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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Scott Fischer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudio Tomic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott Fischer had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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235 lbs
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225 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Cuts easily
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Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Fischer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Claudio Tomic!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomic takes the fight into the clinch.
Tomic breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Fischer does no damage.
Tomic connects with an inside leg kick.
Tomic slips under a jab.
A big right from Fischer misses.
Tomic moves out of range of the strikes.
Fischer looks to land a left hand but Tomic moved out of range nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Fischer there.
Tomic moves into range and clinches up with Fischer.
Tomic lands a good knee to the midsection. Fischer won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomic dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tomic lands a right hand.
Fischer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fischer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A bit of stalling here from Tomic.
Fischer wants to get back to striking at distance but Tomic won't allow it.
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomic misses with a series of wild punches.
Tomic darts in and clinches Fischer up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fischer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Tomic.
Tomic lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Scott Fischer has been cut.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Tomic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tomic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fischer is breathing heavily.
Fischer gets tackled into the cage by Tomic. Tomic maintains the clinch.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tomic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fischer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomic working Fischer over with knees to the body.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fischer tries a head kick but it misses.
Tomic throws a series of punches but Fischer avoids them all with ease.
Fischer misses with a double jab.
Fischer misses with a series of wild punches.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic staying out of range there.
Tomic instigates a clinch.
Tomic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tomic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fischer, pushing him back against the cage.
Tomic stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tomic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Fischer tries to break free but Tomic pushes him back against the cage.
Tomic lands a knee to the body.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic moves into the clinch successfully.
Tomic stalling the fight.
Tomic lands an elbow that stopped Fischer in his tracks for a moment.
Tomic stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tomic forces Fischer back against the cage and clinches.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic moves into the clinch successfully.
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tomic has Fischer up against the cage in a clinch.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tomic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tomic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fischer.
Tomic clinches up with Fischer and pushes him back against the cage.
Tomic keeps control of Fischer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fischer is looking to break free of the clinch but Tomic has double underhooks.
Tomic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fischer's face.
Tomic scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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!
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fischer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tomic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fischer cracks Tomic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
Tomic landing knees to the body.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fischer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tomic clinches up against the cage.
Tomic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tomic stalling against the cage.
Tomic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fischer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tomic lands a hook that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Fischer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tomic manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claudio Tomic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Fischer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tomic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tomic pushes Fischer up against the cage in a clinch.
Fischer has had enough of the clinch but Tomic keeps him there for the moment.
Tomic lands an elbow inside.
Fischer is trying to push Tomic away but Tomic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tomic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fischer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tomic drives through and clinches with Fischer against the cage.
Tomic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fischer's defenses.
Fischer wants to break free but Tomic has control.
Tomic landing knees to the head.
Scott Fischer's cut is getting worse.
Tomic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Tomic crunches a lovely knee into Fischer's ribcage.
Tomic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fischer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Tomic.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic darts in and clinches Fischer up against the cage.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomic drives through and clinches with Fischer against the cage.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic throws the kick towards the body but Fischer avoids it.
Tomic rushes Fischer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tomic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tomic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fischer is trying to push Tomic away but Tomic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tomic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tomic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tomic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tomic breaks from the clinch.
Tomic closes the distance and clinches.
Tomic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fischer's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomic crunches a lovely knee into Fischer's ribcage.
Tomic lands a good knee to the midsection. Fischer won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomic lands an elbow just above Fischer 's eye.
Tomic has Fischer pressed against the cage, preventing Fischer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomic is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fischer throws a jab but it's blocked by Tomic.
Fischer throws a lazy right hand but Tomic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tomic rushes Fischer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Tomic moves out of range as Fischer strikes.
Fischer is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tomic lands a head kick. Fischer smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tomic pushes Fischer up against the cage in a clinch.
Tomic with a knee to the head.
Tomic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fischer tries to keep at a distance but Tomic has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tomic lands an elbow that stopped Fischer in his tracks for a moment.
Fischer tries to circle away but Tomic has him pinned against the cage.
Tomic lands a knee to the head.
Fischer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomic breaks from the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Tomic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fischer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tomic moves away.
Tomic takes the fight into the clinch.
Tomic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tomic tries a body shot but Fischer blocks it.
Fischer can't break the clinch.
Tomic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fischer up against the cage.
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fischer gets tackled into the cage by Tomic. Tomic maintains the clinch.
Tomic pushes Fischer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tomic just leaning against Fischer, taking a breather.
Tomic landing knees to the head.
Tomic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fischer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Fischer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fischer has had enough of the clinch but Tomic keeps him there for the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fischer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tomic has him pressed against the cage.
Tomic scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tomic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Tomic.
Fischer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claudio Tomic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Scott Fischer's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Fischer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tomic darts in and clinches Fischer up against the cage.
Tomic is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tomic lands a good knee to the midsection. Fischer won't want to take too many of those.
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomic moves into range and clinches up with Fischer.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Claudio Tomic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tomic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fischer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tomic.
Tomic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tomic has Fischer pushed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fischer takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tomic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
Tomic manages to break the clinch.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
Fischer working hard to break the clinch.
Fischer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tomic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scott Fischer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fischer misses the shot to the body.
Tomic clinches.
Fischer is trying to force a seperation but Tomic has the dominant position.
Tomic lands a nice elbow.
Fischer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomic lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fischer tries to keep at a distance but Tomic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tomic slowing the pace effectively.
Tomic lands a knee to the body.
Tomic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tomic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fischer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tomic has him pressed against the cage.
Fischer is looking to break free of the clinch but Tomic has double underhooks.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tomic slips under a jab.
Tomic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tomic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic keeps the fight on the outside.
Tomic scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tomic clinches with his opponent.
Fischer tries to break free but Tomic pushes him back against the cage.
Tomic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tomic manages to break the clinch.
Fischer misses with a two punch combination.
Tomic clinches with his opponent.
Tomic lands a right hand.
Tomic breaks from the clinch.
Fischer throws a leg kick but Tomic checks it.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
Tomic pressing his opponent against the cage.
Scott Fischer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Tomic.
Tomic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fischer is looking to break free of the clinch but Tomic has double underhooks.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomic clinches up with Fischer and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fischer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tomic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Tomic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fischer is defending well for now.
Tomic scores a nice knee to the body.
Fischer blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fischer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fischer tries to throw a body punch but Tomic avoids it by throwing Fischer back against the cage.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Fischer misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Claudio Tomic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tomic 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claudio Tomic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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