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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zbigniew Ciosek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Meijeri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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277 lbs
27 - 26 - 1 |
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270 lbs
4 - 10 - 1 |
World class MT
Cardio machine
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 26 - 1, fighting out of London, Zbigniew Ciosek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antti Meijeri!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciosek connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Meijeri tries to keep at a distance but Ciosek has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ciosek misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Meijeri.
Meijeri misses with a knee strike.
Ciosek lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meijeri throws a head punch that misses.
Ciosek throws a head punch that misses.
Meijeri lands a right hand.
Meijeri lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Zbigniew Ciosek has been cut.
Ciosek blocking some punches.
Meijeri scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ciosek.
Ciosek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ciosek has a couple of punches blocked by Meijeri.
Meijeri lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meijeri lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ciosek backwards.
Meijeri looking to throw knees to the head but Ciosek is blocking nicely.
Meijeri letting Ciosek take a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek swings wildly with an uppercut but Meijeri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meijeri with an attempt at a knee that misses.
I was talking to Ciosek's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ciosek misses with the head strike.
Meijeri lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ciosek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ciosek misses with the head strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Meijeri obliges.
Ciosek is breathing heavily.
Meijeri lands a hook that snaps the head of Ciosek backwards.
Meijeri throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cioseks head.
Meijeri lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Meijeri lands a right hand.
Ciosek misses with some punches.
Meijeri lands an uppercut.
Meijeri tries to work over Ciosek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciosek avoiding damage.
Meijeri misses with the head strike.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but Ciosek blocks it.
Meijeri blocking some punches.
Meijeri misses with a knee to the head.
Meijeri misses with a punch on the inside.
Ciosek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meijeri lands a body punch in the clinch.
Meijeri lands a left hand.
Meijeri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ciosek throws a punch but it's blocked by Meijeri.
Meijeri lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meijeri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ciosek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ciosek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Meijeri on the inside.
Meijeri tries to throw a body punch but Ciosek avoids it by throwing Meijeri back against the cage.
Come on Ciosek - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meijeri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciosek blocks it with crossed arms.
Meijeri digs a right hand into Ciosek's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ciosek's gas tank.
Meijeri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ciosek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Meijeri misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ciosek.
Good body shot from Meijeri.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but Ciosek blocks it.
Meijeri throws a punch but it's blocked by Ciosek.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Meijeri throws a knee to the head but misses.
Meijeri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ciosek's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Meijeri on the inside.
Ciosek lands a nice shot to the body.
Ciosek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ciosek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Meijeri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Meijeri.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ciosek misses with a punch to the body.
Ciosek swings wildly with an uppercut but Meijeri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ciosek working aggressively here.
Meijeri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meijeri lands with a left to the head.
Meijeri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciosek blocks it with crossed arms.
Meijeri looking to throw knees to the head but Ciosek is blocking nicely.
Ciosek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meijeri scores with a shoulder strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ciosek has a couple of punches blocked by Meijeri.
Ciosek managing to block the knees to the body from Meijeri.
Meijeri misses with a knee strike.
Ciosek misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ciosek misses with some punches.
Meijeri lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Meijeri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zbigniew Ciosek's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Meijeri gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Meijeri tries a body shot but Ciosek blocks it.
Ciosek works on Meijeri's body with a couple of short punches.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but Ciosek blocks it.
Meijeri stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Meijeri has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Meijeri lands with a short shot to the head.
Meijeri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Ciosek.
Ciosek misses with some punches.
Ciosek lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meijeri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ciosek blocks an uppercut.
Ciosek looking to stall.
Meijeri lands with a left to the head.
Meijeri gets through Ciosek's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meijeri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Meijeri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A bit of stalling here from Ciosek.
Ciosek manages to break the clinch.
Meijeri forces Ciosek back against the cage and clinches.
Ciosek looking to stall.
Meijeri lands an elbow just above Ciosek 's eye.
Ciosek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ciosek misses with some punches.
Meijeri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ciosek lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Meijeri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meijeri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ciosek misses with a knee to the head.
Meijeri escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ciosek throws a hook to the side of Meijeri's head but Meijeri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meijeri moves out of range as Ciosek strikes.
Meijeri swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meijeri has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ciosek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ciosek throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Meijeri counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ciosek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meijeri misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Ciosek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meijeri feints and then cracks Ciosek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ciosek down.
Ciosek tries to keep at a distance but Meijeri has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meijeri with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ciosek looking to slow down the pace here.
Ciosek blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meijeri.
Ciosek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meijeri throws a punch but it's blocked by Ciosek.
Ciosek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meijeri's elbow.
Meijeri with a knee to the head.
Zbigniew Ciosek's cut is getting worse.
Ciosek misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Meijeri.
Meijeri lands a body punch in the clinch.
Meijeri lands a good knee to the midsection. Ciosek won't want to take too many of those.
Ciosek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Meijeri lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Meijeri - that landed with a thud.
Meijeri working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meijeri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ciosek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meijeri throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Meijeri as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ciosek looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Meijeri lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meijeri pushes Ciosek back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Meijeri lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ciosek backwards.
Ciosek throws a head punch that misses.
Meijeri scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Meijeri.
Ciosek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meijeri throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ciosek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meijeri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meijeri misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meijeri lands with a short shot to the head.
Zbigniew Ciosek's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ciosek takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ciosek misses with the head strike.
Meijeri tries a body shot but Ciosek blocks it.
Meijeri misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Meijeri showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zbigniew Ciosek'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!
Meijeri misses with a straight left.
Ciosek works over Meijeri's head and body with a nice combination.
Ciosek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meijeri.
A telegraphed right hand from Ciosek misses the target.
A leg kick checked by Meijeri.
Ciosek tries to clinch up.
Meijeri lands a nice hook to Ciosek's body. Ciosek takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zbigniew Ciosek is winning the standup battle so far.
Ciosek throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ciosek goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Meijeri flicks out a counter leg kick but Ciosek steps away.
Meijeri moves into range and clinches up with Ciosek.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meijeri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ciosek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Meijeri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciosek blocks it with crossed arms.
A left hand lands to the body for Meijeri.
Meijeri throws an elbow that misses.
Ciosek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Meijeri blocks it with crossed arms.
Meijeri makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meijeri lands a good knee to the midsection. Ciosek won't want to take too many of those.
Meijeri lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ciosek backwards.
Meijeri is working Ciosek over against the cage.
Ciosek stalling in the clinch but Meijeri improves position.
Meijeri looking to throw knees to the head but Ciosek is blocking nicely.
Meijeri scores with a nice hook to the head.
Meijeri lands a nice uppercut.
Meijeri lands an elbow inside that Ciosek shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Meijeri.
Jeez, Zbigniew Ciosek's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ciosek throws a punch but it's blocked by Meijeri.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Meijeri creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Zbigniew Ciosek's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Antti Meijeri!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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