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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Smirnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). He arrived on a last minute flight shortly after looking tired and unhappy. Officials decided the fight should still take place, much to the delight of the fans in attendance.
Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between William Bird and Alexander Smirnov. William Bird has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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144 lbs
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144 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alexander Smirnov!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smirnov connects with the punch.
Bird keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bird has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bird there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smirnov clinches up against the ropes.
Smirnov trying to control the position but instead, Bird has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smirnov into the ropes.
Bird blocking some punches.
Smirnov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Smirnov throws a head punch that misses.
Smirnov lands an elbow just above Bird 's eye.
Smirnov trying to stall but Bird improves his position.
Smirnov avoids a wild elbow strike from Bird.
Our sources have told us that Bird has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smirnov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smirnov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bird's brow.
Bird lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smirnov tries to break the clinch but Bird is controlling the position.
Smirnov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bird blocking some punches.
Smirnov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnov blocks an elbow strike from Bird.
Smirnov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bird fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Smirnov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bird lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smirnov backwards.
Still in the clinch, Bird scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smirnov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smirnov lands a nice uppercut.
Smirnov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smirnov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bird using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smirnov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bird trying to stall but Smirnov improves his position.
Nice body punch from Bird.
Bird working Smirnov over with knees to the body.
Bird works on Smirnov's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smirnov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Smirnov prevents a body shot from Bird.
Smirnov lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Smirnov has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A shot in the inside from Bird.
Bird lands an elbow just above Smirnov 's eye.
It looks like Alexander Smirnov has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bird as Smirnov tries to tie him up.
Bird misses with a knee to the head.
Bird can't find room to land a body shot as Smirnov controls the action.
Bird avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnov.
Smirnov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bird is keeping busy.
Smirnov scores with a shoulder strike.
Smirnov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smirnov lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alexander Smirnov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Smirnov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Smirnov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bird.
Alexander Smirnov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bird gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bird lands a shoulder strike.
Bird has a couple of punches blocked by Smirnov.
Smirnov swings wildly with an uppercut but Bird uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smirnov is trying to maintain a safe position but Bird gets an underhook and turns Smirnov into the ropes.
Smirnov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smirnov lands with a light punch inside.
Bird tries to land knees in the clinch but Smirnov avoids the damage to the body.
Smirnov swings wildly with an uppercut but Bird uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smirnov avoiding damage as Bird throws knees to the body.
William Bird has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smirnov can't find room to land a body shot as Bird controls the action.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
Smirnov throws a punch but it's blocked by Bird.
Smirnov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smirnov is struggling to control the position.
Smirnov misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird scores with a shot to the side of Smirnov's head.
Bird lands a nice uppercut.
Smirnov slows down the pace here.
Bird lands a shoulder strike.
Bird misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smirnov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smirnov takes an elbow to the temple.
Smirnov stalling in the clinch but Bird improves position.
Smirnov manages to break the clinch.
Smirnov connects with an inside leg kick.
Bird bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bird lands with a hook. Smirnov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bird slips under a jab.
Nice jab there from Smirnov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smirnov throws a nice head kick!
Smirnov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bird sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smirnov tests Bird's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Smirnov misses the target.
Smirnov instigates a clinch.
Bird blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smirnov trying to control the position but instead, Bird has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smirnov into the ropes.
Smirnov misses with a body punch.
Bird throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smirnov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bird tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bird tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smirnov avoids it.
Bird blocking some punches.
Bird is stalling here.
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 William Bird will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Smirnov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smirnov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bird pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bird throws a hook but Smirnov avoids it easily.
Smirnov lands a leg kick that knocks Bird off balance momentarily.
Bird 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.
Bird slips a straight right by Smirnov.
Bird checks the leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smirnov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bird - the referee stops the clock and Smirnov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bird. Smirnov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Smirnov connects with the punch.
Bird avoids the body shot from Smirnov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smirnov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bird lands with an uppercut that bounces Smirnov off the ropes and back into range.
Bird scores with a kick to the body.
Smirnov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bird.
Nice body kick from Bird.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bird walks into a stiff left hand from Smirnov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnov throws a looping overhand right but Bird ducks down to avoid it.
Smirnov loads up on a big right hand but Bird slips the punch.
Bird lands with an uppercut that bounces Smirnov off the ropes and back into range.
Both fighters circling a little - Bird finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Smirnov misses with a hook. Bird ducked under it nicely.
Bird lands with an overhand left.
Smirnov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Smirnov is rocked!
A jab from Bird does it's job there.
Smirnov is still on wobbly legs! Can Bird finish him?
A combination from Smirnov does no damage.
William Bird is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bird lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bird.
Bird feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smirnov's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bird scores with a push kick.
Smirnov misses with a two punch combination.
Smirnov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bird tries to keep at a distance but Smirnov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bird landing knees to the body.
Bird comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smirnov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bird lands an elbow just above Smirnov 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird lands a nice uppercut.
Smirnov takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bird.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bird.
Bird misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from Bird.
Bird lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bird scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smirnov stalling in the clinch but Bird improves position.
Bird lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smirnov backwards.
Smirnov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bird.
Good body shot from Bird.
The referee calls for Bird to work.
Smirnov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bird is defending well for now.
Bird lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bird presses Smirnov against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Bird pushes Smirnov back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Bird smacks Smirnov right on the bridge of the nose with a massive elbow! Another one lands and Smirnov goes down! He's clearly dazed - will he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7... up to one knee... 8,9,10! He's not made it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). William Bird!
An intense looking William Bird took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I am the greatest KT fighter of all time!'.
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energy
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pop
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RATING
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