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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dawid Kalina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Ricky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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145 lbs
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150 lbs
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Solid boxing
Granite chin
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Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dawid Kalina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jay Ricky!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricky rushes Kalina and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Ricky breaks the clinch.
Ricky gets tackled into the ropes by Kalina. Kalina maintains the clinch.
Ricky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ricky!
Kalina gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kalina wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kalina throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kalina is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kalina taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalina is trying to break the clinch but Ricky has him pressed against the ropes.
Kalina taking a breather.
Kalina misses with a knee to the head.
Ricky breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricky throws a head kick that misses
and Kalina counters with a nice uppercut.
Ricky throws a head kick that misses
and Kalina counters with a left and a right that stings Ricky.
Ricky gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ricky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kalina is looking to clinch but Ricky is avoiding it.
Ricky clinches up against the ropes.
Ricky keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kalina's efforts to push away.
Ricky lands an elbow just above Kalina 's eye.
Ricky stalling the fight.
Ricky breaks from the clinch.
Ricky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ricky appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Ricky. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricky falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kalina counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kalina.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ricky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ricky fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kalina, pushing him back against the ropes.
Ricky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ricky throws a wild body kick that Kalina sees coming a mile off.
Ricky throws a combination that misses
and Kalina counters with a stiff right hand.
Kalina gets a clinch.
Ricky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ricky thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kalina if he has to take too many more of those.
Kalina darts in and clinches Ricky up against the ropes.
Kalina can't break the clinch.
Kalina content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ricky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jay Ricky will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Kalina takes the fight into the clinch.
Ricky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ricky closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Kalina just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ricky's brow.
Ricky pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Ricky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ricky gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ricky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ricky with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ricky swats away the attempt to clinch by Kalina.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricky throws a lazy head kick
and Kalina counters by clinching up.
Kalina is looking to break free of the clinch but Ricky has double underhooks.
Ricky will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kalina up against the ropes.
Ricky breaks from the clinch.
Kalina wants to clinch.
Kalina takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jay Ricky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ricky throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kalina sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ricky clinches up with Kalina and pushes him back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ricky darts in and clinches Kalina up against the ropes.
Kalina is looking to break free of the clinch but Ricky has double underhooks.
Ricky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ricky swats away the attempt to clinch by Kalina.
Kalina pushes Ricky up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ricky breaks from the clinch.
Ricky clinches up against the ropes.
Kalina blocks an uppercut.
Ricky misses with a knee to the head.
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!
Ricky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ricky misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Ricky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Ricky instigates a clinch.
Come on Kalina - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ricky manages to break the clinch.
Kalina tries to clinch there but Ricky circles away.
Ricky throws a push kick but Kalina slaps the foot to one side.
Dawid Kalina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ricky moves into the clinch.
Ricky manages to break the clinch.
Kalina tries to close the distance and clinch but Ricky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ricky is looking for the big counter here.
Kalina fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ricky!
Ricky dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kalina. That did some damage!
A solid leg kick lands there for Ricky.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ricky.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ricky.
Dawid Kalina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ricky connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kalina clinches.
Ricky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ricky throws a series of punches but Kalina avoids them all with ease.
Ricky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kalina blocks a head kick by Ricky.
Kalina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kalina blocks a head kick by Ricky.
Ricky tries a head kick but it misses.
Kalina wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kalina clinches with his opponent.
Ricky is trying to stall.
Kalina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricky has a couple of punches blocked by Kalina.
Kalina's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ricky throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kalina stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kalina gets tackled into the ropes by Ricky. Ricky maintains the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ricky blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kalina misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ricky.
Kalina wants to break free but Ricky has control.
Kalina tries a body shot but Ricky blocks it.
Ricky breaks the clinch.
Ricky avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kalina moves into the clinch.
Dawid Kalina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jay Ricky is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kalina goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Ricky comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ricky 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Ricky!
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hype
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FIGHT
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