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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between James Blant (ranked 4787 p4p, 468 weight class) and Gavin McDonelu (ranked 8339 p4p, 608 weight class). Gavin McDonelu has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Blant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gavin McDonelu!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonelu lands with a nice combination. Blant backs away looking to recover.
McDonelu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blant.
McDonelu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
McDonelu connects with a leg kick. Blant looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blant clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on McDonelu - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Blant is trying to break the clinch but McDonelu is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McDonelu obliges.
Blant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McDonelu lands a hook that snaps the head of Blant backwards.
Blant has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blant has had enough of the clinch but McDonelu keeps him there for the moment.
McDonelu lands a left hand.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McDonelu obliges.
Blant is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDonelu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McDonelu moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonelu lands a left hand.
McDonelu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
McDonelu breaks the clinch.
McDonelu clips Blant with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Blant a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
It looks like James Blant has been cut.
Blant takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
McDonelu gets a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McDonelu.
McDonelu pressing his opponent against the ropes.
McDonelu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McDonelu has Blant up against the ropes in a clinch.
Blant takes an elbow to the temple.
McDonelu connects with a knee to the head.
McDonelu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McDonelu, right into the meat.
McDonelu throws a quick inside leg kick.
McDonelu lands a leg kick that knocks Blant off balance momentarily.
Blant steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from McDonelu. That one must have hurt.
McDonelu moves into range and clinches up with Blant.
McDonelu working Blant over with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McDonelu.
McDonelu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McDonelu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blant has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McDonelu.
McDonelu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McDonelu lands an uppercut.
McDonelu lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Gavin McDonelu should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on James Blant's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
McDonelu closes the distance and pushes Blant back into the ropes.
McDonelu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McDonelu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McDonelu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blant or not.
McDonelu breaks the clinch.
James Blant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McDonelu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
McDonelu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Blant's head.
McDonelu moves into range and clinches up with Blant.
McDonelu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blant backwards.
McDonelu creates a bit of space and cracks Blant with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Blant is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!
Blant is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. McDonelu moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Blant! McDonelu continues to tee off on Blant, landing with a left and a right! McDonelu connects with a right hand that leaves Blant sleeping against the ropes! What a finish by McDonelu!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gavin McDonelu!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joseph Razore (ranked 4487 p4p, 98 weight class) and Murilo Rocha (ranked 4845 p4p, 171 weight class). Razore comes to the ring accompanied by My Way by Joe Frazier. Murilo Rocha will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Razore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Murilo Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Razore lands with a good body shot.
Razore swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rocha counters with a stiff right hand.
Razore throws a head kick but Rocha moves out of range.
Razore tries to bum rush Rocha with a series of wild strikes but Rocha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rocha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rocha jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Razore swats away the attempt to clinch by Rocha.
A head kick misses from Rocha.
Razore lands a body shot.
Razore connects with a nice looking jab.
Rocha dodges the punch combination from Razore.
Razore throws a body punch but Rocha moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Razore misses the jab.
Rocha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Razore, pushing him back against the ropes.
Razore manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rocha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An attempted straight right counter from Razore misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha avoids the body shot from Razore.
Razore fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rocha misses with a combination
and Razore counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rocha thinking.
Rocha looks winded!
Razore misses with a hook.
Rocha steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Razore.
Razore throws a series of punches but Rocha moves out of range.
Razore misses with a straight right.
Rocha is looking to clinch.
Razore throws a body kick that misses.
Razore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rocha.
Razore throws a sloppy head kick and Rocha moves out of range easily.
Razore throws a nice looking combination but Rocha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Razore lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rocha at a distance.
Rocha takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Razore cracks Rocha with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rocha takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
An inside leg kick lands from Razore.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Razore moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Rocha! Razore continues to tee off on Rocha, landing with a left and a right! Razore connects with a right hand that leaves Rocha sleeping against the ropes! What a finish by Razore!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joseph Razore!
After winning the bout, Joseph Razore thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Shaq Moans (ranked 20061 p4p, 688 weight class) and Cliff Rigano (ranked 3106 p4p, 332 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shaq Moans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Cliff Rigano!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moans rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Rigano counter with a right hand.
Rigano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moans.
Moans cracks Rigano with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Moans throws a hook but Rigano avoids it easily.
Moans thumps Rigano with a low kick.
Moans blocks a head kick by Rigano.
Moans misses with a hook. Rigano ducked under it nicely.
Shaq Moans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rigano ducks under a wild hook from Moans.
Rigano needs to keep his hands up - Moans had a free shot at his head there.
Rigano throws a sloppy head kick and Moans moves out of range easily.
Rigano moves away from the strike by Moans.
Moans connects with the punch.
Rigano slips a jab and a cross from Moans.
Rigano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moans is looking to counter with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rigano misses with a hook
and Moans counters with a good low kick that Rigano was not able to check.
Moans with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moans swings for the body but Rigano moves out of range.
Moans feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rigano's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moans lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rigano throws a combination that misses
and Moans counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rigano's knee momentarily.
Moans is looking to slow Rigano down with leg kicks.
Rigano blocks a low kick nicely.
Moans catches Rigano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rigano throws a right hand that misses
and Moans counters with a three punch combo that has Rigano backing up. Rigano nods at Moans to acknowledge the strikes.
Shaq Moans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moans ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Moans throws a leg kick
and Rigano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Moans lands with a thumping leg kick.
Moans feints and then cracks Rigano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rigano down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moans lands with a thumping leg kick.
Moans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rigano.
Rigano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Moans digs a good hook to Rigano's body.
Moans attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rigano looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Moans connects with a leg kick. Rigano looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moans throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donk. Moans catches Rigano right on the button with a cross.
Rigano misses with a body shot.
Rigano throws a looping overhand right but Moans ducks down to avoid it.
Moans closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rigano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moans. Moans obviously looking to wear him down.
Rigano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Moans fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rigano on the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Moans.
Rigano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moans looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Moans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rigano moves out of range as Moans throws a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rigano throws a sloppy head kick and Moans moves out of range easily.
Moans with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A left lands for Moans.
Moans throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rigano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shaq Moans 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.
Moans closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moans.
Rigano bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Moans's head backwards.
Good shot there by Moans.
Moans swings for the body but Rigano moves out of range.
Moans throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rigano can do to turn this around?
Moans throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rigano.
A jab lands there for Moans.
Moans misses with a low kick.
Moans misses with a low kick.
Moans dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rigano. That did some damage!
Nice defenses there by Rigano.
Rigano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moans fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rigano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moans rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rigano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rigano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Moans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rigano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Rigano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rigano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Moans misses with a low kick.
Moans scores with a shot to the body.
Rigano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rigano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Moans is looking to slow Rigano down with leg kicks.
Moans misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Rigano misses.
Rigano checks a low kick from Moans.
Rigano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moans throws out the jab.
Rigano just misses with a punch to the body.
Rigano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Moans lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rigano throws a nice looking combination but Moans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rigano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rigano loads up on a big right hand but Moans slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moans throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rigano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rigano ducks under a wild hook from Moans.
Moans connects with a nice looking jab.
Moans lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Moans takes one to the side of the head.
Moans jabs at Rigano's body.
Moans cracks the inside of Rigano's front leg.
Rigano blocks a low kick nicely.
Moans throws a looping overhand right but Rigano ducks down to avoid it.
Rigano misses with a wild body shot.
Rigano takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Moans takes a swing at Rigano's ribcage but misses.
Moans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moans throws a leg kick but Rigano checks it.
Moans's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Moans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rigano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rigano.
As Rigano looks to move away, Moans throws a big counter combo but Rigano just gets out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shaq Moans dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Moans scores with a hook to the body. Rigano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cliff Rigano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moans lands a leg kick that knocks Rigano off balance momentarily.
A big right from Rigano misses.
Moans throws a nice outside leg kick.
Moans changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Moans shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Moans scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rigano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moans just misses with a punch to the body.
Moans lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rigano at a distance.
Moans connects with a crisp jab.
Moans dips to his left and cracks Rigano with an uppercut!
Rigano avoids the body shot from Moans.
Moans lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moans lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Moans pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rigano is out of range and Moans settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rigano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moans.
Nice uppercut lands for Rigano. That snapped Moans's head back.
Rigano connects with a single shot there.
Moans throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rigano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rigano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moans changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rigano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shaq Moans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rigano slips a jab from Moans.
Moans throws a low kick but Rigano avoids it.
Moans scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rigano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rigano staying out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moans misses with a looping right.
Rigano feints a counter leg kick.
Rigano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moans avoids the head kick by Rigano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moans misses the shot to the body.
Moans pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Moans turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Moans feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rigano's calf.
Rigano scores with a head kick. Moans tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Moans moves out of range of the strikes.
Moans scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Moans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rigano throws out the jab.
Moans with a hook.
Rigano connects with the punch.
Rigano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moans throws out the jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rigano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moans throws a quick inside leg kick.
Moans throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rigano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shaq Moans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moans has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shaq Moans!
After the fight, Shaq Moans was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael Jackson (ranked 3750 p4p, 395 weight class) and Mitchell Hobson (ranked 2252 p4p, 263 weight class). Jackson comes to the ring accompanied by Black Sabbath - Children of the Sea. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mitchell Hobson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Hobson. Those never looked like landing.
Jackson clinches with his opponent.
Hobson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hobson misses with a head kick.
A left lands for Hobson.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Hobson lands the left hand.
Hobson drops his hands momentarily and Jackson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jackson moves into range and clinches up with Hobson.
Hobson is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson stalling in the clinch but Hobson improves position.
Hobson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hobson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hobson throws a jab but it's blocked by Jackson.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Hobson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hobson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hobson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hobson counters with a straight right hand.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Hobson.
Jackson staying out of range there.
Hobson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Hobson.
Hobson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hobson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hobson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hobson misses with a left hand
and Hobson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hobson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson lands an uppercut.
Hobson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the ropes.
Jackson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hobson backwards.
Hobson is trying to break free.
Hobson breaks from the clinch.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Hobson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hobson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Hobson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hobson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mitchell Hobson 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.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Hobson circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Hobson. Those never looked like landing.
Hobson throws a head kick but Jackson moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jackson!
Jackson swings for the body but Hobson moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jackson misses with a body punch.
Hobson wants to get back to striking at distance but Jackson won't allow it.
Jackson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Jackson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hobson tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hobson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hobson loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
A left lands for Jackson.
Hobson misses with a straight left.
Jackson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hobson just manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hobson misses with a straight right.
As Hobson backs away, Jackson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Hobson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell Hobson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good leg kick by Jackson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Hobson tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the ropes.
Hobson is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hobson blocks a body shot from Jackson.
Hobson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hobson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hobson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A punch combination from Hobson misses.
Some wild striking there from Hobson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hobson misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Jackson moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hobson controls his hands.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike.
Hobson is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Hobson tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the ropes.
Hobson breaks the clinch.
Hobson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Hobson is avoiding it.
Hobson swings widly with a right hand
and Jackson counters with a good low kick that Hobson was not able to check.
Jackson stuns Hobson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jackson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hobson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jackson tries to clinch but Hobson is having none of it.
Jackson tries to clinch up
and Hobson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hobson throws a leg kick but Jackson checks it.
Hobson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Hobson throws a head kick that misses
and Jackson counters with a good low kick that Hobson was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Jackson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson misses with a body punch.
Hobson is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.
Jackson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short left from Jackson.
Hobson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Hobson is avoiding it.
Hobson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hobson tries to keep at a distance but Jackson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hobson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hobson blocks an uppercut.
Hobson is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.
Hobson manages to break the clinch.
Hobson misses with a few strikes there.
Hobson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromJackson.
Hobson swings widly with a right hand
and Jackson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hobson swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Hobson throws a head kick but Jackson moves out of range.
Hobson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Jackson misses the target.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Hobson is avoiding it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hobson! But no joy.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Hobson.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Hobson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jackson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hobson's elbow.
Hobson is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hobson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jackson.
Hobson blocks an uppercut.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Hobson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Michael Jackson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hobson tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jackson.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hobson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hobson's efforts to push away.
Jackson is looking to control Hobson's arms but Hobson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jackson has his back to the ropes.
Jackson keeps control of Hobson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Jackson looking to stall.
Hobson tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the ropes.
Jackson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jackson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hobson or not.
Hobson blocks an uppercut.
Hobson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jackson 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Jackson!
A very excited looking Michael Jackson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Hiroshimo Sakamoto (ranked 572 p4p, 29 weight class) and Alejandro Sepulveda (ranked 1506 p4p, 79 weight class). Sepulveda comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Llorando se Fue kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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145 lbs
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30
145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroshimo Sakamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alejandro Sepulveda!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Sepulveda 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Sakamoto misses.
Sepulveda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sepulveda avoids the body shot from Sakamoto.
A head kick misses from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda misses with an uppercut.
Sepulveda darts in and clinches Sakamoto up against the ropes.
Sakamoto misses with the head strike.
Sakamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sakamoto.
Sakamoto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sepulveda backwards.
Sepulveda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sakamoto's elbow.
Sakamoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Sepulveda lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sakamoto backwards.
Sakamoto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sepulvedas head.
Sepulveda works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sepulveda lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sakamoto.
Sepulveda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sakamoto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sepulveda's efforts to push away.
Sepulveda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sepulveda throws a head punch that misses.
Sepulveda is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sakamoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sepulveda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Sepulveda does no damage.
Sepulveda works Sakamoto's body with a nice hook.
Sepulveda throws a front kick aimed at Sakamoto's knee but Sakamoto avoids it well.
Sakamoto cracks Sepulveda with a good jab.
Sakamoto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sepulveda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sakamoto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sepulveda is looking to chop away at Sakamoto's legs.
Sepulveda misses with an uppercut
and Sakamoto moves into the clinch.
Sepulveda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sepulveda scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sepulveda is looking to control Sakamoto's arms but Sakamoto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sepulveda has his back to the ropes.
Sakamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sepulveda throws a punch but it's blocked by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Sakamoto.
Sepulveda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sakamoto lands with an overhand left.
Sakamoto lands a nice shot to the body.
Hiroshimo Sakamoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sepulveda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sakamoto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sepulveda moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A bone on bone clash there as Sepulveda blocks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sepulveda.
Nice straight punches there by Sepulveda. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sepulveda.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sakamoto throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sakamoto. Sepulveda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sepulveda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sakamoto was well out of range. Poor timing from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroshimo Sakamoto dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sepulveda swats away the attempt to clinch by Sakamoto.
Sepulveda scores with a jab to the body.
A low kick from Sakamoto misses
and Sepulveda counters with a good low kick that Sakamoto was not able to check.
Sakamoto throws a jab but it's blocked by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sepulveda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sakamoto was well out of range. Poor timing from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda misses with an uppercut. Sakamoto saw that one coming.
Sepulveda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sepulveda connects with a right hand. Sakamoto shakes it off.
Sakamoto is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakamoto dodges the punch combination from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda throws out a loose jab but Sakamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sakamoto.
Sepulveda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sakamoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sakamoto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sepulveda.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sepulveda misses with an uppercut
and Sakamoto counters with a nice leg kick.
Sepulveda with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sakamoto throws a lazy right hand but Sepulveda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sepulveda throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sakamoto counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sakamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda throws a leg kick but Sakamoto sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sepulveda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sakamoto lands a lovely overhand right.
Hiroshimo Sakamoto is winning the standup battle so far.
Sakamoto avoids the body shot from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Sakamoto misses.
Sakamoto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sakamoto slips under a jab from Sepulveda.
Sakamoto tries to clinch there but Sepulveda circles away.
Sepulveda scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sakamoto doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Sepulveda checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sakamoto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sepulveda lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like Hiroshimo Sakamoto has been cut.
Sepulveda misses with a body shot
and Sakamoto counters with a good low kick that Sepulveda was not able to check.
Sakamoto cracks Sepulveda with an open hand slap.
Nice defenses there by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto is looking to score with low kicks.
Sepulveda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sepulveda blocks a jab.
Sepulveda takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fighters circling - Sakamoto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sakamoto throws a hook but Sepulveda blocks it.
Sakamoto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sepulveda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sakamoto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sepulveda.
Sakamoto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sakamoto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alejandro Sepulveda will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Hiroshimo Sakamoto's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Sepulveda misses the target.
Sakamoto throws an off balance right hand
enabling Sepulveda to counter with a crisp jab.
Sakamoto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sepulveda throws an off balance right hand
and Sakamoto counters with an outside leg kick.
Sepulveda tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sakamoto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sepulveda throws out the jab.
Sepulveda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice straight punches there by Sakamoto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sakamoto.
A low kick from Sepulveda misses
and Sakamoto counters with a stiff right hand.
Sepulveda misses with a hook.
It looked like Sakamoto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sakamoto blocks a head kick by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sepulveda throws a shot from downtown. Sakamoto moves away and avoids it.
Sakamoto scores with a body shot.
Sakamoto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sepulveda looks to throw the jab but Sakamoto is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sakamoto checks a low kick from Sepulveda.
As Sepulveda tries to get set, Sakamoto tries to push him back and clinch up but Sepulveda manages to avoid the attempt.
Sakamoto drives through and clinches with Sepulveda against the ropes.
Sepulveda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sepulveda moves out of range as Sakamoto strikes.
Sakamoto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sepulveda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sakamoto.
Sepulveda throws a lazy right hand but Sakamoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sakamoto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sakamoto scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sepulveda staying out of range there.
Sepulveda tries to move into range but Sakamoto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sakamoto swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sakamoto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda throws a low kick, looking for Sakamoto's leg but Sakamoto calmly moves out of range.
Sakamoto slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sepulveda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A slow jab from Sepulveda misses its intended target.
Sepulveda walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sakamoto connects with a single shot there.
Sepulveda lands a body shot.
Sepulveda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sakamoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sepulveda has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sepulveda can't break the clinch.
Sepulveda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sepulveda gets tackled into the ropes by Sakamoto. Sakamoto maintains the clinch.
Sakamoto lands with a short shot to the head.
Sepulveda trying to stall but Sakamoto improves his position.
Sepulveda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sakamoto's elbow.
Sepulveda breaks from the clinch.
Sakamoto keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hiroshimo Sakamoto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sakamoto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroshimo Sakamoto!
As Hiroshimo Sakamoto got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Still worried about my eyes tough guy?'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jason Tanner (ranked 1122 p4p, 152 weight class) and Victor Tellegio (ranked 3374 p4p, 392 weight class). Tanner comes to the ring accompanied by The Realest - Issues. Victor Tellegio 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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193 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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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
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Victor Tellegio!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tellegio checks a leg kick nicely.
Tellegio appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tanner misses with an uppercut
and Tanner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tellegio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tanner swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tellegio swings widly with a right hand
and Tanner counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tanner.
Tanner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tellegio misses with a hook
and Tanner counters with a left to the body.
Tanner connects with a right hand. Tellegio shakes it off.
Tanner misses with a left hand
and Tellegio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tellegio throws a looping overhand right but Tanner ducks down to avoid it.
Good exchange - Tellegio coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tellegio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tellegio looks to throw the jab but Tanner is out of range.
Tellegio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tanner.
Tanner misses with a right hand
and Tellegio counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellegio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tellegio scores with a jab.
Tanner misses with a body shot.
Jab from Tanner.
Tanner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tellegio throws out the jab.
Tellegio throws a hook to the side of Tanner's head but Tanner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tanner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tellegio punishes Tanner's body with a nice straight punch.
Tellegio looks to land a right hand but Tanner moved out of range.
Tanner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tellegio.
Tanner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tellegio.
Tellegio lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tellegio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tellegio.
Tanner throws a big shot that misses.
Tellegio doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner swinging wildly here.
Tanner throws a poor cross that misses
and Tellegio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tellegio blocks a jab.
Tellegio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tellegio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tellegio ducks right into an uppercut from Tanner.
Tanner throws a jab when Tellegio was well out of range.
Tellegio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tanner scores with a leg kick.
Tanner moves out of range as Tellegio strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tellegio scores with a jab. Tanner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tanner throws an off balance right hand
and Tellegio counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tanner lands a body shot.
Tellegio takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Victor Tellegio will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tellegio throws the left hand but Tanner avoids the punch easily.
Tellegio feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tanners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tellegio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tanner on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jason Tanner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tanner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tellegio.
A telegraphed right hand from Tellegio misses the target.
Tanner throws out a powerful jab.
Tellegio swings for the body but Tanner moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Tellegio misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tellegio lands with a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tellegio staying out of range there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tanner. That's going to slow Tellegio down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tellegio misses with a head kick.
Tanner fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tellegio checks it well.
Tanner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tellegio throws a combination that misses
and Tanner counters with an outside leg kick.
Tellegio throws a hook to the side of Tanner's head but Tanner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tellegio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tellegio misses with a shot to the body
and Tanner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tanner lands with a nice body punch.
Tanner scores with a shot to the body.
Tellegio tries a head kick but it misses.
Tanner works the jab nicely.
Tellegio throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
Tanner lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Tanner. That snapped Tellegio's head back.
Tanner misses with a low kick.
Tanner connects with a single shot there.
Tanner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tellegio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tanner.
Tellegio tries to counter by closing the distance.
Tellegio misses with a jab to the body
and Tanner counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tellegio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tanner is looking to chop away at Tellegio's legs.
Tellegio throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
Tanner is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tanner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tellegio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tanner appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tanner throws a solid leg kick but Tellegio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tanner.
Tanner misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Tanner dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tellegio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tanner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tanner misses with a looping right.
Tellegio looks to land a right hand but Tanner moved out of range.
Tanner fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tellegio just manages to avoid it.
Tellegio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tellegio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tellegio throws a right hand that Tanner ducks under and follows up with a left that Tanner also avoids with ease.
Tanner appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tanner throws the left hand but Tellegio avoids the punch easily.
Tanner 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tanner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tanner misses with a lunging right hand
and Tellegio counters with a right hand to the body.
A big right from Tanner misses.
Jason Tanner is winning the standup battle so far.
Tanner lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner misses with an uppercut
and Tellegio counters with an inside leg kick.
Tellegio staying out of range there.
Tellegio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tellegio misses with the combination.
Tanner is looking to counter punch.
Tanner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tellegios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tanner throws a low kick, looking for Tellegio's leg but Tellegio calmly moves out of range.
Tellegio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Tanner on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tanner. Tellegio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tanner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tellegio.
Tanner misses with a hook. Tellegio ducked under it nicely.
Tanner throws an overhand right that lands on Tellegio's shoulder, as Tellegio tries to avoid the shot.
Tellegio throws a hook but Tanner avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner misses with a hook.
Tellegio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tanner moves away from the strike by Tellegio.
Tanner scores with a nice strike.
Tanner tries to score with a low kick but Tellegio moves his leg out of the way.
Tellegio throws a leg kick
and Tanner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tellegio moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tellegio works Tanner's body with a nice hook.
Tellegio looks to throw the jab but Tanner is out of range.
Tellegio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tanner.
Tellegio throws a hook to the side of Tanner's head but Tanner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tanner misses with a body shot.
Tellegio throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Tanner to counter with a crisp jab.
Tellegio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tanner circles away quickly and effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Victor Tellegio.
I think Tellegio 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Tellegio!
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Oglek Tomar (ranked 20614 p4p, 702 weight class) and Alfonso Valdez (ranked 8594 p4p, 620 weight class). Valdez has chosen Believer - Imagine Dragons as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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26
170 lbs
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30
158 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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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
15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oglek Tomar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alfonso Valdez!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Valdez momentarily.
Tomar lands a jab to Valdez's midsection.
Valdez moves into the clinch.
Tomar lands with a left to the head.
Valdez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomar checks a low kick from Valdez.
Valdez ducks under a wild hook from Tomar.
Valdez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tomar. Tomar obviously looking to wear him down.
Valdez is looking to clinch but Tomar is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tomar. Valdez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tomar backing away here, and Valdez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice uppercut there from Tomar.
Valdez tries to clinch but Tomar moves out of range.
Valdez fails in his attempt to clinch.
It appears Tomar was looking to counter with a kick there.
Valdez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tomar 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.
Good work by Tomar as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valdez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tomar counters with a straight right hand.
Valdez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tomar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Tomar there.
Tomar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Valdez under the eye.
Tomar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valdez is looking to clinch.
Tomar looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Tomar misses with a looping right.
Tomar lands a jab to Valdez's midsection.
Valdez drives through and clinches with Tomar against the ropes.
Valdez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Valdez has had enough of the clinch but Tomar keeps him there for the moment.
Valdez wants to break free but Tomar has control.
Valdez wants to get back to striking at distance but Tomar won't allow it.
Valdez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tomar fails to land.
Tomar breaks the clinch.
Valdez slips under a jab from Tomar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez walks into a straight right hand from Tomar.
Tomar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valdez manages to avoid it.
Tomar gets tackled into the ropes by Valdez. Valdez maintains the clinch.
Tomar gets through Valdez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tomar fails to land.
Valdez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tomar seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Valdez can turn it around.
Valdez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tomar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valdez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Valdez slips under a jab from Tomar.
Valdez wants to clinch up but Tomar keeps it at a distance.
A big right from Valdez misses.
Valdez thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Valdez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oglek Tomar dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tomar throws a hook but Valdez avoids it easily.
Valdez tries to clinch up
enabling Tomar to counter with a crisp jab.
Valdez moves into the clinch.
Tomar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomar gets tackled into the ropes by Valdez. Valdez maintains the clinch.
Tomar lands with a left to the head.
Tomar keeps control of Valdez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Valdez wants to break free but Tomar has control.
Tomar misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Valdez backwards.
Tomar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Valdez's efforts to push away.
Valdez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez tries to break the clinch but Tomar is controlling the position.
Tomar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valdez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tomar.
Tomar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Valdez backwards.
Valdez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Oglek Tomar has been cut.
Tomar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tomar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valdez looks to clinch
and Tomar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tomar stuns Valdez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Valdez is looking to clinch but Tomar is avoiding it.
Tomar is looking to slow Valdez down with leg kicks.
Tomar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alfonso Valdez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valdez connects with a right hand. Tomar shakes it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez doesn't manage to clinch there - Tomar circles away.
Tomar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Valdez scoring well with a low kick there.
Tomar circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Tomar misses the target.
Valdez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tomar counters with a thumping low kick.
Tomar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Valdez drives through and clinches with Tomar against the ropes.
Tomar throws a punch but it's blocked by Valdez.
Valdez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tomar has him pressed against the ropes.
Valdez tries to circle away but Tomar has him pinned against the ropes.
Valdez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Valdez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tomar can pounce on him.
Tomar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tomar throws the left hand but Valdez avoids the punch easily.
A cross from Tomar lands.
Tomar throws a hook to the side of Valdez's head but Valdez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oglek Tomar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oglek Tomar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Valdez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tomar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valdez can do to turn this around?
Tomar breaks from the clinch.
Oglek Tomar is winning the standup battle so far.
Tomar throws a hook to the side of Valdez's head but Valdez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tomar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tomar connects with a single shot there.
Valdez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tomar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Tomar.
Tomar misses with a wild body shot.
Tomar looks to score with a jab to the body but Valdez is just out of range.
Valdez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tomar can pounce on him.
Valdez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tomar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valdez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valdez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Valdez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tomar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Valdez is looking to clinch but Tomar is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Valdez.
Tomar lands a body shot.
Valdez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tomar.
Valdez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tomar misses with a looping right.
Valdez moves into the clinch successfully.
Oglek Tomar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Valdez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Valdez is looking to break free of the clinch but Tomar has double underhooks.
Alfonso Valdez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tomar swings wildly with an uppercut but Valdez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valdez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tomar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tomar - that will leave a mark!
Valdez tries to clinch but Tomar moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomar scores with a decent looking hook.
Tomar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Valdez's head.
Tomar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valdez's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valdez misses with an uppercut.
Tomar scores with a punch to the head.
Valdez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tomar.
Tomar is looking to slow Valdez down with leg kicks.
Tomar lands a head shot.
Valdez fails in his attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Tomar misses the target.
Tomar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tomar staying out of range there.
Valdez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A swing and a miss from Valdez.
Tomar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tomar lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tomar misses the shot to the body.
Valdez 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.
Valdez misses with a straight right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oglek Tomar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tomar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oglek Tomar!
Oglek Tomar managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Mockstar Energy Drinks 160Q, into his post fight interview.
The defeated Alfonso Valdez had this to say: 'I've decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya's later. '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Aldo O Donno (ranked 3320 p4p, 351 weight class) and Ricky Icky (ranked 2070 p4p, 246 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think O Donno might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys. Icky comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Far From Any Road kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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32
175 lbs
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174 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aldo O Donno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Icky!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Icky scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Icky moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Icky lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Icky avoids the head kick by O Donno.
O Donno throws a lazy right hand but Icky sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Donno digs a good hook to Icky's body.
Icky ducks under a wild hook from O Donno.
O Donno has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dynasty K-1 Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
O Donno takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
O Donno feints and then cracks Icky's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Icky down.
Icky slips under a jab.
Icky lands a jab to the head.
Icky thumps O Donno with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Donno throws a shot from downtown. Icky moves away and avoids it.
Icky lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
O Donno defending well as Icky loads up on a big left hand.
O Donno swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Icky misses with an uppercut. O Donno saw that one coming.
Icky looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Icky scoring well with a low kick there.
O Donno scores with a hook.
O Donno throws a lazy right hand but Icky sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Icky ducks under a wild hook from O Donno.
Icky looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Icky scores with a jab to the body.
Icky misses with an uppercut. O Donno saw that one coming.
O Donno sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
O Donno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Icky has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Icky will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
O Donno walks into a straight right hand from Icky.
Icky on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
O Donno ducks under a wild hook from Icky.
Icky cracks O Donno with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Icky keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Icky pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Icky delivers a nice body kick.
O Donno throws an overhand right that lands on Icky's shoulder, as Icky tries to avoid the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Icky lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by O Donno.
O Donno misses with a wild body shot.
O Donno looks to throw the jab but Icky is out of range.
A nice side step and Icky releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
O Donno loads up on a big right hand but Icky slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Icky moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Icky looks to score with a jab to the body but O Donno is just out of range.
O Donno wants to slow Icky down by chopping away at his legs.
Icky misses with a head kick.
Icky cracks O Donno with a right hand to the side of the head.
Icky scores with a nice right hand.
Icky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Donno moves away.
Icky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Donno was well out of range. Poor timing from Icky.
Icky's jab looks to have found its range, popping O Donno under the eye.
Icky connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
O Donno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Donno looks to throw the jab but Icky is out of range.
O Donno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Icky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab from Icky.
O Donno moves out of range of the strikes.
O Donno misses with a hook
and Icky counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Icky dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
O Donno staying out of range there.
Icky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Icky has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good shot there by Icky.
Icky throws a quick inside leg kick.
O Donno is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Icky's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Icky looks to score with a jab to the body but O Donno is just out of range.
Icky works O Donno's body with a nice hook.
O Donno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Icky has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from O Donno.
O Donno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Icky.
Icky takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Icky chopping away at his opponent's legs.
O Donno blocks a head kick by Icky.
Icky scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Donno in his tracks.
O Donno lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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!
O Donno tried to score with a low kick but Icky checks it.
O Donno keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Icky.
O Donno throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Icky.
Icky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Icky with a hook.
O Donno throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A big left from O Donno misses.
Icky bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Icky lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Icky throws a jab but it's blocked by O Donno.
A little feinted left hand from O Donno on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
O Donno just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from O Donno misses.
Icky misses with a wild body shot.
Icky throws a big shot that misses.
O Donno tries to counter by clinching up but Icky breaks away and moves out of range.
A jab from Icky finds it's way through O Donno's defenses.
O Donno throws a leg kick but Icky checks it.
O Donno is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
O Donno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Donno lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Donno throws a body punch but Icky moves out of range.
Icky counters with a body kick.
O Donno checks a low kick from Icky.
Icky throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - O Donno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Icky loads up on a big right hand but O Donno slips the punch.
Icky slips under a jab from O Donno.
O Donno slips under a jab from Icky.
O Donno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Donno throws a big shot that misses.
O Donno swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Icky counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice straight punches there by O Donno. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of O Donno.
Icky needs to keep his hands up - O Donno had a free shot at his head there.
Icky feints and then cracks O Donno's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Donno down.
O Donno shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
O Donno blocks a head kick by Icky.
Icky scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Donno in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Icky lands a glancing blow to the side of O Donno's head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Icky.
Nice defenses there by Icky.
Icky misses with a straight right.
O Donno throws a body punch but Icky moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Icky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
O Donno walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Aldo O Donno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Donno connects with a leg kick. Icky looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
O Donno lands with a hook. Icky tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
O Donno looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Icky scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
O Donno looks to score with a jab to the body but Icky is just out of range.
Icky connects with an inside leg kick.
Icky avoids the body shot from O Donno.
Icky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Donno.
Icky misses with a straight left.
O Donno cracks Icky with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A jab from Icky misses.
O Donno wants to land a leg kick but Icky is out of range.
A swing and a miss from O Donno.
Icky dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on O Donno. That did some damage!
Icky throws a head kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from O Donno misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Icky.
Icky staying out of range there.
Icky takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Icky ducks under a wild hook from O Donno.
O Donno looks to throw the jab but Icky is out of range.
Icky scores with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Icky.
O Donno steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Icky.
O Donno throws a quick inside leg kick.
Icky ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Icky lands with an uppercut that bounces O Donno off the ropes and back into range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Icky lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
O Donno lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
O Donno throws a head kick that misses.
Icky looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Icky takes one on the chin but seems OK.
O Donno moves out of range of the leg kick from Icky.
Icky connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Donno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Icky.
Icky steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Donno.
O Donno throws a jab when Icky was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Icky sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Icky, right into the meat.
Icky lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Icky throws a good cross that connects.
Icky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Donno was well out of range. Poor timing from Icky.
A solid leg kick lands there for Icky.
Icky lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
O Donno is looking to slow Icky down with leg kicks.
Icky scores with a hook.
Icky scores with a body shot.
O Donno on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
O Donno throws a sloppy head kick and Icky moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A decent looking cross lands there for Icky.
Icky thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on O Donno if he has to take too many more of those.
Icky tests O Donno's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Icky lands with a hook. O Donno tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Icky comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Icky 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Icky!
A very excited looking Ricky Icky made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Brandon Baldwin (ranked 5161 p4p, 498 weight class) and Melankomas Caria (ranked 1973 p4p, 236 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brandon Baldwin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melankomas Caria!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baldwin slips under a jab.
Baldwin is looking to clinch but Caria is avoiding it.
Caria was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Baldwin throws a nice head kick!
An inside leg kick from Caria misses.
Baldwin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Baldwin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at True North Fight Team in the buildup to the fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Baldwin checks a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Baldwin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Some wild striking there from Baldwin.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Baldwin!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baldwin takes a jab right on the kisser.
It looks like Brandon Baldwin has been cut.
Baldwin throws the kick towards the body but Caria avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Caria on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Caria's corner calls for a 1-2. Caria obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Baldwin is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caria lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Baldwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Caria connects with a crisp jab.
Oh Baldwin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baldwin throws a lazy body kick
and Caria counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Baldwin goes down! Will Baldwin beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's not going to make it! 9,10! He's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Melankomas Caria!
Melankomas Caria is the new welterweight champion!
Melankomas Caria decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Dwan Diego (ranked 17514 p4p, 707 weight class) and James Delaney (ranked 2327 p4p, 285 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Diego might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jiu Jitsu. Delaney has chosen Dark Strings as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Dwan Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Delaney!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Delaney's corner calls for a 1-2. Delaney obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dwan Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diego misses with a straight right.
Diego slips under a jab from Delaney.
Delaney 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.
Diego just misses with a punch to the body.
Delaney looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Delaney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diego sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diego motions for Delaney to come forward. Diego throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Delaney.
An inside leg kick lands from Diego.
Delaney swings away with a body shot that misses
and Diego counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Delaney clinches.
Diego lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Delaney throws an elbow that misses.
Delaney manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Delaney.
A short right from Diego on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Delaney.
Delaney lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Dwan Diego has been cut.
Delaney creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Delaney lands with a left to the head.
Delaney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Delaney throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Delaney breaks the clinch.
Delaney moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheers as Diego lands an impressive looking overhand right. Delaney doesn't seem phased though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
Delaney lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big left from Diego misses.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A telegraphed right hand from Diego misses the target.
Diego displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Delaney throws out the jab.
Delaney lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Delaney tries to work over Diego's front leg with a kick but Diego checks it.
Diego seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Delaney 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 Diego has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diego and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good exchange - Delaney coming out on top.
Diego tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Delaney checks a low kick from Diego.
Diego misses with a leg kick
and Delaney counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delaney misses with an uppercut.
Delaney moves out of range as Diego strikes.
Delaney misses the jab.
Diego feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diego looks to land a left hand but Delaney moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Delaney on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diego seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Delaney jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Delaney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Delaney checks the leg kick nicely there.
Delaney tries to clinch up.
Diego digs a good body shot into Delaney's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diego. Delaney does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diego backing away here, and Delaney unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Good work by Delaney as he checks the leg kick.
Delaney is looking to clinch.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Delaney.
Diego scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Diego.
Delaney sizes up Diego with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
Delaney rushes Diego and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Diego.
A head punch on the inside from Delaney fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but James Delaney will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dwan Diego's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Delaney 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 Diego has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diego and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dwan Diego is winning the standup battle so far.
Diego throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diego takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Diego throws a right and a left that both miss.
Delaney cracks the inside of Diego's front leg.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diego.
Delaney slips a straight right by Diego.
Diego throws a shot to the body.
Delaney loads up on a big right hand but Diego slips the punch.
Diego darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Delaney throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Diego throws a leg kick but Delaney moved away.
Diego takes a swing at Delaney's ribcage but misses.
Delaney checks a low kick from Diego.
Delaney misses with a straight left.
Nice body kick there by Delaney.
Diego throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Delaney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diego.
Delaney misses the jab.
Diego's jab looks to have found its range, popping Delaney under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego tried to score with a low kick but Delaney checks it.
Diego throws a nice outside leg kick.
Delaney 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.
Diego lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diego throws a solid leg kick but Delaney takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Diego.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Delaney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diego slips a jab from Delaney.
Delaney throws a hook but Diego avoids it easily.
Diego throws a low kick but it's checked well by Delaney.
Delaney misses with a leg kick.
Diego slips under a jab from Delaney.
Diego bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diego tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Delaney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Delaney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Delaney fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diego wants to land a leg kick but Delaney is out of range.
Diego digs a good hook to Delaney's body.
Diego throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That kick from Diego tenderised Delaney's leg. Delaney is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego throws a nice outside 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!
A decent looking cross lands there for Diego.
The fight stays on the outside here - Delaney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Delaney doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Diego 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.
Diego stuns Delaney with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diego lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Delaney lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diego takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Diego checks a low kick from Delaney.
Delaney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diego swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diego lands a leg kick that knocks Delaney off balance momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Delaney lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Delaney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Delaney takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diego will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diego.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwan Diego dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dwan Diego's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Delaney moves away.
Delaney let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Delaney misses with a straight right.
Diego wants to clinch.
Delaney ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
A jab from Diego finds it's way through Delaney's defenses.
Diego keeps the fight on the outside.
As Delaney backs away, Diego returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Diego throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diego is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Delaney can do to turn this around?
Diego tries to move into range but Delaney moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diego slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Delaney misses its intended target.
Diego thows a leg kick but Delaney checks it
and Delaney counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Delaney.
Delaney tries to clinch up.
Diego lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Delaney tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Diego manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diego turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Delaney's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Delaney throws a front kick aimed at Diego's knee but Diego avoids it well.
Diego throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney moves into the clinch.
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diego throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Delaneys head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diego.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
Delaney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Diego.
Delaney working aggressively here.
Diego tries to work over Delaney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Delaney manages to break the clinch.
Diego throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Delaney missing with a left hand there. Diego was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Delaney wants to clinch up but Diego keeps it at a distance.
As Delaney backs away, Diego returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Diego's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Delaney connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Diego scrambles back to his feet.
Delaney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Delaney displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diego throws out the jab.
Delaney is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diego throws the left hand but Delaney avoids the punch easily.
Delaney checks a leg kick.
Delaney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Delaney throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diego. Delaney does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Delaney throws a good cross that connects.
Delaney tries to close the distance and clinch but Diego swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Delaney throws the left hand but Diego avoids the punch easily.
Diego moves forwards but Delaney connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Delaney throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diego.
Diego throws a leg kick but Delaney sees it coming and moves out of range.
Delaney only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diego swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diego slips under a jab from Delaney.
Delaney moves into the clinch successfully.
Diego avoids a wild elbow strike from Delaney.
Delaney takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Delaney throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Delaney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Delaney.
Diego tries to work over Delaney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dwan Diego.
I think Diego 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 Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwan Diego!
After winning the bout, Dwan Diego thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
James Delaney spoke after the fight, saying 'YOU WIN OR YOU LEARN.'.
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