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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Simon Kanitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milovan Cirkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirkovic has chosen Five Finger Death Punch - as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
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213 lbs
27 - 9 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Kanitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Milovan Cirkovic!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirkovic throws a nice looking combination but Kanitz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kanitz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kanitz throws a body kick that misses.
Kanitz keeps the fight on the outside.
Kanitz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kanitz misses with a wild body shot.
Cirkovic misses with a body kick.
Cirkovic is looking to chop away at Kanitz's legs.
Kanitz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cirkovic manages to avoid it.
Cirkovic stuns Kanitz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cirkovic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cirkovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kanitz lands with a nice body kick.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
Kanitz takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kanitz misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirkovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Kanitz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Cirkovic is trying to break the clinch but Kanitz has him pressed against the ropes.
Kanitz lands a hook that snaps the head of Cirkovic backwards.
Cirkovic tries to circle away but Kanitz has him pinned against the ropes.
Kanitz can't find room to land a body shot as Cirkovic controls the action.
Cirkovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cirkovic blocks an uppercut.
Kanitz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kanitz misses with a body punch.
Cirkovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cirkovic trying to land knees to the body.
Cirkovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kanitz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cirkovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cirkovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cirkovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kanitz.
Kanitz scores with a leg kick.
Cirkovic misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cirkovic throws a sloppy head kick and Kanitz moves out of range easily.
Kanitz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cirkovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kanitz lands with a right hand.
A big right from Cirkovic misses.
Kanitz takes a swing at Cirkovic's ribcage but misses.
Cirkovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kanitz.
Cirkovic misses with a kick to the body.
Cirkovic lands with a right hand.
A jab lands there for Kanitz.
Kanitz scores with a jab.
Kanitz throws a hook but Cirkovic avoids it easily.
Cirkovic wants to counter with a clinch but Kanitz pushes him away.
Cirkovic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cirkovic has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cirkovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Cirkovic blocks the leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Cirkovic.
Crunch! Cirkovic slams his shin into Kanitz's torso.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kanitz.
Cirkovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cirkovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kanitz. That did some damage!
Kanitz looks for the body kick but Cirkovic saw that one coming.
Kanitz cracks Cirkovic with a good jab.
Cirkovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kanitz.
Kanitz looks to throw the jab but Cirkovic is out of range.
Kanitz throws a wild body kick that Cirkovic sees coming a mile off.
Cirkovic misses with a left hand
and Cirkovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cirkovic blocks a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kanitz.
Cirkovic looks to land a body kick but Kanitz moved away.
Kanitz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kanitz blocks a head kick by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kanitz is looking to chop away at Cirkovic's legs.
Cirkovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cirkovic misses the shot to the body.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
Cirkovic is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cirkovic works Kanitz's body with a nice hook.
Kanitz throws a push kick but Cirkovic slaps the foot to one side.
Cirkovic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kanitz thuds his right hand into Cirkovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cirkovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kanitz can pounce on him.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cirkovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kanitz.
Kanitz throws a shot to the body.
Kanitz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kanitz, right into the meat.
Cirkovic throws a series of punches but Kanitz avoids them all with ease.
A counter left hand to the body from Kanitz misses its target.
Kanitz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cirkovic.
Kanitz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cirkovic.
Kanitz sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic rushes Kanitz and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Cirkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kanitz avoids it.
Cirkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Kanitz.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kanitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kanitz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cirkovic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A hook to the body from Kanitz.
Cirkovic looks winded!
Kanitz presses Cirkovic against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cirkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Kanitz.
Still in the clinch, Kanitz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kanitz tries to work over Cirkovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cirkovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kanitz.
Kanitz lands a right hook to the body.
Kanitz connects with a leg kick. Cirkovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cirkovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kanitz with a hook.
Kanitz has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kanitz.
Kanitz can't find room to land a body shot as Cirkovic controls the action.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kanitz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kanitz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cirkovic misses with a body punch.
Cirkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cirkovic blocking some punches.
Cirkovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kanitz pushes Cirkovic back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Kanitz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kanitz gets through Cirkovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kanitz.
Cirkovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Cirkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cirkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kanitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A right handed body shot lands from Kanitz.
Cirkovic tries to throw a body punch but Kanitz avoids it by throwing Cirkovic back against the ropes.
Cirkovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kanitz scores with a hook.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cirkovic, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kanitz throws a punch but it's blocked by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic breaks the clinch.
Kanitz misses with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kanitz.
A swing and a miss from Kanitz.
Kanitz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cirkovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Kanitz is just out of range.
Kanitz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kanitz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kanitz missing with a left hand there. Cirkovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kanitz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kanitz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cirkovic looks to land a right hand but Kanitz moved out of range.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kanitz is looking to counter with a body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Cirkovic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kanitz blocks a jab.
Kanitz moves out of range of the body kick from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kanitz scores with a sloppy right hand. Cirkovic should have avoided that one.
Kanitz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Cirkovic is trying to force a seperation but Kanitz has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kanitz.
Cirkovic throws an elbow that misses.
Cirkovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cirkovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Kanitz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kanitz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cirkovic backwards.
Kanitz misses with the head strike.
Cirkovic misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Kanitz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cirkovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cirkovic looks to throw the jab but Kanitz is out of range.
Kanitz avoids the body shot from Cirkovic.
An inside leg kick from Cirkovic misses.
Kanitz missing with a left hand there. Cirkovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cirkovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kanitz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kanitz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cirkovic in his tracks.
Kanitz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kanitz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cirkovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kanitz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cirkovic can do to turn this around?
Cirkovic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cirkovic blocks a head kick by Kanitz.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kanitz.
Cirkovic is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanitz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cirkovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
Kanitz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab by Kanitz.
Kanitz scores with a decent looking hook.
Kanitz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cirkovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kanitz tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Cirkovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cirkovic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kanitz misses with a body shot.
Kanitz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kanitz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy body kick from Kanitz
and Cirkovic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kanitz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kanitz digs a good hook to Cirkovic's body.
Kanitz connects with a body shot.
A big left from Cirkovic misses.
A swing and a miss from Kanitz.
Kanitz scoring well with a low kick there.
Kanitz throws a hook but Cirkovic avoids it easily.
Kanitz throws a leg kick but Cirkovic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cirkovic misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Kanitz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick nicely.
Kanitz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cirkovic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz throws out a leg kick but Cirkovic moves out of range and Kanitz only half commits.
Kanitz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Simon Kanitz is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kanitz. Cirkovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kanitz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cirkovic takes a step back to recover.
Kanitz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cirkovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kanitz.
Cirkovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
You can see that Cirkovic has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
A solid body kick from Kanitz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kanitz. Cirkovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kanitz misses with an uppercut.
Cirkovic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cirkovic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Good exchange - Kanitz coming out on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cirkovic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Kanitz misses its intended target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Cirkovic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cirkovic feints a counter leg kick.
Cirkovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Kanitz is just out of range.
Kanitz connects with a solid leg kick.
Kanitz moves in looking to clinch but Cirkovic pushes him off.
Kanitz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cirkovic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kanitz misses with a left hand
and Cirkovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Kanitz cracks the inside of Cirkovic's front leg.
Cirkovic defending well as Kanitz loads up on a big left hand.
Cirkovic is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cirkovic throws a body kick that misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cirkovic momentarily.
Kanitz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cirkovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kanitz was well out of range. Poor timing from Cirkovic.
Kanitz has closed the distance and engaged Cirkovic in a clinch.
Kanitz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kanitz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cirkovic's elbow.
Simon Kanitz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cirkovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kanitz misses with some punches.
Cirkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cirkovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Kanitz won't want to take too many of those.
Cirkovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kanitz lands a nice shot to the body.
Cirkovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Kanitz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Kanitz prevents a body shot from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic blocking some punches.
Cirkovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cirkovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cirkovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kanitz backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kanitz scores with a shot to the side of Cirkovic's head.
Cirkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kanitz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kanitz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cirkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kanitz avoids it.
Kanitz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cirkovic backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kanitz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kanitz blocking some punches.
Kanitz lands a right hand.
Kanitz lands a left hand.
Kanitz working aggressively here.
Kanitz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cirkovic can't find room to land a body shot as Kanitz controls the action.
Kanitz scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kanitz avoids it.
Kanitz blocking some punches.
Kanitz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kanitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cirkovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kanitz.
Cirkovic scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Kanitz.
Kanitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cirkovic lands a shot to the body.
Kanitz throws a head punch that misses.
Cirkovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Kanitz won't want to take too many of those.
Cirkovic has Kanitz pressed against the ropes.
Kanitz has a couple of punches blocked by Cirkovic.
Kanitz struggles to land a body shot inside as Cirkovic controls his hands.
Kanitz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cirkovic has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kanitz.
Kanitz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kanitz misses with some punches.
Kanitz has a couple of punches blocked by Cirkovic.
A right hand to the body from Kanitz.
Cirkovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kanitz avoids a kick to the body.
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!
Cirkovic looks for the body kick but Kanitz saw that one coming.
Kanitz misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cirkovic. Kanitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kanitz tries to clinch up but Cirkovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Cirkovic slips under a jab.
Kanitz scores with a hook.
Cirkovic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kanitz scores with a leg kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kanitz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cirkovic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cirkovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cirkovic throws a low kick but Kanitz moves out of range easily.
Kanitz is looking to land body kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Cirkovic there.
Kanitz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cirkovic is out of range and Kanitz settles back down.
Kanitz misses with a lunging right hand
and Cirkovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kanitz lands a nice looking body kick.
Cirkovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kanitz moves away.
Cirkovic is looking to score with low kicks.
Cirkovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Kanitz dominated that second 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.
Kanitz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cirkovic's sensitive parts.
Kanitz scores with a hook to the body. Cirkovic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cirkovic lands a nice looking body kick.
Kanitz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cirkovic.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kanitz checks a leg kick.
Cirkovic looks for the body kick but Kanitz saw that one coming.
Kanitz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kanitz looks to land a body kick but Cirkovic moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanitz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kanitz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cirkovic under the eye.
Cirkovic wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirkovic misses with an uppercut. Kanitz saw that one coming.
Good work by Kanitz as he checks the leg kick.
Kanitz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cirkovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Kanitz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cirkovic.
Kanitz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kanitz checks a low kick from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cirkovic staying out of range there.
Kanitz lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cirkovic will feel that in the morning.
Cirkovic misses with a lunging right hand
and Kanitz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Kanitz.
Kanitz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kanitz counters with a good low kick that Cirkovic was not able to check.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic throws a shot from downtown. Kanitz moves away and avoids it.
Kanitz avoids the body shot from Cirkovic.
Kanitz misses with a body kick.
Cirkovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kanitz counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kanitz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kanitz scores with a nice body kick.
A leg kick checked by Kanitz.
Cirkovic is looking to land body kicks.
Cirkovic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kanitz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cirkovic under the eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cirkovic tries to land a front kick but Kanitz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cirkovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cirkovic walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cirkovic clinches.
Cirkovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kanitz lands a nice shot to the body.
Kanitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cirkovic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cirkovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kanitz backwards.
Kanitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Cirkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kanitz presses Cirkovic against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cirkovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Kanitz.
Kanitz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kanitz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kanitz scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kanitz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cirkovic.
Cirkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kanitz tries to work over Cirkovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kanitz misses with some punches.
Kanitz blocking some punches.
Cirkovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cirkovic trying to land knees to the body.
Cirkovic blocks an uppercut.
Kanitz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cirkovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cirkovic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cirkovic feints and then cracks Kanitz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kanitz down.
Kanitz tries to land a leg kick but Cirkovic saw it coming and moves away.
Kanitz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cirkovic.
Kanitz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cirkovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice cross by Kanitz.
Kanitz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kanitz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kanitz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kanitz digs a good hook to Cirkovic's body.
Cirkovic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cirkovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz misses with a kick to the body.
Kanitz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kanitz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kanitz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cirkovic swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kanitz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cirkovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kanitz.
Kanitz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic misses with a kick to the body.
Cirkovic blocks a low kick nicely.
Cirkovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Kanitz is just out of range.
Kanitz scores with a nice head shot.
Cirkovic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kanitz.
Kanitz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cirkovic moves away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cirkovic ducks under a wild hook from Kanitz.
Kanitz blocks the body kick.
Cirkovic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kanitz.
Cirkovic moves out of range as Kanitz strikes.
Cirkovic feints a counter leg kick.
Kanitz jabs Cirkovic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cirkovic tried to score with a low kick but Kanitz checks it.
As Cirkovic backs away, Kanitz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kanitz cracks the inside of Cirkovic's front leg.
Kanitz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cirkovic.
Kanitz misses the shot to the body.
Cirkovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kanitz manages to avoid it.
Cirkovic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cirkovic moves out of range as Kanitz strikes.
Kanitz's corner calls for a 1-2. Kanitz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cirkovic.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cirkovic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kanitz finds it's way round the side to connect with Cirkovic's head.
Kanitz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kanitz throws a low kick but Cirkovic avoids it.
Kanitz slips under a jab from Cirkovic.
Kanitz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kanitz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cirkovic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cirkovic gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Kanitz to counter with a crisp jab.
Kanitz defending well as Cirkovic loads up on a big left hand.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic works Kanitz's body with a nice hook.
Cirkovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cirkovic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kanitz.
Cirkovic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kanitz is able to avoid easily.
Cirkovic moves forwards but Kanitz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cirkovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kanitz lands with a good body shot.
Kanitz lands a body shot.
Kanitz tries to clinch up.
Cirkovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cirkovic throws a sloppy body shot
and Kanitz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cirkovic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Kanitz clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cirkovic misses with a hook
and Kanitz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cirkovic moves forwards but Kanitz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kanitz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cirkovic throws an overhand right that lands on Kanitz's shoulder, as Kanitz tries to avoid the shot.
Good leg kick by Kanitz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cirkovic thumps Kanitz with a low kick.
Kanitz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cirkovic.
Kanitz throws a big shot that misses.
Kanitz delivers a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanitz misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Kanitz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cirkovic doesn't seem phased though.
Kanitz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kanitz connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanitz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kanitz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kanitz misses with a leg kick.
Cirkovic swings for the body but Kanitz moves out of range.
Kanitz looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Cirkovic takes a swing at Kanitz's ribcage but misses.
Kanitz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cirkovic throws out the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cirkovic.
The fighters circling - Cirkovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kanitz lands with a straight right. Cirkovic didn't see that one coming.
Kanitz tries to land a body kick
and Cirkovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kanitz moves out of range as Cirkovic throws a body kick.
Kanitz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cirkovic's sensitive parts.
Kanitz lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic throws out a leg kick but Kanitz moves out of range and Cirkovic only half commits.
Cirkovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kanitz moves away.
Kanitz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cirkovic throws a low kick but Kanitz avoids it.
Kanitz looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kanitz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kanitz throws out a loose jab but Cirkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kanitz throws a body punch but Cirkovic moves out of range.
Kanitz blocks a low kick nicely.
Cirkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cirkovic.
Kanitz throws a leg kick but Cirkovic checks it.
Kanitz misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz connects with a right hand. Cirkovic shakes it off.
Kanitz is looking to slow Cirkovic down with leg kicks.
Good shot there by Kanitz.
Kanitz misses with a straight left.
A low kick from Cirkovic misses
and Kanitz counters with an inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kanitz.
Kanitz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cirkovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kanitz moves away.
Kanitz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cirkovic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kanitz. Cirkovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kanitz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cirkovic on the side of the head.
Kanitz avoids the head kick by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kanitz staying out of range there.
Cirkovic misses with a wild body shot.
Kanitz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body kick there by Cirkovic.
Kanitz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cirkovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kanitz scores with a hook to the body. Cirkovic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cirkovic misses with an uppercut.
Kanitz thumps Cirkovic with a low kick.
Kanitz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cirkovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Cirkovic connects with a right hand. Kanitz shakes it off.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kanitz lands a body shot.
Kanitz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cirkovic at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kanitz.
Cirkovic moves out of range of the body kick from Kanitz.
Cirkovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kanitz.
Kanitz avoids the body shot from Cirkovic.
As Cirkovic backs away, Kanitz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cirkovic misses with a looping right.
Kanitz throwing a counter right hand but Cirkovic manages to avoid it.
Kanitz just misses with a punch to the body.
Cirkovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kanitz was well out of range. Poor timing from Cirkovic.
Kanitz has managed to clinch.
Kanitz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kanitz misses with a punch to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kanitz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cirkovic backwards.
Cirkovic is trying to stall.
Kanitz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cirkovic's elbow.
Cirkovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanitz takes an elbow to the temple.
Kanitz misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kanitz fails to land.
Kanitz misses with some punches.
Cirkovic tries a body shot but Kanitz blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cirkovic.
Kanitz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cirkovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kanitz working aggressively here.
Kanitz lands an uppercut.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kanitz.
Kanitz has a couple of punches blocked by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic digs a right hand underneath Kanitz's ribcage. Kanitz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kanitz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cirkovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cirkovic.
A short body shot lands from Cirkovic as the two fighters clinch.
Cirkovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Cirkovic misses with some punches.
Kanitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cirkovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kanitz backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cirkovic.
Kanitz misses with some punches.
Kanitz tries to throw a body punch but Cirkovic avoids it by throwing Kanitz back against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Kanitz.
A right hand to the body from Kanitz.
Cirkovic is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A short right from Kanitz.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Kanitz.
A short left from Kanitz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cirkovic blocking some punches.
Kanitz misses with a punch to the body.
Kanitz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kanitz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kanitz lands with a left to the head.
Cirkovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Cirkovic.
Kanitz blocks an elbow strike.
Kanitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Cirkovic scores with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Kanitz.
A right handed body shot lands from Kanitz.
Kanitz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kanitz lands a nice uppercut.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cirkovics head.
Cirkovic is rocked!
Kanitz lands a shoulder strike.
Cirkovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Kanitz finish him?
Kanitz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kanitz breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Cirkovic with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Cirkovic looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Cirkovic get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:17 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Simon Kanitz!
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