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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Calvin King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laat Dovah-Kinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by ROAR by Katy Perry. Laat Dovah-Kinn has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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180 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
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175 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calvin King!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Laat Dovah-Kinn!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a right hand
and King counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dovah-Kinn misses the shot to the body.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a left hand
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dovah-Kinn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dovah-Kinn swings for the body but King moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from King on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by King!
It looks like Laat Dovah-Kinn has been cut.
Dovah-Kinn loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
King throws a quick counter kick to the body but Dovah-Kinn avoids it.
King works the jab nicely.
A low kick from Dovah-Kinn misses
and King counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dovah-Kinn thinking.
King lands a head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dovah-Kinn drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
King looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dovah-Kinn is one step ahead there.
Dovah-Kinn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. King is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dovah-Kinn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dovah-Kinn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dovah-Kinn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dovah-Kinn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dovah-Kinn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
King controlling Dovah-Kinn's posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dovah-Kinn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dovah-Kinn has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Dovah-Kinn looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
King throwing a counter right hand but Dovah-Kinn manages to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn throws a low kick but King moves out of range easily.
Dovah-Kinn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Dovah-Kinn.
Calvin King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dovah-Kinn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
Dovah-Kinn pivots, looking for a leg kick but King is out of range and Dovah-Kinn settles back down.
King fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dovah-Kinn is out of range.
Dovah-Kinn ducks under a wild hook from King.
King checks a low kick from Dovah-Kinn.
King has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dovah-Kinn throws a lazy head kick
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
King seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
King lands a nice looking body kick.
Donk. King catches Dovah-Kinn right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A leg kick checked by Dovah-Kinn.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dovah-Kinn.
King connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a hook.
Dovah-Kinn is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a body shot
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dovah-Kinn throws a right hand that misses
and Dovah-Kinn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King lands with a kick to the temple. Dovah-Kinn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A decent looking cross lands there for King.
King throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a nice body shot.
King checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A swing and a miss from King.
King misses with an uppercut.
King throws out a leg kick but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range and King only half commits.
King looks to land a left hand but Dovah-Kinn moved out of range nicely.
Dovah-Kinn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dovah-Kinn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dovah-Kinn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
An inside leg kick from King misses.
King tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dovah-Kinn is able to avoid easily.
King backing away here, and Dovah-Kinn unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn throws a right hand that misses
and King counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dovah-Kinn throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and King counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dovah-Kinn connects with a body shot that sends King's belly button to the back.
Nice cross by King.
King throws a hook but Dovah-Kinn blocks it.
King lands with a thumping leg kick.
King throws a leg kick but Dovah-Kinn sees it coming and checks it nicely.
King connects with a body shot.
King feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dovah-Kinns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
King fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dovah-Kinn just manages to avoid it.
King throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
King stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A low kick from Dovah-Kinn misses
and King counters with a solid body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King blocks a jab.
Dovah-Kinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Laat Dovah-Kinn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dovah-Kinn misses with a straight left.
King is looking to counter punch.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dovah-Kinn lands a nice leg kick that just misses King's sensitive parts.
King lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
King throws a push kick but Dovah-Kinn slaps the foot to one side.
King backing away here, and Dovah-Kinn unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dovah-Kinn can do to turn this around?
Dovah-Kinn throws a lazy uppercut
and King counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No joy there for Dovah-Kinn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A quick step to the side and King tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dovah-Kinn's hands.
King lands a front kick.
Dovah-Kinn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
King throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dovah-Kinn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dovah-Kinn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by King.
It looks like Calvin King has been cut.
A thudding body kick lands there by King!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dovah-Kinn connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn thows a body kick. King tries to catch it but that hurt him.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
King throwing a counter right hand but Dovah-Kinn manages to avoid it.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
Calvin King is winning the standup battle so far.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a cross.
King throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
King lands a front kick.
Dovah-Kinn avoids a kick to the body.
King lands a head kick. Dovah-Kinn smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice inside leg kick there by King. That's going to slow Dovah-Kinn down.
King connects with an inside leg kick.
King slips under a jab from Dovah-Kinn.
King feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dovah-Kinn's calf.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dovah-Kinn moves away.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a hook to the body
and King counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
King lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dovah-Kinn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dovah-Kinn lands a jab to King's midsection.
King connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
King scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a hook to the body. King takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dovah-Kinn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dovah-Kinn there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dovah-Kinn connects with a nice looking jab.
King looks to land a right hand but Dovah-Kinn moved out of range.
Dovah-Kinn is clearly trying to counter these attacks from King with a body shot.
King lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dovah-Kinn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
King misses with a low kick.
Dovah-Kinn is looking to slow King down with leg kicks.
Dovah-Kinn throws an overhand right that lands on King's shoulder, as King tries to avoid the shot.
King fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a leg kick
and Dovah-Kinn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick but King checks it.
A nice inside leg kick there by King. That's going to slow Dovah-Kinn down.
Dovah-Kinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
King moves out of range of the body kick from Dovah-Kinn.
King throws a poor cross that misses
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a body kick that stops King in his tracks momentarily.
Dovah-Kinn connects with a nice looking jab.
King lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn missing with a left hand there. King was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dovah-Kinn pushes King away with a front kick.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Dovah-Kinn's shoulder, as Dovah-Kinn tries to avoid the shot.
King throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dovah-Kinn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
Dovah-Kinn looks for the body kick but King saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dovah-Kinn under the eye.
Dovah-Kinn wants to slow King down by chopping away at his legs.
An attempted straight right counter from King misses the target.
Dovah-Kinn misses the shot to the body.
King has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dovah-Kinn.
King throws the kick towards the body but Dovah-Kinn avoids it.
King uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dovah-Kinn has time to react.
King throws a good cross that connects.
Dovah-Kinn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dovah-Kinn lands a nice hook to King's body. King takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice shot lands for King.
Dovah-Kinn throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dovah-Kinn walks into a straight right hand from King.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dovah-Kinn.
King lands with a straight right. Dovah-Kinn didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin King dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Donk. King catches Dovah-Kinn right on the button with a cross.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dovah-Kinn.
King misses with a body shot.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dovah-Kinn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
King is looking to land body kicks.
King tries to land a leg kick but Dovah-Kinn saw it coming and moves away.
Dovah-Kinn has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from King.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as King checks a leg kick.
King looking to land some kicks to the body here.
King moves forwards but Dovah-Kinn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dovah-Kinn or perhaps it was just good defense by King, which made it look bad.
King misses with a body shot.
King misses with a lunging right hand
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dovah-Kinn is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn trying to control from half guard but King is working away.
Dovah-Kinn seems to be working for a kimura but King defends the submission attempt.
Dovah-Kinn is stalling here. King is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Dovah-Kinn seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and King has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Dovah-Kinn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dovah-Kinn keeps working.
Dovah-Kinn can't do much from the bottom here.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Dovah-Kinn is trying to escape the position but King is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked King off and has taken his back!
King trying to control the action but Dovah-Kinn just sinks the hooks in.
King preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Dovah-Kinn.
King trying to control the position but Dovah-Kinn manages to sink in the hooks.
Well, with Dovah-Kinn on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before King is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Dovah-Kinn has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, King has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Dovah-Kinn controlling well, preventing King from escaping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn throwing strikes and King squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
Dovah-Kinn lands a big shot there that rocks King but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dovah-Kinn throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dovah-Kinn thowing shots but they're missing.
Dovah-Kinn with shots to the head and body - King looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dovah-Kinn lands a couple of good shots and King has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Dovah-Kinn is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. King defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Laat Dovah-Kinn really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A thudding body kick lands there by King!
Dovah-Kinn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dovah-Kinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
Dovah-Kinn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
King tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dovah-Kinn walks into a stiff left hand from King.
Dovah-Kinn shoots in and drives through. King sprawls well.
Dovah-Kinn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dovah-Kinn takes one to the chin there.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dovah-Kinn moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Dovah-Kinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dovah-Kinn throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dovah-Kinn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dovah-Kinn lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn works King's body with a nice hook.
Dovah-Kinn checks a leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
King scores with a jab to the head.
Dovah-Kinn misses the jab.
King scores with a leg kick.
King walks into a straight right hand from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn is looking to slow King down with leg kicks.
Nice jab there from King.
King throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
King throws a leg kick but Dovah-Kinn moved away.
Dovah-Kinn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dovah-Kinn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
King throws a big counter combination but Dovah-Kinn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dovah-Kinn with a hook.
Dovah-Kinn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
Nice shot by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn looks to land a right hand but King moved out of range.
Dovah-Kinn scoring well with a low kick there.
Dovah-Kinn pushes King away with a front kick.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A low kick from Dovah-Kinn is predictable there
and King counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
King pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dovah-Kinn is out of range and King settles back down.
King misses with a body shot.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook but King blocks it.
King was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from King misses.
King connects with the punch.
Dovah-Kinn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dovah-Kinn slips under a jab from King.
King misses with a leg kick
and Dovah-Kinn finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Dovah-Kinn slips under a jab.
Dovah-Kinn fails to land with a series of punches.
Dovah-Kinn just misses with a punch to the body.
King throws out a powerful jab.
King cracks Dovah-Kinn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick but King sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dovah-Kinn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
King delivers a nice body kick.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick which misses King's front leg but catches the back leg as King tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dovah-Kinn shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dovah-Kinn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dovah-Kinn throws a big shot that misses.
King lands a lovely overhand right.
Dovah-Kinn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice shot lands for Dovah-Kinn.
King misses with a body shot.
King looks to throw the jab but Dovah-Kinn is out of range.
Dovah-Kinn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn counters with a body kick.
Dovah-Kinn just misses with a punch to the body.
King feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dovah-Kinn's calf.
Dovah-Kinn avoids the body shot from King.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin King had his way with Laat Dovah-Kinn in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Dovah-Kinn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
Dovah-Kinn lands a nice leg kick that just misses King's sensitive parts.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
Dovah-Kinn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
King throws a shot from downtown. Dovah-Kinn moves away and avoids it.
Dovah-Kinn avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dovah-Kinn shoots in looking for a takedown but King manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dovah-Kinn's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dovah-Kinn.
King fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dovah-Kinn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
King connects with a leg kick. Dovah-Kinn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King misses with the body kick
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a stiff right hand.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dovah-Kinn connects with a leg kick. King looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A punch lands to the side of Dovah-Kinn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dovah-Kinn ducks under a wild hook from King.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a jab.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a hook.
King throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A big left from Dovah-Kinn misses.
Dovah-Kinn throws a body kick that misses.
Dovah-Kinn throws a low kick but King avoids it.
King is looking to counter punch.
King lands a front kick.
Dovah-Kinn lands a nice looking body shot.
Dovah-Kinn keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dovah-Kinn thuds his shin into the meat of King's side.
Dovah-Kinn moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Laat Dovah-Kinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King loads up on a big right hand but Dovah-Kinn slips the punch.
Dovah-Kinn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King lands a nice hook to Dovah-Kinn's body. Dovah-Kinn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dovah-Kinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King delivers a nice body kick.
King throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dovah-Kinn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dovah-Kinn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
King cracks Dovah-Kinn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dovah-Kinn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dovah-Kinn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dovah-Kinn.
King misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dovah-Kinn looks to land a body kick but King moved away.
Dovah-Kinn misses with the body kick
and King counters with a nice uppercut.
Dovah-Kinn is looking to land body kicks.
A quick step to the side and King tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
King swings widly with a right hand
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick that is checked
and King counters with a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by King there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dovah-Kinn moves out of range of the body kick from King.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dovah-Kinn's head backwards.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn slips under a jab from King.
King listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn slips a jab from King.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Dovah-Kinn's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horrible takedown attempt by Dovah-Kinn or perhaps it was just good defense by King, which made it look bad.
Dovah-Kinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dovah-Kinn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
King lands with a right hand.
Dovah-Kinn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Dovah-Kinn's head back.
King throws the left hand but Dovah-Kinn avoids the punch easily.
Dovah-Kinn throws out a counter right but King avoids it with no problem.
Dovah-Kinn walks into a jab.
Dovah-Kinn shoots and misses
and King connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calvin King showed his dominance in that final round.
I think King has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calvin King!
Calvin King retains his welterweight title!
After the fight, Calvin King was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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