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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Cicero Santos (ranked 6930 p4p, 222 weight class) and Anthony Birchack (ranked 7689 p4p, 101 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
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138 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cicero Santos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Birchack!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birchack throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Santos counters with a nice leg kick.
Birchack misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Birchack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Birchack.
Santos throws a leg kick but Birchack sees it coming and moves out of range.
Birchack has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Santos .
Santos misses with an uppercut.
Birchack throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Birchack thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Santos misses the target.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Birchack checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Birchack blocks a head kick by Santos .
Santos forces Birchack back against the ropes and clinches.
Birchack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birchack trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Birchack has double underhooks.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Birchack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Birchack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Santos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Birchack up against the ropes.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Birchack has double underhooks.
Birchack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Birchack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos .
Birchack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos really is a fat lump.
Birchack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Birchack throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos .
Birchack tries a body shot but Santos blocks it.
Birchack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Birchack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos .
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos tries to clinch but Birchack is having none of it.
Birchack misses with a straight left.
Birchack pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Birchack does no damage.
Birchack throws a hook to the side of Santos 's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santos takes the fight into the clinch.
Santos avoiding damage as Birchack throws knees to the body.
Santos slowing the pace effectively.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birchack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Birchack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santos trying to stall but Birchack improves his position.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Birchack is controlling him.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Birchack looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range.
Birchack looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Birchack.
Birchack misses with a jab, cross combination.
Birchack misses the shot to the body.
Santos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Birchack if he has to take too many more of those.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birchack tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Birchack swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santos counters with a one-two to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Birchack misses the target.
Birchack misses with a double jab.
Birchack misses with an uppercut. Santos saw that one coming.
Birchack swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Birchack tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos tries to clinch but Birchack moves out of range.
Birchack misses with a two punch combination.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Birchack keeps the fight on the outside.
Birchack misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Anthony Birchack will probably get the nod.
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.
Birchack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos tries to clinch up but Birchack circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Birchack tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Birchack won't allow it.
Birchack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Birchack throws an elbow but it misses.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birchack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Birchack.
Birchack keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Birchack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Birchack keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos 's efforts to push away.
Birchack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anthony Birchack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Santos 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Birchack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Birchack throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos .
Santos looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birchack looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Birchack fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Birchack.
Birchack swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Birchack avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Birchack was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Birchack swings for the body but Santos moves out of range.
Santos looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Santos looks to land a combination but Birchack avoids it well.
Birchack looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Birchack crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Santos - the referee stops the clock and Birchack gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Santos . Birchack manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Santos moves out of range as Birchack strikes.
Birchack throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Birchack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birchack misses with a jab, cross combination.
Birchack throws a head kick but Santos moves out of range.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Birchack circles away.
Birchack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Birchack swings for the body but Santos moves out of range.
Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Birchack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Birchack swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos .
Birchack swings for the body but Santos moves out of range.
Birchack misses with a two punch combination.
Santos went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Birchack rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birchack keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Birchack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Birchack misses with a wild body shot.
Birchack misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Birchack throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos throws a big counter combination but Birchack scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Birchack circles away.
A little jabbing left from Birchack on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anthony Birchack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Birchack, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Birchack throws a hook but Santos blocks it.
Cicero Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Birchack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Birchack looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Birchack tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos tries to clinch but Birchack is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Birchack 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. This is the final round!
Birchack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Birchack looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santos tries to clinch there but Birchack circles away.
Some wild striking there from Birchack.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Santos blocks the body kick.
Birchack throws a nice looking combination but Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Birchack, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Birchack circles away.
Birchack blocks a head kick by Santos .
Birchack throws out a counter right but Santos avoids it with no problem.
Birchack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchack fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos wants to clinch up but Birchack keeps it at a distance.
Santos moves out of range as Birchack strikes.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Santos stuns Birchack with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Birchack.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Birchack on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A big right from Birchack misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Birchack.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Birchack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Santos misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Birchack throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Birchack.
Birchack throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Birchack.
Birchack misses with a series of wild punches.
Birchack tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Santos is able to avoid easily.
Santos slips a jab from Birchack.
Birchack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Birchack.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Birchack pushes him off.
Birchack throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a head kick but Birchack moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Birchack.
Birchack avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Birchack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Birchack throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily.
Birchack checks a leg kick nicely.
Santos wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Birchack throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch combination from Birchack misses.
Birchack swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos avoids the body shot from Birchack.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birchack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A combination from Birchack does no damage.
Birchack fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Santos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Santos tries to bum rush Birchack with a series of wild strikes but Birchack uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Birchack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Birchack looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Birchack throws a lazy uppercut
and Santos counters with a nice body shot.
Birchack looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As Birchack looks to move away, Santos throws a big counter combo but Birchack just gets out of the way.
Birchack moves out of range of the body kick.
It seemed like Birchack was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Birchack throws a head kick but Santos moves out of range.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throws a combination. Birchack tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cicero Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anthony Birchack is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Birchack.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Birchack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Birchack 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Birchack!
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