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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nigel Lembert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vilkas Johsansonn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johsansonn has chosen Wolf Howl as his entrance music. Vilkas Johsansonn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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210 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Big heart
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Excellent MT
Solid chin
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nigel Lembert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vilkas Johsansonn!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johsansonn tries to clinch but Lembert is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johsansonn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johsansonn tries to close the distance and clinch but Lembert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johsansonn keeps Lembert at a distance using the push kick.
Johsansonn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johsansonn doesn't manage to clinch there - Lembert circles away.
Lembert cracks Johsansonn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lembert lands a head shot.
Johsansonn tries to clinch up.
Lembert connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Johsansonn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lembert misses with a wild combination.
Johsansonn wants to clinch up but Lembert keeps it at a distance.
Johsansonn tries to close the distance and clinch but Lembert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lembert slips a jab and a cross from Johsansonn.
Johsansonn fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johsansonn misses with a wild body shot.
Johsansonn dodges the punch combination from Lembert.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johsansonn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lembert throws a series of punches but Johsansonn avoids them all with ease.
Lembert will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lembert misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nigel Lembert is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johsansonn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johsansonn wants to clinch up but Lembert keeps it at a distance.
Johsansonn misses with a straight right.
Johsansonn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lembert lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johsansonn circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice jab there from Lembert.
Johsansonn dodges the punch combination from Lembert.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johsansonn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nigel Lembert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johsansonn slips a jab and a cross from Lembert.
Johsansonn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johsansonn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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!
Left hook, right uppercut from Lembert.
Some wild striking there from Lembert.
Lembert steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Johsansonn. That one must have hurt.
Johsansonn throws a right and a left that Lembert avoids nicely.
Lembert throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johsansonn misses with a series of wild punches.
Lembert misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johsansonn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johsansonn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johsansonn tries to clinch there but Lembert circles away.
Lembert throws a combination that misses
and Johsansonn counters with a big head kick but Lembert shrugs it off.
Johsansonn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lembert pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Johsansonn back to the ropes. Lembert follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lembert misses with a wild body shot.
Johsansonn tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Lembert manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lembert misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lembert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johsansonn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lembert throws a hook to the side of Johsansonn's head but Johsansonn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Lembert, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lembert fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lembert really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lembert falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Johsansonn to counter with a crisp jab.
Lembert is breathing heavily.
Johsansonn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lembert scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lembert throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lembert showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johsansonn.
Johsansonn goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johsansonn misses with a wild combination.
Lembert takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Johsansonn misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vilkas Johsansonn will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lembert throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johsansonn.
Johsansonn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lembert misses with a wild combination.
Lembert misses with a double jab.
Johsansonn throws a front kick that sends Lembert stumbling back into the ropes.
A punch combination from Lembert misses.
Johsansonn wants to clinch.
Johsansonn is looking to clinch.
Lembert loads up on a big right hand but Johsansonn slips the punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lembert.
Johsansonn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lembert misses with a straight left.
Lembert is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lembert circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lembert misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johsansonn throws a right hand that Lembert ducks under and follows up with a left that Lembert also avoids with ease.
Johsansonn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johsansonn moves in looking to clinch but Lembert pushes him off.
A right-left combo lands from Lembert.
Lembert misses with an uppercut. Johsansonn saw that one coming.
Johsansonn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lembert.
Lembert thuds a left hand into Johsansonn's body.
Johsansonn throws a one two combo.
Lembert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johsansonn moves away.
Lembert misses with a body shot.
Lembert lunges at Johsansonn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johsansonn's hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johsansonn needs to keep his hands up - Lembert had a free shot at his head there.
Johsansonn slips a jab and a cross from Lembert.
Lembert misses with a two punch combination.
Lembert throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johsansonn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johsansonn scores with a one two! Lembert had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Johsansonn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lembert.
Nigel Lembert is winning the standup battle so far.
Lembert throws a nice looking combination but Johsansonn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johsansonn scores with a head kick.
Lembert misses with a double jab.
Johsansonn misses with a two punch combination.
Johsansonn slips a jab and a cross from Lembert.
Lembert misses with a looping right.
Johsansonn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lembert paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lembert throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johsansonn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Lembert. Those never looked like landing.
Johsansonn misses with a two punch combination.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Johsansonn - that will leave a mark!
Johsansonn moves in looking to clinch but Lembert pushes him off.
Lembert looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johsansonn dips to his left and cracks Lembert with an uppercut!
Some wild striking there from Lembert.
Lembert is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johsansonn.
Johsansonn punishes Lembert's body with a nice straight punch.
Lembert lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johsansonn is looking to clinch.
Lembert looks to land a combination but Johsansonn avoids it well.
Lembert misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johsansonn explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Johsansonn wants to clinch.
Johsansonn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lembert circles away quickly and effectively.
Lembert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johsansonn tries to clinch but Lembert moves out of range.
Johsansonn throws a series of punches but Lembert avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lembert smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A punch combination from Lembert misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lembert scores with a nice head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nigel Lembert will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Johsansonn tries to clinch up but Lembert circles away and keeps his distance.
Johsansonn misses with a two punch combination.
Lembert lands a slapping body shot.
Lembert will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johsansonn wants to clinch up but Lembert keeps it at a distance.
Johsansonn dodges the punch combination from Lembert.
Lembert's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lembert duly obliges.
Lembert misses with a series of wild punches.
Lembert with a hook.
Johsansonn moves in looking to clinch but Lembert pushes him off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lembert lands a two punch combo.
Johsansonn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Lembert, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lembert circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lembert throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johsansonn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lembert throws a nice looking combination but Johsansonn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johsansonn moves in looking to clinch but Lembert pushes him off.
Johsansonn rushes Lembert and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Lembert is trying to break the clinch but Johsansonn has him pressed against the ropes.
Lembert tries to break the clinch but Johsansonn is controlling the position.
Johsansonn misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johsansonn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johsansonn keeps control of Lembert as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johsansonn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lembert.
Johsansonn looking to throw knees to the head but Lembert is blocking nicely.
Johsansonn avoiding damage.
Lembert is trying to break the clinch but Johsansonn has him pressed against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johsansonn misses with a knee to the head.
Johsansonn prevents Lembert from breaking the clinch.
Lembert is trying to break the clinch but Johsansonn has him pressed against the ropes.
Johsansonn has Lembert pressed against the ropes, preventing Lembert from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Lembert's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lembert working hard to break the clinch.
Lembert wants to get back to striking at distance but Johsansonn won't allow it.
Lembert looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lembert is trying to force a seperation but Johsansonn has the dominant position.
Johsansonn landing knees to the head.
Johsansonn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johsansonn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lembert has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nigel Lembert showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lembert 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nigel Lembert!
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energy
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