into the cage.
Thompson avoiding damage as Milcic throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Milcic's elbow.
Milcic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thompson as Milcic tries to tie him up.
Thompson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Thompson.
Thompson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Milcic.
Milcic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thompson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thompson.
Thompson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Milcic's elbow.
Milcic working aggressively here.
Milcic misses with a body punch.
Thompson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Milcics head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson digs a right hand into Milcic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Milcic's gas tank.
Thompson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Milcic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Milcic misses with a punch on the inside.
Thompson struggles to land a body shot inside as Milcic controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Milcic.
Milcic struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
Milcic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thompson is keeping busy.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Milcic stalling in the clinch but Thompson improves position.
Milcic is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Thompson has denied him.
Thompson just leaning against Milcic, taking a breather.
Thompson working aggressively here.
Milcic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thompson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thompson misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milcic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thompson working aggressively here.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Milcic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Parko Milcic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milcic moves in looking to clinch but Thompson pushes him off.
Milcic closes the distance and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Milcic misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Thompson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Milcic prevents a body shot from Thompson.
Milcic lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enoch Thompson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Milcic tries to clinch there but Thompson circles away.
Thompson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Milcic is looking to clinch but Thompson is avoiding it.
Milcic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Thompson slips a straight right by Milcic.
Thompson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Thompson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Milcic can do to turn this around?
Milcic moves out of range of the leg kick from Thompson.
Milcic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thompson.
Milcic misses with a head kick.
Milcic throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
Thompson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Milcic tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Milcic tries to clinch there but Thompson circles away.
Thompson misses with a lunging right hand
and Milcic counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Milcic thuds his right hand into Thompson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Parko Milcic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Milcic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thompson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Milcic manages to circle out of the way.
Thompson throws a leg kick but Milcic moved away.
Milcic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws a front kick aimed at Milcic's knee but Milcic avoids it well.
A head kick from Milcic lands but Thompson takes it in his stride.
Milcic misses the body punch
and Thompson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thompson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thompson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Milcic.
Milcic is looking to clinch.
Thompson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Thompson moves into the clinch.
Milcic pushes Thompson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thompson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Milcic up against the cage.
Milcic stalling in the clinch but Thompson improves position.
Enoch Thompson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thompson misses with a body punch.
Milcic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thompson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Milcic blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milcic missing with knees to the body.
Thompson is struggling to control the position.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Milcic controlling the action here for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Milcic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Milcic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thompson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Milcic throws a punch but it's blocked by Thompson.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thompson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Milcic has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A head kick by Milcic misses
and Thompson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Milcic lands an overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thompson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Milcic throws a push kick but Thompson slaps the foot to one side.
Thompson throws a right hand that misses
and Milcic counters with an inside leg kick.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Milcic unleashes a big counter combination but Thompson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Milcic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Milcic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thompson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Milcic, as that shot connected.
Thompson connects with a nice looking jab.
Milcic lands a nice looking body shot.
Milcic clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milcic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Milcic blocking some punches.
Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Parko Milcic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Milcic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thompson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Milcic counters with a solid body kick.
Milcic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Milcic counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson loads up on a big right hand but Milcic slips the punch.
Good leg kick by Thompson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thompson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Milcic.
Thompson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick from Milcic lands but Thompson takes it in his stride.
Thompson lands a nice hook to Milcic's body. Milcic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Parko Milcic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Milcic lands a slapping body shot.
Milcic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Milcic darts in and clinches Thompson up against the cage.
Milcic blocks an uppercut.
Thompson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Milcic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Milcic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Milcic.
Thompson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Milcic backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Milcic misses with an elbow strike.
Thompson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson 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.
Thompson misses with a wild combination.
Milcic's corner calls for a 1-2. Milcic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thompson tries to land a leg kick but Milcic saw it coming and moves away.
Milcic is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Milcic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thompson circles away quickly and effectively.
Thompson throws a shot to the body.
Milcic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thompson has Milcic up against the cage in a clinch.
Milcic prevents a body shot from Thompson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Milcic throws a punch but it's blocked by Thompson.
Milcic has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
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!
Thompson swings wildly with an uppercut but Milcic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Milcic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson works on Milcic's body with a couple of short punches.
Milcic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Milcic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Milcic being controlled against the cage.
Milcic can't find room to land a body shot as Thompson controls the action.
Thompson slowing the pace effectively.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Thompson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Milcic.
Milcic wants to stall.
Thompson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson lands an uppercut.
Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thompson tries to score with a low kick but Milcic moves his leg out of the way.
Milcic wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Milcic, as that shot connected.
Milcic throws a lazy head kick
and Thompson counters with a nice leg kick.
Thompson takes the fight into the clinch.
Thompson is stalling here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Milcic prevents a body shot from Thompson.
Thompson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thompson lands with a short shot to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thompson as Milcic tries to tie him up.
Milcic throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Milcic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Milcic.
Thompson breaks the clinch.
Milcic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milcic throws a wild body kick that Thompson sees coming a mile off.
A quick step to the side and Thompson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thompson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Milcic.
Milcic doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Enoch Thompson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Thompson 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 Sam Margolis 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... Enoch Thompson!
Enoch Thompson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Humberto Manuel Arboleda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eobard Thawne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arboleda's entrance music is ASTAROTH - GUERRA DE METAL. A fine choice. 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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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
21 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humberto Manuel Arboleda!
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, Eobard Thawne!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arboleda defending well as Thawne loads up on a big left hand.
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arboleda wants to clinch up but Thawne keeps it at a distance.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Thawne pushes him off.
Thawne let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Thawne misses with a wild combination.
Arboleda looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thawne throws a series of punches but Arboleda avoids them all with ease.
Thawne misses with a wild body shot.
Thawne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thawne swats away the attempt to clinch by Arboleda.
A nice side step and Thawne releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Thawne gets tackled into the cage by Arboleda. Arboleda maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arboleda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Eobard Thawne has been cut.
Thawne has had enough of the clinch but Arboleda keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thawne.
It looks like Humberto Manuel Arboleda has been cut.
Thawne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thawne is trying to force a seperation but Arboleda has the dominant position.
Thawne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arboleda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thawne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arboleda staying out of range there.
Arboleda moves out of range as Thawne strikes.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Thawne pushes him off.
Thawne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arboleda.
Thawne lands a lovely overhand right.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Thawne pushes him off.
Arboleda is looking to clinch but Thawne is avoiding it.
Thawne missing with a left hand there. Arboleda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Arboleda rushes Thawne and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thawne breaks from the clinch.
Thawne scores with a decent looking hook.
Arboleda moves out of range of the body kick.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thawne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thawne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arboleda.
Thawne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arboleda tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Thawne manages to circle out of the way.
Arboleda tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thawne misses with a looping left.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thawne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thawne misses the shot to the body.
Arboleda tries to clinch up
and Thawne makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arboleda wants to clinch up but Thawne keeps it at a distance.
Thawne blocks a head kick by Arboleda.
Arboleda is looking to clinch.
Thawne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thawne darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thawne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thawne looks to score with a jab to the body but Arboleda is just out of range.
Arboleda is looking to counter with head kicks.
Thawne lands a body shot.
Arboleda moves out of range as Thawne strikes.
Arboleda throws a big counter combination but Thawne scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Thawne pushes him off.
Arboleda moves to clinch but Thawne breaks away
and Thawne counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thawne scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda throws a head kick that misses.
Thawne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arboleda throws a head kick that Thawne semi-blocks.
Thawne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arboleda.
Thawne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arboleda.
Arboleda dodges the punch combination from Thawne.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch but Thawne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arboleda is looking to clinch.
Thawne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Arboleda connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Arboleda is looking to clinch.
Arboleda tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thawne counters with a nice body shot.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thawne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thawne missing with a left hand there. Arboleda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thawne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arboleda manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda throws a head kick but Thawne moves out of range.
Thawne misses the shot to the body.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thawne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arboleda gets a clinch.
Thawne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arboleda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thawne wants to break free but Arboleda has control.
Arboleda trying to control the position but instead, Thawne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Arboleda into the cage.
Thawne tries to break the clinch but Arboleda is controlling the position.
Arboleda prevents Thawne from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Arboleda lands a nice knee to the body.
Thawne tries to circle away but Arboleda has him pinned against the cage.
Arboleda working Thawne over with knees to the body.
Arboleda crunches a lovely knee into Thawne's ribcage.
Thawne avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.
Thawne tries to break the clinch but Arboleda is controlling the position.
Thawne breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eobard Thawne dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Arboleda doesn't manage to clinch there - Thawne circles away.
Thawne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arboleda.
Arboleda is looking to counter the offense by Thawne and move into the clinch.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Thawne moves out of range.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thawne tries to keep at a distance but Arboleda has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thawne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Arboleda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Arboleda.
Thawne tries to break the clinch but Arboleda is controlling the position.
Thawne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Thawne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thawne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thawne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arboleda misses with an attempted mid kick.
Arboleda closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Arboleda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arboleda throws a leg kick but Thawne moved away.
Arboleda moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thawne dodges an elbow strike from Arboleda.
Arboleda misses with a knee strike.
Thawne dodges an elbow strike from Arboleda.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Arboleda takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Arboleda obliges.
Arboleda pushes off an throws an elbow but Thawne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thawne has had enough of the clinch but Arboleda keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Thawne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Arboleda pressing his opponent against the cage.
Arboleda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thawne breaks the clinch.
Arboleda has closed the distance and engaged Thawne in a clinch.
Arboleda misses with a knee to the head.
Thawne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thawne is trying to break the clinch but Arboleda is controlling him.
Arboleda with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thawne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Thawne moves out of range.
Thawne throws a leg kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arboleda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arboleda is looking to clinch.
Thawne is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thawne misses with a wild combination.
Arboleda wants to clinch but Thawne slips to the side
and Thawne makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arboleda connects with a leg kick. Thawne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch but Thawne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arboleda is looking to clinch but Thawne is avoiding it.
Arboleda moves out of range of the strikes.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Thawne pushes him off.
Arboleda slips a jab from Thawne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thawne scores with a sloppy right hand. Arboleda should have avoided that one.
Arboleda is looking to clinch but Thawne is avoiding it.
Arboleda wants to clinch up but Thawne keeps it at a distance.
Thawne swats away the attempt to clinch by Arboleda.
Thawne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Arboleda is looking to counter with head kicks.
Thawne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thawne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thawne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thawne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arboleda has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thawne is trying to break the clinch but Arboleda has him pressed against the cage.
Thawne can't break the clinch.
Arboleda lands a nice knee to the body.
Arboleda can't find room to land a body shot as Thawne controls the action.
Arboleda tries a knee to the head but Thawne blocks it.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Arboleda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thawne tries a knee to the head but Arboleda blocks it.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Arboleda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thawne is breathing heavily.
Arboleda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thawne's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stalling in the clinch from Arboleda.
Thawne avoids the elbow strike from Arboleda, against the cage.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thawne avoids it.
Thawne managing to block the knees to the body from Arboleda.
Thawne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Thawne is having none of it.
Arboleda tries to clinch up but Thawne circles away and keeps his distance.
Arboleda doesn't manage to clinch there - Thawne circles away.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thawne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arboleda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arboleda tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thawne counters with a left to the body.
Thawne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Arboleda goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Arboleda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Arboleda throws a leg kick
and Thawne counters with a straight right hand.
Arboleda walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thawne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Eobard Thawne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arboleda tries to clinch up.
Thawne 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.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thawne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheers as Thawne lands an impressive looking overhand right. Arboleda doesn't seem phased though.
Thawne lands a nice hook to Arboleda's body. Arboleda takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thawne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arboleda moves into range and clinches up with Thawne.
Arboleda taking a breather.
Arboleda landing knees to the head.
Thawne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Arboleda crunches a lovely knee into Thawne's ribcage.
Thawne lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arboleda lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thawne breaks from the clinch.
Thawne circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Thawne moves out of range.
Arboleda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thawne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Arboleda clinches up with Thawne and pushes him back against the cage.
Thawne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thawne is trying to break free.
Thawne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arboleda missing with a left hand there. Thawne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thawne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arboleda wants to clinch.
Arboleda tries to clinch up.
Thawne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Arboleda misses with a kick to the body.
Thawne throws out a counter right but Arboleda avoids it with no problem.
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arboleda backing away here, and Thawne unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Thawne swats away the attempt to clinch by Arboleda.
It seemed like Thawne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda throws a hook but Thawne avoids it easily.
Thawne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arboleda tries to clinch up.
Thawne throws out a counter right but Arboleda avoids it with no problem.
Thawne misses with a hook.
Thawne throws a hook to the side of Arboleda's head but Arboleda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arboleda tries a head kick but it misses.
Arboleda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thawne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thawne, as that shot connected.
Arboleda moves into range and clinches up with Thawne.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thawne tries to break the clinch but Arboleda is controlling the position.
Arboleda trying to stall but Thawne improves his position.
Arboleda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Arboleda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Arboleda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thawne manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arboleda closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thawne counters with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Arboleda.
Thawne uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Arboleda has time to react.
Arboleda connects with the punch.
Thawne swats away the attempt to clinch by Arboleda.
Despite the aggression on Thawne's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Thawne pushes him off.
Arboleda takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Thawne moves out of range.
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arboleda closes the distance and pushes Thawne back into the cage.
Thawne is trying to push Arboleda away but Arboleda has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thawne avoids it.
Arboleda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Arboleda throws an elbow but misses.
Thawne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arboleda wants to clinch up but Thawne keeps it at a distance.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Thawne pushes him off.
Thawne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arboleda moves away.
Thawne keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Thawne misses.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thawne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arboleda throws a leg kick which misses Thawne's front leg but catches the back leg as Thawne tries to avoid it.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Thawne is having none of it.
Thawne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arboleda is looking to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thawne! But no joy.
Arboleda takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eobard Thawne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Thawne 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eobard Thawne!
During a confident post fight interview, Eobard Thawne thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ewoud Roelof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lard Pecs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pecs has chosen Boom! Shake the Room as his entrance music. Lard Pecs is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ewoud Roelof!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lard Pecs!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roelof lands a leg kick that knocks Pecs off balance momentarily.
Pecs closes the distance and pushes Roelof back into the cage.
Roelof gets through Pecs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roelof lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pecs blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Pecs - that landed with a thud.
Pecs prevents a body shot from Roelof.
Roelof tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pecs avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roelof.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pecs.
Pecs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pecs misses with some punches.
Roelof really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pecs lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roelof backwards.
Pecs misses with a punch to the body.
Pecs working aggressively here.
Pecs is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pecs stalls.
Pecs continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pecs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roelof's elbow.
Pecs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pecs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roelof blocking some punches.
Roelof throws a punch but it's blocked by Pecs.
Roelof blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roelof lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pecs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roelof.
Pecs misses with a punch on the inside.
Pecs blocks the elbow strike.
Pecs lands a left hand.
Roelof missing with knees to the body.
Pecs can't find room to land a body shot as Roelof controls the action.
Pecs misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pecs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pecs.
Pecs has a couple of punches blocked by Roelof.
Pecs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Pecs.
Roelof blocking some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roelof lands a good knee to the midsection. Pecs won't want to take too many of those.
Roelof softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pecs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roelofs head.
Pecs struggles to land a body shot inside as Roelof controls his hands.
Roelof lands a left hand.
Pecs blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Pecs fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Roelof.
Pecs misses with the head strike.
Pecs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roelof pushes Pecs back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pecs lands a nice uppercut.
Roelof's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roelof has a couple of punches blocked by Pecs.
Roelof lands with a light punch inside.
Roelof tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pecs avoids it.
Pecs throws a head punch that misses.
Pecs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Roelof tries to land knees in the clinch but Pecs avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Pecs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Roelof scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pecs blocking some punches.
Pecs lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Roelof blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roelof is trying to break free.
Pecs pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pecs stalling in the clinch.
Pecs misses with the head strike.
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!
Roelof escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pecs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roelof was well out of range. Poor timing from Pecs.
Roelof with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ewoud Roelof seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roelof throws a head kick that half lands.
Pecs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lard Pecs will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Roelof turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roelof tries to clinch there but Pecs circles away.
Pecs clinches.
Roelof blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roelof tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pecs avoids it.
Pecs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pecs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lard Pecs seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roelof being controlled against the cage.
Pecs blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pecs tries to throw a body punch but Roelof avoids it by throwing Pecs back against the cage.
Pecs lands with a light punch inside.
Pecs misses with a punch to the body.
Pecs can't find room to land a body shot as Roelof controls the action.
Come on Pecs - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pecs misses with a body punch.
A short left from Roelof.
Pecs's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pecs pushes Roelof back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Roelof lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pecs displaying some good clinch control by pressing Roelof up against the cage.
Roelof blocks an uppercut.
Roelof makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pecs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roelof misses with a knee to the head.
Pecs working aggressively here.
Roelof crunches a lovely knee into Pecs's ribcage.
Roelof blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pecs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roelof's elbow.
Pecs swings wildly with an uppercut but Roelof uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pecs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pecs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roelof pushes Pecs back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roelof landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roelof is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pecs is defending well for now.
Pecs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roelof tries to land knees in the clinch but Pecs avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Pecs.
Roelof prevents a body shot from Pecs.
Pecs misses with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roelof.
Pecs has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Roelof seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pecs can turn it around.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roelof obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Pecs scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Roelof blocks an uppercut.
Roelof blocks a body shot from Pecs.
Pecs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roelof pushes Pecs back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pecs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roelofs head.
Pecs tries a body shot but Roelof blocks it.
Pecs tries to throw a body punch but Roelof avoids it by throwing Pecs back against the cage.
Roelof breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pecs doesn't manage to clinch there - Roelof circles away.
Roelof is looking to counter with head kicks.
Pecs gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Roelof misses with the head strike.
Roelof using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pecs throws a punch but it's blocked by Roelof.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pecs taking a breather.
Pecs manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Roelof swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pecs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roelof throws a punch but it's blocked by Pecs.
Pecs is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roelof obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pecs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pecs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pecs lands a right hand.
Pecs lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ewoud Roelof will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A jab from Roelof does it's job there.
It looks like Lard Pecs has been cut.
Roelof misses with a head kick.
Pecs avoids the head kick by Roelof.
Pecs paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Roelof misses with a wild body shot.
Pecs swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pecs darts in and clinches Roelof up against the cage.
Roelof throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pecs blocks it with crossed arms.
Roelof throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pecss head.
A short right from Pecs.
Pecs tries a body shot but Roelof blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roelof misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pecs.
Pecs misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Roelof.
Pecs misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pecs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pecs stalling the fight.
Roelof misses with a knee to the head.
Pecs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roelof misses with a punch on the inside.
Roelof comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roelof trying to land knees to the body.
Pecs avoiding damage as Roelof throws knees to the body.
Roelof tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pecs avoids it.
Roelof being controlled against the cage.
Roelof is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pecs trying to stall but Roelof improves his position.
Roelof misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pecs.
Pecs blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pecs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roelof unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pecs lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pecs takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pecs.
Nice elbow from Roelof.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pecs lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roelof backwards.
Roelof lands a nice knee to the body.
Roelof's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Pecs avoids the elbow strike from Roelof, against the cage.
Pecs working aggressively here.
Roelof blocking some punches.
Roelof lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That has opened up Lard Pecs's cut even more.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pecs.
Roelof tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A body shot lands from Pecs.
Pecs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roelof blocking some punches.
Roelof throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pecss head.
Roelof working aggressively here.
Pecs leaning against his opponent.
Pecs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Roelof lands with a left to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roelof.
Pecs is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pecs throws a punch but it's blocked by Roelof.
Pecs struggles to land a body shot inside as Roelof controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pecs.
Pecs misses with the head strike.
A short left from Roelof.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roelof working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roelof.
A right hook to the body lands for Pecs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roelof escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pecs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roelof looks to clinch
and Pecs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roelof looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pecs tries to clinch up.
Roelof is looking to counter with a body kick.
Roelof connects with a leg kick. Pecs looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Roelof digs a good body shot into Pecs's ribs.
Roelof scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roelof throws a sloppy head kick and Pecs moves out of range easily.
Pecs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pecs closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ewoud Roelof clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Lard Pecs's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Roelof swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pecs counters with a low kick, right behind Roelof 's knee.
Pecs just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pecs.
Pecs tried to score with a low kick but Roelof checks it.
Roelof throwing a counter right hand but Pecs manages to avoid it.
Pecs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Roelof. Roelof obviously looking to wear him down.
Roelof swings for the body but Pecs moves out of range.
Roelof scoring well with a low kick there.
Roelof blocks a leg kick.
Ewoud Roelof is winning the standup battle so far.
Pecs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roelof misses with a leg kick.
Roelof lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pecs's sensitive parts.
Roelof moves into range and connects with a jab.
Roelof connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roelof throws a body shot but no joy.
Roelof clinches up against the cage.
Pecs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pecs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Pecs as the two fighters clinch.
Roelof lands a left hand.
Pecs stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pecs stalling the fight.
Pecs can't find room to land a body shot as Roelof controls the action.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pecs blocking some punches.
Pecs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roelof can't find room to land a body shot as Pecs controls the action.
Pecs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roelof swings wildly with an uppercut but Pecs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pecs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pecs tries to work over Roelof's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roelof comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pecs - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short body shot lands from Pecs as the two fighters clinch.
Pecs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Roelof fails to land.
Pecs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pecs stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pecs has a couple of punches blocked by Roelof.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roelof throws an elbow but misses.
Pecs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pecs gets through Roelof's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pecs scores with a shoulder strike.
Roelof misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pecs.
Pecs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roelof tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pecs avoids it.
Roelof lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roelof scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roelof lands with a right to the head.
Roelof lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pecs backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roelof.
Pecs lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Pecs.
Pecs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roelof is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pecs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roelof wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Roelof on the inside.
The cut above Lard Pecs's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Pecs works on Roelof's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roelof creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pecs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roelof backwards.
Pecs managing to block the knees to the body from Roelof.
A head punch on the inside from Pecs fails to land.
Pecs misses with the head strike.
Pecs's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Roelof blocks an uppercut.
Roelof softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Roelof's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ewoud Roelof had his way with Lard Pecs in that round.
The cut man is working on Lard Pecs'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. This is the final round!
Roelof wants to clinch up but Pecs keeps it at a distance.
Pecs lands with an uppercut that bounces Roelof off the cage and back into range.
Roelof's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pecs under the eye.
Some wild striking there from Roelof.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Roelof. Pecs shrugs it off though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Roelof.
Pecs tries to clinch up
and Roelof counters with a three punch combo that has Pecs backing up. Pecs nods at Roelof to acknowledge the strikes.
Roelof is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pecs can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roelof lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pecs is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roelof keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pecs tries to clinch up.
Roelof darts in trying to clinch
and Pecs counters with a straight right hand.
Pecs forces Roelof back against the cage and clinches.
Roelof misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roelof lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pecs backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Pecs fails to land.
Pecs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pecs lands a shoulder strike.
Pecs is pushing Roelof up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Roelof blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pecs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roelof with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pecs blocks the elbow strike.
Lard Pecs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roelof is looking to break free of the clinch but Pecs has double underhooks.
Pecs tries to work over Roelof's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pecs.
Roelof trying to land knees to the body.
Pecs misses with some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Roelof lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pecs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roelof swings wildly with an uppercut but Pecs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roelof lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roelof creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pecs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roelof lands a hook that snaps the head of Pecs backwards.
Roelof lands a nice knee to the body.
Roelof goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pecs avoiding damage as Roelof throws knees to the body.
Roelof tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pecs avoids it.
Roelof lands a hook that snaps the head of Pecs backwards.
Pecs lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Roelof.
Roelof scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pecs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roelof's elbow.
Pecs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pecs throws a punch but it's blocked by Roelof.
Roelof tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pecs avoids it.
Pecs lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roelof missing with knees to the body.
Pecs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pecs misses with a punch to the body.
Roelof missing with knees to the body.
Roelof tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pecs pushes Roelof back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pecs tries to throw a body punch but Roelof avoids it by throwing Pecs back against the cage.
Roelof blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Roelof fails to land.
Roelof is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pecs is defending well for now.
Pecs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ewoud Roelof showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roelof 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 49:47
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 50:45
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ewoud Roelof!
Ewoud Roelof retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Ewoud Roelof made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tak Sin Thanarat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baak Siko (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 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Tak Sin Thanarat!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Baak Siko!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siko closes the distance and pushes Thanarat back into the cage.
Siko lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Tak Sin Thanarat has been cut.
Siko misses with an elbow over the top.
Thanarat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Siko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thanarat manages to break the clinch.
Thanarat throws a jab but it's blocked by Siko.
Siko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Siko blocks an elbow strike.
Siko lands an elbow just above Thanarat 's eye.
Siko looking to throw knees to the head but Thanarat is blocking nicely.
Siko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Siko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thanarat throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thanarat just misses with a elbow thrown towards Siko's brow.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Siko tries to throw a body punch but Thanarat avoids it by throwing Siko back against the cage.
Siko presses Thanarat against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thanarat trying to land knees to the body.
Siko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thanarat is breathing heavily.
Siko lands a damaging elbow.
Thanarat blocks an elbow strike.
Siko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siko scores a nice knee to the body.
Thanarat avoiding damage as Siko throws knees to the body.
Siko scores with a shot to the side of Thanarat's head.
Thanarat takes an elbow to the temple.
Siko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Siko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Siko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Siko blocks the elbow strike.
Siko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thanarat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Siko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Siko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thanarat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thanarat avoiding damage as Siko throws knees to the body.
Thanarat managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
Thanarat blocks the elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thanarat throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thanarat.
It looks like Baak Siko has been cut.
Thanarat blocks the elbow strike.
Siko lands a good knee to the midsection. Thanarat won't want to take too many of those.
Siko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thanarat in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Siko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Siko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Siko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Siko misses with a knee strike.
Siko keeps control of Thanarat as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Siko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Siko tries to land knees in the clinch but Thanarat avoids the damage to the body.
Siko looking to throw knees to the head but Thanarat is blocking nicely.
Siko lands an elbow just above Thanarat 's eye.
Siko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thanarat blocks it with crossed arms.
Thanarat blocks the elbow strike.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thanarat.
Siko cracks Thanarat with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siko with a knee to the head.
Siko landing knees to the head.
Siko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Siko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thanarat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thanarat misses with an elbow over the top.
Thanarat takes a knee to the side of the body.
Siko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Siko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thanarat takes a knee to the side of the body.
Siko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Siko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siko pushes Thanarat back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Siko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Siko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Siko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Siko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siko is leaning against Thanarat and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Siko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Siko crunches a lovely knee into Thanarat's ribcage.
Siko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Siko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thanarat blocks an elbow strike from Siko.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Siko lands an elbow that stopped Thanarat in his tracks for a moment.
Siko misses with an elbow strike.
Thanarat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thanarat takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Siko.
Siko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Siko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thanarat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thanarat misses with an elbow over the top.
Siko scores a nice knee to the body.
Siko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Siko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baak Siko dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Siko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Siko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Siko rushes Thanarat and presses him up against the cage.
Thanarat avoids a wild elbow strike from Siko.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Siko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thanarat misses with an elbow over the top.
Siko misses with an elbow strike.
Siko lands a nice knee to the body.
Siko tries a knee to the head but Thanarat blocks it.
Siko is working Thanarat over against the cage.
Siko lands a shoulder strike.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thanarat.
Siko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
Siko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
Knees to the body from Siko.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Siko.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Siko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Siko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Siko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siko tries to land knees in the clinch but Thanarat avoids the damage to the body.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Siko scores with a knee to the head.
Thanarat takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thanarat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Siko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A body shot lands from Siko.
Siko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Siko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thanarat blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Siko.
Siko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Siko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thanarat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Baak Siko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Siko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Siko lands a nice elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Good body shot from Siko.
Siko pushes off an throws an elbow but Thanarat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Siko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Siko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Siko pushes Thanarat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thanarat avoids the elbow strike from Siko, against the cage.
Siko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thanarats head.
Siko lands a left hand.
Thanarat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thanarat wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thanarat is defending well for now.
Thanarat blocks an elbow strike.
Siko can't find room to land a body shot as Thanarat controls the action.
Siko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thanarat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thanarat takes an elbow to the temple.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Siko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Siko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Siko prevents a body shot from Thanarat.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Siko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thanarat's brow.
Siko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siko scores with a shot to the side of Thanarat's head.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thanarat.
Nice elbow from Siko.
Thanarat avoids a wild elbow strike from Siko.
Siko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Siko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thanarat manages to break the clinch.
Jab from Siko.
Siko lands with a right hand.
Thanarat lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Siko misses with a straight left.
Siko lands with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siko tries to clinch but Thanarat is having none of it.
Thanarat was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Siko moves out of range of the body kick from Thanarat.
Siko connects with a body shot.
Thanarat tries to score with a low kick but Siko moves his leg out of the way.
Thanarat staying out of range there.
Siko drives through and clinches with Thanarat against the cage.
Siko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat throws an elbow but it misses.
Thanarat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Siko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Siko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siko blocks the elbow strike.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thanarat.
Siko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thanarat landing knees to the head.
Thanarat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thanarat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Siko blocks a body shot from Thanarat.
Thanarat prevents a body shot from Siko.
Thanarat misses with a knee strike.
Thanarat avoiding damage as Siko throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Siko misses with a knee to the head.
Siko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Siko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thanarat.
Siko lands a damaging elbow.
Siko misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baak Siko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Siko thuds a left hand into Thanarat's body.
Thanarat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thanarat swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Siko lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thanarat at a distance.
Siko lands with a straight right. Thanarat didn't see that one coming.
That kick from Siko tenderised Thanarat's leg. Thanarat is trying to keep his angry face on.
Thanarat ducks under a wild hook from Siko.
A jab from Siko finds it's way through Thanarat's defenses.
Thanarat has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Siko on the inside.
Thanarat lands an elbow inside.
Siko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
Siko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thanarat.
Siko dodges an elbow strike from Thanarat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thanarat pushes off an throws an elbow but Siko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thanarat lands an elbow that stopped Siko in his tracks for a moment.
Siko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Siko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siko misses with an elbow strike.
Thanarat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Siko blocks the elbow strike.
Thanarat takes an elbow to the forehead.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thanarat.
Thanarat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Siko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thanarat's defenses.
Siko lands an elbow just above Thanarat 's eye.
Siko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Siko lands a nice elbow.
Siko scores with a shoulder strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Siko obliges.
Siko lands a right hand.
Siko throws an elbow but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thanarat takes an elbow to the forehead.
Siko lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thanarat throws an elbow but misses.
Siko lands an elbow inside that Thanarat shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siko lands a damaging elbow.
Thanarat lands an elbow inside.
Siko scores with a knee to the head.
Siko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short body shot lands from Siko as the two fighters clinch.
Siko scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Siko.
Siko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Siko lands with a left to the head.
Siko lands an elbow inside that Thanarat shrugs off.
Siko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Siko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Siko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Siko throws an elbow but it misses.
Siko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Siko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thanarat is defending well for now.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but Thanarat blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat lands an elbow just above Siko 's eye.
Siko lands a right hand.
Siko misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Siko.
Siko working Thanarat over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Siko.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Siko lands an elbow inside that Thanarat shrugs off.
Thanarat managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
Siko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Siko crunches a lovely knee into Thanarat's ribcage.
Thanarat blocks the elbow strike.
Thanarat avoiding damage as Siko throws knees to the body.
Thanarat misses with an elbow over the top.
Siko crunches a lovely knee into Thanarat's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Siko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Siko missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siko lands an elbow just above Thanarat 's eye.
Siko lands a damaging elbow.
Siko connects with a knee to the head.
Thanarat throws an elbow but it misses.
Siko tries a knee to the head but Thanarat blocks it.
Siko blocks an elbow strike from Thanarat.
Siko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thanarat throws an elbow but it misses.
Thanarat managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
Thanarat blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thanarat throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Siko.
Siko avoids a wild elbow strike from Thanarat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Siko avoids the elbow strike from Thanarat, against the cage.
Siko has Thanarat pressed against the cage, preventing Thanarat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thanarat throws an elbow that misses.
Thanarat connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baak Siko really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Thanarat loads up on a big right hand but Siko slips the punch.
Siko thuds a left hand into Thanarat's body.
Siko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thanarat throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thanarat takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baak Siko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Siko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thanarat. That did some damage!
Siko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thanarat takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Siko chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thanarat can pounce on him.
Thanarat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siko.
Thanarat avoids the body shot from Siko.
Thanarat tries to counter by clinching up but Siko breaks away and moves out of range.
Siko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Siko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A lazy left from Siko finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thanarat throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Siko misses with a hook. Thanarat ducked under it nicely.
Siko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A big right from Thanarat misses.
Siko connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Thanarat.
Siko connects with a high kick.
Thanarat misses with a wild body shot.
Thanarat has managed to clinch.
Thanarat blocks an elbow strike.
Siko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Siko landing knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Siko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thanarat stalling in the clinch.
Siko lands a body punch.
Siko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thanarat blocks it with crossed arms.
Thanarat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thanarat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Siko misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siko lands a nice elbow.
Siko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thanarat avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thanarat's defenses.
Siko lands a knee to the body.
Siko tries to land knees in the clinch but Thanarat avoids the damage to the body.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Siko blocks an elbow strike.
Siko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thanarat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Siko lands a damaging elbow.
Thanarat is trying to force a seperation but Siko has the dominant position.
A right hook to the body lands for Siko.
Siko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thanarat in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Siko lands a nice elbow.
Siko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Siko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thanarat in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Siko landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Siko obliges.
Thanarat takes an elbow to the temple.
Siko blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Siko lands an elbow inside that Thanarat shrugs off.
Siko misses with a punch on the inside.
Thanarat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Siko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Siko landing knees to the body.
Siko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thanarat blocks an elbow strike.
Siko tries to land knees in the clinch but Thanarat avoids the damage to the body.
Thanarat blocks an elbow strike.
Siko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thanarat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Siko as Thanarat tries to tie him up.
Siko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thanarat.
Siko looking to throw knees to the head but Thanarat is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat pressing his opponent against the cage.
Siko looking to throw knees to the head but Thanarat is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thanarat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thanarat throws an elbow but it misses.
Siko pushes off an throws an elbow but Thanarat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Siko blocks an elbow strike.
Thanarat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
Thanarat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Siko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Siko.
Siko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baak Siko dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Siko throws the left hand but Thanarat avoids the punch easily.
Siko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thanarat swats away the attempt to clinch by Siko.
Thanarat lands a nice hook to Siko's body. Siko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thanarat clinches with his opponent.
Siko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thanarat's defenses.
Thanarat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Siko lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Siko.
Siko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Siko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thanarat.
Siko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thanarat.
Siko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Siko lands an elbow that stopped Thanarat in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Siko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Siko.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thanarat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Siko lands a knee to the head.
Siko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thanarat misses with a knee strike.
Siko presses Thanarat against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Siko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thanarat takes an elbow to the temple.
Siko lands an elbow that stopped Thanarat in his tracks for a moment.
Siko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Siko lands with a left to the head.
Siko scores a nice knee to the body.
Thanarat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Siko pushes off an throws an elbow but Thanarat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Siko.
Siko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Siko misses with a punch to the body.
Thanarat tries to break the clinch but Siko is controlling the position.
Tak Sin Thanarat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siko tries to land knees in the clinch but Thanarat avoids the damage to the body.
Siko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thanarat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thanarat takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Thanarat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Siko lands a hook that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
Thanarat throws an elbow but it misses.
Siko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thanarat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thanarat takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Siko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thanarat blocks the elbow strike.
Siko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Siko lands an elbow inside.
Siko lands an elbow just above Thanarat 's eye.
Siko tries a knee to the head but Thanarat blocks it.
Siko scores with a shot to the side of Thanarat's head.
Siko misses with a knee to the head.
Thanarat managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat lands a damaging elbow.
A hook to the body from Siko.
With the fighters up against the cage, Siko throws an elbow but misses.
Siko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Siko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baak Siko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Thanarat misses with a body punch.
Siko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Siko lands a body shot.
Thanarat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siko's elbow.
Siko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thanarat in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thanarat takes an elbow to the forehead.
A shot in the inside from Siko.
Thanarat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Siko takes an elbow to the temple.
Thanarat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat managing to block the knees to the body from Siko.
Thanarat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thanarat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Siko lands with a right hand.
Thanarat rushes Siko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thanarat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick lands from Thanarat.
Thanarat tries a low kick but Siko avoids it.
Thanarat looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice body punch from Siko.
Baak Siko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thanarat blocks the body kick.
Thanarat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siko.
Thanarat moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thanarat is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thanarat blocks a body shot from Siko.
Siko misses with a punch to the body.
Nice elbow from Siko.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baak Siko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Siko has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baak Siko!
Baak Siko is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Baak Siko made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Tak Sin Thanarat spoke after the fight, saying 'oh well....lets go get some fush n chups pauline'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joaozinho Gurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Fietsora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joaozinho Gurgel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luca Fietsora!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gurgel throws a head kick that misses.
Fietsora cracks Gurgel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fietsora 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.
Fietsora misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gurgel checks a low kick from Fietsora.
Gurgel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gurgel tries to clinch up.
Fietsora throws a looping overhand right but Gurgel ducks down to avoid it.
Gurgel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gurgel looks to land a left hand but Fietsora moved out of range nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Fietsora.
A telegraphed right hand from Gurgel misses the target.
A big right from Gurgel misses.
Gurgel is looking to land body kicks.
Gurgel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fietsora throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gurgel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gurgel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brazilian Elite Team in the buildup to the fight.
Gurgel looks to land a left hand but Fietsora moved out of range nicely.
Gurgel tries to clinch but Fietsora is having none of it.
Gurgel blocks a jab.
Gurgel misses with an uppercut. Fietsora saw that one coming.
Fietsora throws out a counter right but Gurgel avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gurgel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gurgel gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Fietsora counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurgel misses with a straight right.
Fietsora scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gurgel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fietsora jabs Gurgel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fietsora checks the leg kick.
Fietsora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gurgel's calf.
Fietsora throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fietsora lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gurgel at a distance.
Gurgel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fietsora.
Fietsora throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fietsora connects with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Fietsora throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gurgel throws a right hand that Fietsora ducks under and follows up with a left that Fietsora also avoids with ease.
Gurgel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gurgel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fietsora dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gurgel. That did some damage!
Some bone on bone action there as Gurgel checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gurgel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fietsora backs up against the cage.
Fietsora jabs Gurgel right on the nose. Gurgel blinks but takes it well.
A slow jab from Fietsora misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fietsora throws the kick towards the body but Gurgel avoids it.
Fietsora fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gurgel checks it well.
Gurgel cracks Fietsora with a good jab.
A lazy left from Gurgel finds it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fietsora fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gurgel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fietsora throws a leg kick that misses.
Fietsora misses with a body kick.
Gurgel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slow jab from Gurgel misses its intended target.
Fietsora misses with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fietsora.
Gurgel takes the fight into the clinch.
Gurgel tries to work over Fietsora's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fietsora is trying to force a seperation but Gurgel has the dominant position.
Fietsora is trying to break the clinch but Gurgel has him pressed against the cage.
Gurgel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gurgel throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel lands a shoulder strike.
Gurgel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fietsora is looking to break free of the clinch but Gurgel has double underhooks.
Gurgel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fietsora tries to break the clinch but Gurgel is controlling the position.
Fietsora is looking to break free of the clinch but Gurgel has double underhooks.
Fietsora tries to break the clinch but Gurgel is controlling the position.
Fietsora is trying to break the clinch but Gurgel is controlling him.
Fietsora can't break the clinch.
Fietsora escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fietsora avoids the head kick by Gurgel.
Gurgel looks to throw the jab but Fietsora is out of range.
Fietsora will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fietsora keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gurgel takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gurgel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fietsora manages to avoid it.
Fietsora throws a head kick that Gurgel semi-blocks.
Fietsora throws a leg kick but Gurgel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel scores with a head kick. Fietsora tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fietsora scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gurgel throws a jab but it's blocked by Fietsora.
Gurgel throws a nice looking combination but Fietsora bobs and weaves to avoid any 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!
Fietsora rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gurgel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gurgel checks a leg kick.
Fietsora throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fietsora walks into a left hand.
Fietsora moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fietsora cracks Gurgel with a good jab.
Donk. Fietsora catches Gurgel right on the button with a cross.
Fietsora connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fietsora lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fietsora waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gurgel.
Luca Fietsora seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fietsora throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gurgel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gurgel.
Good work by Gurgel as he checks the leg kick.
Gurgel scores with a nice body kick.
Fietsora chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gurgel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fietsora.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luca Fietsora dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gurgel moves out of range of the leg kick from Fietsora.
An inside leg kick from Gurgel misses.
Fietsora throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fietsora connects with a jab.
Gurgel moves out of range of the strikes.
Fietsora lands a right hook to the body.
Fietsora jabs Gurgel right on the nose. Gurgel blinks but takes it well.
Fietsora scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gurgel in his tracks.
Gurgel scores with a nice right hand.
Gurgel misses with a head kick.
Fietsora 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.
Gurgel is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Fietsora.
Gurgel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fietsora.
Some bone on bone action there as Gurgel checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fietsora avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gurgel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gurgel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Luca Fietsora seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Gurgel throws a hook but Fietsora avoids it easily.
Fietsora throws a jab but it's blocked by Gurgel.
Gurgel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gurgel throws a wild body kick that Fietsora sees coming a mile off.
Fietsora blocks a head kick by Gurgel.
Fietsora appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurgel throws a series of punches but Fietsora avoids them all with ease.
Fietsora tried to score with a low kick but Gurgel checks it.
Gurgel quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Fietsora lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fietsora just misses with a punch to the body.
Gurgel staying out of range there.
Good work by Gurgel as he checks the leg kick.
Fietsora lands with a shot to the body.
Gurgel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gurgel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fietsora's calf.
Gurgel wants to clinch up but Fietsora keeps it at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Gurgel.
Fietsora throws a body shot but no joy.
Gurgel doesn't manage to clinch there - Fietsora circles away.
Fietsora flicks out a counter leg kick but Gurgel steps away.
Fietsora fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gurgel.
Gurgel tries to clinch there but Fietsora circles away.
Gurgel throws a hook to the side of Fietsora's head but Fietsora sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gurgel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Fietsora.
Fietsora takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gurgel moves out of range as Fietsora throws a body kick.
Gurgel looks to throw the jab but Fietsora is out of range.
Fietsora jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fietsora connects with an inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fietsora.
Fietsora throws a hook but Gurgel blocks it.
Fietsora ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fietsora misses with an uppercut.
Gurgel is looking to counter punch.
Fietsora walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gurgel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gurgel wants to clinch but Fietsora slips to the side
and Fietsora connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gurgel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gurgel throws the left hand but Fietsora avoids the punch easily.
Fietsora throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fietsora lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gurgel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gurgel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gurgel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fietsora.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gurgel.
Fietsora avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora throws the left hand but Gurgel avoids the punch easily.
A low kick from Fietsora is predictable there
and Gurgel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gurgel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gurgel is looking to score with low kicks.
Fietsora lands a nice shot that snaps Gurgel's head back.
Fietsora avoids the body shot from Gurgel.
Fietsora bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fietsora misses with a kick to the body.
Gurgel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fietsora.
Gurgel tries a head kick but it misses.
Fietsora looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fietsora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gurgel's calf.
The fighters circling - Fietsora throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Gurgel misses its intended target.
Fietsora uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gurgel.
Gurgel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fietsora.
Fietsora throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gurgel tries to score with a low kick but Fietsora moves his leg out of the way.
Gurgel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gurgel duly obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fietsora scores with a shot to the body.
Donk. Fietsora catches Gurgel right on the button with a cross.
Fietsora fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gurgel moves in looking to clinch but Fietsora pushes him off.
Fietsora darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fietsora misses with a body kick.
Gurgel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fietsora.
Fietsora misses with a body shot
and Gurgel counters with an outside leg kick.
Fietsora misses with a straight left.
Gurgel blocks a leg kick.
Fietsora scores with a hook to the body. Gurgel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Fietsora misses.
Gurgel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gurgel tries to close the distance and clinch but Fietsora swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gurgel defending well as Fietsora loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Gurgel misses.
Gurgel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gurgel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fietsora connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luca Fietsora showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Gurgel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fietsora ducks under a wild hook from Gurgel.
A slapping body kick lands there for Fietsora.
Gurgel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fietsora.
Gurgel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gurgel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fietsora throws out the jab.
Gurgel looks to land a left hand but Fietsora moved out of range nicely.
Gurgel tried to score with a low kick but Fietsora checks it.
Gurgel scores with a punch to the head.
Nice shot by Gurgel.
Gurgel throws a hook but Fietsora blocks it.
Fietsora lands with a kick to the ribs.
A swing and a miss from Gurgel.
Gurgel connects with a solid leg kick.
Gurgel wants to land a leg kick but Fietsora is out of range.
Gurgel needs to keep his hands up - Fietsora had a free shot at his head there.
Gurgel looks to land a body kick but Fietsora moved away.
Fietsora lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fietsora lands a glancing blow to the side of Gurgel's head.
Gurgel misses with a kick to the body.
Gurgel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fietsora uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gurgel.
Gurgel throws a jab but it's blocked by Fietsora.
Gurgel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fietsora.
Gurgel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fietsora pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gurgel misses with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Fietsora there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gurgel.
Fietsora takes a swing at Gurgel's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Fietsora finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fietsora throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gurgel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fietsora cracks Gurgel with an open hand slap.
Fietsora throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Gurgel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fietsora throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot lands for Fietsora.
Gurgel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gurgel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gurgel lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gurgel. That one must have hurt.
Gurgel keeps Fietsora at a distance using the push kick.
Fietsora misses with a body shot.
Gurgel throwing a counter right hand but Fietsora manages to avoid it.
Fietsora will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A jab from Fietsora misses.
Gurgel tried to counter with a leg kick but Fietsora avoided it.
Gurgel blocks a head kick by Fietsora.
Fietsora takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fietsora.
Gurgel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gurgel will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gurgel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gurgel misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Gurgel.
Gurgel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fietsora wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gurgel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gurgel keeps control of Fietsora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fietsora has had enough of the clinch but Gurgel keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fietsora backwards.
Gurgel swings wildly with an uppercut but Fietsora uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fietsora blocking some punches.
Fietsora breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gurgel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fietsora scores with a nice strike.
Fietsora misses with a looping right.
Gurgel lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fietsora is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gurgel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gurgel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gurgel misses with a hook.
Gurgel moves into the clinch.
Fietsora wants to get back to striking at distance but Gurgel won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Fietsora's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gurgel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gurgel is working Fietsora over against the cage.
Gurgel throws a punch but it's blocked by Fietsora.
Fietsora escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fietsora throws a low kick, looking for Gurgel's leg but Gurgel calmly moves out of range.
Fietsora connects with a nice looking jab.
Gurgel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A clash of legs there as Fietsora blocks the low kick.
Gurgel instigates a clinch.
Fietsora breaks from the clinch.
Fietsora blocks the body kick.
Fietsora jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Fietsora - that will leave a mark!
Gurgel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gurgel tries to bum rush Fietsora with a series of wild strikes but Fietsora uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circling - Fietsora throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gurgel checks a low kick from Fietsora.
Gurgel avoids a kick to the body.
Fietsora misses with a low kick.
Gurgel throwing a counter right hand but Fietsora manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Joaozinho Gurgel did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gurgel walks into a straight right hand from Fietsora.
Gurgel is looking to clinch.
Gurgel moves out of range of the strikes.
Gurgel scores with a nice right hand.
Gurgel lands a lovely overhand right.
Fietsora looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gurgel half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gurgel misses with a kick to the body.
Gurgel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gurgel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gurgel throws a looping overhand right but Fietsora ducks down to avoid it.
Fietsora with a jab.
Gurgel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fietsora throws out the jab.
Fietsora throws a good cross that connects.
Fietsora throws the left hand but Gurgel avoids the punch easily.
Fietsora ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gurgel moves away.
Gurgel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fietsora attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A little feinted left hand from Gurgel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gurgel moves out of range of the leg kick from Fietsora.
Gurgel moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurgel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gurgel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fietsora is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Gurgel tries to land a leg kick but Fietsora saw it coming and moves away.
Gurgel moves out of range of the body kick.
Fietsora misses with a low kick.
Fietsora with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gurgel cracks the inside of Fietsora's front leg.
Gurgel moves forwards but Fietsora connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fietsora lands with a straight right. Gurgel didn't see that one coming.
Fietsora looks to land a body kick but Gurgel moved away.
Gurgel ducks under a wild hook from Fietsora.
Gurgel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gurgel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fietsora.
Fietsora misses the shot to the body.
Fietsora misses with a hook.
Gurgel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fietsoras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gurgel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fietsora manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gurgel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gurgel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fietsora moves out of range of the body kick.
Gurgel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fietsora.
Fietsora works the jab nicely.
Fietsora lands a leg kick that knocks Gurgel off balance momentarily.
Fietsora lands with a straight right. Gurgel didn't see that one coming.
Fietsora getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gurgel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fietsora checks a low kick from Gurgel.
Gurgel lands a jab to the head.
Fietsora tries a low kick but Gurgel avoids it.
Gurgel misses with a body kick.
Gurgel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fietsora only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Fietsora thuds his right hand into Gurgel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fietsora tries to land a front kick but Gurgel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fietsora waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gurgel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fietsora misses with a low kick as Gurgel jumps back.
Fietsora throws a low kick but Gurgel moves out of range easily.
Gurgel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gurgel misses with a hook. Fietsora ducked under it nicely.
Gurgel throws a wild body kick that Fietsora sees coming a mile off.
Fietsora throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fietsora takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fietsora misses with a body kick.
Fietsora has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fietsora there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fietsora staying out of range there.
Gurgel connects with a leg kick. Fietsora looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A left and a right from Gurgel both land. Nice combination.
Fietsora uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gurgel checks a low kick from Fietsora.
Gurgel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fietsora ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gurgel moves away.
Gurgel closes the distance and pushes Fietsora back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Gurgel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gurgel misses with some punches.
Fietsora prevents a body shot from Gurgel.
Gurgel tries to work over Fietsora's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fietsora is trying to break free.
Fietsora is trying to break the clinch but Gurgel is controlling him.
Fietsora tries to break free but Gurgel pushes him back against the cage.
Fietsora is trying to break the clinch but Gurgel has him pressed against the cage.
Gurgel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fietsora or not.
Fietsora looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Joaozinho Gurgel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gurgel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fietsora backwards.
Fietsora breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gurgel moves out of range as Fietsora strikes.
Gurgel is looking to counter with a body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gurgel, as that shot connected.
Gurgel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fietsora.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Joaozinho Gurgel will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Left hook, right uppercut from Gurgel.
Fietsora misses with a looping right.
Fietsora slips under a jab.
Gurgel connects with a jab.
Gurgel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fietsora slips under a jab.
Gurgel throws a leg kick that misses.
Gurgel throws a head kick that misses.
Gurgel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gurgel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fietsora.
Fietsora pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fietsora lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fietsora missing with a left hand there. Gurgel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fietsora throws a push kick but Gurgel slaps the foot to one side.
Fietsora moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fietsora lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gurgel 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.
Gurgel is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurgel closes the distance and pushes Fietsora back into the cage.
Fietsora pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gurgel takes one on the button.
Fietsora misses with a straight left.
Fietsora throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Gurgel.
Gurgel gets a clinch.
Gurgel misses with a punch to the body.
Gurgel keeps control of Fietsora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gurgel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gurgel prevents Fietsora from breaking the clinch.
Fietsora wants to break free but Gurgel has control.
Gurgel can't find room to land a body shot as Fietsora controls the action.
Gurgel tries a body shot but Fietsora blocks it.
Fietsora is trying to break the clinch but Gurgel is controlling him.
Gurgel lands a hook that snaps the head of Fietsora backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora manages to break the clinch.
Gurgel slips a jab from Fietsora.
Gurgel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fietsora dips to his left and cracks Gurgel with an uppercut!
A leg kick checked by Fietsora.
Gurgel scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gurgel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fietsora wants to get back to striking at distance but Gurgel won't allow it.
Fietsora's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fietsora scores with a hook.
Gurgel lands with a right hand.
Gurgel throws a jab when Fietsora was well out of range.
Gurgel misses with a body kick.
Gurgel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
An attempted straight right counter from Gurgel misses the target.
Fietsora fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gurgel is out of range.
Fietsora steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gurgel.
Fietsora dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gurgel. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gurgel is out of range and Fietsora settles back down.
Fietsora throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fietsora throws out a leg kick but Gurgel moves out of range and Fietsora only half commits.
Fietsora throws an overhand right that lands on Gurgel's shoulder, as Gurgel tries to avoid the shot.
Fietsora throws an overhand right that lands on Gurgel's shoulder, as Gurgel tries to avoid the shot.
Fietsora defending well as Gurgel loads up on a big left hand.
Gurgel lands a glancing blow to the side of Fietsora's head.
Gurgel throws a hook but Fietsora blocks it.
Fietsora avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gurgel throws a leg kick but Fietsora sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gurgel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fietsora throws a lazy right hand but Gurgel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fietsora looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gurgel was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fietsora cracks Gurgel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Gurgel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gurgel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fietsora throws out a counter right but Gurgel avoids it with no problem.
Fietsora defending well as Gurgel loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fietsora! But no joy.
Fietsora misses with a body kick.
Gurgel seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora throws a hook to the side of Gurgel's head but Gurgel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters circling a little - Gurgel finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fietsora misses with a kick to the body.
Fietsora jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fietsora.
Fietsora shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gurgel throws a lazy uppercut
and Fietsora counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gurgel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fietsora looks to land a body kick but Gurgel moved away.
Fietsora scores with a kick to the midsection.
A left lands for Fietsora.
Gurgel ducks under a wild hook from Fietsora.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fietsora. That's going to slow Gurgel down.
Fietsora scores with a nice head shot.
Gurgel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fietsora throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gurgel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luca Fietsora.
I think Fietsora 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 48:48
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 48:47
The fight is ruled a draw!
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