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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Curtis Tate Iii (ranked 23974 p4p, 24066 weight class) and William Tate (ranked 596 p4p, 590 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid boxing
Cardio machine
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Knockout power
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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 27 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Tate Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tate!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate is looking to clinch.
Tate throws a combination that misses
and Tate Iii counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tate Iii tries to break free but Tate pushes him back against the ropes.
Tate Iii can't break the clinch.
Tate Iii is stalling here.
Tate Iii wants to break free but Tate has control.
Tate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tate Iii definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tate working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tate Iii - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tate Iii managing to block the knees to the body from Tate.
Tate Iii is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Tate Iii wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate is trying to force a seperation but Tate Iii has the dominant position.
Tate Iii lands a left hand.
It looks like William Tate has been cut.
Tate Iii stalls.
Tate Iii is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
Tate Iii lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tate Iii tries to break free but Tate pushes him back against the ropes.
Tate Iii has had enough of the clinch but Tate keeps him there for the moment.
Tate Iii keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tate's efforts to push away.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tate Iii wants to break free but Tate has control.
Tate looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tate tries to break free but Tate Iii pushes him back against the ropes.
Tate Iii's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tate wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tate Iii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tate Iii keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tate's efforts to push away.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tate Iii - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tate can't find room to land a body shot as Tate Iii controls the action.
Tate Iii can't break the clinch.
Tate keeps control of Tate Iii as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tate Iii wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate is trying to stall.
Tate Iii misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tate.
Tate Iii dodges an elbow strike from Tate.
Tate Iii effectively controlling the action here.
Tate tries a body shot but Tate Iii blocks it.
Tate Iii throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tate blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tate Iii's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tate Iii blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tate is trying to break the clinch but Tate Iii is controlling him.
Tate is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tate working aggressively here.
Come on Tate Iii - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tate letting Tate Iii take a breather here.
Tate Iii is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tate Iii.
Tate Iii is trying to break the clinch but Tate has him pressed against the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tate Iii is struggling to control the position.
Tate Iii wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tate has him pressed against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Tate Iii.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Tate Iii dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Tate's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tate Iii.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Tate Iii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Tate Iii misses.
Tate Iii throws a body shot but no joy.
Tate ducks right into an uppercut from Tate Iii.
Tate Iii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tate can do to turn this around?
Tate Iii misses with a two punch combination.
Tate Iii keeps the fight on the outside.
Tate throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tate Iii. Tate does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Tate Iii, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tate Iii keeps the fight on the outside.
As Tate looks to move away, Tate Iii throws a big counter combo but Tate just gets out of the way.
Tate falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tate Iii counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate Iii is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
Tate Iii gets through Tate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tate dodges an elbow strike from Tate Iii.
Tate managing to block the knees to the body from Tate Iii.
Tate Iii has had enough of the clinch but Tate keeps him there for the moment.
Tate Iii has had enough of the clinch but Tate keeps him there for the moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Come on Tate Iii - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Tate Iii for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Tate Iii is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Tate wants to break free but Tate Iii has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii is trying to push Tate away but Tate has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tate Iii stalling.
Tate Iii presses Tate against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tate is trying to maintain a safe position but Tate Iii gets an underhook and turns Tate into the ropes.
Tate Iii lands a right hand.
Tate is trying to break the clinch but Tate Iii has him pressed against the ropes.
Tate is trying to break the clinch but Tate Iii has him pressed against the ropes.
Tate misses with the head strike.
Tate looking to slow down the pace here.
Tate Iii has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tate Iii is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
Tate looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate keeps control of Tate Iii as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tate has Tate Iii pressed against the ropes, preventing Tate Iii from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tate Iii lands with a short shot to the head.
Tate Iii wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tate has him pressed against the ropes.
The referee calls for Tate Iii to work.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tate Iii seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Tate Iii wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tate has him pressed against the ropes.
Tate Iii looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tate tries to circle away but Tate Iii has him pinned against the ropes.
Tate letting Tate Iii take a breather here.
Tate Iii displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tate up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii is trying to break free.
Tate Iii stalling.
Tate looking to throw knees to the head but Tate Iii is blocking nicely.
Tate Iii slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Curtis Tate Iii.
Tate Iii circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tate Iii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tate Iii swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Tate Iii does no damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tate Iii throws a body shot but no joy.
Tate Iii swinging wildly here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Tate Iii dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William Tate's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Tate takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tate Iii ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tate Iii misses the jab.
Tate tries to clinch but Tate Iii moves away
and Tate Iii counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tate Iii manages to avoid it.
Tate throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tate Iii counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tate Iii tries to circle away but Tate has him pinned against the ropes.
Tate Iii throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for Tate Iii to work.
Tate is trying to stall.
Tate Iii blocks a body shot from Tate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate Iii taking a breather.
Tate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tate Iii stalling against the ropes.
Tate is trying to break the clinch but Tate Iii is controlling him.
Tate Iii lands a body shot.
Tate Iii wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tate Iii with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tate is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tate Iii is keeping busy.
Tate Iii effectively controlling the action here.
Tate wants to break free but Tate Iii has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tate is trying to break the clinch but Tate Iii has him pressed against the ropes.
Tate Iii taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tate is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tate Iii is keeping busy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tate is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Tate Iii has denied him.
Tate Iii tries to break free but Tate pushes him back against the ropes.
Tate Iii has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tate Iii wants to break free but Tate has control.
Tate wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tate Iii has him pressed against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii slows down the pace here.
Tate Iii tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tate Iii stalling against the ropes.
Tate Iii working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tate Iii is trying to push Tate away but Tate has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tate Iii works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tate Iii lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tate fails to land.
Tate Iii tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tate Iii just leaning against Tate, taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii is trying to break free.
Tate Iii lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
Tate Iii leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Tate tries to break free but Tate Iii pushes him back against the ropes.
Tate taking a breather.
Tate Iii wants to break free but Tate has control.
Tate is trying to break free.
Tate is trying to maintain a safe position but Tate Iii gets an underhook and turns Tate into the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tate Iii looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tate prevents Tate Iii from breaking the clinch.
William Tate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Curtis Tate Iii is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tate tries a knee to the head but Tate Iii blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curtis Tate Iii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tate Iii 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtis Tate Iii!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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