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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacinto Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacinto Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank West!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West jabs at Ramos's body.
West connects with a nice looking jab.
West just misses with a punch to the body.
West lands a head kick. Ramos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ramos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
West jabs Ramos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ramos scores with a punch to the head.
West tries a head kick but it misses.
West fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ramos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ramos throws out the jab.
West jabs Ramos right on the nose. Ramos blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ramos's sensitive parts.
West is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramos.
A solid leg kick lands there for West.
West pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ramos is out of range and West settles back down.
West displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A head kick misses from Ramos.
West throws a counter combo.
West dips to his left and cracks Ramos with an uppercut!
Ramos just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos lands an overhand right.
Ramos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice jab there from Ramos.
Ramos darts in and clinches West up against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Ramos.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ramos as West tries to tie him up.
West is trying to break the clinch but Ramos has him pressed against the ropes.
A short right from Ramos on the inside.
West tries to break free but Ramos pushes him back against the ropes.
Ramos lands a nice uppercut.
Ramos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
West is rocked!
Ramos lands a hook to the side of the head.
West is still on wobbly legs! Can Ramos finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos creates a bit of distance and cracks West with a big uppercut! West goes down! The referee pushes Ramos away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will West make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Ramos takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jacinto Ramos!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hipolito Hoplitai Haploi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott John 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hipolito Hoplitai Haploi !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott John!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John moves out of range as Hoplitai Haploi throws a body kick.
Hoplitai Haploi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hoplitai Haploi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hoplitai Haploi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hoplitai Haploi defending well as John loads up on a big left hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from John lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hoplitai Haploi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hoplitai Haploi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice jab there from John.
John dodges the punch combination from Hoplitai Haploi .
John lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hoplitai Haploi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by John.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoplitai Haploi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hoplitai Haploi just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by John. That's going to slow Hoplitai Haploi down.
John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoplitai Haploi .
Hoplitai Haploi is looking to counter punch.
Nice straight punches there by Hoplitai Haploi . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hoplitai Haploi .
Hoplitai Haploi moves forwards but John connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheers as Hoplitai Haploi lands an impressive looking overhand right. John doesn't seem phased though.
Hoplitai Haploi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from John. Hoplitai Haploi shrugs it off though.
Hoplitai Haploi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hoplitai Haploi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
John looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
John thuds a left hand into Hoplitai Haploi 's body.
Hoplitai Haploi connects with an inside leg kick.
John catches Hoplitai Haploi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
John throws a leg kick but Hoplitai Haploi moved away.
Hoplitai Haploi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
John fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hoplitai Haploi checks it well.
Hoplitai Haploi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to John's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab, jab by Hoplitai Haploi - just one landing.
Hoplitai Haploi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hipolito Hoplitai Haploi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to John's calf.
John lands with a kick to the temple. Hoplitai Haploi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice body kick from Hoplitai Haploi .
Hoplitai Haploi blocks a head kick by John.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hoplitai Haploi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Good shot there by John.
John wants to land a leg kick but Hoplitai Haploi is out of range.
Hoplitai Haploi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
Hoplitai Haploi tries to move into range but John moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
John throws a series of punches but Hoplitai Haploi moves out of range.
John connects with a solid leg kick.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John tries to work over Hoplitai Haploi 's front leg with a kick but Hoplitai Haploi checks it.
Hoplitai Haploi scores with a kick to the body.
Hoplitai Haploi 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and John connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hoplitai Haploi scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hoplitai Haploi swats away the attempt to clinch by John.
Jab by Hoplitai Haploi .
John tries a head kick but it misses.
John connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hoplitai Haploi 's hands.
John looks to land a right hand but Hoplitai Haploi moved out of range.
Hoplitai Haploi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hoplitai Haploi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a series of punches but John avoids them all with ease.
Hoplitai Haploi connects with a solid leg kick.
Hoplitai Haploi staying out of range there.
John has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
John scores with a head kick. Hoplitai Haploi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hoplitai Haploi scores with a hook to the body. John takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
John fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hoplitai Haploi on the side of the head.
John looks for the body kick but Hoplitai Haploi saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi just misses with a punch to the body.
Hoplitai Haploi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
John only half commits to the counter leg kick.
John steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hoplitai Haploi . That one must have hurt.
John keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hoplitai Haploi .
Hoplitai Haploi is looking to chop away at John's legs.
John throws a head kick but Hoplitai Haploi moves out of range.
Hoplitai Haploi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hoplitai Haploi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hoplitai Haploi scores with a leg kick.
Hoplitai Haploi misses with an attempted mid kick.
John steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hoplitai Haploi .
John looks like he wants to counter punch here.
John misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoplitai Haploi lands a nice leg kick that just misses John's sensitive parts.
A big right from John misses.
John misses with an uppercut.
Hoplitai Haploi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
John lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Scott John will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hoplitai Haploi tries a head kick but it misses.
Hoplitai Haploi cracks John with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
John tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
John slips under a jab from Hoplitai Haploi .
Hoplitai Haploi lands with an uppercut that bounces John off the ropes and back into range.
John is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
John closes the distance and clinches.
John is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hoplitai Haploi tries a body shot but John blocks it.
Hoplitai Haploi blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoplitai Haploi is trying to force a seperation but John has the dominant position.
Hoplitai Haploi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
Hoplitai Haploi scores with a shot to the side of John's head.
John's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
John wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hoplitai Haploi struggles to land a body shot inside as John controls his hands.
John lands a left hand.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
Hoplitai Haploi blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Hoplitai Haploi fails to land.
Hoplitai Haploi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hoplitai Haploi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
John has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
John throws out a loose jab but Hoplitai Haploi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoplitai Haploi tries a low kick but John avoids it.
John blocks a head kick by Hoplitai Haploi .
John only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Scott John seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hoplitai Haploi misses with an uppercut.
John's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hoplitai Haploi under the eye.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a big shot that misses.
John's corner calls for a 1-2. John obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
John takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Hoplitai Haploi as he checks the leg kick.
Hoplitai Haploi moves away from the strike by John.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a nice outside leg kick.
John tries to clinch but Hoplitai Haploi moves out of range.
Hoplitai Haploi checks a low kick from John.
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!
Hoplitai Haploi scoring well with a low kick there.
Hoplitai Haploi connects with a crisp jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as John checks a leg kick.
John lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hoplitai Haploi !
John looks to land a body kick but Hoplitai Haploi moved away.
John misses with a series of wild punches.
John throws a half hearted mid kick.
John takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
John takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
John fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hoplitai Haploi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hoplitai Haploi misses the shot to the body.
Hoplitai Haploi slips under a jab.
John misses with a looping left.
Hoplitai Haploi scores with a nice body kick.
Hoplitai Haploi misses with a leg kick.
It seemed like John was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
John misses with the combination.
John takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hoplitai Haploi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but John manages to avoid it.
John checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
John swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hoplitai Haploi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoplitai Haploi misses with a low kick.
John flicks out a counter leg kick but Hoplitai Haploi steps away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hoplitai Haploi .
Good shot there by John.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hoplitai Haploi sets himself, and John steps forward looking for the clinch! Hoplitai Haploi avoids it this time.
A head kick misses from John.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoplitai Haploi lands a jab to the nose.
Hoplitai Haploi feints and then cracks John's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow John down.
Hoplitai Haploi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hoplitai Haploi with a nice cross.
John ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
John throws a jab when Hoplitai Haploi was well out of range.
John throws a right hand that misses
and Hoplitai Haploi counters with an inside leg kick.
John keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
John lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
John throws a half hearted mid kick.
John scores with a kick to the midsection.
Danga de danga de dang - John scores with a four punch combination!
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 Hipolito Hoplitai Haploi 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!
John moves out of range of the body kick from Hoplitai Haploi .
John scores with a nice right hand.
John misses with a kick to the body.
John takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a sloppy head kick and John moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoplitai Haploi . John does a little dance to reset his feet.
John tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoplitai Haploi was well out of range. Poor timing from John.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
John lands a leg kick that knocks Hoplitai Haploi off balance momentarily.
Hoplitai Haploi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Some wild striking there from Hoplitai Haploi .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hoplitai Haploi finds it's way round the side to connect with John's head.
John misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by John.
Hoplitai Haploi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but John is out of range.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hoplitai Haploi .
John dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hoplitai Haploi . That did some damage!
Hoplitai Haploi misses with a hook. John ducked under it nicely.
Hoplitai Haploi avoids the body shot from John.
John avoids the head kick by Hoplitai Haploi .
John only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hoplitai Haploi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hoplitai Haploi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hoplitai Haploi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
John throws a sloppy head kick and Hoplitai Haploi moves out of range easily.
John scores with the left hand. Hoplitai Haploi knows he should have avoided that one.
John defending well as Hoplitai Haploi loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from John.
John digs a good hook to Hoplitai Haploi 's body.
John takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Good shot there by Hoplitai Haploi .
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!
Hoplitai Haploi avoids the body shot from John.
Hoplitai Haploi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by John.
John follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by John as he connects with a hook.
That kick from John tenderised Hoplitai Haploi 's leg. Hoplitai Haploi is trying to keep his angry face on.
John with a hook.
John has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hoplitai Haploi .
John pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
John lands a head shot.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a right and a left that John avoids nicely.
Hoplitai Haploi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
You can see that John has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
John tries a head kick but it misses.
Hoplitai Haploi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hoplitai Haploi .
John blocks a head kick by Hoplitai Haploi .
John thuds his right hand into Hoplitai Haploi 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by John.
John takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
No joy there for John, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a leg kick but John sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hoplitai Haploi misses with a body shot.
John bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hoplitai Haploi connects with a high kick.
A cross from Hoplitai Haploi lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoplitai Haploi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from John, right into the meat.
John darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a body kick that misses.
Hoplitai Haploi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hoplitai Haploi moves out of range of the strikes.
John throws a nice inside leg kick.
John throws a low kick but Hoplitai Haploi moves out of range easily.
John fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hoplitai Haploi is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Hoplitai Haploi . Those never looked like landing.
Hoplitai Haploi throws a head kick that misses.
Hoplitai Haploi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from John.
Hoplitai Haploi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hoplitai Haploi scores with a push kick.
Hoplitai Haploi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hoplitai Haploi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
John shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Scott John.
I think John 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Hipolito Hoplitai Haploi !
Our winner, Hipolito Hoplitai Haploi , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikami Kanno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mikami Kanno was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Henson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikami Kanno!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Henson rushes Kanno and presses him up against the ropes.
Kanno missing with knees to the body.
Kanno takes a shot to the head.
Henson working aggressively here.
Henson gets through Kanno's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
Henson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kanno.
Kanno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Henson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
Kanno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henson throws a head punch that misses.
Kanno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henson working Kanno over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Kanno.
Kanno on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kanno tries to land knees in the clinch but Henson avoids the damage to the body.
Kanno throws a head punch that misses.
Kanno managing to block the knees to the body from Henson.
Henson tries to work over Kanno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kanno managing to block the knees to the body from Henson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kanno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henson is defending well for now.
Kanno looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Henson scores with a shot to the side of Kanno's head.
Henson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henson prevents a body shot from Kanno.
Henson lands a knee to the body.
Kanno swings wildly with an uppercut but Henson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kanno looking to slow down the pace here.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kanno is defending well for now.
Kanno trying to land knees to the body.
Kanno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henson's elbow.
Henson tries to throw a body punch but Kanno avoids it by throwing Henson back against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kanno blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kanno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Henson tries to work over Kanno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henson scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kanno.
Henson tries to work over Kanno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kanno can't find room to land a body shot as Henson controls the action.
Kanno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kanno blocks a head kick by Henson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henson misses with an uppercut.
Kanno tries to land a front kick but Henson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kanno scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Henson doesn't seem bothered though.
Henson clinches up against the ropes.
Henson missing with knees to the body.
Kanno throws a punch but it's blocked by Henson.
Kanno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kanno wants to stall.
Henson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kanno.
Kanno scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kanno lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson takes a shot to the head.
Kanno just leaning against Henson, taking a breather.
Henson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kanno avoids the damage to the body.
Henson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kanno working aggressively here.
Kanno throws a head punch that misses.
Kanno is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kanno managing to block the knees to the body from Henson.
A shot in the inside from Kanno.
Henson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henson cracks Kanno with a nice body shot.
Henson scores with a hook to the body.
Kanno misses with the head strike.
Henson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kanno avoids it.
Kanno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kanno manages to break the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kanno.
Henson misses with a right hand
and Kanno counters with an outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kanno tries a head kick but it misses.
Henson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Henson tries to clinch but Kanno moves out of range.
Henson wants to land a leg kick but Kanno is out of range.
Kanno let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Henson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kanno lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A jab lands there for Kanno.
Kanno scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kanno tries to bum rush Henson with a series of wild strikes but Henson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kanno throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kanno.
Henson prevents a body shot from Kanno.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kanno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Henson.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kanno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kanno scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mikami Kanno will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Henson throws a leg kick but Kanno moved away.
Kanno only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Henson cracks the inside of Kanno's front leg.
A nice leg kick lands there from Henson.
Henson needs to keep his hands up - Kanno had a free shot at his head there.
Henson tries a low kick but Kanno avoids it.
Kanno misses with a hook.
Kanno connects with a good right hand that stumbles Henson. Henson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Henson pushes Kanno up against the ropes in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kanno's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henson tries to throw a body punch but Kanno avoids it by throwing Henson back against the ropes.
Kanno lands a good knee to the midsection. Henson won't want to take too many of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanno trying to control the position but instead, Henson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kanno into the ropes.
Kanno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henson landing knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Kanno's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kanno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanno avoiding damage as Henson throws knees to the body.
Kanno misses with a body punch.
Henson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kanno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kanno blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henson scores with a hook to the body.
Kanno is trying to stall.
Kanno can't break the clinch.
Kanno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henson scores with a shoulder strike.
Kanno lands with a right to the head.
Henson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kanno works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Henson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kanno avoids the damage to the body.
Kanno stalling in the clinch but Henson improves position.
A right hand to the body from Henson.
Kanno on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kanno.
Henson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Henson trying to land knees to the body.
Kanno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Henson is keeping busy.
Henson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kanno uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kanno tries to work over Henson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kanno avoids the damage to the body.
Henson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kannos head.
Michael Henson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Henson.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Henson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Henson.
A right hook to the body lands for Kanno.
Kanno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kanno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Henson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
Henson misses with a punch to the body.
Kanno misses with a punch on the inside.
Kanno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kanno.
Kanno working aggressively here.
Henson blocks a body shot from Kanno.
Henson tries a body shot but Kanno blocks it.
Kanno lands a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Henson obliges.
A nice left hand lands by Henson.
Henson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Kanno scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kanno lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henson lands with a left to the head.
Kanno stalling in the clinch but Henson improves position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kanno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henson is defending well for now.
Kanno blocks a body shot from Henson.
Kanno lands with a short shot to the head.
Kanno is trying to push Henson away but Henson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Henson pushes Kanno back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henson.
Henson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henson trying to land knees to the body.
Kanno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kanno.
A short uppercut from Henson.
Kanno blocks an uppercut.
Kanno lands a body shot.
Kanno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kanno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kanno trying to land knees to the body.
Henson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Henson dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Henson doesn't manage to clinch there - Kanno circles away.
Henson scores with a punch to the head.
Kanno scores with a jab to the head.
Henson is looking to slow Kanno down with leg kicks.
Henson lands a lovely overhand right.
Kanno is looking to slow Henson down with leg kicks.
Henson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kannos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kanno looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kanno slips a jab and a cross from Henson.
Kanno throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Henson moves in looking to clinch but Kanno pushes him off.
Kanno darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Henson 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henson misses with a low kick.
Kanno throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Henson's head.
Kanno dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Henson. That did some damage!
Henson tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson blocks a head kick by Kanno.
Henson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kanno swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kanno doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kanno scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kanno slips a straight right by Henson.
Kanno scores with a push kick.
Kanno is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kanno slips a jab from Henson.
Mikami Kanno seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kanno wants to clinch up but Henson keeps it at a distance.
Henson wants to clinch.
Kanno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kanno lands with a slapping head kick.
Kanno lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kanno scores with a head kick. Henson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanno throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kanno lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Henson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Henson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kanno swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Henson.
Henson moves in looking to clinch but Kanno pushes him off.
Good standup being displayed there by Henson as he connects with a hook.
Kanno scores with a decent looking hook.
Kanno throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Henson on the side of the head.
Henson has managed to clinch.
Kanno is trying to stall.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kanno.
Henson lands a shoulder strike.
Henson scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanno lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kanno managing to block the knees to the body from Henson.
Kanno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kanno is looking to control Henson's arms but Henson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kanno has his back to the ropes.
A hook to the body from Henson.
Kanno has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kanno lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henson managing to block the knees to the body from Kanno.
Henson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kanno avoids it.
Kanno blocking some punches.
Henson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kanno avoids the damage to the body.
Henson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kanno pushes Henson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kanno throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Henson.
Kanno lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kanno tries to stall but Henson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kanno can't find room to land a body shot as Henson controls the action.
Henson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Henson lands a shot to the body.
Kanno takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kanno has a couple of punches blocked by Henson.
Henson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kanno working hard to break the clinch.
Kanno prevents a body shot from Henson.
Henson prevents a body shot from Kanno.
Henson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
Henson throws a head punch that misses.
Kanno avoiding damage as Henson throws knees to the body.
Kanno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kanno wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kanno gets through Henson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kanno misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henson missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Henson.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mikami Kanno.
I think Kanno 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mikami Kanno!
Our winner, Mikami Kanno, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Michael Henson was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks to my manager Matt Donovan, Sponsor Pure Nutrition. To all my coaches and sparring partners who prepared me for this fight. I let you guys down. I am disappointed at myself but I know I can come back stronger. Credit to him for the victory. '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Joseph Babidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Page has chosen Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera as his entrance music. 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Babidi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Page!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Babidi coming out on top.
A good leg kick by Babidi.
Babidi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Babidi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Babidi thumps Page with a low kick.
Babidi tries to clinch there but Page circles away.
Babidi dips to his left and cracks Page with an uppercut!
Page loads up on a big right hand but Babidi slips the punch.
Page buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Page closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Page has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Babidi.
Page misses with a low kick.
Page throws a wild body kick that Babidi sees coming a mile off.
A head kick misses from Page.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babidi blocks the body kick.
Babidi blocks a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Babidi blocks the leg kick.
Page throws out a loose jab but Babidi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Babidi.
We've been told by Babidi's head coaches at MMA School that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Page instigates a clinch.
Babidi crunches a lovely knee into Page's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Babidi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Page's brow.
Page prevents a body shot from Babidi.
Babidi tries to land knees in the clinch but Page avoids the damage to the body.
Page lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Babidi avoiding damage as Page throws knees to the body.
Babidi tries to land knees in the clinch but Page avoids the damage to the body.
Babidi avoids a wild elbow strike from Page.
Page lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Babidi on the inside.
Page tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Babidi avoids it.
Babidi misses with a punch to the body.
Babidi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Page is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Babidi is defending well for now.
Babidi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Page escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babidi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Page's head.
It looks like Jimmy Page has been cut.
Page gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Page misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babidi can't find room to land a body shot as Page controls the action.
Babidi trying to land knees to the body.
Page working hard to break the clinch.
Babidi digs a right hand underneath Page's ribcage. Page let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Babidi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Page blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Babidi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Page takes a knee right on the jaw!
Babidi blocks an uppercut.
Babidi avoiding damage as Page throws knees to the body.
Babidi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Page or not.
Good body shot from Page.
Babidi blocks an elbow strike from Page.
Babidi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Page is defending well for now.
Babidi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Babidi lands a nice uppercut.
Babidi landing knees to the head.
Page is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page trying to land knees to the body.
Page is still on wobbly legs! Can Babidi finish him?
Babidi lands a damaging elbow.
Babidi breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Page with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Page looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Page get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Joseph Babidi!
Our winner, Joseph Babidi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hank Aaron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Columbus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Columbus has chosen Hail and Kill as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hank Aaron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Columbus!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Columbus lands with a nice body kick.
Aaron misses with a body shot.
Columbus misses with a straight left.
Aaron throws a sloppy head kick and Columbus moves out of range easily.
Aaron tried to score with a low kick but Columbus checks it.
Aaron tries to land a leg kick but Columbus saw it coming and moves away.
Columbus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aaron appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Columbus punishes Aaron's body with a nice straight punch.
Aaron takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Columbus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Columbus misses with a wild body shot.
Aaron stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Columbus.
Columbus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Aaron rather than just go for the knockout.
Columbus has managed to clinch.
Aaron wants to get back to striking at distance but Columbus won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aaron is trying to break the clinch but Columbus is controlling him.
Aaron wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Columbus has him pressed against the ropes.
Columbus has Aaron pressed against the ropes, preventing Aaron from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aaron manages to break the clinch.
Aaron misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Columbus has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Aaron thuds his shin into the meat of Columbus's side.
Aaron throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Columbus connects with the punch.
Aaron is looking to score with low kicks.
Columbus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Aaron.
Aaron lands a jab.
Nice shot by Columbus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aaron lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Columbus circles away quickly and effectively.
Aaron pivots, looking for a leg kick but Columbus is out of range and Aaron settles back down.
Columbus wants to slow Aaron down by chopping away at his legs.
Columbus throws the kick towards the body but Aaron avoids it.
Aaron lands a high kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Columbus throws a solid leg kick but Aaron takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Columbus.
Columbus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aaron scores with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Aaron.
Aaron throws a right hand that Columbus ducks under and follows up with a left that Columbus also avoids with ease.
A countering left hand to the body from Columbus misses.
Columbus darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Aaron throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Columbus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick misses from Aaron.
A head kick misses from Aaron.
Columbus flicks out a counter leg kick but Aaron steps away.
Columbus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aaron manages to avoid it.
Columbus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aaron.
Aaron throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danga de danga de dang - Columbus scores with a four punch combination!
Columbus stuns Aaron with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Columbus.
Columbus clinches.
Columbus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aaron backwards.
Aaron is trying to force a seperation but Columbus has the dominant position.
Aaron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Columbus loads up on a big right hand but Aaron slips the punch.
A head kick misses from Aaron.
Columbus fakes the leg kick and cracks Aaron in the body.
Aaron throws a head kick but Columbus moves out of range.
Columbus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Aaron throws a body kick that misses
and Columbus counters with an outside leg kick.
Aaron swings for the body but Columbus moves out of range.
Aaron takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Columbus bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Aaron's head backwards.
Columbus looks to land a body kick but Aaron moved away.
Columbus cracks Aaron with an open hand slap.
Columbus throws a body kick that misses.
Columbus motions for Aaron to come forward. Columbus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Columbus dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Columbus lets loose with a powerful body kick. Aaron will feel that in the morning.
Columbus slips under a jab from Aaron.
Columbus is trying to counter with his kicks.
Columbus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Columbus lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Columbus looks to land a right hand but Aaron moved out of range.
Aaron throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Columbus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Columbus.
Aaron pushes Columbus back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aaron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aaron fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Columbus throws a shot to the body.
Aaron throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Aaron backing away here, and Columbus unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Aaron lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aaron misses with a hook to the body
and Columbus counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Aaron!
Columbus connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Aaron doesn't manage to clinch there - Columbus circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Columbus, as that shot connected.
Aaron throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Columbus counters with a stiff right hand.
Aaron throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Aaron tries to land a body kick
enabling Columbus to counter with a crisp jab.
Columbus connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Columbus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aaron throws out the jab.
Aaron avoids a punch combination nicely.
That kick from Columbus tenderised Aaron's leg. Aaron is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aaron misses with a hook.
Columbus wants to counter the offense by Aaron and move into the clinch position.
Scott Columbus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Columbus slips a straight right by Aaron.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Columbus blocks a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Columbus. Aaron shrugs it off though.
Aaron gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Columbus to counter with a crisp jab.
Columbus throws a body kick that misses.
Aaron ducks right into an uppercut from Columbus.
Columbus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Columbus shapes to counter with a head kick.
Aaron throws a good cross that connects.
Aaron moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Columbus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A combination from Aaron does no damage.
Aaron tries a head kick but it misses.
Aaron misses with a looping left.
Columbus takes a swing at Aaron's ribcage but misses.
Aaron is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Columbus lands a right hook to the body.
Columbus misses with a looping right.
Columbus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Aaron takes a step back to recover.
Aaron takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Columbus feints and then cracks Aaron's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Aaron down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Columbus. That's going to slow Aaron down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aaron misses with a hook. Columbus ducked under it nicely.
Columbus scores with the left hand. Aaron knows he should have avoided that one.
Columbus throws a body kick that misses
and Aaron counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A clash of legs there as Aaron blocks the low kick.
Columbus connects with a solid leg kick.
Columbus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Columbus lands with a cross.
Columbus forces Aaron back against the ropes and clinches.
Aaron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Columbus bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Columbus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Columbus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Aaron is trying to force a seperation but Columbus has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Columbus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Columbus misses with a body shot.
Aaron misses with an attempted mid kick.
Columbus connects with a body shot.
Columbus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Columbus lands a really nice looking cross but Aaron seems unphased.
Columbus throws a lazy right hand but Aaron sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Columbus slips a straight right by Aaron.
Aaron tries to move into range but Columbus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aaron has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Columbus finds it's way round the side to connect with Aaron's head.
A low kick from Aaron misses
and Columbus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aaron steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Columbus. That one must have hurt.
A head kick misses from Aaron.
Columbus follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aaron shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Columbus thuds a left hand into Aaron's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Columbus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aaron works Columbus's body with a nice hook.
Aaron's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Columbus slips under a jab from Aaron.
Columbus swings for the body but Aaron moves out of range.
Columbus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aaron.
Aaron looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Aaron feints and then cracks Columbus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Columbus down.
Aaron 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.
Aaron avoids the body shot from Columbus.
Aaron is looking to counter with a body kick.
Columbus lands with a straight right. Aaron didn't see that one coming.
Hank Aaron has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Columbus has closed the distance and engaged Aaron in a clinch.
Columbus tries to work over Aaron's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aaron lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Columbus.
Aaron will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Columbus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aaron breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Columbus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Columbus prevents Aaron from breaking the clinch.
Aaron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Columbus keeps control of Aaron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aaron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Aaron.
Columbus prevents Aaron from breaking the clinch.
Aaron working aggressively here.
Aaron is trying to force a seperation but Columbus has the dominant position.
Columbus lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aaron is trying to push Columbus away but Columbus has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Aaron struggles to land a body shot inside as Columbus controls his hands.
Aaron is trying to force a seperation but Columbus has the dominant position.
Aaron is looking to break free of the clinch but Columbus has double underhooks.
Aaron tries to break free but Columbus pushes him back against the ropes.
Columbus lands a shoulder strike.
Columbus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aaron is trying to force a seperation but Columbus has the dominant position.
Columbus tries to throw a body punch but Aaron avoids it by throwing Columbus back against the ropes.
Aaron manages to break the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Columbus, right into the meat.
A solid body kick from Columbus.
Columbus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Columbus lands with a hook. Aaron tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Aaron 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aaron with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Aaron.
No joy there for Aaron, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice body kick there by Columbus.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Columbus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Aaron.
Aaron misses with a leg kick
and Columbus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aaron tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Columbus bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Columbus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Aaron is rocked!
Columbus throws a wild body kick that Aaron sees coming a mile off.
Scott Columbus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oh Aaron is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aaron tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Columbus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Columbus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Columbus!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Scott Columbus made sure he mentioned Arcticus University: London, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Percy Po Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Percy Po Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Donald Evans!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po Boy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Evans takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A jab from Po Boy does it's job there.
Evans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Po Boy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Po Boy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Evans takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Evans instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
Po Boy throws an elbow but it misses.
Po Boy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Po Boy is looking to control Evans's arms but Evans gets an underhook and turns him. Now Po Boy has his back to the ropes.
Po Boy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Evans managing to block the knees to the body from Po Boy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Po Boy misses with a punch on the inside.
Evans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Po Boy lands a left hand.
Evans tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Po Boy connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Donald Evans has been cut.
Po Boy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Po Boy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Evans creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Po Boy tries a knee to the head but Evans blocks it.
Po Boy blocks an uppercut.
Po Boy effectively controlling the action here.
Evans told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Evans pushes Po Boy back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Po Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Po Boy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Evans lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Po Boy backwards.
Po Boy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Evans up against the ropes.
Po Boy lands a left hand.
Po Boy tries to throw a body punch but Evans avoids it by throwing Po Boy back against the ropes.
Evans connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Percy Po Boy has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Evans presses Po Boy against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Po Boy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Evans as Po Boy tries to tie him up.
Po Boy struggles to land a body shot inside as Evans controls his hands.
Evans avoiding damage as Po Boy throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Po Boy slows down the pace here.
Evans pushes Po Boy back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Po Boy missing with knees to the body.
Po Boy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Po Boy crunches a lovely knee into Evans's ribcage.
Evans misses with some punches.
Po Boy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Po Boy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evans takes an elbow to the temple.
Evans tries to circle away but Po Boy has him pinned against the ropes.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po Boy tries to stall but Evans uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Po Boy lands an elbow inside that Evans shrugs off.
Evans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Po Boy keeps him there for the moment.
Po Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Po Boy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Po Boy lands a right hand.
Po Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Evans avoids it.
A short left from Evans.
Evans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Evans breaks the clinch.
Po Boy tries to clinch up but Evans circles away and keeps his distance.
Evans appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Percy Po Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Po Boy wants to clinch.
Po Boy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
Evans misses with a body shot.
Evans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Po Boy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Evans closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Po Boy crashing to the mat! Po Boy uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Po Boy is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Po Boy misses the shot to the body.
Oh Po Boy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Po Boy walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Evans! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Donald Evans!
Donald Evans spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Krzysztof Szczęsny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Szczęsny comes to the ring accompanied by Immortal Technique-Obnoxious. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krzysztof Szczęsny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shane Ripgut!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ripgut stuns Szczęsny with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A shot to the body from Ripgut misses
and Szczęsny counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ripgut throws an overhand right that lands on Szczęsny's shoulder, as Szczęsny tries to avoid the shot.
Szczęsny tried to counter with a leg kick but Ripgut avoided it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ripgut darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Krzysztof Szczęsny has been cut.
Szczęsny seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ripgut misses the jab.
As Ripgut backs away, Szczęsny returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Szczęsny rushes Ripgut and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Szczęsny lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ripgut.
Ripgut breaks the clinch.
Szczęsny takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ripgut throws a shot from downtown. Szczęsny moves away and avoids it.
Ripgut 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.
Shane Ripgut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Szczęsny dodges the punch combination from Ripgut.
Ripgut takes the fight into the clinch.
Ripgut breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot by Szczęsny.
Some wild striking there from Ripgut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Szczęsny moves out of range of the body kick from Ripgut.
Ripgut throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As Ripgut tries to get set, Szczęsny tries to push him back and clinch up but Ripgut manages to avoid the attempt.
Szczęsny looks to score with a jab to the body but Ripgut is just out of range.
A shot to the liver by Ripgut. Beautiful body shot.
Szczęsny fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ripgut has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Szczęsny thuds his shin into the meat of Ripgut's side.
Ripgut throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Szczęsny counter with a right hand.
Ripgut falls off balance throwing a combination
and Szczęsny counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Szczęsny avoids the head kick by Ripgut.
Szczęsny moves out of range of the strikes.
Szczęsny closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Szczęsny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ripgut's elbow.
Szczęsny lands with a left to the head.
Ripgut blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Szczęsny prevents Ripgut from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Ripgut's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ripgut pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Szczęsny connects with a solid leg kick.
Szczęsny takes a swing at Ripgut's ribcage but misses.
Ripgut misses with the body kick
and Szczęsny counters with a low kick, right behind Ripgut 's knee.
Ripgut looks winded!
Ripgut throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ripgut wants to get back to striking at distance but Szczęsny won't allow it.
Szczęsny doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Szczęsny misses with a punch to the body.
Szczęsny lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Szczęsny on the inside.
Szczęsny lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny lands a body shot.
Szczęsny scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny lands a shot to the body.
Szczęsny can't find room to land a body shot as Ripgut controls the action.
Szczęsny lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Szczęsny throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Szczęsny lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ripgut or not.
Szczęsny lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Szczęsny lands a hook that snaps the head of Ripgut backwards.
Ripgut tries to break free but Szczęsny pushes him back against the ropes.
Ripgut escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Szczęsny keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ripgut takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ripgut walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Krzysztof Szczęsny!
After winning the bout, Krzysztof Szczęsny thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Shane Ripgut had this to say: 'Son of a B%$*& can win em all '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kabu Loso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Remoreras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Remoreras has chosen Ludacris feat. Nas and Jay-Z - I Do It For Hip-Hop as his entrance music. Markus Remoreras told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kabu Loso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Markus Remoreras!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loso getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Remoreras slips under a jab from Loso.
Loso throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Loso lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Remoreras at a distance.
Loso has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Remoreras bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Loso throws a hook to the side of Remoreras's head but Remoreras sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Remoreras lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Remoreras throws the kick towards the body but Loso avoids it.
Loso has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Remoreras.
Loso is looking to clinch.
Remoreras cracks the inside of Loso's front leg.
Remoreras lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Remoreras crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Loso - the referee stops the clock and Remoreras gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Loso. Remoreras manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Loso blocks a leg kick.
Loso appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Loso takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Remoreras misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loso.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Loso, right into the meat.
Remoreras throws a hook to the side of Loso's head but Loso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick misses from Remoreras.
Loso throws a chopping leg kick but Remoreras manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Loso fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Remoreras is out of range.
Loso misses with a kick to the body.
Remoreras slips a straight right by Loso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loso tries a low kick but Remoreras avoids it.
Remoreras checks a low kick from Loso.
Loso checks a leg kick.
Loso scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Loso moves out of range of the leg kick from Remoreras.
Remoreras is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loso.
Loso feinted there with a counter leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Remoreras checks a leg kick.
Remoreras swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Loso throws a low kick but it's checked well by Remoreras.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Loso. Remoreras shrugs it off though.
Loso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loso bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loso throws the left hand but Remoreras avoids the punch easily.
Remoreras uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Loso.
Loso bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Remoreras's head backwards.
Remoreras connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Loso connects with a right hand. Remoreras shakes it off.
A big right from Loso misses.
Loso takes a swing at Remoreras's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Remoreras! But no joy.
Loso doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Remoreras misses with a head kick.
Remoreras scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Remoreras.
Remoreras tries to bum rush Loso with a series of wild strikes but Loso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Remoreras takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Remoreras tries to score with a low kick but Loso moves his leg out of the way.
Remoreras lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Loso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Remoreras. That did some damage!
Loso buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Remoreras scores with a body shot.
Loso misses with a straight right.
Remoreras lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Remoreras is looking to slow Loso down with leg kicks.
Loso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Remoreras manages to avoid it.
A jab from Remoreras does it's job there.
Remoreras fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loso manages to avoid it.
Loso steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Remoreras. That one must have hurt.
Loso slips under a jab from Remoreras.
Remoreras bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loso fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Remoreras is out of range.
A jab from Loso does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remoreras lands a nice leg kick that just misses Loso's sensitive parts.
Remoreras throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A big right from Loso misses.
Remoreras lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Loso backs up against the ropes.
The fighters circling - Remoreras throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Loso wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Remoreras loads up on a big right hand but Loso slips the punch.
Loso walks into a jab.
Loso fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Remoreras, pushing him back against the ropes.
Remoreras lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Loso working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Loso.
Remoreras goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Loso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Loso prevents a body shot from Remoreras.
Remoreras lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Remoreras's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Loso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Loso as Remoreras tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remoreras misses with some punches.
Remoreras escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Loso swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Remoreras lands a nice leg kick that just misses Loso's sensitive parts.
Loso cracks a nice hook into Remoreras's ribs.
Loso feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Remoreras's calf.
Loso is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Remoreras is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loso.
Remoreras throws a body shot but no joy.
Remoreras motions for Loso to come forward. Remoreras throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Loso on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Remoreras.
Remoreras doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Remoreras checks the leg kick nicely there.
Remoreras checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loso moves out of range as Remoreras strikes.
Remoreras throws a head kick that misses.
Loso throws a body punch but Remoreras moves out of range.
Remoreras misses with an uppercut.
Loso tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Markus Remoreras dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Loso ducks under a wild hook from Remoreras.
Loso has Remoreras up against the ropes in a clinch.
Loso blocks an uppercut.
Remoreras pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Loso throws a front kick aimed at Remoreras's knee but Remoreras avoids it well.
Loso scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Loso ducks under a wild hook from Remoreras.
Loso looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Loso looks to score with a jab to the body but Remoreras is just out of range.
Remoreras throws a front kick that sends Loso stumbling back into the ropes.
Loso missing with a left hand there. Remoreras was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Remoreras throws out a powerful jab.
Remoreras goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A combination from Remoreras does no damage.
Loso checks a low kick from Remoreras.
Loso moves out of range of the body kick.
Markus Remoreras seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Remoreras tries to land a front kick but Loso steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loso wants to land a leg kick but Remoreras is out of range.
Remoreras lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Remoreras loads up on a big right hand but Loso slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Remoreras uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Loso.
Loso throws a looping overhand right but Remoreras ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Remoreras misses.
Loso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Remoreras takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Remoreras tries to work over Loso's front leg with a kick but Loso checks it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Loso takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Loso throws out a leg kick but Remoreras moves out of range and Loso only half commits.
Remoreras ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Remoreras takes one to the chin there.
Remoreras misses with a body shot.
Loso just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Remoreras misses its intended target.
It looked like Loso was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Remoreras.
Remoreras takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Remoreras takes a swing at Loso's ribcage but misses.
Loso throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Remoreras sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Remoreras wants to slow Loso down by chopping away at his legs.
An attempted straight right counter from Loso misses the target.
Remoreras looks to throw a body kick
and Loso counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Loso.
Remoreras is looking to break free of the clinch but Loso has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loso struggles to land a body shot inside as Remoreras controls his hands.
Remoreras blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Loso creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Remoreras working aggressively here.
Loso blocks an uppercut.
Remoreras is trying to force a seperation but Loso has the dominant position.
Remoreras is trying to break the clinch but Loso is controlling him.
Loso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Loso scores with a shot to the side of Remoreras's head.
Loso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right handed body shot lands from Loso.
Loso throws a punch but it's blocked by Remoreras.
Nice body punch from Loso - that landed with a thud.
Remoreras breaks the clinch.
Loso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loso blocks a head kick by Remoreras.
Loso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Remoreras.
Loso connects with a solid leg kick.
Remoreras uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Loso.
Remoreras wants to slow Loso down by chopping away at his legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loso. Remoreras does a little dance to reset his feet.
Remoreras motions for Loso to come forward. Remoreras throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Loso throws out a loose jab but Remoreras uses good head movement to avoid it.
Remoreras loads up on a big right hand but Loso slips the punch.
Loso misses the jab.
Remoreras pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Loso cracks Remoreras with a right hand to the side of the head.
Remoreras misses with an uppercut.
Loso moves out of range as Remoreras throws a body kick.
Loso blocks a jab.
Loso connects with a leg kick. Remoreras looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Remoreras tries a low kick but Loso avoids it.
Remoreras keeps the fight on the outside.
Remoreras throws a head kick that misses
enabling Loso to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Remoreras loads up on a big right hand but Loso slips the punch.
Loso misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Remoreras.
Loso paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Remoreras swings for the body but Loso moves out of range.
Loso throws a quick counter kick to the body but Remoreras avoids it.
Loso lands with a hook. Remoreras tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Loso misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Remoreras on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Loso throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Loso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Remoreras bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Remoreras swats away the attempt to clinch by Loso.
Remoreras scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Remoreras moves forwards but Loso connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slow jab from Remoreras misses its intended target.
Loso throws a hook but Remoreras blocks it.
Donk. Loso catches Remoreras right on the button with a cross.
Remoreras swats away the attempt to clinch by Loso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kabu Loso dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Loso.
Remoreras throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Remoreras just misses with a punch to the body.
Loso throws a looping overhand right but Remoreras ducks down to avoid it.
Loso blocks a head kick by Remoreras.
Loso throws a quick counter kick to the body but Remoreras avoids it.
Remoreras misses with a head kick.
Remoreras feints and then cracks Loso's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Loso down.
Loso scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good work by Remoreras as he checks the leg kick.
Loso jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Loso backs off Remoreras throws a huge counter combo but Loso manages to avoid it all.
Loso throws a shot to the body.
Loso uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Remoreras.
Loso appears to be looking for a big counter.
Loso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Remoreras.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Remoreras on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Remoreras turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Remoreras walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loso bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Remoreras's head.
Loso takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Loso has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Remoreras tries a body shot but Loso blocks it.
Remoreras pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Remoreras misses with a straight right.
Remoreras tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Remoreras pivots, looking for a leg kick but Loso is out of range and Remoreras settles back down.
Loso lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Remoreras tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Remoreras misses the target.
Loso connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
An inside leg kick lands from Loso.
Remoreras scores with a hook.
Remoreras throws a sloppy head kick and Loso moves out of range easily.
Loso rushes Remoreras and presses him up against the ropes.
Remoreras displaying some good clinch control by pressing Loso up against the ropes.
Remoreras doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loso scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Loso throws a head punch that misses.
Remoreras can't break the clinch.
Remoreras misses with some punches.
Loso prevents Remoreras from breaking the clinch.
Loso prevents a body shot from Remoreras.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Remoreras throws a punch but it's blocked by Loso.
Nice body punch from Loso.
Loso comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Remoreras swings wildly with an uppercut but Loso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Loso scores with a nice short uppercut.
Remoreras working aggressively here.
Remoreras struggles to land a body shot inside as Loso controls his hands.
Remoreras landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remoreras blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Remoreras has had enough of the clinch but Loso keeps him there for the moment.
Remoreras tries to work over Loso's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Loso tries a body shot but Remoreras blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Loso.
Remoreras's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Remoreras escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Remoreras throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Remoreras connects with a high kick.
Remoreras takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Remoreras throws a leg kick but Loso moved away.
Good shot there by Loso.
A telegraphed right hand from Loso misses the target.
Remoreras throws a jab but it's blocked by Loso.
Remoreras tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Remoreras swings for the body but Loso moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Loso misses its target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remoreras throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Remoreras throws an overhand right that lands on Loso's shoulder, as Loso tries to avoid the shot.
Loso moves into range and clinches up with Remoreras.
Loso tries to throw a body punch but Remoreras avoids it by throwing Loso back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Remoreras's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Remoreras's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Remoreras wants to break the clinch but can't.
Remoreras wants to get back to striking at distance but Loso won't allow it.
Loso has Remoreras pressed against the ropes, preventing Remoreras from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Remoreras gets through Loso's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Loso lands a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Loso - that landed with a thud.
Loso lands a body shot.
Remoreras prevents a body shot from Loso.
Loso lands an elbow inside that Remoreras shrugs off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kabu Loso showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Loso 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kabu Loso!
Kabu Loso seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ewoud Roelof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fleece Johnson (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
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ewoud Roelof!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fleece Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roelof tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roelof throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Johnson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Roelof appears to be looking for a big counter.
Roelof has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Breakdown Club in the buildup to the fight.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Roelof throwing a counter right hand but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roelof was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Roelof throws a big counter combination but Johnson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The crowd cheers as Roelof lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Fleece Johnson has been cut.
Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Roelof is out of range.
Roelof walks into a jab.
It looks like Ewoud Roelof has been cut.
Roelof cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
Johnson catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Roelof stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Roelof walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Roelof is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An attempted straight right counter from Roelof misses the target.
Oh Roelof is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roelof misses with a leg kick.
Roelof seems to have got his legs back now.
Fleece Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Roelof counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roelof scores with a nice body kick.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
As Johnson backs away, Roelof returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Roelof moved out of range nicely.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A quick step to the side and Roelof tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roelof getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A head kick misses from Roelof.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Roelof counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Roelof.
Roelof throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johnson lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Roelof avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Roelof uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roelof tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Roelof moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Roelof swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Roelof uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roelof throws an elbow but it misses.
Roelof throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roelof digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roelof.
Roelof tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Roelof - that landed with a thud.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A left hand lands to the body for Johnson.
Roelof takes an elbow to the temple.
Roelof lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Roelof utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roelof lands a body punch.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Roelof lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Roelof lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson looks winded!
Still in the clinch, Roelof scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roelof lands a nice uppercut.
Roelof lands an elbow inside.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Roelof is blocking nicely.
Roelof lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Fleece Johnson's cut even more.
Roelof misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Roelof controls his hands.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Roelof controls his hands.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roelof lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Roelof dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roelof.
Roelof lands a damaging elbow.
Roelof lands with a light punch inside.
The cut above Fleece Johnson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Roelof has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Roelof comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Roelof.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
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.
Roelof blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Roelof.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roelof lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roelof blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson pushes Roelof back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roelof tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Roelof back against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roelof throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roelof throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roelof's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Roelof scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Fleece Johnson should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Johnson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Roelof's head backwards.
Johnson connects with the punch.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Roelof gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good body shot from Roelof.
Roelof blocking some punches.
Roelof tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Roelof gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roelof managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Roelof takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roelof lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roelof lands a shoulder strike.
Roelof landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Roelof, against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roelof.
Fleece Johnson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Roelof unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Roelof.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roelof scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fleece Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ewoud Roelof!
A victorious Ewoud Roelof thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Fu Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azhari comes to the ring accompanied by Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out. Master has chosen Shaolin Monastic chanting as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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159 lbs
32 - 19 - 2 |
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164 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ebrahim Azhari!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kung Fu Master!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azhari avoids the body shot from Master.
Master misses with a body shot.
Master fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Azhari, pushing him back against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Master.
Master misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azhari.
It looks like Kung Fu Master has been cut.
Master goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Master with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Master goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Azhari lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Master lands a left hand that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
Master is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azhari is defending well for now.
Master crunches a lovely knee into Azhari's ribcage.
Master has Azhari pressed against the ropes, preventing Azhari from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Master blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Master tries to land knees in the clinch but Azhari avoids the damage to the body.
Azhari throws an elbow but it misses.
A short uppercut from Master.
Master lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Azhari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Master's brow.
Master tries to land knees in the clinch but Azhari avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Azhari.
Azhari blocks a body shot from Master.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari lands an elbow inside.
Azhari managing to block the knees to the body from Master.
Master scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Azhari.
A nice right hand lands inside from Master.
Master blocks an elbow strike from Azhari.
Azhari can't break the clinch.
Master lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Azhari avoiding damage as Master throws knees to the body.
Azhari lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Kung Fu Master's cut even more.
Master lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Ebrahim Azhari has been cut.
Azhari lands a nice elbow from 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!
Azhari throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Master misses with a body punch.
Azhari missing with knees to the body.
Master scores a nice knee to the body.
Master managing to block the knees to the body from Azhari.
Master blocking some punches.
Master working Azhari over with knees to the body.
Master connects with a knee to the head.
Azhari lands an elbow inside that Master shrugs off.
A short body shot lands from Master as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Master tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azhari is trying to force a seperation but Master has the dominant position.
Azhari lands a nice elbow.
Master lands a knee to the head.
Master has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Azhari seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Master can turn it around.
Master scores a nice knee to the body.
Master is leaning against Azhari and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Master scores a nice knee to the body.
Azhari is breathing heavily.
Master lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
Azhari lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Master obliges.
Master lands a damaging elbow.
Master lands a hook to the side of the head.
Azhari avoiding damage as Master throws knees to the body.
Azhari misses with a hook to the ribs.
Master lands a nice knee to the body.
Master blocks the elbow strike.
Master landing knees to the body.
Master is working Azhari over against the ropes.
Master landing knees to the head.
Master throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Master misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Master avoids the elbow strike from Azhari, against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Azhari.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Azhari lands an elbow inside.
Master lands an elbow inside that Azhari shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Master throws an elbow but misses.
Azhari blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Master lands a damaging elbow.
Azhari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Azhari misses with some punches.
Master looking to throw knees to the head but Azhari is blocking nicely.
Azhari lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Kung Fu Master's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Master presses Azhari against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Master lands an elbow just above Azhari 's eye.
Master throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Azharis head.
Master lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Azhari or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azhari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Azhari tries to throw a body punch but Master avoids it by throwing Azhari back against the ropes.
Azhari misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Master missing with knees to the body.
Master putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Azhari in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Master looking to throw knees to the head but Azhari is blocking nicely.
Azhari tries to work over Master's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Azhari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Master's elbow.
Master lands a left hand.
Master working aggressively here.
Azhari lands an elbow that stopped Master in his tracks for a moment.
Master avoids a wild elbow strike from Azhari.
Azhari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Master is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azhari is defending well for now.
Azhari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Azhari misses with a body punch.
Master is trying to stall.
Azhari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azhari struggles to land a body shot inside as Master controls his hands.
Azhari tries to work over Master's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Master lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Master creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Master misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kung Fu Master dominated that 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!
Azhari takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slow jab from Azhari misses its intended target.
Decent striking displayed by Master there.
Master fails in his attempt to clinch.
Master wants to clinch up but Azhari keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Azhari wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Master tries to clinch up but Azhari circles away and keeps his distance.
Master has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Master needs to keep his hands up - Azhari had a free shot at his head there.
Master takes one on the button.
Azhari loads up on a big right hand but Master slips the punch.
Master throws a leg kick that misses.
Master throws a nice outside leg kick.
Master ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
Azhari sets himself, and Master steps forward looking for the clinch! Azhari avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Master throws a leg kick but Azhari moved away.
An attempted straight right counter from Azhari misses the target.
Master throws a body punch but Azhari moves out of range.
Azhari takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Master misses with a wild combination.
Master lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari slips under a jab.
Azhari misses with a looping right.
Azhari sets himself, and Master steps forward looking for the clinch! Azhari avoids it this time.
Master connects with a high kick.
Azhari feints and then cracks Master's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Master down.
Master dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kung Fu Master seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Master pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Azhari scoring well with a low kick there.
Master scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Master fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azhari manages to avoid it.
Master tries to clinch up
and Azhari connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kung Fu Master's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Master moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Master throws a jab but it's blocked by Azhari.
Master misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Master scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Master misses with a body punch
and Azhari counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Master takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Azhari scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kung Fu Master's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ebrahim Azhari!
Ebrahim Azhari retains his lightweight title!
Ebrahim Azhari decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Kung Fu Master had this to say: 'How the hell did that happen!? What a shitty call!'.
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