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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ross Buchanan (ranked 24937 p4p, 7493 weight class) and Rafael De La Rosa (ranked 622 p4p, 596 weight class). Buchanan's entrance music is Roy Buchanan's Train Blues. A fine choice. De La Rosa has chosen Capoeira Fight Song as his entrance music. Rafael De La Rosa is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 18 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Buchanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafael De La Rosa!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Buchanan.
De La Rosa lands with a good body shot.
De La Rosa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Buchanan falls off balance throwing a combination
and De La Rosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De La Rosa digs a good body shot into Buchanan's ribs.
De La Rosa throws a leg kick which misses Buchanan's front leg but catches the back leg as Buchanan tries to avoid it.
Ross Buchanan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Rosa avoids the body shot from Buchanan.
Buchanan defending well as De La Rosa loads up on a big left hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Buchanan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De La Rosa throws a series of punches but Buchanan moves out of range.
De La Rosa tries to score with a low kick but Buchanan moves his leg out of the way.
De La Rosa throws a looping overhand right but Buchanan ducks down to avoid it.
De La Rosa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by De La Rosa.
De La Rosa's coach down at UnderGround Specialist Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on De La Rosa's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De La Rosa scores with a decent looking hook.
Buchanan misses with a leg kick
and De La Rosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from De La Rosa misses.
De La Rosa drops his hands momentarily and Buchanan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Buchanan misses with a wild combination.
De La Rosa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Buchanan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Buchanan punishes De La Rosa's body with a nice straight punch.
Buchanan tries a low kick but De La Rosa avoids it.
A head kick misses from Buchanan.
Buchanan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Buchanan dodges the punch combination from De La Rosa.
Buchanan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Buchanan 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.
De La Rosa lands a body shot.
De La Rosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buchanan.
The fighters circle momentarily. De La Rosa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buchanan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Buchanan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
De La Rosa throws a hook but Buchanan avoids it easily.
Buchanan throws a big counter combination but De La Rosa scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Buchanan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
De La Rosa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
De La Rosa throws a combination that misses
and Buchanan counters with a slapping leg kick.
De La Rosa throws a body punch but Buchanan moves out of range.
De La Rosa avoids the body shot from Buchanan.
De La Rosa misses the shot to the body.
Buchanan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
De La Rosa throws a shot from downtown. Buchanan moves away and avoids it.
De La Rosa avoids the head kick by Buchanan.
A good leg kick by De La Rosa.
De La Rosa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Buchanan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De La Rosa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De La Rosa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Buchanan lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De La Rosa throws out a powerful jab.
Buchanan slips a jab and a cross from De La Rosa.
Sloppy strikes from De La Rosa. Those never looked like landing.
De La Rosa works Buchanan's body with a nice hook.
De La Rosa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Buchanan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Buchanan.
Buchanan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
De La Rosa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Buchanan throws a series of strikes that have De La Rosa backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Rosa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Buchanan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Buchanan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A combination from De La Rosa does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Buchanan.
De La Rosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De La Rosa throws a low kick but Buchanan moves out of range easily.
Buchanan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De La Rosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Buchanan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De La Rosa misses with a low kick as Buchanan jumps back.
A nice leg kick from Buchanan, right into the meat of the thigh.
Buchanan fails to land with a series of punches.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buchanan.
Jab, jab by De La Rosa - just one landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buchanan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Buchanan slips under a jab.
Buchanan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De La Rosa connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael De La Rosa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
De La Rosa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De La Rosa lands a jab to Buchanan's midsection.
Buchanan misses with a hook.
De La Rosa just misses with a punch to the body.
De La Rosa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ross Buchanan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De La Rosa throws a sloppy body shot
and Buchanan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
De La Rosa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Buchanan is able to avoid easily.
Buchanan misses with a hook. De La Rosa ducked under it nicely.
Buchanan punishes De La Rosa's body with a nice straight punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for De La Rosa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buchanan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De La Rosa.
Buchanan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Rosa moves away.
Buchanan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De La Rosa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De La Rosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Buchanan is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa throws a hook but Buchanan avoids it easily.
De La Rosa throws a solid leg kick but Buchanan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De La Rosa.
De La Rosa misses with a combination
enabling Buchanan to counter with a crisp jab.
De La Rosa throws a solid leg kick but Buchanan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De La Rosa.
Buchanan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De La Rosa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Buchanan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Buchanan just misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Buchanan takes a swing at De La Rosa's ribcage but misses.
Buchanan throws a solid leg kick but De La Rosa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Buchanan.
De La Rosa looks to throw the jab but Buchanan is out of range.
De La Rosa blocks a low kick nicely.
Jab from Buchanan.
Rafael De La Rosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Buchanan wants to slow De La Rosa down by chopping away at his legs.
Buchanan throws a hook but De La Rosa blocks it.
De La Rosa throws a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan takes a swing at De La Rosa's ribcage but misses.
Buchanan misses with a body kick.
Buchanan scores with a hook to the body. De La Rosa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De La Rosa misses with a body shot.
De La Rosa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Buchanan.
Buchanan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De La Rosa throws a low kick but Buchanan avoids it.
Buchanan misses with the combination.
A little jabbing left from De La Rosa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De La Rosa misses with a wild body shot.
De La Rosa blocks a low kick nicely.
De La Rosa lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Buchanan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Buchanan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De La Rosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Buchanan.
Buchanan is looking to wear down De La Rosa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Buchanan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De La Rosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from De La Rosa does no damage.
De La Rosa swinging wildly here.
Buchanan lands a nice looking body shot.
Buchanan walks into a straight right hand from De La Rosa.
Buchanan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buchanan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A chopping leg kick lands by De La Rosa.
De La Rosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buchanan.
Buchanan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buchanan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa misses the shot to the body.
Buchanan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Rosa thumps Buchanan with a low kick.
Buchanan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good leg kick by Buchanan.
A big right from De La Rosa misses.
Buchanan with a nice cross.
De La Rosa takes a swing at Buchanan's ribcage but misses.
De La Rosa 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.
De La Rosa throws a hook but Buchanan blocks it.
Buchanan misses with a double jab
and De La Rosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Buchanan slips a jab and a cross from De La Rosa.
No joy there for Buchanan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Buchanan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De La Rosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ross Buchanan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Buchanan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
De La Rosa misses the shot to the body.
De La Rosa swings for the body but Buchanan moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Buchanan misses the target.
A head kick misses from Buchanan.
De La Rosa throws a looping overhand right but Buchanan ducks down to avoid it.
Buchanan lands with a good body shot.
De La Rosa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Buchanan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De La Rosa throws a series of punches but Buchanan moves out of range.
De La Rosa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Buchanan misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buchanan scores with a jab.
Buchanan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De La Rosa misses with a jab, cross combination.
De La Rosa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jab by Buchanan.
De La Rosa throws a leg kick but Buchanan moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buchanan.
De La Rosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buchanan misses with a few strikes there.
De La Rosa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Buchanan circles away quickly and effectively.
De La Rosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buchanan.
De La Rosa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Buchanan with a body shot.
Buchanan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Buchanan misses with a few strikes there.
Buchanan misses with a jab, cross combination.
De La Rosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan is looking for a counter combo.
De La Rosa throws a sloppy body shot
and Buchanan counters with an outside leg kick.
Buchanan throws a head kick that half lands.
De La Rosa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Buchanan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Buchanan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Buchanan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Buchanan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De La Rosa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buchanan throws a good cross that connects.
De La Rosa swings for the body but Buchanan moves out of range.
Buchanan lands a body shot.
De La Rosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Buchanan was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
De La Rosa misses with an uppercut.
Buchanan looks to land a combination but De La Rosa avoids it well.
De La Rosa scores with a hook to the body. Buchanan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De La Rosa tries to work over Buchanan's front leg with a kick but Buchanan checks it.
De La Rosa feints and then cracks Buchanan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buchanan down.
De La Rosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buchanan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan misses with a leg kick.
Buchanan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De La Rosa throws a leg kick
and Buchanan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Buchanan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De La Rosa circles away quickly and effectively.
Ross Buchanan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De La Rosa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Buchanan misses with a looping right.
De La Rosa feints a counter leg kick.
A nice combination there by Buchanan.
De La Rosa connects with an inside leg kick.
De La Rosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Buchanan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De La Rosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buchanan backing away here, and De La Rosa unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Buchanan misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Rosa connects with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa throws a leg kick but Buchanan moved away.
De La Rosa cracks Buchanan with an open hand slap.
De La Rosa tests Buchanan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De La Rosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Buchanan doesn't seem bothered though.
De La Rosa slips a jab and a cross from Buchanan.
De La Rosa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
De La Rosa moves out of range of the body kick from Buchanan.
Buchanan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Buchanan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Buchanan ducks under a wild hook from De La Rosa.
Buchanan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by De La Rosa!
Buchanan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Buchanan misses with a body shot.
De La Rosa misses with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rafael De La Rosa.
Well De La Rosa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Rafael De La Rosa!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Rafael De La Rosa!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Rafael De La Rosa!
Rafael De La Rosa wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Rafael De La Rosa, 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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