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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Diego Sebastiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dedric Knowles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sebastiao comes into the arena with Diego Sebastião Highlight blaring out of the sound system. Diego Sebastiao has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Basic striking
Good chin
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Sebastiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dedric Knowles!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sebastiao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knowles.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knowles makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sebastiao tries to clinch
and Knowles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sebastiao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Knowles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sebastiao.
A punch combination from Knowles misses.
Sebastiao closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Knowles counter with a right hand.
Knowles is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Knowles keeps the fight on the outside.
Sebastiao takes one on the button.
Sebastiao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knowles.
Sebastiao slips a jab and a cross from Knowles.
Sebastiao tries to clinch up
and Knowles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Sebastiao.
Knowles just misses with a punch to the body.
Sebastiao motions for Knowles to come forward. Sebastiao throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knowles throws a right and a left that Sebastiao avoids nicely.
Sebastiao looks to clinch
and Knowles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knowles lands with a hook. Sebastiao tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knowles throws a series of punches but Sebastiao avoids them all with ease.
Knowles looks to throw the jab but Sebastiao is out of range.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sebastiao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knowles misses with a two punch combination.
Sebastiao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knowles.
Knowles connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Knowles throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knowles might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Knowles misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knowles's corner calls for a 1-2. Knowles obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Knowles jabs Sebastiao to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Knowles fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sebastiao looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Knowles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sebastiao was well out of range. Poor timing from Knowles.
Knowles dips to his left and cracks Sebastiao with an uppercut!
Knowles swings for the body but Sebastiao moves out of range.
Knowles throws a jab when Sebastiao was well out of range.
Knowles tries a head kick but it misses.
Sebastiao moves forwards but Knowles connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Knowles swats away the attempt to clinch by Sebastiao.
Sebastiao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sebastiao there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knowles lands with a cross.
Knowles is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sebastiao had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Knowles misses with a series of wild punches.
Sebastiao tries to clinch
and Knowles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knowles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knowles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knowles keeps the fight on the outside.
Knowles lands the left hand.
Knowles lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Knowles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knowles throws a good cross that connects.
A combination from Knowles does no damage.
Knowles misses with a straight right.
Knowles misses with a two punch combination.
Sebastiao on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Knowles misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Knowles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sebastiao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knowles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knowles connects with a jab.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Knowles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sebastiao thinking.
Sebastiao tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Knowles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knowles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sebastiao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sebastiao moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Knowles throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sebastiao counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Knowles throws a nice looking combination but Sebastiao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sebastiao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knowles.
Knowles misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Knowles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but Knowles is having none of it.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knowles counters with a left and a right that stings Sebastiao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dedric Knowles dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sebastiao tries to clinch
and Knowles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sebastiao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knowles scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sebastiao moves out of range as Knowles strikes.
Knowles smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Knowles lands a head shot.
Knowles lands a nice hook to Sebastiao's body. Sebastiao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knowles misses with the combination.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but Knowles moves away
and Knowles counters with a straight right hand.
Dedric Knowles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knowles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sebastiao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego Sebastiao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sebastiao avoids the body shot from Knowles.
Sebastiao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knowles is looking to chop away at Sebastiao's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knowles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sloppy strikes from Knowles. Those never looked like landing.
A right-left combo lands from Knowles.
Nice defenses there by Sebastiao.
Sebastiao looks to clinch
and Knowles counters with a straight right hand.
Sebastiao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Knowles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sebastiao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knowles.
Sebastiao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Knowles throws a good cross that connects.
Knowles throws a push kick but Sebastiao slaps the foot to one side.
Knowles blocks a low kick nicely.
Knowles missing with a left hand there. Sebastiao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knowles scores with a jab. Sebastiao acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knowles throws a hook to the side of Sebastiao's head but Sebastiao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sebastiao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Knowles keeps the fight on the outside.
Sebastiao takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sebastiao tries to clinch
enabling Knowles to counter with a crisp jab.
Knowles throws a shot from downtown. Sebastiao moves away and avoids it.
Knowles throws a hook but Sebastiao blocks it.
Sebastiao moves to clinch but Knowles breaks away
and Knowles counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sebastiao darts in trying to clinch
and Knowles counters with a one-two to the body.
Sebastiao drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knowles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sebastiao under the eye.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knowles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sebastiao wants to clinch.
Knowles looks to land a body kick but Sebastiao moved away.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sebastiao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sebastiao tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Knowles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knowles misses with a two punch combination.
Sebastiao takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sebastiao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knowles.
Sebastiao moves out of range of the strikes.
Sebastiao takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sebastiao wants to clinch.
Sebastiao plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knowles scores with a jab to the head.
Sebastiao wants to clinch.
Sebastiao darts in trying to clinch
letting Knowles counter with a right hand.
Knowles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knowles lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sebastiao takes one to the side of the head.
Knowles connects with a nice looking jab.
Sebastiao shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sebastiao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dedric Knowles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Sebastiao tries a head kick but it misses.
Knowles throws the left hand but Sebastiao avoids the punch easily.
Sebastiao moves in looking to clinch but Knowles pushes him off.
Knowles throws the left hand but Sebastiao avoids the punch easily.
Knowles misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice shot by Knowles.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Knowles counters with a stiff right hand.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but Knowles moves away
and Knowles counters with a stiff right hand.
Knowles feints a jab promting Sebastiao to slip. Knowles then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sebastiao slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Knowles connects with a single shot there.
Sebastiao wants to clinch but Knowles slips to the side
and Knowles counters with a three punch combo that has Sebastiao backing up. Sebastiao nods at Knowles to acknowledge the strikes.
Knowles swats away the attempt to clinch by Sebastiao.
Sebastiao tries to clinch
and Knowles counters with a two punch combo.
Knowles swats away the attempt to clinch by Sebastiao.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sebastiao wants to clinch up but Knowles keeps it at a distance.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knowles misses with a straight left.
Knowles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sebastiao.
A slow jab from Knowles misses its intended target.
Sebastiao moves in looking to clinch but Knowles pushes him off.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Knowles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knowles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sebastiao closes the distance looking to clinch
and Knowles counters with a two punch combo.
Sebastiao doesn't manage to clinch there - Knowles circles away.
Sebastiao dodges the punch combination from Knowles.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but Knowles moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knowles misses with a double jab
and Sebastiao counters with a head kick.
Sebastiao takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Knowles misses with an uppercut.
Knowles lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sebastiao tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sebastiao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sebastiao wants to clinch up but Knowles keeps it at a distance.
Sebastiao avoids the body shot from Knowles.
Knowles misses with a hook.
Knowles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sebastiao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knowles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knowles swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sebastiao counters with a slapping leg kick.
Knowles scores with a jab. Sebastiao acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but Knowles is having none of it.
Knowles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sebastiao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knowles.
Knowles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sebastiao circles away quickly and effectively.
Knowles takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knowles throws a body punch but Sebastiao moves out of range.
Sebastiao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knowles lands a jab to the head.
Knowles misses with a few strikes there.
Jab from Knowles.
Sebastiao tries to clinch but Knowles moves out of range.
Sebastiao tries to clinch up
enabling Knowles to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sebastiao moves in looking to clinch but Knowles pushes him off.
Knowles misses with a two punch combination.
Sebastiao tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Knowles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sebastiao is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Knowles misses with a double jab.
Sebastiao is looking to clinch but Knowles is avoiding it.
Jab by Knowles.
Knowles misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Knowles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sebastiao is looking to clinch but Knowles is avoiding it.
Knowles looks to score with a jab to the body but Sebastiao is just out of range.
Diego Sebastiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dedric Knowles is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Knowles thows a body shot but no joy.
Knowles fails to land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dedric Knowles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Knowles 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 Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dedric Knowles!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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