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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Kidder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kunta Kinte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kinte comes into a darkened arena with his song building. NATIONAL ANTHEM OF GAMBIA kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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187 cm
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191 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derrick Kidder!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kunta Kinte!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinte stuns Kidder with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A leg kick checked by Kidder.
Kidder wants to clinch
and Kinte counters with a nice leg kick.
Kinte lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kidder takes a step back to recover.
Kinte moves out of range of the leg kick from Kidder.
Kidder tries to clinch but Kinte moves away
and Kinte counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kidder tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kinte counters with a body kick that stops Kidder in his tracks momentarily.
Kidder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kinte was well out of range. Poor timing from Kidder.
Kinte ducks right into an uppercut from Kidder.
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!
Kidder rushes Kinte and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kinte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kidder.
Kinte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kidder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kidder moves away.
Kidder throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kidder takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kinte lands a leg kick that knocks Kidder off balance momentarily.
Kidder closes the distance but Kinte moves to the side
and Kinte counters with a right hand to the body.
Kinte feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kidders jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kidder takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kinte lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kinte swinging wildly here.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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!
Kinte delivers a nice body kick.
Kinte lands a head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidder tries to clinch but Kinte moves out of range.
Kidder tries to clinch but Kinte moves out of range.
Kinte sizes up Kidder with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kinte's corner calls for a 1-2. Kinte obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kidder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kidder tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kinte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kidder throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kidder tries to clinch up
and Kinte counters with a solid body kick.
Kinte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kidder throws out the jab.
Kidder fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kidder moves to clinch but Kinte breaks away
and Kinte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kinte moves into range and clinches up with Kidder.
Kinte working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kidder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kinte scores with a shoulder strike.
Kidder is trying to force a seperation but Kinte has the dominant position.
Kinte blocks a body shot from Kidder.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kinte.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kinte.
Kinte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kinte breaks the clinch.
Kidder wants to clinch but Kinte slips to the side
and Kinte counters with a leg kick.
Kidder tries to clinch up.
Kidder wants to clinch
and Kinte counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kidder avoids the head kick by Kinte.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kinte is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kinte throws a shot to the body.
Kinte gets tackled into the cage by Kidder. Kidder maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kinte lands with a light punch inside.
Kinte throws a head punch that misses.
Kinte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kidder tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kinte counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kidder thinking.
Kidder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kinte throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kidder tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kinte counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kinte swats away the attempt to clinch by Kidder.
Kidder fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kunta Kinte dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kidder takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Derrick Kidder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kinte on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kidder closes the distance but Kinte moves to the side
and Kinte counters with a straight right hand.
Kinte lands a head kick!
Kinte lands a high kick!
Kidder will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kidder throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kinte counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kinte will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kidder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kinte has closed the distance and engaged Kidder in a clinch.
Kidder goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kinte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinte lands a nice uppercut.
Kinte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kidder's elbow.
Kidder being controlled against the cage.
Kinte breaks the clinch.
Kidder moves in looking to clinch but Kinte pushes him off.
Kidder moves in looking to clinch but Kinte pushes him off.
Kinte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kidder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kidder moves out of range as Kinte throws a body kick.
Kidder doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kidder is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kinte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kinte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidder wants to clinch.
Kidder wants to clinch up but Kinte keeps it at a distance.
Kinte moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kidder wants to clinch.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kinte throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kinte connects with an inside leg kick.
Kidder wants to clinch.
Kidder tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinte missing with a left hand there. Kidder was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kidder tries to clinch up
and Kinte counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kidder tries to clinch
and Kinte counters with a right hand to the body.
Kidder is looking to clinch but Kinte is avoiding it.
Kinte has closed the distance and engaged Kidder in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kinte.
Kinte is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kinte keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kidder's efforts to push away.
Kinte breaks the clinch.
Kidder tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinte connects with a body shot.
Kinte swats away the attempt to clinch by Kidder.
Kidder on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kidder tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Kinte counter with a right hand.
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!
Kinte walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kinte drives through and clinches with Kidder against the cage.
Kidder misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Kinte.
Kinte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kidder taking a breather.
Kinte manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kidder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kinte tests Kidder's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kidder darts in trying to clinch
and Kinte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kunta Kinte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kinte cracks Kidder with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kidder tries to clinch up.
Kinte thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kidder if he has to take too many more of those.
Decent striking displayed by Kinte there.
Kidder cracks Kinte with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kidder tries to clinch up.
Kinte lands with a nice body kick.
Kinte fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kidder.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kidder wants to clinch.
Kinte jabs Kidder right on the nose. Kidder blinks but takes it well.
Kidder sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kidder wants to clinch up but Kinte keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinte throws a head kick that misses.
Kidder tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kinte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kinte slips under a jab from Kidder.
Kidder misses with a looping right.
Kidder is looking to clinch.
Kinte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kinte slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kidder tries to clinch there but Kinte circles away.
Kidder tries to clinch up.
Kidder wants to clinch.
Kinte has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kidder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kinte.
Kidder tries to clinch
and Kinte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good shot there by Kinte.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kinte throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kunta Kinte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kidder looks to clinch
and Kinte counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kinte ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kinte.
Good standup being displayed there by Kinte as he connects with a hook.
Kidder is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kinte scoring well with a low kick there.
Kinte keeps the fight on the outside.
Kidder closes the distance but Kinte moves to the side
and Kinte counters with a stiff right hand.
Kinte takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kidder lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kinte circles away quickly and effectively.
A lazy left from Kinte finds it's target.
Kinte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kidder misses with a left hand
enabling Kinte to counter with a crisp jab.
Kinte connects with a solid leg kick.
Kinte lands with a nice body kick.
Kinte feints and then cracks Kidder's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kidder down.
Kidder tries to clinch
enabling Kinte to counter with a crisp jab.
Kinte cracks Kidder with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kinte jabs Kidder to the body, keeping him at a distance.
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!
Kinte lands a head kick. Kidder smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kidder tries to clinch there but Kinte circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kinte dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kidder. That did some damage!
Kinte scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kidder in his tracks.
Kidder has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kinte lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kidder fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kidder wants to clinch up but Kinte keeps it at a distance.
Kidder is looking to clinch but Kinte is avoiding it.
Kinte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kidder tries to clinch
and Kinte counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kidder moves to clinch but Kinte breaks away
and Kinte counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kidder wants to clinch but Kinte slips to the side
and Kinte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kidder is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kunta Kinte really dominated that round.
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.
Kidder doesn't manage to clinch there - Kinte circles away.
Kidder darts in and clinches Kinte up against the cage.
Kidder lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kidder looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kinte is trying to force a seperation but Kidder has the dominant position.
Kinte keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kidder's efforts to push away.
Kinte breaks the clinch.
Kinte turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kinte scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kidder doesn't seem bothered though.
Kidder is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kidder moves to clinch but Kinte breaks away
and Kinte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kidder closes the distance but Kinte moves to the side
and Kinte counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidder moves to clinch but Kinte breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kidder is looking to clinch.
Kidder has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kinte finds it's way round the side to connect with Kidder's head.
Kinte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kidder manages to avoid it.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kinte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kinte with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kidder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An inside leg kick from Kinte misses.
Kidder tries to clinch up.
Kidder thows a body shot but no joy.
Kinte connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kidder closes the distance but Kinte moves to the side
and Kinte counters with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidder tries to clinch but Kinte moves away
and Kinte counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kidder doesn't manage to clinch there - Kinte circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kinte delivers a nice body kick.
Kinte lands with a kick to the temple. Kidder shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kinte slips a jab from Kidder.
Kinte connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kidder is looking to clinch but Kinte is avoiding it.
Kidder wants to clinch
and Kinte counters with a nice uppercut.
Kidder fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Kinte there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kidder tries to clinch but Kinte is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinte throws a head kick that misses.
Kidder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kinte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kinte slips under a jab.
Kinte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kidder throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kinte connects with a high kick.
Kidder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kinte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kinte throws a good cross that connects.
Nice jab there from Kinte.
Kidder moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kinte.
Kinte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kidder tries to clinch there but Kinte circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinte throws a right hand that Kidder ducks under and follows up with a left that Kidder also avoids with ease.
Kinte throws a leg kick
and Kidder counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kinte scores with a head kick. Kidder tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kinte lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kinte circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kinte counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kinte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kidder has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kidder swings widly with a right hand
and Kinte counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kinte circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kinte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kunta Kinte dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Kidder misses the target.
Kidder tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kinte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kinte. That's going to slow Kidder down.
Kidder is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kidder tries to clinch up
and Kinte counters with a solid body kick.
Kinte keeps the fight on the outside.
Kidder paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kidder darts in and clinches Kinte up against the cage.
Kidder tries to throw a body punch but Kinte avoids it by throwing Kidder back against the cage.
Kinte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kidder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kinte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kinte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinte catches Kidder with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kinte circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Kinte counter with a right hand.
Kidder wants to clinch up but Kinte keeps it at a distance.
Kinte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kinte lands a glancing blow to the side of Kidder's head.
Kidder tries to clinch up
and Kinte counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kinte throws a head kick but Kidder moves out of range.
Kinte scores with a jab.
Kidder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kinte.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidder doesn't manage to clinch there - Kinte circles away.
Kinte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kidder tries to clinch up
and Kinte counters with a left and a right that stings Kidder.
Kidder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kinte swats away the attempt to clinch by Kidder.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kidder gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kidder wants to clinch but Kinte slips to the side
and Kinte counters with a good low kick that Kidder was not able to check.
Kinte connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kidder closes the distance but Kinte moves to the side
and Kinte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidder avoids the body shot from Kinte.
Kinte instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kinte.
A right handed body shot lands from Kinte.
Kinte manages to break the clinch.
Kinte clinches.
Kidder misses with a body punch.
Kidder scores with a shot to the side of Kinte's head.
Kunta Kinte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kidder lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kinte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kidder misses with a knee strike.
Kinte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kidder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kinte is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kidder is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kinte.
Derrick Kidder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kinte.
Kidder struggles to land a body shot inside as Kinte controls his hands.
Kinte misses with a body punch.
Kinte tries to throw a body punch but Kidder avoids it by throwing Kinte back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kidder as Kinte tries to tie him up.
Kidder can't find room to land a body shot as Kinte controls the action.
Kinte gets through Kidder's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kinte breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Kidder.
Kinte cracks Kidder with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kinte throws a head kick that Kidder semi-blocks.
Kidder is rocked!
Kinte has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kidder throws a punch but it's blocked by Kinte.
Kidder prevents a body shot from Kinte.
Kunta Kinte is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kidder lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kinte blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kunta Kinte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kinte 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kunta Kinte!
Kunta Kinte is the new middleweight champion!
Kunta Kinte decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.
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