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EK 23 - World Series PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lloyd Badweather Jr (ranked 22222 p4p, 23180 weight class) and Papa John (ranked 482 p4p, 507 weight class). Badweather Jr's entrance music is Lil Nas X- Old town road. A fine choice. Papa John acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lloyd Badweather Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Papa John!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badweather Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
John counters with a body kick.
Badweather Jr darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Badweather Jr manages to avoid it.
John throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Badweather Jr throws a shot from downtown. John moves away and avoids it.
Lloyd Badweather Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Badweather Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Badweather Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
John moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Badweather Jr blocks a low kick nicely.
John defending well as Badweather Jr loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Badweather Jr. That snapped John's head back.
John moves into the clinch.
John with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Badweather Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Badweather Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
John tries to work over Badweather Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from John.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Badweather Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but John won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from John.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
John landing knees to the head.
John landing knees to the head.
Badweather Jr manages to break the clinch.
John with the inside leg kick.
John throws a body punch but Badweather Jr moves out of range.
John 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.
Badweather Jr misses with a double jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Badweather Jr crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from John - the referee stops the clock and Badweather Jr gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says John. Badweather Jr manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before John has time to react.
Badweather Jr throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badweather Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from John.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
John takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Badweather Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and John counters with a low kick, right behind Badweather Jr 's knee.
John throws out a leg kick but Badweather Jr moves out of range and John only half commits.
John clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from John.
John with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
John tries to land knees in the clinch but Badweather Jr avoids the damage to the body.
John landing knees to the body.
Badweather Jr avoiding damage as John throws knees to the body.
John tries to land knees in the clinch but Badweather Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Badweather Jr blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by John.
John is stalling here.
A left hand lands to the body for John.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Badweather Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
John misses with a punch to the body.
John tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa John dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Badweather Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of John's head.
John closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
John clinches up with Badweather Jr and pushes him back against the cage.
John throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
John can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
Badweather Jr blocks a body shot from John.
John has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
John landing knees to the body.
John is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A bit of stalling here from John.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badweather Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
John struggles to land a body shot inside as Badweather Jr controls his hands.
Papa John seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
John scores with a hook to the body.
Badweather Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's one minute gone in the round.
John leaning against his opponent.
John swings wildly with an uppercut but Badweather Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
John tries to land a knee to the head but Badweather Jr blocks with his arms.
John misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Badweather Jr.
John tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Badweather Jr's elbow.
John scores with a hook to the body.
John with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
John throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Badweather Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
Badweather Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
John is leaning against Badweather Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Badweather Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Badweather Jr tries to throw a body punch but John avoids it by throwing Badweather Jr back against the cage.
John with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John misses with a shot to the kidneys.
John tries a body shot but Badweather Jr blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Badweather Jr.
John tries to work over Badweather Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
John misses with a short punch on the inside.
John tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Badweather Jr breaks the clinch.
Badweather Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. John sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Badweather Jr fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches John on the side of the head.
John's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Badweather Jr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! John scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Badweather Jr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before John can pounce on him.
No joy there for Badweather Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
John steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Badweather Jr.
John steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr misses the shot to the body.
Badweather Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
John throws a big counter head kick but Badweather Jr avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Badweather Jr misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa John showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Badweather Jr lands with a straight right. John didn't see that one coming.
Badweather Jr connects with a jab.
John lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
John misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Badweather Jr is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Badweather Jr throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
John wants to counter the offense by Badweather Jr and move into the clinch position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Badweather Jr scores with a nice strike.
Badweather Jr misses with an uppercut
and John counters with a left and a right that stings Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr throws a right and a left that John avoids nicely.
John tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Badweather Jr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John lands a nice looking kick to the body. Badweather Jr takes a step back to recover.
A nice combination there by Badweather Jr.
John throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Badweather Jr with a nice cross.
Badweather Jr slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
John steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Badweather Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John looks to land a right hand but Badweather Jr moved out of range.
John throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lloyd Badweather Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
John takes the fight into the clinch.
John landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
John keeps control of Badweather Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
John missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from John.
John misses with a knee to the head.
John stalling against the cage.
John lands a good knee to the midsection. Badweather Jr won't want to take too many of those.
Badweather Jr managing to block the knees to the body from John.
John lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badweather Jr tries to break free but John pushes him back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for John.
John lands an elbow inside that Badweather Jr shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Badweather Jr pressing his opponent against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on John - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
John avoiding damage as Badweather Jr throws knees to the body.
Badweather Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but John has double underhooks.
John tries a body shot but Badweather Jr blocks it.
John's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
John misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa John really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
John misses with a few strikes there.
John tries to clinch there but Badweather Jr circles away.
John uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Badweather Jr.
John fails in his attempt to clinch.
John keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr throws a right hand that John ducks under and follows up with a left that John also avoids with ease.
John stuns Badweather Jr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
John tries a head kick but it misses.
Badweather Jr lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Badweather Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Badweather Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract John.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from John. Badweather Jr shrugs it off though.
Badweather Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and John counters with a nice kick to the body.
Badweather Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Badweather Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Badweather Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by John.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Badweather Jr with a jab.
John ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Badweather Jr misses the jab.
John steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Badweather Jr.
John moves into the clinch successfully.
John missing with knees to the body.
John looking to throw knees to the head but Badweather Jr is blocking nicely.
John with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
John throws a head punch that misses.
John displaying some good clinch control by pressing Badweather Jr up against the cage.
John holding his opponent close, against the cage.
John continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Badweather Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. John is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John lands an elbow just above Badweather Jr 's eye.
John throws an elbow but it's blocked.
John tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Badweather Jr's elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from John.
John throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Badweather Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
John misses with a shot to the kidneys.
John swings wildly with an uppercut but Badweather Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from John.
John misses with a shot to the kidneys.
John lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
John misses with an elbow over the top.
Badweather Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa John dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A jab lands there for Badweather Jr.
John tries to clinch but Badweather Jr moves out of range.
John throws a sloppy head kick and Badweather Jr moves out of range easily.
Badweather Jr shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. John eats them both and turns towards Badweather Jr to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
John slips a jab and a cross from Badweather Jr.
John follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
John throws a head kick that misses.
Badweather Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Badweather Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Badweather Jr lands a head shot.
John takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
John gets a clinch.
John gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Badweather Jr is trying to break free.
John using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Badweather Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Badweather Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but John has double underhooks.
John tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
John misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Badweather Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Badweather Jr avoiding damage as John throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Badweather Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
John lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Badweather Jr or not.
John has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
John softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from John.
John unloads a knee to the mid-section. Badweather Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Badweather Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
John is pushing Badweather Jr up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lloyd Badweather Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Badweather Jr misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John missing with knees to the body.
John goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from John - that landed with a thud.
John lands a good knee to the midsection. Badweather Jr won't want to take too many of those.
John is leaning against Badweather Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Papa John is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
John lands an elbow inside.
Badweather Jr wants to break free but John has control.
Badweather Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and John avoids it.
Badweather Jr can't break the clinch.
John lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John lands a nice elbow.
Badweather Jr managing to block the knees to the body from John.
John lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Badweather Jr trying to land knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Papa John comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got John winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Papa John!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Papa John!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Papa John!
Papa John wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Juan Diaz (ranked 19492 p4p, 21570 weight class) and Tom Baker (ranked 501 p4p, 499 weight class). Baker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Steve Blackman WWE theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Juan Diaz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Baker!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baker throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Baker takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sloppy strikes from Baker. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz scores with a spinning back kick!
Baker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diaz. Diaz obviously looking to wear him down.
Diaz seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz is looking to slow Baker down with leg kicks.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Baker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diaz at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diaz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diaz clobbers Baker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diaz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Baker darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Baker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sloppy strikes from Baker. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker has Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Baker prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diaz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Baker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diaz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Diaz misses the jab.
Baker throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Baker misses with a wild combination.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Baker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baker is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Baker blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Diaz.
Baker blocking some punches.
Come on Baker - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Baker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baker checks a low kick from Diaz.
Baker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Baker checks a leg kick.
Diaz digs a good body shot into Baker's ribs.
Diaz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Diaz dominated that round.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diaz. That's going to slow Baker down.
Baker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tom Baker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz lands with a kick to the temple. Baker shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
 It looks like Tom Baker has been cut.
Diaz attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Baker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Juan Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Baker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diaz, as that shot connected.
Baker throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baker stalks Diaz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Diaz's face. Diaz staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz lands with a good body shot.
Baker ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Baker is looking for the big counter here.
Baker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Diaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Diaz.
Baker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baker manages to break the clinch.
A lazy left from Diaz finds it's target.
Diaz throws a right hand that Baker ducks under and follows up with a left that Baker also avoids with ease.
Baker moves out of range of the leg kick from Diaz.
Diaz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Baker wants to clinch.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Baker shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Diaz eats them both and turns towards Baker to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The fighters circling - Baker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diaz thumps Baker with a low kick.
Diaz connects with an inside leg kick.
Diaz with the inside leg kick.
Baker takes one to the side of the head.
Baker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Baker just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDiaz.
Diaz misses with a leg kick.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Baker uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baker. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Baker is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Baker slips the punch.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Diaz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tom Baker's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Diaz misses with the body kick
and Baker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Baker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Baker is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Baker breaks the clinch.
Diaz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Diaz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Baker slips the punch.
A nice side step and Baker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice jab there from Diaz.
A big right from Baker misses.
Diaz is looking to counter with a body kick.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diaz looks for the body kick but Baker saw that one coming.
Baker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diaz. Diaz obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz swings for the body but Baker moves out of range.
Baker 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baker manages to break the clinch.
Diaz gets tackled into the cage by Baker. Baker maintains the clinch.
Baker is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
Baker lands a shot to the body.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz scores with a jab. Baker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Baker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diaz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Baker closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baker blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Juan Diaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz tries to work over Baker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Baker is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baker lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Diaz with a nice calf kick.
A jab from Diaz misses.
Baker missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Diaz clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Baker's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Diaz drops his hands momentarily and Baker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Baker wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diaz.
A little jabbing left from Baker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Baker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baker rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz breaks the clinch.
Baker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Baker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from Diaz does it's job there.
Baker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diaz lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Baker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Diaz presses Baker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diaz gets through Baker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Baker.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Baker.
Baker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Baker.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Baker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz tries a body shot but Baker blocks it.
Baker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Baker.
Diaz controlling the action here for a moment.
Diaz tries a body shot but Baker blocks it.
Diaz lands a left hand.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Diaz - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Baker's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Diaz lands with a good body shot.
Diaz thumps Baker with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker tries to clinch up.
It looked like Diaz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baker forces Diaz back against the cage and clinches.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diaz as Baker tries to tie him up.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baker. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Diaz had his way with Tom Baker in that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Baker's cut.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Diaz throws a front kick aimed at Baker's knee but Baker avoids it well.
Diaz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baker's sensitive parts.
Diaz scoring well with a low kick there.
Baker wants to clinch.
Diaz thinks about countering with a head kick.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baker lands a slapping body shot.
Baker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Baker avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baker lands a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Baker. Those never looked like landing.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baker scrambles back to his feet.
Baker ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Baker clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Baker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baker can do to turn this around?
Diaz working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Baker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baker looking to slow down the pace here.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Baker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Baker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Baker's ribs.
Baker moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Baker takes a jab right on the kisser.
Baker scores with the left hand. Diaz knows he should have avoided that one.
Baker sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker moves into the clinch.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Baker controls the action.
Tom Baker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz avoiding damage as Baker throws knees to the body.
Baker has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
Baker manages to break the clinch.
Baker tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diaz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Juan Diaz!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Juan Diaz!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Juan Diaz!
Juan Diaz wins by unanimous decision!
The defeated Tom Baker had this to say: 'When I was 11 I turned 13, cos fuck 12, remember that'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jules Caesar (ranked 2176 p4p, 14999 weight class) and Miguel Cotto (ranked 291 p4p, 667 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jules Caesar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cotto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caesar to score with a decent uppercut.
Caesar scores with a nice right hand.
Caesar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Caesar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hey Steves Fight Shack in the buildup to the fight.
Caesar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Miguel Cotto has been cut.
Caesar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A bone on bone clash there as Caesar blocks the leg kick.
Caesar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cotto under the eye.
Caesar misses with a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Cotto.
Caesar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cotto.
Cotto throws a sloppy head kick and Caesar moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cotto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cotto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
An attempted straight right counter from Caesar misses the target.
A slow jab from Cotto misses its intended target.
Cotto moves out of range of the body kick.
Caesar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cotto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar keeps Cotto at a distance using the push kick.
Caesar lands the left hand.
Good work by Caesar as he checks the leg kick.
Cotto avoids a kick to the body.
Cotto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cotto fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Caesar on the side of the head.
Caesar looks to score with a jab to the body but Cotto is just out of range.
Cotto swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cotto throws a head kick that misses.
Cotto throws a push kick but Caesar slaps the foot to one side.
Caesar throws a hook to the side of Cotto's head but Cotto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cotto.
Cotto misses with a two punch combination.
Cotto shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Caesar has managed to clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body punch from Cotto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotto dodges an elbow strike from Caesar.
Nice body punch from Caesar.
Cotto tries a body shot but Caesar blocks it.
A body shot lands from Cotto.
Caesar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caesar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Caesar misses with an elbow over the top.
Cotto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Caesar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Caesar lands an elbow inside.
Caesar is leaning against Cotto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cotto tries to work over Caesar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caesar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Caesar throws a wild body kick that Cotto sees coming a mile off.
Cotto misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cotto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cotto slips under a jab from Caesar.
Good exchange - Caesar coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jules Caesar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Cotto's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Good exchange - Caesar coming out on top.
Caesar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cotto can do to turn this around?
Caesar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Caesar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cotto thows a leg kick but Caesar checks it
and Cotto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cotto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cotto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Caesar doesn't seem bothered though.
Cotto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cotto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Caesar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cotto.
Caesar is looking to land body kicks.
Cotto works over Caesar's head and body with a nice combination.
Caesar throws the kick towards the body but Cotto avoids it.
Cotto defending well as Caesar loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cotto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cotto throws a head kick that misses
and Caesar counters with a stiff right hand.
Caesar staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Cotto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caesar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donk. Cotto catches Caesar right on the button with a cross.
Caesar scores with a kick to the midsection.
Caesar throws a body shot but no joy.
Caesar drives through and clinches with Cotto against the cage.
Cotto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cotto fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Cotto fails to land.
Caesar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Caesar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caesar throws a push kick but Cotto slaps the foot to one side.
Caesar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cotto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caesar is looking to counter the offense by Cotto and move into the clinch.
Cotto swats away the attempt to clinch by Caesar.
It seemed like Cotto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar cracks Cotto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caesar lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cotto will feel that in the morning.
Caesar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Cotto counter with a right hand.
Caesar gets a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Cotto.
Caesar scores with a hook to the body.
Caesar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cotto backwards.
Caesar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cotto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caesar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cotto misses with a body punch.
Cotto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Caesar backwards.
Caesar lands an uppercut.
Caesar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caesar scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jules Caesar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Cotto's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cotto looks for the body kick but Caesar saw that one coming.
Cotto lunges at Caesar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Caesar's hand.
Cotto misses with an uppercut.
Cotto sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Caesar clips Cotto 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 Cotto a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Caesar keeps Cotto at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cotto moves away from the strike by Caesar.
A jab from Caesar does it's job there.
 Cotto is rocked!
Cotto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Caesar.
Cotto is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Caesar doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Cotto crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Cotto's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jules Caesar!
Jules Caesar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Miguel Cotto spoke after the fight, saying 'This is the last fight in my career. I tired... i'm retiring.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Pucy McGraber (ranked 3706 p4p, 23160 weight class) and Sigurd Ragnarsson (ranked 469 p4p, 640 weight class). McGraber's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kid Rock - Born Free. Ragnarsson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wardruna-Blood Eagle. Pucy McGraber is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pucy McGraber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sigurd Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsson moves out of range of the body kick.
Ragnarsson swats away the attempt to clinch by McGraber.
Ragnarsson tries a head kick but it misses.
McGraber lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A cross from McGraber lands.
Ragnarsson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ragnarsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ragnarsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ragnarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ragnarsson swinging wildly here.
McGraber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ragnarsson throws out the jab.
Ragnarsson throws out a loose jab but McGraber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
McGraber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGraber throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ragnarsson counters with a thumping low kick.
Ragnarsson blocks the body kick.
McGraber steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson scores with a jab. McGraber acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McGraber is looking to clinch but Ragnarsson is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Ragnarsson misses.
McGraber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGraber misses with a looping right.
McGraber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ragnarsson tries a quick counter leg kick but McGraber is wise to it.
Jab by McGraber.
McGraber tries to clinch up.
McGraber is looking to score with low kicks.
Ragnarsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice defenses there by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson cracks McGraber with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ragnarsson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McGraber takes one to the side of the head.
McGraber goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McGraber misses with a hook. Ragnarsson ducked under it nicely.
Ragnarsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGraber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGraber looks to throw the jab but Ragnarsson is out of range.
McGraber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ragnarsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGraber misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGraber tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Ragnarsson to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of McGraber 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McGraber drops his hands momentarily and Ragnarsson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McGraber dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ragnarsson. That did some damage!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ragnarsson, as that shot connected.
Good work by McGraber as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like McGraber wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McGraber misses with a head kick.
Ragnarsson scores with a crisp jab that stopped McGraber in his tracks.
Ragnarsson throws a lazy head kick
and McGraber counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sigurd Ragnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ragnarsson blocks a jab.
Ragnarsson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
McGraber misses with a looping right.
McGraber's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ragnarsson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McGraber scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson ducks right into an uppercut from McGraber.
Ragnarsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McGraber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ragnarsson.
McGraber steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsson.
McGraber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigurd Ragnarsson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McGraber throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ragnarsson.
McGraber scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McGraber scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ragnarsson moves away from the strike by McGraber.
McGraber misses with a body kick.
Sigurd Ragnarsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McGraber tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ragnarsson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ragnarsson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ragnarsson lands with a right hand.
McGraber throws a hook to the side of Ragnarsson's head but Ragnarsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGraber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ragnarsson.
McGraber swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Ragnarsson.
McGraber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsson.
McGraber fails with an attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from McGraber misses the target.
McGraber moves out of range of the leg kick from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson slips a straight right by McGraber.
Ragnarsson swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson blocks a head kick by McGraber.
Ragnarsson throws a lazy uppercut
and McGraber counters with a nice uppercut.
McGraber gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ragnarsson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McGraber slips under a jab from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McGraber tests Ragnarsson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ragnarsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ragnarsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Ragnarsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McGraber lands a glancing blow to the side of Ragnarsson's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McGraber wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ragnarsson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGraber jabs Ragnarsson right on the nose. Ragnarsson blinks but takes it well.
Ragnarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGraber.
Ragnarsson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good leg kick by Ragnarsson.
McGraber misses with a lunging right hand
and Ragnarsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McGraber is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ragnarsson misses with a looping right.
McGraber takes a jab right on the kisser.
McGraber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ragnarsson manages to avoid it.
Ragnarsson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McGraber's head backwards.
McGraber connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ragnarsson's hands.
McGraber throws a sloppy head kick and Ragnarsson moves out of range easily.
McGraber throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McGraber lands with a straight right. Ragnarsson didn't see that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGraber throws a leg kick but Ragnarsson checks it.
McGraber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ragnarsson misses with a straight right.
McGraber looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pucy McGraber will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ragnarsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McGraber clinches up with Ragnarsson and pushes him back against the cage.
McGraber tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGraber manages to break the clinch.
McGraber misses with a head kick.
Ragnarsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ragnarsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ragnarsson throws a shot from downtown. McGraber moves away and avoids it.
McGraber takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ragnarsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGraber throws out the jab.
McGraber scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ragnarsson staying out of range there.
Jab, jab by Ragnarsson - just one landing.
Ragnarsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ragnarsson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGraber throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McGraber gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ragnarsson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fighters circling - Ragnarsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ragnarsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ragnarsson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMcGraber.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGraber throws a sloppy head kick and Ragnarsson moves out of range easily.
McGraber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch lands to the side of McGraber 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ragnarsson misses with a straight left.
Ragnarsson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McGraber takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McGraber digs a good hook to Ragnarsson's body.
McGraber with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ragnarsson to score with a decent uppercut.
Ragnarsson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
McGraber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ragnarsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ragnarsson 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.
Ragnarsson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ragnarsson scores with a sloppy right hand. McGraber should have avoided that one.
Ragnarsson blocks the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by McGraber as he connects with a hook.
McGraber throws a front kick that sends Ragnarsson stumbling back into the cage.
McGraber looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McGraber has Ragnarsson up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson blocks an elbow strike.
McGraber misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGraber blocks an uppercut.
McGraber managing to block the knees to the body from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson lands with a light punch inside.
Ragnarsson lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ragnarsson.
McGraber throws an elbow that misses.
Ragnarsson lands with a short shot to the head.
McGraber looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ragnarsson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGraber backwards.
McGraber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ragnarsson tries to bum rush McGraber with a series of wild strikes but McGraber uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ragnarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigurd Ragnarsson really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice cross by McGraber.
McGraber goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ragnarsson throws a jab when McGraber was well out of range.
McGraber looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McGraber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ragnarsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ragnarsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot lands for Ragnarsson.
McGraber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ragnarsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGraber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Ragnarsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McGraber moves away from the strike by Ragnarsson.
McGraber walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ragnarsson checks a low kick from McGraber.
Ragnarsson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
McGraber doesn't manage to clinch there - Ragnarsson circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsson throws a lazy right hand but McGraber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ragnarsson misses with an uppercut. McGraber saw that one coming.
Ragnarsson throws a head kick that misses
and McGraber counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McGraber connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ragnarsson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ragnarsson with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson misses with a wild combination.
McGraber throws a lazy uppercut
and Ragnarsson counters with a straight right hand.
Ragnarsson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ragnarsson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McGraber is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from McGraber misses the target.
McGraber just misses with a punch to the body.
McGraber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson slips a jab from McGraber.
Ragnarsson lands with an uppercut that bounces McGraber off the cage and back into range.
Ragnarsson throws a nice looking combination but McGraber bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McGraber misses with a few strikes there.
Ragnarsson works the jab nicely.
Nice jab there from Ragnarsson.
McGraber throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnarsson throws a shot from downtown. McGraber moves away and avoids it.
McGraber closes the distance but Ragnarsson moves to the side
and Ragnarsson counters with a series of strikes. McGraber will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGraber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Ragnarsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ragnarsson tests McGraber's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGraber lands a lovely overhand right.
Ragnarsson throws the left hand but McGraber avoids the punch easily.
McGraber throws a one two combo.
It looks like Sigurd Ragnarsson has been cut.
Ragnarsson throws a head kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson is looking for the big counter here.
Ragnarsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGraber is looking to counter with head kicks.
Ragnarsson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McGraber tries to clinch but Ragnarsson moves out of range.
Ragnarsson loads up on a big right hand but McGraber slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGraber tries to clinch but Ragnarsson moves out of range.
McGraber throws a big shot that misses.
McGraber swings widly with a right hand
and Ragnarsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McGraber misses with a lunging right hand
and Ragnarsson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigurd Ragnarsson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Sigurd Ragnarsson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A jab from McGraber misses.
Sloppy strikes from Ragnarsson. Those never looked like landing.
McGraber looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
McGraber moves out of range as Ragnarsson strikes.
McGraber misses with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by McGraber.
McGraber was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Good shot there by McGraber.
Ragnarsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McGraber throws a nice inside leg kick.
McGraber moves out of range as Ragnarsson strikes.
McGraber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGraber is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jab from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ragnarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
McGraber drops his hands momentarily and Ragnarsson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ragnarsson swats away the attempt to clinch by McGraber.
Pucy McGraber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGraber tries to clinch but Ragnarsson is having none of it.
Ragnarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGraber.
McGraber misses with a hook.
McGraber misses with an uppercut. Ragnarsson saw that one coming.
It seemed like Ragnarsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McGraber takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ragnarsson lands with an overhand left.
Ragnarsson throws a right hand that McGraber ducks under and follows up with a left that McGraber also avoids with ease.
McGraber jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ragnarsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McGraber.
Nice defenses there by McGraber.
McGraber misses with a wild body shot.
McGraber looks to land a combination. Ragnarsson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
McGraber takes one to the side of the head.
McGraber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ragnarsson.
Nice uppercut there from McGraber.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGraber misses with the combination.
McGraber keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ragnarsson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Ragnarsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ragnarsson.
McGraber throws an off balance right hand
and Ragnarsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McGraber throws a body shot but no joy.
Ragnarsson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ragnarsson throws out a loose jab but McGraber uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGraber seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
McGraber connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ragnarsson's hands.
McGraber changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McGraber looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ragnarsson! But no joy.
McGraber wants to slow Ragnarsson down by chopping away at his legs.
McGraber connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ragnarsson's hands.
McGraber rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ragnarsson counters with an inside leg kick.
Ragnarsson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGraber throws a sloppy head kick and Ragnarsson moves out of range easily.
Nice shot by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
McGraber pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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 Pucy McGraber.
Well Ragnarsson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Sigurd Ragnarsson!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Sigurd Ragnarsson!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Sigurd Ragnarsson!
Sigurd Ragnarsson wins by unanimous decision!
Sigurd Ragnarsson took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Holds a bloody glove in the air ...For THe LeGiON!!! Wardruna-Blood Eagle theme song kicks back on and the crowd goes Buzerk!!!'.
Pucy McGraber was interviewed post fight and said 'I'LL PUNCH YOUR FACE NEXT FIGHT!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kjell DillonSan (ranked 4072 p4p, 15793 weight class) and Fleece Johnson (ranked 507 p4p, 683 weight class). DillonSan comes to the cage accompanied by Au5 - Answers. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kjell DillonSan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Fleece Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DillonSan lands a body shot.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
DillonSan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
A telegraphed right hand from DillonSan misses the target.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by DillonSan.
DillonSan scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
DillonSan missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
DillonSan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
DillonSan throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
DillonSan checks a leg kick nicely.
DillonSan misses with a hook to the body
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
DillonSan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
DillonSan moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DillonSan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
DillonSan clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by DillonSan.
DillonSan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! DillonSan scrambles back to his feet.
DillonSan connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
DillonSan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
DillonSan moves out of range of the leg kick from Johnson.
DillonSan connects with a crisp jab.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and DillonSan moves out of range easily.
DillonSan loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
DillonSan throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Johnson throws a right hand that DillonSan ducks under and follows up with a left that DillonSan also avoids with ease.
DillonSan connects with the punch.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
DillonSan scores with a jab to the head.
DillonSan swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
DillonSan scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
DillonSan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson misses with a low kick as DillonSan jumps back.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from DillonSan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DillonSan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
DillonSan moves out of range of the leg kick from Johnson.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but DillonSan is just out of range.
DillonSan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
DillonSan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
DillonSan throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
DillonSan connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
DillonSan throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
DillonSan backing away here, and Johnson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
DillonSan 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.
DillonSan throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
DillonSan throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson walks into a left hand.
Kjell DillonSan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
DillonSan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
DillonSan thuds his right hand into Johnson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Johnson lunges at DillonSan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by DillonSan's hand.
DillonSan misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kjell DillonSan dominated that round.
That's time! DillonSan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johnson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
DillonSan with a hook.
DillonSan misses with an uppercut
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from DillonSan. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
DillonSan throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and DillonSan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like DillonSan has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. DillonSan should have avoided that one.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
DillonSan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Johnson slips under a jab.
DillonSan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
DillonSan throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DillonSan misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
DillonSan throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice kick to the body.
DillonSan throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops DillonSan to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Johnson away as he looks to land an illegal blow. DillonSan got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
DillonSan misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses DillonSan's front leg but catches the back leg as DillonSan tries to avoid it.
DillonSan misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by DillonSan.
DillonSan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
DillonSan avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson avoids the body shot from DillonSan.
DillonSan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
DillonSan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and as DillonSan looks to reset his feet, Johnson counters with a string of precision punches, right on the button, sending DillonSan crashing to the canvas! DillonSan is in big trouble here! The referee has started the count but DillonSan is so wobbly that the ref has given up the count at 6 - he's called the bout off! Johnson is your winner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Fleece Johnson!
Fleece Johnson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Damien Hawthorne (ranked 2188 p4p, 3754 weight class) and John Brophy (ranked 295 p4p, 483 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hawthorne might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Schism by Tool. Brophy has chosen Last Caress - Metallica as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Damien Hawthorne has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Damien Hawthorne seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien Hawthorne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, John Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawthorne lands with an overhand left.
Brophy throws a hook but Hawthorne avoids it easily.
Hawthorne feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brophys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hawthorne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brophy looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Hawthorne lands a front kick.
Brophy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne lands a slapping body shot.
Brophy checks a leg kick.
Hawthorne misses with a low kick.
Damien Hawthorne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawthorne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brophy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brophy is looking to land body kicks.
Brophy 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.
Hawthorne just misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Hawthorne avoids it with no problem.
Hawthorne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A jab from Brophy misses.
Hawthorne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hawthorne scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawthorne scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Brophy misses.
Brophy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hawthorne takes one on the button.
Hawthorne throws out a loose jab but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hawthorne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hawthorne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brophy.
Brophy lunges at Hawthorne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hawthorne's hand.
Hawthorne throws a push kick but Brophy slaps the foot to one side.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Hawthorne checks it.
Brophy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses.
Hawthorne checks a leg kick.
Hawthorne scores with a nice head shot.
Nice straight punches there by Hawthorne. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hawthorne.
Hawthorne drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brophy tries to move into range but Hawthorne moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawthorne slips under a jab from Brophy.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick but Brophy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hawthorne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hawthorne connects with a crisp jab.
Hawthorne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brophy under the eye.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick
and Brophy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hawthorne with a jab.
Hawthorne explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hawthorne with the inside leg kick.
Hawthorne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
Brophy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hawthorne finds it's way round the side to connect with Brophy's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawthorne catches Brophy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hawthorne delivers a nice body kick.
Hawthorne throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
Hawthorne lands a jab to Brophy's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Hawthorne dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hawthorne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick but Brophy moved away.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brophy throws a lazy right hand but Hawthorne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brophy staying out of range there.
Hawthorne misses with a kick to the body
and Brophy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hawthorne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Hawthorne.
Brophy avoids the body shot from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brophy can do to turn this around?
Hawthorne avoids the body shot from Brophy.
Hawthorne cracks Brophy with an open hand slap.
Hawthorne smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne throws a right and a left that Brophy avoids nicely.
Brophy throws a push kick but Hawthorne slaps the foot to one side.
Hawthorne scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
Damien Hawthorne is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawthorne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big left from Brophy misses.
Hawthorne takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
Hawthorne just misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hawthorne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawthorne. Brophy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brophy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hawthorne counters with a nice leg kick.
Brophy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hawthorne throws a jab but it's blocked by Brophy.
A nice leg kick from Hawthorne, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brophy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hawthorne tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hawthorne throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.
Hawthorne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy feints and then cracks Hawthorne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hawthorne down.
Hawthorne scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawthorne scores with a nice strike.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Brophy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brophy walks into a straight right hand from Hawthorne.
A nice leg kick from Hawthorne, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hawthorne with the inside leg kick.
Brophy takes a swing at Hawthorne's ribcage but misses.
Brophy staying out of range there.
Hawthorne misses the body punch
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawthorne misses with a leg kick
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawthorne moves out of range as Brophy strikes.
Brophy checks a low kick from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne moves out of range as Brophy strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Hawthorne dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick which misses Brophy's front leg but catches the back leg as Brophy tries to avoid it.
Hawthorne misses with the body kick
and Brophy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crunch! Hawthorne slams his shin into Brophy's torso.
Brophy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hawthorne misses the jab.
Hawthorne lands a slapping body shot.
Hawthorne is looking to score with low kicks.
Hawthorne lands an overhand right.
Brophy looks to land a right hand but Hawthorne moved out of range.
Hawthorne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne tries a low kick but Brophy avoids it.
Brophy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawthorne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brophy.
Hawthorne scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brophy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brophy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brophy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brophy drops his hands momentarily and Hawthorne takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brophy slips under a jab.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Hawthorne avoids it with no problem.
Hawthorne scores with a hook.
Brophy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brophy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hawthorne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brophy.
Hawthorne misses with an uppercut. Brophy saw that one coming.
Hawthorne throws a body shot but no joy.
Hawthorne moves away from the strike by Brophy.
Hawthorne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Hawthorne avoids it with no problem.
Hawthorne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne scores with a nice head shot.
Hawthorne throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brophy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawthorne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
Hawthorne throws a lazy body kick
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hawthorne throws out the jab.
Hawthorne checks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Hawthorne blocks the low kick.
Hawthorne feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A low kick from Hawthorne is predictable there
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Brophy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brophy avoids a kick to the body.
A low kick from Hawthorne misses
and Brophy counters with a leg kick.
Brophy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hawthorne moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hawthorne.
Brophy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brophy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hawthorne. Hawthorne obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Hawthorne clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hawthorne throws a poor cross that misses
and Hawthorne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brophy throws a solid leg kick but Hawthorne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brophy.
Hawthorne loads up on a big right hand but Brophy slips the punch.
Hawthorne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hawthorne. That's going to slow Brophy down.
A low kick from Hawthorne is predictable there
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawthorne cracks Brophy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hawthorne scores with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne misses with a hook. Brophy ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brophy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hawthorne scoring well with a low kick there.
Hawthorne tries to work over Brophy's front leg with a kick but Brophy checks it.
Hawthorne swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hawthorne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne connects with the punch.
Hawthorne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawthorne with a nice calf kick.
Hawthorne moves out of range as Brophy throws a body kick.
Brophy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brophy scores with a hook.
Hawthorne scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hawthorne throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hawthorne takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
Hawthorne tests Brophy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hawthorne lands with a cross.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick
and Brophy counters with a low kick, right behind Hawthorne 's knee.
Hawthorne takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
Hawthorne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brophy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hawthorne throws a leg kick
and Hawthorne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hawthorne takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hawthorne blocks a low kick nicely.
Hawthorne will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brophy feints a counter leg kick.
Brophy slips under a jab from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brophy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hawthorne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne lands a nice shot that snaps Brophy's head back.
Brophy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hawthorne connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brophy scrambles back to his feet.
Brophy throws a jab when Hawthorne was well out of range.
Hawthorne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hawthorne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Hawthorne had his way with John Brophy in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Brophy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
John Brophy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawthorne throws out a powerful jab.
Hawthorne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brophy.
Hawthorne misses with an uppercut
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawthorne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brophy doesn't seem bothered though.
Hawthorne throws the left hand but Brophy avoids the punch easily.
Brophy is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Brophy slips under a jab from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Brophy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hawthorne. Hawthorne obviously looking to wear him down.
Brophy misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne misses the shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hawthorne 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 Brophy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brophy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brophy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hawthorne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brophy throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
Good exchange - Hawthorne coming out on top.
Hawthorne scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hawthorne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Hawthorne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brophy. That did some damage!
Hawthorne moves out of range of the strikes.
Hawthorne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brophy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brophy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hawthorne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hawthorne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brophy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hawthorne - the referee stops the clock and Brophy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hawthorne. Brophy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fighters circling - Hawthorne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hawthorne scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brophy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brophy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brophy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brophy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brophy lands a head shot.
Brophy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hawthorne.
The fighters circling - Hawthorne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Brophy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brophy throws a shot from downtown. Hawthorne moves away and avoids it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hawthorne 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 Brophy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brophy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brophy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Brophy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Good exchange - Hawthorne coming out on top.
Damien Hawthorne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hawthorne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Hawthorne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hawthorne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Damien Hawthorne!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Damien Hawthorne!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Damien Hawthorne!
Damien Hawthorne wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, Damien Hawthorne took to the microphone: 'I apologize to my fans. I caught staph infection from hitting the mats with Young Lad's mom. The antibiotics really took a lot out of me energy wise. Not sure how i won that fight... Looks like i fucked him AND his mom up. '.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ao Kuang (ranked 20179 p4p, 18016 weight class) and Steel Penn Jr (ranked 686 p4p, 670 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ao Kuang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steel Penn Jr!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn Jr throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kuang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Penn Jr lands a jab to the nose.
 It looks like Ao Kuang has been cut.
Penn Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and whilst Penn Jr still has his hands down, Kuang counters with a perfectly aimed head kick that sends Penn Jr crashing to the mat! Will he recover? 3,4,5,6,7 - he's back up! The referee looks into his eyes and asks him to walk forwards. He's going to allow this one to continue but will Penn Jr be able to survive another onslaught?
Kuang lands a leg kick that knocks Penn Jr off balance momentarily.
Kuang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuang chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Penn Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Kuang should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kuang lands a nice shot to the body.
Kuang misses with a shot to the body
letting Penn Jr counter with a right hand.
Kuang misses with a low kick as Penn Jr jumps back.
Penn Jr looks to land a left hand but Kuang moved out of range nicely.
Kuang jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Kuang attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
As Kuang backs off Penn Jr throws a huge counter combo but Kuang manages to avoid it all.
Kuang lands a nice looking kick to the body. Penn Jr takes a step back to recover.
Kuang misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuang tests Penn Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Penn Jr throws a nice looking combination but Kuang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kuang catches Penn Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Penn Jr is rocked!
Kuang weaves into range and cracks Penn Jr right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Penn Jr goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Kuang is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ao Kuang!
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Melankomas Caria (ranked 5794 p4p, 1317 weight class) and Dave Wearmouth (ranked 592 p4p, 189 weight class). Caria kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Melankomas Caria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Wearmouth!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wearmouth throws a leg kick but Caria sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wearmouth takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Caria staying out of range there.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wearmouth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wearmouth throws the left hand but Caria avoids the punch easily.
Caria tried to counter with a leg kick but Wearmouth avoided it.
Caria tests Wearmouth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Caria takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wearmouth misses with a series of wild punches.
A solid leg kick lands there for Caria.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria clinches.
Wearmouth lands an elbow inside.
Wearmouth lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caria.
Wearmouth tries to work over Caria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
I was talking to Caria's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wearmouth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wearmouth just misses with a elbow thrown towards Caria's brow.
Wearmouth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria trying to land knees to the body.
Caria tries a body shot but Wearmouth blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wearmouth throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Wearmouth.
Wearmouth lands with a left to the head.
Caria presses Wearmouth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wearmouth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Caria breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caria moves to clinch but Wearmouth breaks away
and Wearmouth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wearmouth moves away.
Wearmouth throws a head kick that misses
and Caria counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Wearmouth misses
and Caria counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Caria throws a good cross that connects.
Wearmouth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Caria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caria thumps Wearmouth with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Caria dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Caria lands a leg kick that knocks Wearmouth off balance momentarily.
Wearmouth stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caria.
Caria closes the distance and clinches.
Wearmouth misses with a punch on the inside.
Caria blocks an uppercut.
Wearmouth misses with a punch to the body.
Caria unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wearmouth lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wearmouth scores with a shot to the side of Caria's head.
Wearmouth has had enough of the clinch but Caria keeps him there for the moment.
Caria misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria misses with a knee strike.
A body shot lands from Caria.
Wearmouth lands a hook that snaps the head of Caria backwards.
A short right from Wearmouth on the inside.
Wearmouth lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dave Wearmouth will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Wearmouth takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Caria clinches up with Wearmouth and pushes him back against the cage.
Caria tries to work over Wearmouth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wearmouth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caria works on Wearmouth's body with a couple of short punches.
Dave Wearmouth seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caria.
Caria lands a body shot.
Caria with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wearmouth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wearmouth throws an elbow but it misses.
Caria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Caria landing knees to the body.
Caria blocking some punches.
Caria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wearmouth takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caria doesn't manage to clinch there - Wearmouth circles away.
Caria moves into the clinch successfully.
Caria misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short body shot lands from Wearmouth as the two fighters clinch.
Wearmouth pushes Caria back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Caria's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Wearmouth. Those never looked like landing.
Caria uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wearmouth waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caria.
Dave Wearmouth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick by Wearmouth misses
enabling Caria to counter with a crisp jab.
Caria keeps Wearmouth at a distance using the push kick.
Caria lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Melankomas Caria is winning the standup battle so far.
Caria has closed the distance and engaged Wearmouth in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Wearmouth.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caria stalling the fight.
Caria goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Caria misses with a knee strike.
Wearmouth lands an elbow inside.
Caria trying to stall but Wearmouth improves his position.
Wearmouth tries to throw a body punch but Caria avoids it by throwing Wearmouth back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wearmouth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caria has managed to clinch.
Wearmouth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Caria here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Wearmouth throws a head punch that misses.
Caria swings wildly with an uppercut but Wearmouth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wearmouth has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Caria seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wearmouth can turn it around.
Caria lands a body punch.
Wearmouth misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A body shot lands from Caria.
Caria misses with a body punch.
Caria works on Wearmouth's body with a couple of short punches.
Wearmouth prevents a body shot from Caria.
Caria breaks the clinch.
Caria with the inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria scores with a decent looking hook.
Wearmouth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caria was well out of range. Poor timing from Wearmouth.
A nice inside leg kick there by Caria. That's going to slow Wearmouth down.
Caria throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wearmouth on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melankomas Caria dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Caria throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wearmouth is looking for the big counter here.
Melankomas Caria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caria tries to clinch up.
Wearmouth swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Caria is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wearmouth can do to turn this around?
Wearmouth checks a leg kick nicely.
Wearmouth throws a head kick but Caria moves out of range.
Wearmouth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Caria lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Caria cracks Wearmouth with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Caria scores with a body shot.
Wearmouth on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wearmouth tries to keep at a distance but Caria has taken the fight into the clinch.
Caria swings wildly with an uppercut but Wearmouth uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wearmouth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Caria or not.
Caria blocks a body shot from Wearmouth.
Caria misses with a punch to the body.
Wearmouth lands a right hand.
Caria manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria rushes Wearmouth and presses him up against the cage.
Wearmouth throws a head punch that misses.
Wearmouth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caria blocks it with crossed arms.
Caria pushes Wearmouth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Caria is trying to force a seperation but Wearmouth has the dominant position.
Wearmouth misses with a knee to the head.
Wearmouth tries a body shot but Caria blocks it.
Wearmouth working aggressively here.
Wearmouth lands an uppercut.
Wearmouth blocks a body shot from Caria.
Wearmouth misses with some punches.
Caria takes an elbow to the forehead.
Caria working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wearmouth misses with the head strike.
Caria tries to land knees in the clinch but Wearmouth avoids the damage to the body.
Caria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wearmouth's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wearmouth tries a body shot but Caria blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Caria.
Wearmouth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Caria with a knee to the head.
It looks like Dave Wearmouth has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caria with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wearmouth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caria breaks from the clinch.
Caria with a nice calf kick.
Caria tries to clinch up.
Good exchange - Caria coming out on top.
Decent striking displayed by Caria there.
Wearmouth keeps the fight on the outside.
Caria throws a quick inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Caria.
Caria feints and then cracks Wearmouth's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wearmouth down.
Caria tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Caria moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWearmouth.
Caria scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wearmouth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caria chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melankomas Caria clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Wearmouth's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jab from Caria.
Caria darts in and clinches Wearmouth up against the cage.
Wearmouth misses with a knee to the head.
Wearmouth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caria breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caria tries to clinch up but Wearmouth circles away and keeps his distance.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wearmouth throws out the jab.
Caria lands a glancing blow to the side of Wearmouth's head.
Wearmouth showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caria.
Wearmouth fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Caria looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria checks the leg kick nicely there.
Caria half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wearmouth throws the left hand but Caria avoids the punch easily.
Caria throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wearmouth counters with a nice uppercut.
Wearmouth drops his hands momentarily and Caria takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wearmouth circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wearmouth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Caria uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wearmouth has time to react.
Wearmouth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wearmouth takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wearmouth misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wearmouth. Caria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caria scores with a hook.
Wearmouth has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wearmouth has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wearmouth there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wearmouth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wearmouth takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A good leg kick by Caria.
Wearmouth takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Caria ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Caria, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch lands to the side of Wearmouth 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Caria throws a quick inside leg kick.
Caria has Wearmouth up against the cage in a clinch.
Wearmouth tries to throw a body punch but Caria avoids it by throwing Wearmouth back against the cage.
Wearmouth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Caria stalls.
Still in the clinch, Wearmouth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wearmouth struggles to land a body shot inside as Caria controls his hands.
Wearmouth misses with an elbow over the top.
Wearmouth tries to land knees in the clinch but Caria avoids the damage to the body.
Wearmouth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caria misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caria stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A knee to the head by Caria.
Caria tries a knee to the head but Wearmouth blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melankomas Caria had his way with Dave Wearmouth in that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Wearmouth's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Wearmouth comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dave Wearmouth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wearmouth throws a shot from downtown. Caria moves away and avoids it.
Caria is looking to clinch.
Despite the aggression on Wearmouth's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
An inside leg kick lands from Caria.
Caria works Wearmouth's body with a nice hook.
Caria tried to score with a low kick but Wearmouth checks it.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wearmouth throws out the jab.
Caria tries to clinch but Wearmouth is having none of it.
Caria slips under a jab.
Caria moves into range and clinches up with Wearmouth.
Caria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wearmouth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caria.
Wearmouth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caria connects with a body shot that sends Wearmouth's belly button to the back.
Caria moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wearmouth throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Caria's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria is looking to slow Wearmouth down with leg kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wearmouth.
Caria scores with a jab to the jaw.
Caria moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wearmouth throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wearmouth digs a good body shot into Caria's ribs.
Wearmouth is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A nice leg kick from Caria, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wearmouth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice straight punches there by Caria. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Caria.
A good leg kick by Caria.
Caria lands a jab to Wearmouth's midsection.
Caria dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wearmouth. That did some damage!
Caria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caria lands a nice looking body kick.
Caria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Caria clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria misses with a punch to the body.
Caria is stalling here.
Wearmouth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wearmouth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wearmouth throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wearmouth lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wearmouth tries to throw a body punch but Caria avoids it by throwing Wearmouth back against the cage.
Caria misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wearmouth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caria misses with a knee to the head.
Caria landing knees to the head.
Caria prevents a body shot from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth misses with a body punch.
Caria scores with a shoulder strike.
Wearmouth throws an elbow that misses.
Wearmouth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wearmouth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Melankomas Caria showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Caria has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Melankomas Caria!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Melankomas Caria!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Melankomas Caria!
Melankomas Caria wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Melankomas Caria thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Marty Robbins (ranked 1267 p4p, 14666 weight class) and Dwan Diego (ranked 175 p4p, 653 weight class). Robbins comes into the arena with Marty Robbins - Big Iron blaring out of the sound system. Diego comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jiu Jitsu kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Robbins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Dwan Diego!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego pushes Robbins up against the cage in a clinch.
Diego misses with some punches.
Diego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diego is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Robbins lands a nice elbow.
Nice body punch from Diego.
Diego lands a shoulder strike.
Diego lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Robbins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Robbins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Dwan Diego has been cut.
Diego makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Robbins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diego's elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diego throws an elbow but misses.
Diego struggles to land a body shot inside as Robbins controls his hands.
Robbins tries a body shot but Diego blocks it.
Robbins scores with a shoulder strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Robbins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diego lands a hook that snaps the head of Robbins backwards.
Robbins misses with a punch on the inside.
Robbins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Robbins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Robbins struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
Diego tries to throw a body punch but Robbins avoids it by throwing Diego back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robbins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diego lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
Robbins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diego misses with an elbow over the top.
Robbins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diego pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diego throws a head punch that misses.
Diego lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robbins backwards.
Robbins lands a left hand.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Diego tries to throw a body punch but Robbins avoids it by throwing Diego back against the cage.
Robbins prevents a body shot from Diego.
Robbins lands an uppercut.
Diego lands an uppercut.
Robbins can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
Robbins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diego lands an uppercut.
Robbins lands an uppercut.
Diego lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diego throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Robbins fails to land.
Diego lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Robbins misses with the head strike.
Robbins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Robbins's head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Robbins blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Diego.
Robbins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diego lands an elbow inside that Robbins shrugs off.
It looks like Marty Robbins has been cut.
Robbins digs a right hand into Diego's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diego's gas tank.
Robbins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Robbins.
Good body shot from Robbins.
Robbins misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diego lands a body punch in the clinch.
Robbins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Robbins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Robbins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Marty Robbins will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A left lands for Diego.
Diego lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Robbins circles away quickly and effectively.
Robbins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diego, pushing him back against the cage.
Diego gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Robbins blocks the elbow strike.
Robbins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robbins misses with a body punch.
Robbins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Robbins tries to work over Diego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Robbins misses with a punch to the body.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Robbins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robbins misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Robbins lands an elbow just above Diego 's eye.
Diego manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Robbins tries a body shot but Diego blocks it.
Robbins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Robbins misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Diego.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Robbins struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
Robbins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diego lands an elbow that stopped Robbins in his tracks for a moment.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Robbins misses with a body punch.
Robbins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robbins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robbins blocks a low kick nicely.
Robbins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Robbins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Robbins tries a body shot but Diego blocks it.
Robbins blocks a body shot from Diego.
Robbins avoids the elbow strike from Diego, against the cage.
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Robbins's head.
Diego scores with a nice hook to the head.
Robbins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Robbins takes an elbow to the temple.
Marty Robbins's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diego misses with an elbow strike.
Robbins blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Robbins misses with a punch to the body.
Robbins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Diego has a couple of punches blocked by Robbins.
Robbins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Diego.
Robbins scores with a shot to the side of Diego's head.
Robbins prevents a body shot from Diego.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robbins breaks the clinch.
A big left from Robbins misses.
Robbins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diego tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good shot there by Robbins.
Diego throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Robbins on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Diego.
Robbins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diego checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Diego thows a left - swing and a miss!
Robbins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dwan Diego will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Diego connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Robbins momentarily.
Diego displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robbins throws out the jab.
Robbins wants to clinch up but Diego keeps it at a distance.
Diego throws a chopping leg kick but Robbins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Diego lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Robbins lands with a cross.
Robbins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch but Robbins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robbins.
Diego swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Robbins rushes Diego and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Robbins has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
Diego misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Robbins's head.
Diego avoids the elbow strike from Robbins, against the cage.
Robbins misses with a punch to the body.
Diego throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diego taking a breather.
Robbins lands an elbow that stopped Diego in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robbins breaks the clinch.
Diego jabs Robbins right on the nose. Robbins blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Diego is looking to slow Robbins down with leg kicks.
Diego bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diego closes the distance and pushes Robbins back into the cage.
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robbins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diego takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Diego prevents a body shot from Robbins.
A head punch on the inside from Robbins fails to land.
Robbins lands an uppercut.
Diego lands with a short shot to the head.
Robbins lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Robbins throws an elbow but misses.
Robbins breaks the clinch.
Diego with a nice calf kick.
Diego lands a nice hook to Robbins's body. Robbins takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robbins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diego throws out a leg kick but Robbins moves out of range and Diego only half commits.
Robbins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robbins.
Diego misses with a looping left.
Diego throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Robbins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Robbins throws a low kick but Diego moves out of range easily.
Diego jabs Robbins right on the nose. Robbins blinks but takes it well.
Diego slips a straight right by Robbins.
Diego throws a push kick but Robbins slaps the foot to one side.
Robbins scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diego clinches.
Diego looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Robbins presses Diego against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robbins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Diego.
A nice right hand lands inside from Robbins.
Robbins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Robbins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Marty Robbins did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Robbins takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Diego misses with a looping left.
Diego keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Robbins.
Robbins's corner calls for a 1-2. Robbins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diego avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diego is looking to land body kicks.
Dwan Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diego moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Diego was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diego.
Diego wants to clinch up but Robbins keeps it at a distance.
Diego lands a leg kick that knocks Robbins off balance momentarily.
Robbins clinches with his opponent.
Diego lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robbins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robbins lands a nice uppercut.
Diego blocks a body shot from Robbins.
Diego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Robbins.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diego throws an elbow but it misses.
Robbins tries to circle away but Diego has him pinned against the cage.
A short right from Robbins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robbins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robbins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Diego.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diego.
Robbins blocks an uppercut.
Robbins throws a punch but it's blocked by Diego.
Diego lands with a left to the head.
Robbins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Robbins lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Dwan Diego's cut even more.
Diego cracks Robbins with a nice body shot.
Diego is trying to stall.
Robbins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Robbins lands a body shot.
Diego is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A short uppercut from Robbins.
Robbins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diego throws an elbow but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Robbins as Diego tries to tie him up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Robbins.
Robbins avoids a wild elbow strike from Diego.
Robbins manages to break the clinch.
Robbins blocks a low kick nicely.
Diego cracks Robbins with a good jab.
Robbins instigates a clinch.
Robbins lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diego throws an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Robbins.
Robbins lands a nice shot to the body.
Diego comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Robbins pushes Diego back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Robbins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robbins tries a body shot but Diego blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hand to the body from Robbins.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robbins.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego takes an elbow to the temple.
Robbins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marty Robbins had his way with Dwan Diego in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Robbins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Robbins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diego.
Diego throws a low kick but it's checked well by Robbins.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diego.
Dwan Diego seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Robbins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Diego lands a nice leg kick that just misses Robbins's sensitive parts.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Robbins tests Diego's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Robbins walks into a left hand.
Robbins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Robbins throws a head kick that misses.
Robbins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robbins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Robbins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diego.
Diego keeps the fight on the outside.
Diego fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Robbins checks it well.
As Diego backs away, Robbins returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Robbins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diego.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Robbins.
Robbins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Robbins thuds his right hand into Diego's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Diego moves into range and clinches up with Robbins.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Robbins uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
Robbins misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diego.
Robbins throws an elbow but it misses.
Robbins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robbins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diego lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Diego.
Nice body punch from Robbins.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Diego's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robbins can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
Diego lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego tries to throw a body punch but Robbins avoids it by throwing Diego back against the cage.
Diego misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
Robbins tries to throw a body punch but Diego avoids it by throwing Robbins back against the cage.
Robbins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Robbins throws an elbow but misses.
Diego looking to stall.
Diego lands with a short shot to the head.
Robbins dodges an elbow strike from Diego.
Robbins manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diego darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diego connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Diego gets tackled into the cage by Robbins. Robbins maintains the clinch.
Robbins can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
Robbins blocking some punches.
A short right from Diego.
A shot in the inside from Diego.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robbins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dwan Diego.
I think Robbins 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Marty Robbins!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Marty Robbins!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight as a draw!
Marty Robbins wins by majority decision!
Marty Robbins retains his middleweight title!
Marty Robbins seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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