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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Boyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keast Kannegaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyce's entrance music is Cock Sparrer - England Belongs To Me. A fine choice. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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175 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Boyce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Keast Kannegaard!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kannegaard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kannegaard moves into the clinch.
Kannegaard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boyce fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kannegaard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boyce fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kannegaard manages to avoid it.
Boyce moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Boyce lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Boyce looks to land a body kick but Kannegaard moved away.
Boyce with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A punch lands to the side of Kannegaard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kannegaard tries to close the distance and clinch but Boyce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kannegaard tries to clinch but Boyce moves out of range.
Kannegaard is looking to clinch but Boyce is avoiding it.
Boyce misses with a two punch combination.
Kannegaard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boyce throws a one two combo.
Kannegaard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyce stuns Kannegaard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kannegaard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Boyce getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kannegaard doesn't manage to clinch there - Boyce circles away.
Boyce throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kannegaard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boyce.
Kannegaard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boyce fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kannegaard manages to avoid it.
Boyce lands with a nice body punch.
Boyce misses with a body shot
and Kannegaard counters with a left to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Boyce.
Boyce is looking to wear down Kannegaard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Boyce lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kannegaard circles away quickly and effectively.
Kannegaard takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kannegaard moves in looking to clinch but Boyce pushes him off.
Kannegaard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kannegaard tries to clinch up but Boyce circles away and keeps his distance.
Boyce swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tommy Boyce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kannegaard takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kannegaard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Kannegaard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boyce.
Kannegaard doesn't manage to clinch there - Boyce circles away.
Boyce misses with a straight right.
Kannegaard moves in looking to clinch but Boyce pushes him off.
Boyce lands with a nice body punch.
Kannegaard tries to clinch but Boyce moves out of range.
Boyce misses with a shot to the body
and Kannegaard counters by clinching up.
Boyce pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kannegaard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boyce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyce catches Kannegaard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kannegaard tries to clinch but Boyce moves out of range.
Kannegaard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boyce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Boyce.
Boyce throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kannegaard wants to clinch.
Kannegaard tries to clinch there but Boyce circles away.
Kannegaard tries to close the distance and clinch but Boyce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boyce throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kannegaard is looking to clinch.
Kannegaard misses with a body shot.
Boyce looks to land a right hand but Kannegaard moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyce connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kannegaard's hands.
Kannegaard moves in looking to clinch but Boyce pushes him off.
Kannegaard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Boyce.
Boyce takes a swing at Kannegaard's ribcage but misses.
Kannegaard drops his hands momentarily and Boyce takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kannegaard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kannegaard is looking to clinch but Boyce is avoiding it.
Boyce throws out a loose jab but Kannegaard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boyce is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kannegaard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Boyce throws a jab when Kannegaard was well out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kannegaard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kannegaard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boyce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boyce lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Boyce dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Boyce swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kannegaard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kannegaard.
Boyce blocking some punches.
Kannegaard trying to land knees to the body.
Kannegaard throws an elbow that misses.
Boyce lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boyce stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Kannegaard fails to land.
Kannegaard tries to throw a body punch but Boyce avoids it by throwing Kannegaard back against the cage.
Kannegaard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kannegaard tries to circle away but Boyce has him pinned against the cage.
Boyce blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boyce displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kannegaard up against the cage.
Kannegaard pushes off an throws an elbow but Boyce leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kannegaard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Boyce's defenses.
Boyce breaks from the clinch.
Boyce circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boyce throws a leg kick but Kannegaard checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Boyce finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Boyce throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kannegaard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boyce throws a leg kick but Kannegaard checks it.
Boyce lands a nice hook to Kannegaard's body. Kannegaard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tommy Boyce is winning the standup battle so far.
Boyce throws a hook to the side of Kannegaard's head but Kannegaard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boyce fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Boyce digs a good body shot into Kannegaard's ribs.
Boyce throws a one two combo.
A jab lands there for Boyce.
Kannegaard pushes Boyce up against the cage in a clinch.
Boyce is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Good body shot from Kannegaard.
Kannegaard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boyce pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kannegaard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boyce lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kannegaard slips under a jab from Boyce.
An inside leg kick lands from Boyce.
Nice jab there from Boyce.
Boyce throws a body punch but Kannegaard moves out of range.
Kannegaard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boyce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kannegaard misses the body punch
letting Boyce counter with a right hand.
Boyce uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kannegaard.
Boyce tries to bum rush Kannegaard with a series of wild strikes but Kannegaard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big right from Boyce misses.
Boyce circles away from the clinch attempt
and Boyce counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyce swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kannegaard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kannegaard.
Boyce is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Boyce stalling in the clinch but Kannegaard improves position.
Boyce keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannegaard's efforts to push away.
Kannegaard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boyce avoids it.
Boyce controlling the action here for a moment.
Kannegaard is trying to break the clinch but Boyce is controlling him.
Kannegaard wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Boyce's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boyce taking a breather.
Kannegaard tries a body shot but Boyce blocks it.
Boyce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kannegaard misses with a body punch.
Kannegaard misses with an elbow over the top.
Kannegaard trying to land knees to the body.
Kannegaard misses with an elbow strike.
Kannegaard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boyce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kannegaard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Boyce throws a one two combo.
Boyce ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kannegaard moves away.
Kannegaard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boyce throws a hook but Kannegaard avoids it easily.
Kannegaard throws a shot from downtown. Boyce moves away and avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Boyce. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boyce lands a two punch combo.
Kannegaard tries to close the distance and clinch but Boyce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boyce misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Boyce dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kannegaard checks a low kick from Boyce.
Kannegaard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boyce counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Boyce changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kannegaard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kannegaard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kannegaard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Boyce misses with a series of wild punches.
Boyce lands a jab to the nose.
Boyce drops Kannegaard with a nice combination! Boyce dives into Kannegaard's guard, looking to finish!
Kannegaard is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boyce controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kannegaard is still in real trouble! Can Boyce finish him?
Kannegaard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boyce has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Kannegaard seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Boyce wants to control from the top but Kannegaard keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tommy Boyce wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Boyce wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kannegaard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kannegaard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Boyce throws an overhand right that lands on Kannegaard's shoulder, as Kannegaard tries to avoid the shot.
Boyce misses with a two punch combination.
Kannegaard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Boyce throws a jab but it's blocked by Kannegaard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kannegaard closes the distance and pushes Boyce back into the cage.
Boyce is leaning against Kannegaard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kannegaard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Boyce is struggling to control the position.
Boyce avoiding damage as Kannegaard throws knees to the body.
Boyce blocks the elbow strike.
Boyce blocks an elbow strike from Kannegaard.
Boyce pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boyce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kannegaard can do to turn this around?
Boyce misses with a hook.
Boyce punishes Kannegaard's body with a nice straight punch.
Boyce fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kannegaard manages to avoid it.
Kannegaard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boyce throws a looping overhand right but Kannegaard ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Boyce misses its intended target.
A good leg kick by Boyce.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyce scores with a shot to the body.
Kannegaard slips a straight right by Boyce.
Boyce throws a leg kick but Kannegaard checks it.
Boyce scores with a hook to the body. Kannegaard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kannegaard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boyce.
Kannegaard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Boyce scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tommy Boyce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kannegaard darts in trying to clinch
and Boyce counters with a nice leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Boyce!
Kannegaard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Boyce stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kannegaard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kannegaard tries to clinch
and Boyce counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyce cracks the inside of Kannegaard's front leg.
Boyce fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kannegaard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Boyce misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Kannegaard to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab from Boyce.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boyce lands the left hand.
Good leg kick by Boyce there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boyce scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boyce throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kannegaard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Keast Kannegaard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boyce scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boyce lands a jab to the head.
Boyce throws a one two combo.
Kannegaard tries to clinch but Boyce moves away
and Boyce cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boyce scores with a jab. Kannegaard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Boyce showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boyce, 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Boyce!
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