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AKF 44 | Beukeboom vs. Cobb 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zacharias Kassicus (ranked 21902 p4p, 2078 weight class) and Poto Tupu Jr (ranked 738 p4p, 293 weight class). Poto Tupu Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zacharias Kassicus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Poto Tupu Jr!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tupu Jr wants to clinch.
Kassicus lands a jab to the nose.
Nice defenses there by Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr walks into a stiff left hand from Kassicus.
Kassicus throws a lazy right hand but Tupu Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tupu Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tupu Jr forces Kassicus back against the ropes and clinches.
Tupu Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tupu Jr working aggressively here.
Tupu Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Kassicus uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kassicus has a couple of punches blocked by Tupu Jr.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kassicus.
Kassicus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kassicus prevents a body shot from Tupu Jr.
Kassicus is trying to push Tupu Jr away but Tupu Jr has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
I was talking to Kassicus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupu Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tupu Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kassicus backwards.
Kassicus throws a head punch that misses.
Kassicus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tupu Jr lands a left hand.
Tupu Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Tupu Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tupu Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kassicus doesn't seem bothered though.
A telegraphed right hand from Kassicus misses the target.
Tupu Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tupu Jr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kassicus throws a body punch but Tupu Jr moves out of range.
Tupu Jr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tupu Jr lands a hook that snaps the head of Kassicus backwards.
Kassicus misses with a punch on the inside.
Kassicus misses with a punch to the body.
Kassicus has a couple of punches blocked by Tupu Jr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tupu Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kassicus lands a right hook to the body.
Tupu Jr throws the left hand but Kassicus avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kassicus lands with a nice combination. Tupu Jr backs away looking to recover.
That kick from Tupu Jr tenderised Kassicus's leg. Kassicus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kassicus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tupu Jr missing with a left hand there. Kassicus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kassicus lands a lovely overhand right.
Kassicus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tupu Jr throws out the jab.
Tupu Jr avoids the body shot from Kassicus.
Tupu Jr misses with a kick to the body.
Tupu Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kassicus appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tupu Jr looks to land a body kick but Kassicus moved away.
Kassicus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tupu Jr.
Poto Tupu Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tupu Jr lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tupu Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kassicus.
Tupu Jr throws a lazy right hand but Kassicus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kassicus connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tupu Jr's hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tupu Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kassicus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr ducks right into an uppercut from Kassicus.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Zacharias Kassicus will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kassicus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zacharias Kassicus is winning the standup battle so far.
Kassicus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kassicus counters with a left to the body.
Kassicus throws a shot from downtown. Tupu Jr moves away and avoids it.
Kassicus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kassicus throws a big shot that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kassicus.
Tupu Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tupu Jr loads up on a big right hand but Kassicus slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Kassicus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kassicus staying out of range there.
Tupu Jr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tupu Jr tries a low kick but Kassicus avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tupu Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kassicus.
Tupu Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Kassicus off the ropes and back into range.
Tupu Jr is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tupu Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kassicus ducks under a wild hook from Tupu Jr.
Kassicus tests Tupu Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tupu Jr tries to land a leg kick but Kassicus saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupu Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tupu Jr slips under a jab.
Tupu Jr appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tupu Jr is looking to land body kicks.
Kassicus moves out of range as Tupu Jr strikes.
Kassicus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tupu Jr is looking to clinch.
Kassicus scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
 It looks like Poto Tupu Jr has been cut.
Kassicus lands an overhand right.
Kassicus lands a nice looking body shot.
Kassicus avoids the head kick by Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr ducks under a wild hook from Kassicus.
Tupu Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kassicus moves away.
Tupu Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kassicus manages to avoid it.
Kassicus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr misses with a body shot.
Tupu Jr closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kassicus lands with a right hand.
Tupu Jr throws a body punch but Kassicus moves out of range.
Kassicus swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kassicus misses with a hook. Tupu Jr ducked under it nicely.
Kassicus cracks Tupu Jr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Kassicus works over Tupu Jr's head and body with a nice combination.
Kassicus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tupu Jr misses with a looping left.
Tupu Jr throws a leg kick that misses.
Kassicus is looking to counter punch.
Kassicus throws a hook to the side of Tupu Jr's head but Tupu Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tupu Jr throws out a loose jab but Kassicus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tupu Jr moves into range and clinches up with Kassicus.
Kassicus blocks a body shot from Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kassicus seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tupu Jr can turn it around.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kassicus.
A short body shot lands from Tupu Jr as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tupu Jr lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tupu Jr prevents Kassicus from breaking the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Tupu Jr.
Nice body punch from Tupu Jr - that landed with a thud.
Tupu Jr gets through Kassicus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tupu Jr scores with a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zacharias Kassicus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Poto Tupu Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tupu Jr looks to land a left hand but Kassicus moved out of range nicely.
Poto Tupu Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tupu Jr throws a head kick but Kassicus moves out of range.
Kassicus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tupu Jr.
Kassicus loads up on a big right hand but Tupu Jr slips the punch.
Tupu Jr clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Kassicus fails to land.
Tupu Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kassicuss head.
Tupu Jr avoiding damage as Kassicus throws knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tupu Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kassicus misses with a punch on the inside.
Kassicus blocking some punches.
Tupu Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Tupu Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kassicus backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tupu Jr digs a right hand into Kassicus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kassicus's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Kassicus fails to land.
A short right from Kassicus.
Tupu Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kassicus blocks a body shot from Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kassicus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupu Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kassicus or not.
A short left from Tupu Jr.
 It looks like Zacharias Kassicus has been cut.
A short left from Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr tries to throw a body punch but Kassicus avoids it by throwing Tupu Jr back against the ropes.
Kassicus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tupu Jr is defending well for now.
Tupu Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kassicus moves away from the strike by Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kassicus. That did some damage!
Tupu Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tupu Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Tupu Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tupu Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kassicus.
Tupu Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kassicus backwards.
A hook to the body from Tupu Jr.
Tupu Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tupu Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tupu Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tupu Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Kassicus throws a looping overhand right but Tupu Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Tupu Jr scores with a head kick.
 Kassicus is rocked!
Kassicus tries to get into range but Tupu Jr steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Kassicus! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Tupu Jr scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Poto Tupu Jr!
Our winner, Poto Tupu Jr, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Kamaru Umuhoza (ranked 24626 p4p, 22876 weight class) and Alejandro Sepulveda (ranked 536 p4p, 505 weight class). Umuhoza comes to the ring accompanied by 2Pac- Only God Can Judge Me. Sepulveda has chosen Lady Gaga - Alejandro as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Alejandro Sepulveda has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kamaru Umuhoza's chin.
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Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kamaru Umuhoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 36 - 2, fighting out of New York, Alejandro Sepulveda!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sepulveda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Umuhoza.
Sepulveda looks for the body kick but Umuhoza saw that one coming.
Umuhoza swinging wildly here.
Umuhoza throws a hook but Sepulveda avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Umuhoza.
Sepulveda takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sepulveda takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good leg kick by Umuhoza.
Sepulveda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Umuhoza tries to land a front kick but Sepulveda steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Umuhoza takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sepulveda throws out a loose jab but Umuhoza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sepulveda takes a swing at Umuhoza's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Umuhoza throws a body shot but no joy.
Umuhoza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umuhoza misses with a low kick as Sepulveda jumps back.
Sepulveda misses with a wild body shot.
Umuhoza feints and then cracks Sepulveda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sepulveda down.
Umuhoza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Umuhoza with the inside leg kick.
Umuhoza takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Umuhoza works Sepulveda's body with a nice hook.
Umuhoza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sepulveda momentarily.
Sepulveda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Umuhoza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sepulveda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Umuhoza avoids a kick to the body.
Sepulveda misses with a body shot.
Umuhoza looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sepulveda misses the body punch
and Umuhoza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sepulveda scores with the left hand. Umuhoza knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Alejandro Sepulveda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Umuhoza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Umuhoza lands with an uppercut that bounces Sepulveda off the ropes and back into range.
Good shot there by Umuhoza.
Sepulveda moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sepulveda misses with a wild body shot.
A quick step to the side and Umuhoza tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sepulveda throws a hook but Umuhoza avoids it easily.
Sepulveda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Umuhoza.
Kamaru Umuhoza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sepulveda gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Umuhoza counter with a right hand.
That kick from Umuhoza tenderised Sepulveda's leg. Sepulveda is trying to keep his angry face on.
Umuhoza throws a solid leg kick but Sepulveda takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Umuhoza.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Umuhoza throws a head kick but Sepulveda moves out of range.
Umuhoza throws a series of punches but Sepulveda avoids them all with ease.
Sepulveda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Umuhoza throws a counter high kick but Sepulveda was just alert enough to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Umuhoza.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kamaru Umuhoza dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Sepulveda takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sepulveda throws a sloppy body shot
and Umuhoza counters with a stiff right hand.
Umuhoza moves out of range of the strikes.
Umuhoza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sepulveda misses with a looping right.
Sepulveda has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Umuhoza.
Sepulveda throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Umuhoza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A telegraphed right hand from Sepulveda misses the target.
Umuhoza went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sepulveda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Umuhoza manages to avoid it.
Umuhoza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sepulveda throws a leg kick but Umuhoza moved away.
Sepulveda blocks a head kick by Umuhoza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sepulveda just misses with a punch to the body.
Sepulveda turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sepulveda looks for the body kick but Umuhoza saw that one coming.
Umuhoza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sepulveda.
Umuhoza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.
Sepulveda tries to land a body kick
and Umuhoza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Umuhoza connects with a solid leg kick.
Sepulveda looks to land a right hand but Umuhoza moved out of range.
Sepulveda thuds his shin into the meat of Umuhoza's side.
Kamaru Umuhoza is winning the standup battle so far.
Sepulveda is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Umuhoza lands with a straight right. Sepulveda didn't see that one coming.
Sepulveda scores with a jab to the body.
Umuhoza scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sepulveda misses the body punch
and Sepulveda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Umuhoza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sepulveda can do to turn this around?
A jab from Sepulveda misses.
Sepulveda takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Umuhoza lands with a shot to the body.
Umuhoza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sepulveda will feel that in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda throws a sloppy body shot
and Umuhoza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sepulveda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sepulveda swings for the body but Umuhoza moves out of range.
Umuhoza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sepulveda.
Sepulveda chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Umuhoza can pounce on him.
Umuhoza throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Umuhoza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Umuhoza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sepulveda misses with a low kick as Umuhoza jumps back.
Umuhoza lands with a right hand.
Umuhoza throws a leg kick but Sepulveda checks it.
Sepulveda throws the kick towards the body but Umuhoza avoids it.
Umuhoza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Umuhoza blocks a low kick nicely.
Umuhoza checks a low kick from Sepulveda.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kamaru Umuhoza dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice shot lands for Umuhoza.
Umuhoza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Umuhoza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sepulveda keeps Umuhoza at a distance using the push kick.
Umuhoza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
A lazy left from Sepulveda finds it's target.
Sepulveda misses the body punch
and Umuhoza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Umuhoza connects with a leg kick.
Umuhoza avoids the body shot from Sepulveda.
Umuhoza connects with a body shot.
Umuhoza bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sepulveda's head.
Umuhoza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sepulveda doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sepulveda stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Umuhoza.
Sepulveda just misses with a punch to the body.
Umuhoza lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umuhoza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
It looked like Umuhoza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Umuhoza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Umuhoza scores with a jab.
Sepulveda has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Umuhoza with a hook.
Umuhoza scores with a nice right hand.
Umuhoza moves forwards but Sepulveda connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Umuhoza tries a head kick but it misses.
Alejandro Sepulveda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Umuhoza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Umuhoza.
Sepulveda jabs Umuhoza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Umuhoza connects with a crisp jab.
Sepulveda lands a jab to Umuhoza's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sepulveda blocks a head kick by Umuhoza.
Sepulveda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umuhoza takes one to the side of the head.
A shot to the body from Sepulveda misses
and Umuhoza counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Umuhoza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
Umuhoza fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sepulveda just manages to avoid it.
Sepulveda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Umuhoza was well out of range. Poor timing from Sepulveda.
A jab from Sepulveda misses.
Umuhoza misses with the combination.
Umuhoza stuns Sepulveda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sepulveda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Umuhoza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sepulveda's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Umuhoza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kamaru Umuhoza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Umuhoza with a jab.
Umuhoza scores with a nice right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kamaru Umuhoza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Umuhoza has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kamaru Umuhoza!
A very excited looking Kamaru Umuhoza made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nenad Jovanovic (ranked 5973 p4p, 2277 weight class) and Harold Zoid (ranked 633 p4p, 296 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Nenad Jovanovic has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nenad Jovanovic seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nenad Jovanovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Zoid!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jovanovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zoid moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Zoid misses.
Jovanovic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zoid throws a hook but Jovanovic avoids it easily.
Zoid misses with a low kick as Jovanovic jumps back.
Jovanovic throws a good cross that connects.
Jovanovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Zoid as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Nenad Jovanovic has been cut.
Zoid takes one to the side of the head.
Jovanovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zoid swings widly with a right hand
and Jovanovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zoid has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zoid there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jovanovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Zoid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zoid throws a push kick but Jovanovic slaps the foot to one side.
Jovanovic moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jovanovic ducks under a wild hook from Zoid.
Jovanovic walks into a stiff left hand from Zoid.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovic throws a looping overhand right but Zoid ducks down to avoid it.
Zoid throws out a counter right but Jovanovic avoids it with no problem.
Zoid throws a hook but Jovanovic blocks it.
Zoid throws a hook but Jovanovic avoids it easily.
Jovanovic slips a jab from Zoid.
Zoid scores with a sloppy right hand. Jovanovic should have avoided that one.
Jovanovic clobbers Zoid with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zoid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jovanovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jovanovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big left from Zoid misses.
Jovanovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zoid throws out the jab.
Zoid scores with a body shot.
Zoid works Jovanovic's body with a nice hook.
Zoid tries to keep at a distance but Jovanovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zoid prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Jovanovic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zoid's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zoid misses with a kick to the body.
Jovanovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zoid.
Zoid is looking to chop away at Jovanovic's legs.
Zoid looks to score with a jab to the body but Jovanovic is just out of range.
It looked like Jovanovic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zoid walks into a jab.
Jovanovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Zoid now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jovanovic misses with an uppercut. Zoid saw that one coming.
Zoid misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jovanovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little jabbing left from Zoid on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zoid drops his hands momentarily and Jovanovic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zoid rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jovanovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Harold Zoid will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nenad Jovanovic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Zoid lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Zoid misses with a straight right.
Jovanovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jovanovic wants to clinch up but Zoid keeps it at a distance.
Jovanovic clobbers Zoid with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zoid misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zoid swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jovanovic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jovanovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zoid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jovanovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zoid can pounce on him.
Jovanovic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zoid on the side of the head.
It looks like Jovanovic has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Zoid throws a hook but Jovanovic blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jovanovic lunges at Zoid with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zoid's hand.
Jovanovic lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zoid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jovanovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Zoid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoid misses with the combination.
Zoid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jovanovic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jovanovic darts in and clinches Zoid up against the ropes.
Jovanovic misses with a punch to the body.
Jovanovic keeps control of Zoid as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zoid.
Zoid looking to slow down the pace here.
Zoid is looking to break free of the clinch but Jovanovic has double underhooks.
Jovanovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zoid blocking some punches.
Zoid pushes Jovanovic back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Jovanovic.
Zoid taking a breather.
Jovanovic tries to throw a body punch but Zoid avoids it by throwing Jovanovic back against the ropes.
Zoid's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zoid manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zoid throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jovanovic counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jovanovic cracks Zoid with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jovanovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zoid was well out of range. Poor timing from Jovanovic.
Zoid looks to land a left hand but Jovanovic moved out of range nicely.
Zoid falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jovanovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jovanovic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zoid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jovanovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Zoid.
Jovanovic slips under a jab.
Zoid lands a nice shot that snaps Jovanovic's head back.
Zoid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harold Zoid seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A clash of legs there as Jovanovic blocks the low kick.
Zoid misses with a lunging right hand
and Jovanovic counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jovanovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Zoid circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nenad Jovanovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nenad Jovanovic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jovanovic clinches up against the ropes.
Jovanovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jovanovic misses with a punch to the body.
Jovanovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zoid's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic has a couple of punches blocked by Zoid.
A short left from Jovanovic.
 Zoid is rocked!
Jovanovic prevents Zoid from breaking the clinch.
Zoid is still on wobbly legs! Can Jovanovic finish him?
Zoid wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jovanovic keeps control of Zoid as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jovanovic misses with a punch to the body.
Jovanovic pushes Zoid back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Zoid seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice body punch from Jovanovic - that landed with a thud.
Jovanovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Nenad Jovanovic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jovanovic tries to work over Zoid's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jovanovic can't find room to land a body shot as Zoid controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zoid can't break the clinch.
Jovanovic is working Zoid over against the ropes.
Jovanovic is working Zoid over against the ropes.
Zoid takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jovanovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jovanovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zoid's elbow.
Jovanovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jovanovic can't find room to land a body shot as Zoid controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zoid takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Jovanovic.
A left hand lands to the body for Jovanovic.
Jovanovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jovanovic lands a right hand.
Jovanovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zoid backwards.
Jovanovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zoid can do to turn this around?
Jovanovic breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Zoid with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Zoid looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Zoid get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nenad Jovanovic!
A relieved looking Nenad Jovanovic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Remy Bose (ranked 23769 p4p, 1298 weight class) and Whealer Van Hire (ranked 523 p4p, 147 weight class). Bose kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is We paid by 42 Doug . Van Hire comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BMF kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Remy Bose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Whealer Van Hire!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bose cracks a nice hook into Van Hire's ribs.
Van Hire moves out of range as Bose strikes.
Van Hire wants to clinch.
Bose throws a hook but Van Hire avoids it easily.
Bose fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Hire manages to avoid it.
Van Hire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Van Hire slips under a jab from Bose.
A little jabbing left from Van Hire on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bose throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Hire.
Despite the aggression on Van Hire's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bose moves into the clinch.
Bose tries to work over Van Hire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bose pushes Van Hire back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bose presses Van Hire against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Bose fails to land.
Van Hire's coach down at BEAR JEW'S was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Van Hire's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Van Hire lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bose backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bose swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Hire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bose struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Hire controls his hands.
Van Hire working aggressively here.
Bose tries to throw a body punch but Van Hire avoids it by throwing Bose back against the ropes.
Bose throws a head punch that misses.
Bose lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Hire.
Bose lands an uppercut.
Bose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Hire backwards.
Bose throws a head punch that misses.
Bose tries to throw a body punch but Van Hire avoids it by throwing Bose back against the ropes.
Bose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Hire prevents a body shot from Bose.
Van Hire lands with a light punch inside.
Van Hire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bose's elbow.
Bose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Hire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bose lands an uppercut.
Van Hire working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Bose.
Van Hire has a couple of punches blocked by Bose.
Bose lands a body punch in the clinch.
Van Hire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Hire blocks an uppercut.
Bose throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bose blocks a body shot from Van Hire.
Van Hire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bose goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Hire tries a body shot but Bose blocks it.
Bose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Hire tries to work over Bose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bose throws a head punch that misses.
Bose working aggressively here.
Van Hire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Van Hire takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Remy Bose dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bose throws the left hand but Van Hire avoids the punch easily.
Bose scores with a body shot.
A slow jab from Bose misses its intended target.
Bose takes a swing at Van Hire's ribcage but misses.
Bose throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Hire takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Remy Bose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bose misses with a hook to the body
and Van Hire counters with a nice body shot.
Bose misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Hire blocks a jab.
Van Hire throws out a counter right but Bose avoids it with no problem.
Bose connects with a body shot that sends Van Hire's belly button to the back.
Van Hire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bose.
Van Hire throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A quick step to the side and Bose tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bose misses with a body shot.
As Bose backs off Van Hire throws a huge counter combo but Bose manages to avoid it all.
Bose seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Van Hire throws a head kick that misses
and Bose counters with a nice body shot.
Bose moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bose throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bose is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Hire can do to turn this around?
Bose feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Van Hires jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bose looks to land a left hand but Van Hire moved out of range nicely.
Van Hire throws a hook but Bose blocks it.
Van Hire misses with a body kick.
Bose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Hire.
Van Hire is trying to counter with his kicks.
Bose lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Hire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bose paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Hire tries to close the distance and clinch but Bose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bose misses with a straight right.
Van Hire throws a head kick that half lands.
Van Hire tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bose misses with a wild body shot.
Van Hire let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Remy Bose is winning the standup battle so far.
Bose fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Van Hire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bose takes a swing at Van Hire's ribcage but misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bose, as that shot connected.
Van Hire loads up on a big right hand but Bose slips the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Remy Bose dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Bose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Van Hire was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bose misses with a body shot
and Van Hire counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Van Hire darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bose is looking to wear down Van Hire with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Hire doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A head kick misses from Van Hire.
Good exchange - Bose coming out on top.
Whealer Van Hire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bose misses the shot to the body.
Bose misses with a body shot.
Van Hire tries to counter with a clinch but Bose shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Hire throws a body punch but Bose moves out of range.
Bose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Hire unleashes a big counter combination but Bose bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Van Hire shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hire takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Van Hire stuns Bose with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bose misses the shot to the body.
Van Hire is trying to counter with his kicks.
Van Hire tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Bose manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bose swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bose connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Van Hire ducks under a wild hook from Bose.
Bose lands a jab to the nose.
Bose throws a sloppy body shot
letting Van Hire counter with a right hand.
Bose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Hire thinks about the counter body kick.
Van Hire has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Hire.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Hire's elbow.
Bose tries a body shot but Van Hire blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Hire.
Van Hire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bose lands an elbow inside that Van Hire shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bose lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Hire blocks the elbow strike.
Bose gets through Van Hire's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Hire scores with a shoulder strike.
Bose pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van Hire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Hire throws a head punch that misses.
Van Hire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bose backwards.
Van Hire scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Hire lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Van Hire blocks an uppercut.
Van Hire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
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 Remy Bose.
Well Bose has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Remy Bose!
Remy Bose very nearly forgot to thank UnderGround Supplements amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ronnie Dale Boudreaux (ranked 21170 p4p, 3386 weight class) and Dave Wearmouth (ranked 698 p4p, 420 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Boudreaux might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ronnie Dale Boudreaux is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ronnie Dale Boudreaux !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Wearmouth!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boudreaux lands with an overhand left.
Boudreaux checks a low kick from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth throws a nice head kick!
Boudreaux takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wearmouth wants to land a leg kick but Boudreaux is out of range.
Boudreaux has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A big right from Boudreaux misses.
Wearmouth unleashes a big counter combination but Boudreaux bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Boudreaux getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wearmouth looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Boudreaux 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wearmouth under the eye.
Wearmouth takes a swing at Boudreaux 's ribcage but misses.
Boudreaux tried to counter with a leg kick but Wearmouth avoided it.
Wearmouth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boudreaux takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wearmouth shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boudreaux bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wearmouth's head backwards.
Wearmouth throws a jab when Boudreaux was well out of range.
Boudreaux sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Boudreaux scores with a kick to the body.
Boudreaux scores with the left hand. Wearmouth knows he should have avoided that one.
A combination from Wearmouth does no damage.
Wearmouth walks into a jab.
Boudreaux tries a head kick but it misses.
Boudreaux ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boudreaux lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wearmouth will feel that in the morning.
Wearmouth misses with a straight left.
Boudreaux throws a counter high kick but Wearmouth was just alert enough to avoid it.
A jab from Boudreaux does it's job there.
Boudreaux steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wearmouth.
Boudreaux throws a hook but Wearmouth blocks it.
Boudreaux is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Boudreaux throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wearmouth.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Boudreaux .
Wearmouth throws a big counter head kick but Boudreaux avoids it with no problem.
Wearmouth attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Boudreaux swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Boudreaux smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wearmouth tests Boudreaux 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boudreaux lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wearmouth's sensitive parts.
Boudreaux throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wearmouth replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Boudreaux blocks it well.
Wearmouth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Boudreaux .
A punch combination from Wearmouth misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wearmouth slips a jab and a cross from Boudreaux .
Boudreaux thumps Wearmouth with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth misses the jab.
Boudreaux misses with a wild body shot.
Boudreaux lands with a slapping head kick.
Boudreaux throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wearmouth with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Boudreaux to score with a decent uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Boudreaux .
Boudreaux lands a high kick!
Boudreaux dodges the punch combination from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Boudreaux can pounce on him.
Wearmouth takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wearmouth will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donk. Wearmouth catches Boudreaux right on the button with a cross.
Wearmouth walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Boudreaux checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wearmouth is looking to chop away at Boudreaux 's legs.
Boudreaux lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Boudreaux lands a nice looking body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Boudreaux pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wearmouth buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Boudreaux checks a leg kick.
A jab from Boudreaux finds it's way through Wearmouth's defenses.
Boudreaux tests Wearmouth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wearmouth throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wearmouth moves out of range of the strikes.
A low kick from Wearmouth misses
and Boudreaux counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wearmouth. Boudreaux does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boudreaux lands a body shot.
Wearmouth walks into a stiff left hand from Boudreaux .
Boudreaux fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wearmouth on the side of the head.
Wearmouth throws a head kick that misses.
Wearmouth is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Boudreaux .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Wearmouth 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Boudreaux .
Boudreaux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wearmouth takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wearmouth throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boudreaux scores with a decent looking hook.
Wearmouth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boudreaux manages to avoid it.
Wearmouth lands a body shot.
Wearmouth throws a sloppy head kick and Boudreaux moves out of range easily.
Boudreaux thuds his right hand into Wearmouth's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice cross by Boudreaux .
Wearmouth has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wearmouth cracks Boudreaux with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice shot by Boudreaux .
Wearmouth misses with a head kick.
Boudreaux explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wearmouth takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boudreaux throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth tries a low kick but Boudreaux avoids it.
Boudreaux jabs Wearmouth right on the nose. Wearmouth blinks but takes it well.
Boudreaux stuns Wearmouth with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Boudreaux has managed to clinch.
Wearmouth throws a punch but it's blocked by Boudreaux .
Wearmouth throws a punch but it's blocked by Boudreaux .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boudreaux lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wearmouth working aggressively here.
Wearmouth throws a head punch that misses.
Wearmouth tries a knee to the head but Boudreaux blocks it.
Boudreaux 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wearmouth takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wearmouth is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Boudreaux .
Boudreaux throws a head kick that Wearmouth semi-blocks.
Wearmouth loads up on a big right hand but Boudreaux slips the punch.
Boudreaux fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Boudreaux stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wearmouth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Boudreaux wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boudreaux with a nice cross.
Wearmouth digs a good body shot into Boudreaux 's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boudreaux throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Boudreaux . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Boudreaux .
Boudreaux lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Boudreaux takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux dominated that second round.
That's time! Boudreaux 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Boudreaux scores with a decent looking hook.
Dave Wearmouth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boudreaux lands a nice shot that snaps Wearmouth's head back.
Nice straight punches there by Boudreaux . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Boudreaux .
Wearmouth bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boudreaux 's head backwards.
Wearmouth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wearmouth misses with a leg kick
and Boudreaux counters with a nice uppercut.
Boudreaux swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boudreaux blocks a jab.
Wearmouth takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Boudreaux wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boudreaux lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wearmouth's sensitive parts.
Boudreaux lands a lovely overhand right.
Wearmouth connects with a jab.
Wearmouth gets tackled into the ropes by Boudreaux . Boudreaux maintains the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Boudreaux just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wearmouth's brow.
A hook to the body from Wearmouth.
Boudreaux throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boudreaux lands a nice shot to the body.
Wearmouth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wearmouth takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Boudreaux manages to break the clinch.
Boudreaux is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wearmouth can do to turn this around?
Boudreaux lands a jab to the head.
Boudreaux connects with a right hand. Wearmouth shakes it off.
Boudreaux 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wearmouth under the eye.
Wearmouth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wearmouth misses with a kick to the body
and Boudreaux counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boudreaux lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Boudreaux tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boudreaux throws a sloppy head kick and Wearmouth moves out of range easily.
Wearmouth misses with a double jab
and Boudreaux makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Boudreaux tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wearmouth manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wearmouth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boudreaux feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Boudreaux throws 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!
A solid leg kick lands there for Boudreaux .
Nice jab there from Boudreaux .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boudreaux lands the left hand.
Wearmouth takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wearmouth lands a leg kick that knocks Boudreaux off balance momentarily.
Wearmouth throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wearmouth. Boudreaux does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Boudreaux .
Boudreaux fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wearmouth's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Boudreaux connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wearmouth scrambles back to his feet.
Wearmouth fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boudreaux on the side of the head.
Boudreaux connects with a right hand. Wearmouth shakes it off.
Boudreaux throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Boudreaux throws a good cross that connects.
No joy there for Boudreaux , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wearmouth feints a counter leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wearmouth takes one on the button.
Wearmouth's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Boudreaux lands a leg kick that knocks Wearmouth off balance momentarily.
Boudreaux throws a nice head kick!
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boudreaux 's corner calls for a 1-2. Boudreaux obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Boudreaux has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronnie Dale Boudreaux !
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 22512 p4p, 3722 weight class) and Kris Jakua (ranked 663 p4p, 397 weight class). Salamanca comes to the ring accompanied by Superstar Cypress Hill. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kris Jakua!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salamanca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jakua is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Jakua ducks down to avoid it.
Jakua let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jakua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Salamanca wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab lands there for Salamanca.
Salamanca paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jakua blocks a leg kick.
Jakua doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Marco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Salamanca.
Salamanca tries to score with a low kick but Jakua moves his leg out of the way.
Jakua doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Salamanca throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jakua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jakua moves into the clinch.
Salamanca breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jakua works over Salamanca's head and body with a nice combination.
Salamanca takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jakua is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Salamanca connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jakua. Jakua circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Salamanca dodges the punch combination from Jakua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca sizes up Jakua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Salamanca throws a shot to the body.
Salamanca tests Jakua's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Jakua is just out of range.
Jakua rushes Salamanca and presses him up against the ropes.
Salamanca pushes Jakua back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jakua.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jakua.
Salamanca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jakua lands a body shot.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. Jakua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looks like Salamanca has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Salamanca throws out a powerful jab.
Jakua misses the shot to the body.
Salamanca appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca scores with a leg kick.
Salamanca pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jakua is out of range and Salamanca settles back down.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Jakua ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca looks to throw the jab but Jakua is out of range.
Salamanca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salamanca avoids the body shot from Jakua.
Jakua bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salamanca's head backwards.
Salamanca throws an overhand right that lands on Jakua's shoulder, as Jakua tries to avoid the shot.
Jakua scores with a punch to the head.
Salamanca thows a body kick. Jakua tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jakua fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Salamanca listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jakua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jakua takes a swing at Salamanca's ribcage but misses.
Salamanca tries to score with a low kick but Jakua moves his leg out of the way.
A countering left hand to the body from Jakua misses.
Jakua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Jakua ducks down to avoid it.
Jakua tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Salamanca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salamanca lands with a right hand.
Jakua lands a nice looking body shot.
Salamanca digs a good body shot into Jakua's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Salamanca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. Jakua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot by Salamanca.
Salamanca misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jakua! But no joy.
Jakua lands with a hook. Salamanca tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab lands there for Salamanca.
Jakua tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Salamanca.
Jakua avoids the head kick by Salamanca.
Jakua tries to clinch up.
Salamanca connects with an inside leg kick.
Salamanca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jakua! But no joy.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Salamanca takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salamanca throws a punch but it's blocked by Jakua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca manages to break the clinch.
Jakua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Salamanca sizes up Jakua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jakua moves into the clinch.
Salamanca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jakua throws a jab but it's blocked by Salamanca.
Jakua lands a right hook to the body.
Salamanca throws a lazy right hand but Jakua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good leg kick by Salamanca.
Salamanca throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jakua throws a body shot but no joy.
Salamanca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salamanca drops his hands momentarily and Jakua takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Jakua.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca throws the kick towards the body but Jakua avoids it.
Salamanca with a jab.
Jakua cracks Salamanca with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakua tries to clinch but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jakua looks to clinch
enabling Salamanca to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Salamanca. That snapped Jakua's head back.
Salamanca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca throws a head kick but Jakua moves out of range.
No joy there for Jakua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jakua just misses with a punch to the body.
Jakua's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sloppy strikes from Jakua. Those never looked like landing.
Jakua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salamanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Jakua.
Salamanca throwing a counter right hand but Jakua manages to avoid it.
Salamanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Jakua misses.
Salamanca wants to land a leg kick but Jakua is out of range.
Salamanca swats away the attempt to clinch by Jakua.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca throws a lazy uppercut
and Jakua counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jakua blocks a jab.
Salamanca lands with a nice body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca dominated that second round.
That's time! Salamanca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jakua misses with the combination.
A quick step to the side and Salamanca tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jakua throws a series of punches but Salamanca avoids them all with ease.
Jakua blocks the body kick.
Salamanca scores with a sloppy right hand. Jakua should have avoided that one.
Jakua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Salamanca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salamanca throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marco Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.
Jakua is looking to clinch but Salamanca is avoiding it.
Jakua takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jakua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salamanca misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salamanca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jakua can do to turn this around?
Jakua takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Salamanca throws a nice head kick!
Salamanca tries to move into range but Jakua moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jakua closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jakua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jakua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jakua checks a leg kick.
Jakua misses with a hook.
Jakua wants to clinch.
Kris Jakua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jakua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jakua checks a leg kick.
Jakua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salamanca throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca tries a head kick but it misses.
Jakua just misses with a punch to the body.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salamanca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jakua has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Salamanca.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jakua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Salamanca manages to break the clinch.
Jakua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jakua looks to clinch
and Salamanca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jakua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Jakua drops his hands momentarily and Salamanca takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A big right from Jakua misses.
Salamanca lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jakua has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jakua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salamanca.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Salamanca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Salamanca, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Salamanca!
Marco Salamanca 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 Cecil Lightning (ranked 4521 p4p, 25464 weight class) and Jiri Prochamza (ranked 537 p4p, 705 weight class). Cecil Lightning has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cecil Lightning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jiri Prochamza!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightning jabs Prochamza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lightning lands a head kick!
It looks like Jiri Prochamza has been cut.
Prochamza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prochamza tries to close the distance and clinch but Lightning swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lightning throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lightning punishes Prochamza's body with a nice straight punch.
Prochamza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prochamza walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Lightning rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Prochamza has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lightning connects with a single shot there.
Lightning scores with a nice body kick.
Prochamza moves in looking to clinch but Lightning pushes him off.
Prochamza tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lightning makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Prochamza wants to clinch up but Lightning keeps it at a distance.
Lightning connects with a quick right hand that sends Prochamza tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cecil Lightning!
During a confident post fight interview, Cecil Lightning thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Melankomas Caria (ranked 22900 p4p, 12727 weight class) and Australian RooMan (ranked 636 p4p, 616 weight class). Caria comes to the ring accompanied by Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Melankomas Caria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Australian RooMan!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caria has RooMan up against the ropes in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Caria fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
RooMan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
RooMan looks to land a combination but Caria avoids it well.
Caria jabs at RooMan's body.
Caria looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Caria misses the shot to the body.
Caria misses with a body shot.
Caria throws a half hearted mid kick.
RooMan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
RooMan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caria.
Caria instigates a clinch.
Caria lands a right hand that snaps the head of RooMan backwards.
RooMan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Caria moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - RooMan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caria fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caria misses the shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caria dodges the punch combination from RooMan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
RooMan swinging wildly here.
Caria moves out of range as RooMan strikes.
It looked like Caria was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from RooMan.
Caria is looking to wear down RooMan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice defenses there by Caria.
Caria is looking to counter punch.
A telegraphed right hand from RooMan misses the target.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch but RooMan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Melankomas Caria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
RooMan takes a swing at Caria's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Caria misses.
Caria throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
RooMan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Caria throws a right and a left that RooMan avoids nicely.
Caria looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheers as Caria lands an impressive looking overhand right. RooMan doesn't seem phased though.
RooMan fails to land with a series of punches.
Caria thumps RooMan with a low kick.
Caria throws the left hand but RooMan avoids the punch easily.
No joy there for RooMan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caria connects with a body shot that sends RooMan's belly button to the back.
A solid leg kick lands there for Caria.
Caria ducks under a wild hook from RooMan.
Caria ducks under a wild hook from RooMan.
RooMan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A chopping leg kick lands by Caria.
Caria takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - RooMan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An inside leg kick lands from Caria.
RooMan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
RooMan slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
RooMan throws a nice looking combination but Caria bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
RooMan misses with the combination.
Caria scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Melankomas Caria will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
RooMan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Caria counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Caria connects with a body shot.
RooMan gets tackled into the ropes by Caria. Caria maintains the clinch.
RooMan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caria's elbow.
RooMan blocks a body shot from Caria.
Caria misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caria tries a knee to the head but RooMan blocks it.
RooMan is looking to break free of the clinch but Caria has double underhooks.
Caria struggles to land a body shot inside as RooMan controls his hands.
RooMan manages to break the clinch.
Caria jabs RooMan right on the nose. RooMan blinks but takes it well.
Australian RooMan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
RooMan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
RooMan misses with a hook.
Caria misses with a hook
and RooMan counters with a left and a right that stings Caria.
Melankomas Caria is winning the standup battle so far.
Caria scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
RooMan avoids the head kick by Caria.
RooMan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caria was well out of range. Poor timing from RooMan.
RooMan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big right from Caria misses.
Caria takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
RooMan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caria misses with an uppercut
and RooMan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
RooMan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Caria.
Caria slips under a jab.
RooMan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
RooMan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
RooMan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caria.
Caria fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt RooMan.
RooMan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Caria.
Caria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Caria lands a glancing blow to the side of RooMan's head.
An inside leg kick from Caria misses.
Caria throws a hook to the side of RooMan's head but RooMan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Some bone on bone action there as RooMan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
RooMan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
RooMan avoids the body shot from Caria.
RooMan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Caria. Caria obviously looking to wear him down.
Caria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria throws a leg kick but RooMan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from RooMan! But no joy.
RooMan throws a nice looking combination but Caria bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
RooMan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
RooMan misses with an uppercut.
RooMan throws a poor cross that misses
and Caria counters with a straight right hand.
Caria uses good head movement to avoid the hook from RooMan.
Caria misses with a body kick.
Caria lands a really nice looking cross but RooMan seems unphased.
RooMan connects with a right hand. Caria shakes it off.
Caria connects with an inside leg kick.
A big left from RooMan misses.
Nice defenses there by RooMan.
RooMan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Caria throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Caria misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
RooMan dodges the punch combination from Caria.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. RooMan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caria 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.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Melankomas Caria dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Caria on the wrong end of a nice hook.
RooMan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
RooMan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
RooMan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Caria misses.
Caria is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that RooMan can do to turn this around?
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as RooMan throws out the jab.
RooMan avoids the head kick by Caria.
Caria looks to score with a jab to the body but RooMan is just out of range.
RooMan ducks under a wild hook from Caria.
Caria takes one to the side of the head.
RooMan moves forwards but Caria connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Caria misses with an uppercut. RooMan saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Caria darts in and clinches RooMan up against the ropes.
Caria prevents a body shot from RooMan.
Still in the clinch, RooMan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
RooMan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Caria goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Caria scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of RooMan backwards.
A short body shot lands from RooMan as the two fighters clinch.
RooMan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caria is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but RooMan is keeping busy.
RooMan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
RooMan tries to throw a body punch but Caria avoids it by throwing RooMan back against the ropes.
Caria prevents a body shot from RooMan.
RooMan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Caria has him pressed against the ropes.
Caria tries to work over RooMan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
RooMan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caria punishes RooMan's body with a nice straight punch.
RooMan misses with a double jab.
Caria takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Caria connects with a high kick.
RooMan misses with a hook.
Caria throws a one two combo.
RooMan slips a straight right by Caria.
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 RooMan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
RooMan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
RooMan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Caria appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Caria takes a swing at RooMan's ribcage but misses.
Caria scores with a shot to the body.
Caria bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps RooMan's head backwards.
RooMan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caria swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by RooMan.
RooMan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caria to score with a decent uppercut.
Caria moves into the clinch.
Caria struggles to land a body shot inside as RooMan controls his hands.
RooMan is trying to push Caria away but Caria has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Caria misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by RooMan as Caria tries to tie him up.
Melankomas Caria has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
RooMan cracks Caria with a nice body shot.
Australian RooMan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
RooMan gets through Caria's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Caria as the two fighters clinch.
RooMan misses with a hook from the clinch.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Melankomas Caria!
A relieved looking Melankomas Caria thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Silva Scorpion (ranked 18652 p4p, 22883 weight class) and Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 (ranked 524 p4p, 533 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Scorpion might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Blackmane 🐺 has chosen AC/DC-TNT as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Silva Scorpion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 !
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scorpion misses with a straight left.
Scorpion ducks under a wild hook from Blackmane 🐺 .
Scorpion misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Blackmane 🐺 ! But no joy.
Scorpion misses with a low kick as Blackmane 🐺 jumps back.
Scorpion lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Scorpion defending well as Blackmane 🐺 loads up on a big left hand.
Scorpion lands with a nice body punch.
Scorpion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blackmane 🐺 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.
Scorpion lands a high kick!
Blackmane 🐺 throws a leg kick but Scorpion sees it coming and checks it nicely.
An inside leg kick from Scorpion misses.
Blackmane 🐺 looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva Scorpion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scorpion clinches up with Blackmane 🐺 and pushes him back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Scorpion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scorpion struggles to land a body shot inside as Blackmane 🐺 controls his hands.
Scorpion blocking some punches.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scorpion blocking some punches.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 blocks a body shot from Scorpion.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a punch on the inside.
Scorpion works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scorpion lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a punch on the inside.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Blackmane 🐺 avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as Blackmane 🐺 controls the action.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Blackmane 🐺 blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blackmane 🐺 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blackmane 🐺 misses with some punches.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Scorpion.
A body shot lands from Scorpion.
Blackmane 🐺 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scorpion blocks an uppercut.
Scorpion lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Scorpion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Scorpion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion pushes Blackmane 🐺 back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Scorpion cracks Blackmane 🐺 with a nice body shot.
Scorpion lands with a short shot to the head.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Blackmane 🐺 avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Blackmane 🐺 swings wildly with an uppercut but Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as Blackmane 🐺 controls the action.
Scorpion throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blackmane 🐺 s head.
A shot in the inside from Scorpion.
Scorpion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Blackmane 🐺 .
Scorpion stalling the fight.
Blackmane 🐺 with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Scorpion.
Scorpion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
Scorpion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
I was talking to Scorpion's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Scorpion throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Scorpion dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Scorpion forces Blackmane 🐺 back against the ropes and clinches.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
Scorpion stalling in the clinch.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Blackmane 🐺 can't find room to land a body shot as Scorpion controls the action.
Scorpion scores with a hook to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva Scorpion has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Blackmane 🐺 avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Blackmane 🐺 goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scorpion scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scorpion.
Scorpion content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scorpion pushes Blackmane 🐺 back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Scorpion cracks Blackmane 🐺 with a nice body shot.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with the head strike.
Scorpion pushes Blackmane 🐺 back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Blackmane 🐺 is breathing heavily.
Scorpion avoiding damage.
Scorpion works on Blackmane 🐺 's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 being controlled against the ropes.
Scorpion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blackmane 🐺 or not.
Scorpion lands an uppercut.
Blackmane 🐺 prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Scorpion throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blackmane 🐺 can't find room to land a body shot as Scorpion controls the action.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scorpion is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blackmane 🐺 can do to turn this around?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scorpion.
Scorpion lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a punch to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 has a couple of punches blocked by Scorpion.
Still in the clinch, Scorpion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Scorpion.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a body punch.
Scorpion digs a right hand underneath Blackmane 🐺 's ribcage. Blackmane 🐺 let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Scorpion is leaning against Blackmane 🐺 and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scorpion.
Good body shot from Scorpion.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blackmane 🐺 unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Scorpion - that landed with a thud.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a shot to the head.
Scorpion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scorpion.
Scorpion holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Scorpion lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Scorpion dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A nice leg kick from Scorpion, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blackmane 🐺 takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Scorpion pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blackmane 🐺 is out of range and Scorpion settles back down.
Blackmane 🐺 ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scorpion just misses with a punch to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Blackmane 🐺 ! But no joy.
Scorpion misses the shot to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blackmane 🐺 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scorpion.
Scorpion scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Scorpion ducks under a wild hook from Blackmane 🐺 .
Scorpion throwing a counter right hand but Blackmane 🐺 manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackmane 🐺 doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Scorpion jabs Blackmane 🐺 right on the nose. Blackmane 🐺 blinks but takes it well.
Blackmane 🐺 gets tackled into the ropes by Scorpion. Scorpion maintains the clinch.
Scorpion lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Scorpion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scorpion avoiding damage as Blackmane 🐺 throws knees to the body.
Scorpion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scorpion is working Blackmane 🐺 over against the ropes.
Scorpion lands with a short shot to the head.
Scorpion pushes Blackmane 🐺 back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Scorpion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blackmane 🐺 or not.
Scorpion is leaning against Blackmane 🐺 and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva Scorpion is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Scorpion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scorpion lands a body shot in the clinch.
Scorpion digs a right hand into Blackmane 🐺 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blackmane 🐺 's gas tank.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blackmane 🐺 lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scorpion pushes Blackmane 🐺 back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion gets through Blackmane 🐺 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a knee to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scorpion prevents a body shot from Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blackmane 🐺 .
Scorpion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blackmane 🐺 or not.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with the head strike.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a head punch that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scorpion.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the head but Scorpion blocks with his arms.
Blackmane 🐺 working aggressively here.
Blackmane 🐺 landing knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Silva Scorpion showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Scorpion has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silva Scorpion!
Silva Scorpion thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Bill Beukeboom (ranked 1864 p4p, 2360 weight class) and Marciano Cobb (ranked 282 p4p, 332 weight class). Cobb has chosen Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. as his entrance music. Marciano Cobb has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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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 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bill Beukeboom!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marciano Cobb!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beukeboom misses with an uppercut
and Cobb counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cobb displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beukeboom throws out the jab.
Cobb takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Beukeboom misses the body punch
and Cobb connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beukeboom works the jab nicely.
Beukeboom lands a body shot.
Beukeboom moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Beukeboom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cobb is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beukeboom slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Beukeboom rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cobb cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beukeboom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cobb sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cobb throws a counter combo.
Beukeboom misses with a body shot
and Cobb counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beukeboom lands a jab to Cobb's midsection.
Cobb takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beukeboom throws the left hand but Cobb avoids the punch easily.
Beukeboom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobb.
Cobb tries a quick counter leg kick but Beukeboom is wise to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beukeboom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobb throws a counter combo.
Beukeboom swings widly with a right hand
and Cobb counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beukeboom thinking.
Beukeboom lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beukeboom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cobb sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beukeboom misses with a straight left.
Cobb with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beukeboom to score with a decent uppercut.
Cobb moves out of range as Beukeboom strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Beukeboom dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice uppercut there from Beukeboom.
Beukeboom throws a shot from downtown. Cobb moves away and avoids it.
Cobb flicks out a counter leg kick but Beukeboom steps away.
Beukeboom throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Cobb to counter with a crisp jab.
Cobb bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cobb flicks out a counter leg kick but Beukeboom steps away.
Beukeboom scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Beukeboom throws an off balance right hand
and Cobb connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Cobb.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cobb! But no joy.
Beukeboom scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beukeboom misses with a right hand
and Cobb counters with a one-two to the body.
Beukeboom swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Beukeboom misses the body punch
and Cobb counters with an inside leg kick.
Marciano Cobb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beukeboom misses with a body shot
and Cobb counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beukeboom thinking.
Beukeboom drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Cobb onto his butt! Cobb pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
It looks like Marciano Cobb has been cut.
Bill Beukeboom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beukeboom misses with an uppercut. Cobb saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cobb! But no joy.
Beukeboom misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beukeboom misses with a left hand
and Cobb counters with a left and a right that stings Beukeboom.
Beukeboom misses with a hook. Cobb ducked under it nicely.
Beukeboom throws a poor cross that misses
and Cobb counters with a thumping low kick.
Beukeboom uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cobb has time to react.
Bill Beukeboom is winning the standup battle so far.
Cobb slips under a jab from Beukeboom.
Cobb lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Beukeboom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cobb can do to turn this around?
Beukeboom lands a glancing blow to the side of Cobb's head.
A slow jab from Beukeboom misses its intended target.
Cobb lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cobb uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beukeboom.
Cobb throws a fast counter high kick but Beukeboom manages to duck under it in time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Beukeboom will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
The cut man is working on Marciano Cobb's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Beukeboom connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Cobb onto his butt! Cobb bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Beukeboom throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Cobb counter with a right hand.
Beukeboom looks to land a right hand but Cobb moved out of range.
Cobb looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Beukeboom with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beukeboom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobb is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A telegraphed right hand from Beukeboom misses the target.
Cobb thinks about the counter body kick.
Beukeboom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beukeboom throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Cobb on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb moves away from the strike by Beukeboom.
Cobb raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Beukeboom misses with a hook
letting Cobb counter with a right hand.
Beukeboom misses with a hook. Cobb ducked under it nicely.
Beukeboom jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Despite the aggression on Cobb's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Beukeboom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beukeboom misses with a hook to the body
and Cobb counters with a stiff right hand.
Beukeboom misses with a straight right.
Cobb looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beukeboom missing with a left hand there. Cobb was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cobb shapes to counter with a head kick.
Cobb takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Beukeboom takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Beukeboom throws out a loose jab but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb throws a counter combo.
Beukeboom throws a body shot but no joy.
Cobb looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Beukeboom throws a hook but Cobb avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cobb! But no joy.
Beukeboom throws a right hand that misses
and Cobb makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Beukeboom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Beukeboom takes that one, having scored the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Marciano Cobb's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Beukeboom misses with a right hand
and Cobb cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beukeboom cracks a nice hook into Cobb's ribs.
Beukeboom rushes Cobb and presses him up against the ropes.
Cobb throws a head punch that misses.
Beukeboom misses with a punch on the inside.
Beukeboom stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
Cobb pushes Beukeboom back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb blocks a body shot from Beukeboom.
Beukeboom lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beukeboom.
Cobb tries to throw a body punch but Beukeboom avoids it by throwing Cobb back against the ropes.
Cobb has a couple of punches blocked by Beukeboom.
Beukeboom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beukeboom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Cobb scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cobb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Cobb - that landed with a thud.
Beukeboom misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cobb scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Beukeboom fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Cobb.
Beukeboom misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beukeboom tries to work over Cobb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Cobb.
Marciano Cobb seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cobb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beukeboom scores with the left hand. Cobb knows he should have avoided that one.
Beukeboom lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Beukeboom rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cobb counters with a left to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beukeboom misses with a right hand
and Cobb counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beukeboom misses with a straight left.
Beukeboom misses with a wild body shot.
Beukeboom fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cobb with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beukeboom to score with a decent uppercut.
Beukeboom misses with an uppercut. Cobb saw that one coming.
Beukeboom swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobb throws out a counter right but Beukeboom avoids it with no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Bill Beukeboom will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marciano Cobb's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Beukeboom swings widly with a right hand
and Cobb makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marciano Cobb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beukeboom throws a body punch but Cobb moves out of range.
Beukeboom connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cobb slips a jab from Beukeboom.
Beukeboom with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beukeboom cracks Cobb with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Cobb get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Cobb looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Cobb is rocked!
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!
Beukeboom cracks Cobb with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Cobb is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Cobb is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Cobb could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bill Beukeboom!
Bill Beukeboom retains his middleweight title!
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