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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Richard Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evangelist Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hamilton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bonfire. Evangelist Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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205 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Hamilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Evangelist Santos!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Hamilton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hamilton throws a hook to the side of Santos's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hamilton dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Hamilton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Santos doesn't seem bothered though.
Santos wants to clinch up but Hamilton keeps it at a distance.
Santos wants to clinch.
Hamilton throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
Hamilton blocks a head kick by Santos.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos gets a clinch.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos tries to clinch there but Hamilton circles away.
Hamilton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos misses with a body kick.
Hamilton misses with a looping right.
Santos wants to slow Hamilton down by chopping away at his legs.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hamilton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Richard Hamilton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Santoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Evangelist Santos has been cut.
Santos throws a series of punches but Hamilton moves out of range.
Santos throws a one two combo.
Hamilton misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Evangelist Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Hamilton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Hamilton.
Santos tries to clinch but Hamilton moves out of range.
Santos has Hamilton up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hamilton gets through Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hamilton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamilton circles away.
Santos wants to clinch but Hamilton slips to the side
letting Hamilton counter with a right hand.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Hamilton breaks the clinch.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hamilton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hamilton keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos works over Hamilton's head and body with a nice combination.
Hamilton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hamilton misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Hamilton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hamilton keeps the fight on the outside.
Hamilton misses the jab.
Hamilton looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Hamilton misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Hamilton lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hamilton throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
Hamilton slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Hamilton misses with an uppercut.
Santos throws a series of punches but Hamilton avoids them all with ease.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamilton circles away.
Santos wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton takes a swing at Santos's ribcage but misses.
Hamilton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hamilton slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hamilton checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Santos tries to clinch up but Hamilton circles away and keeps his distance.
Hamilton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santos closes the distance but Hamilton moves to the side
and Hamilton counters with a stiff right hand.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos forces Hamilton back against the ropes and clinches.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hamilton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hamilton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos drives through and clinches with Hamilton against the ropes.
Hamilton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Hamilton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hamilton.
Santos tries to clinch there but Hamilton circles away.
Hamilton instigates a clinch.
Hamilton struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Hamilton lands with a left to the head.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Hamilton has him pressed against the ropes.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamilton takes a swing at Santos's ribcage but misses.
Santos tries to clinch but Hamilton is having none of it.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evangelist Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evangelist Santos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Santos wants to clinch up but Hamilton keeps it at a distance.
Hamilton throws a lazy right hand but Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santos throws a body kick that misses.
Hamilton misses with a looping right.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evangelist Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hamilton tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hamilton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Santos throws a head kick but Hamilton moves out of range.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Hamilton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hamilton closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos rushes Hamilton and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Hamilton is trying to break free.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton tries to clinch up.
Santos slips under a jab from Hamilton.
Hamilton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamilton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Hamilton pushes him off.
Santos throws a head kick but Hamilton moves out of range.
Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hamilton.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hamilton circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Hamilton.
Hamilton misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos forces Hamilton back against the ropes and clinches.
Hamilton tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Hamilton cracks Santos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Evangelist Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hamilton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Santos wants to clinch up but Hamilton keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hamilton.
Hamilton tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
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!
Santos tries to clinch up but Hamilton circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hamilton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos wants to clinch up but Hamilton keeps it at a distance.
Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hamilton, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hamilton is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.
Hamilton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hamilton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Hamilton misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Hamilton.
Hamilton throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hamilton lands a jab to Santos's midsection.
Santos misses with a leg kick.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamilton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos tries to clinch up but Hamilton circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos darts in and clinches Hamilton up against the ropes.
Hamilton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hamilton eats them both and turns towards Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Santos throws a wild body kick that Hamilton sees coming a mile off.
Hamilton misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Santos throws a right and a left that Hamilton avoids nicely.
Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Hamilton moves out of range of the body kick.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Hamilton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hamilton stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Hamilton moves out of range easily.
Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos throws a body kick that misses.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hamilton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos slips under a jab from Hamilton.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamilton is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santos.
Hamilton lands a head shot.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Hamilton pushes him off.
Santos throws a low kick but Hamilton moves out of range easily.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evangelist Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Evangelist Santos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slow jab from Hamilton misses its intended target.
Hamilton works Santos's body with a nice hook.
Santos throws a front kick aimed at Hamilton's knee but Hamilton avoids it well.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos throws a right and a left that Hamilton avoids nicely.
Hamilton clinches.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hamilton has him pressed against the ropes.
Hamilton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos instigates a clinch.
Santos tries to break free but Hamilton pushes him back against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hamilton.
Hamilton breaks the clinch.
Hamilton throws a jab when Santos was well out of range.
Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hamilton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos tries to clinch but Hamilton is having none of it.
Santos wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Santos is looking to land body kicks.
Hamilton throws a jab when Santos was well out of range.
Santos tries to bum rush Hamilton with a series of wild strikes but Hamilton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hamilton scores with a jab.
Hamilton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos throws a right hand that Hamilton ducks under and follows up with a left that Hamilton also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hamilton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hamilton circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos tries to clinch there but Hamilton circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hamilton swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Hamilton uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Santos has time to react.
Hamilton lands with a good body shot.
Hamilton misses the shot to the body.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Hamilton looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Hamilton swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamilton scores with a nice right hand.
Hamilton closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos throws a head kick but Hamilton moves out of range.
Hamilton scores with a shot to the body.
Hamilton lands a really nice looking cross but Santos seems unphased.
Hamilton tests Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hamilton catches Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hamilton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos lands a jab-cross combination.
Santos takes one to the chin there.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Santos tries to clinch but Hamilton moves out of range.
Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hamilton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hamilton, as that shot connected.
Hamilton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hamilton misses with a two punch combination.
Santos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hamilton checks it well.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hamilton throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos looks to land a body kick but Hamilton moved away.
Santos misses with a kick to the body.
Hamilton cracks Santos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Santos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hamilton blocks a low kick nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Hamilton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos clinches.
Hamilton lands with a light punch inside.
Hamilton is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamilton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hamilton throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos throws a right hand that Hamilton ducks under and follows up with a left that Hamilton also avoids with ease.
Hamilton misses with a looping left.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Richard Hamilton.
Well Santos 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight for Evangelist Santos!
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Evangelist Santos!
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Evangelist Santos!
Evangelist Santos wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Evangelist Santos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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