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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Augustus Belmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Groot is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: London. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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161 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
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155 lbs
48 - 30 - 4 |
World class boxer
Very quick
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Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Augustus Belmont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 30 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl De Groot!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmont throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Groot avoids the body shot from Belmont.
Belmont with a jab.
De Groot looks to score with a jab to the body but Belmont is just out of range.
De Groot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Belmont.
De Groot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Belmont counters with a thumping low kick.
Belmont is looking to slow De Groot down with leg kicks.
De Groot throws a shot from downtown. Belmont moves away and avoids it.
De Groot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An inside leg kick from Belmont misses.
De Groot looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Groot misses with a low kick.
A quick step to the side and Belmont tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Belmont has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Groot.
Nice uppercut there from Belmont.
De Groot tries a low kick but Belmont avoids it.
Belmont goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Groot takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belmont works the jab nicely.
Belmont throws a one two combo.
De Groot takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
De Groot lands with an uppercut that bounces Belmont off the ropes and back into range.
De Groot has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Groot there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Belmont. That snapped De Groot's head back.
De Groot blocks a jab.
De Groot doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
De Groot throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Groot gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Belmont uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Groot.
De Groot throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Groot misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Belmont tried to score with a low kick but De Groot checks it.
Belmont sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
De Groot throws a jab but it's blocked by Belmont.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belmont goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Belmont jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Belmont fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De Groot on the side of the head.
De Groot throws a looping overhand right but Belmont ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot tries to score with a low kick but Belmont moves his leg out of the way.
De Groot drops his hands momentarily and Belmont takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Groot looks to score with a jab to the body but Belmont is just out of range.
Belmont cracks De Groot with an open hand slap.
Belmont is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Belmont throws a jab but it's blocked by De Groot.
Good shot there by Belmont.
Belmont misses with a body punch
and De Groot counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Belmont connects with a crisp jab.
Good work by Belmont as he checks the leg kick.
De Groot gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Belmont.
De Groot wants to land a leg kick but Belmont is out of range.
Belmont looks to score with a jab to the body but De Groot is just out of range.
De Groot blocks a head kick by Belmont.
Belmont fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Groot is out of range.
Belmont thumps De Groot with a low kick.
Belmont ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmont uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Groot.
De Groot blocks a jab.
Belmont throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Groot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belmont avoids the body shot from De Groot.
Belmont is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
De Groot has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Groot there as he acknowledges the shot.
Belmont stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Groot.
De Groot throws a chopping leg kick but Belmont manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
De Groot lands a nice shot that snaps Belmont's head back.
De Groot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belmont.
Belmont ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Belmont throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Groot stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jab by De Groot.
De Groot is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Belmont.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Groot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Belmont checks a leg kick nicely.
Belmont is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmont moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Belmont takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Belmont misses with a looping right.
Belmont lands a jab.
Belmont takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
De Groot tries a low kick but Belmont avoids it.
A lazy left from Belmont finds it's target.
De Groot tries to move into range but Belmont moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Belmont misses with a body shot.
Belmont ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Groot moves away.
Belmont lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Groot looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Groot. Belmont does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Groot shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Belmont dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De Groot. That did some damage!
De Groot slips a straight right by Belmont.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Augustus Belmont dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
De Groot takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Belmont scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Groot doesn't seem bothered though.
De Groot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Groot. That's going to slow Belmont down.
De Groot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - De Groot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Groot scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Belmont swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Groot steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Belmont. That one must have hurt.
A cross from Belmont lands.
Belmont throws a low kick but De Groot avoids it.
De Groot doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Belmont is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De Groot avoids the head kick by Belmont.
De Groot slips under a jab.
Belmont slips a straight right by De Groot.
Belmont was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Groot fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Belmont looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Groot misses the shot to the body.
Belmont connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont throws a big shot that misses.
De Groot scores with a jab. Belmont acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Groot misses with a looping left.
A cross from Belmont lands.
Augustus Belmont is winning the standup battle so far.
Belmont digs a good body shot into De Groot's ribs.
Belmont is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Groot can do to turn this around?
Belmont lands a right hook to the body.
Belmont throws a quick inside leg kick.
Belmont connects with an inside leg kick.
Belmont misses with a leg kick
and De Groot connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Belmont uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Groot.
De Groot blocks a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as De Groot checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nice straight punches there by Belmont. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Belmont.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belmont throws a sloppy head kick and De Groot moves out of range easily.
Belmont misses with a head kick.
Nice body kick from De Groot.
Belmont uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from De Groot - that will leave a mark!
Belmont ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Groot moves away.
De Groot scores with a leg kick.
Belmont will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Groot looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De Groot throws a lazy head kick
and Belmont counters with a stiff right hand.
Belmont moves out of range as De Groot strikes.
De Groot lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Belmont connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Groot's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Belmont cracks the inside of De Groot's front leg.
Decent striking displayed by De Groot there.
De Groot jabs at Belmont's body.
Belmont changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good work by Belmont as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Belmont. De Groot does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Belmont finds it's way round the side to connect with De Groot's head.
Belmont throws a hook to the side of De Groot's head but De Groot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Groot fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
De Groot lunges at Belmont with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Belmont's hand.
De Groot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belmont was well out of range. Poor timing from De Groot.
Belmont appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Belmont's corner calls for a 1-2. Belmont obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Belmont rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Groot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Belmont lands with a nice combination. De Groot backs away looking to recover.
Belmont delivers a nice body kick.
De Groot takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belmont scores with a punch to the head.
De Groot has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Belmont throws a sloppy head kick and De Groot moves out of range easily.
De Groot gets off balance looking for a body kick
and De Groot takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Belmont connects with a right hand. De Groot shakes it off.
Belmont misses the shot to the body.
Belmont throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmont lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Groot walks forward, straight into a front kick from Belmont.
Belmont plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Belmont looks for the body kick but De Groot saw that one coming.
Belmont blocks the body kick.
Belmont throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Groot throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Groot. Belmont does a little dance to reset his feet.
Belmont turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Groot lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Belmont has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Belmont and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Belmont looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
De Groot misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Belmont on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Groot moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Groot throws an overhand right that lands on Belmont's shoulder, as Belmont tries to avoid the shot.
De Groot uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Belmont tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Groot was well out of range. Poor timing from Belmont.
Belmont misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Augustus Belmont dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Belmont misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Groot.
Belmont throws a sloppy head kick and De Groot moves out of range easily.
Belmont fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Groot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Groot.
Belmont throws a head kick that half lands.
De Groot throws out a loose jab but Belmont uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belmont just misses with a punch to the body.
De Groot throws out a counter right but Belmont avoids it with no problem.
De Groot cracks Belmont with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Belmont loads up on a big right hand but De Groot slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from De Groot on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Groot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belmont moves away.
De Groot lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belmont misses with a wild body shot.
De Groot connects with a jab.
Belmont scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Groot in his tracks.
De Groot jabs at Belmont's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belmont thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Groot looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Belmont sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Belmont getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Belmont throws a sloppy head kick and De Groot moves out of range easily.
Belmont misses with a double jab.
Belmont pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Groot bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Belmont moves out of range of the body kick.
De Groot takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De Groot avoids the body shot from Belmont.
De Groot tries to bum rush Belmont with a series of wild strikes but Belmont uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Belmont is looking to counter punch.
De Groot throws a leg kick
and Belmont counters with a straight right hand.
De Groot moves out of range of the strikes.
Belmont throws a body punch but De Groot moves out of range.
De Groot tries to land a front kick but Belmont steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Belmont moves out of range as De Groot strikes.
Belmont is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Karl De Groot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmont throws a lazy right hand but De Groot sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Groot tries to score with a low kick but Belmont moves his leg out of the way.
Belmont chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from De Groot tenderised Belmont's leg. Belmont is trying to keep his angry face on.
Belmont throws a jab but it's blocked by De Groot.
De Groot misses with a straight right.
De Groot throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Groot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Groot goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Groot walks into a stiff left hand from Belmont.
Belmont's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Groot under the eye.
De Groot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Belmont manages to avoid it.
Belmont misses with a wild body shot.
Belmont 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.
De Groot misses with a hook to the body
and Belmont counters with a stiff right hand.
De Groot tries to work over Belmont's front leg with a kick but Belmont checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmont tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Groot was well out of range. Poor timing from Belmont.
De Groot throws a body shot but no joy.
Belmont misses with a few strikes there.
A telegraphed right hand from Belmont misses the target.
De Groot throws a right hand that misses
and Belmont counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Belmont connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Belmont.
De Groot blocks a head kick by Belmont.
Belmont throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Belmont looks to throw the jab but De Groot is out of range.
Belmont scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Groot in his tracks.
De Groot doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Belmont avoids the body shot from De Groot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belmont.
De Groot misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Groot misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Groot misses with a hook
enabling Belmont to counter with a crisp jab.
De Groot misses with a straight left.
It looked like Belmont was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from De Groot.
De Groot tries to move into range but Belmont moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
De Groot displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
De Groot misses with a lunging right hand
and Belmont counters with a body kick that stops De Groot in his tracks momentarily.
De Groot fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Belmont lands with a shot to the body.
Belmont with a nice cross.
Belmont lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A clash of legs there as De Groot blocks the low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Belmont moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
De Groot throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Belmont darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Groot blocks a head kick by Belmont.
And that's the end of the fight!
Augustus Belmont showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Belmont has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Augustus Belmont!
After winning the bout, Augustus Belmont thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Karl De Groot was interviewed post fight and said 'Lets go one MORE TIME BETCH'.
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