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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Anthony Pettis (ranked 3439 p4p, 83 weight class) and Rubens Charles (ranked 1941 p4p, 44 weight class). Pettis has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Rubens Charles has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Anthony Pettis's chin.
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143 lbs
39 - 18 - 1 |
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138 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Counter fighter
Granite chin
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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
39 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Pettis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rubens Charles!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pettis throws a right hand that Charles ducks under and follows up with a left that Charles also avoids with ease.
Pettis throws a nice looking combination but Charles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pettis looks to land a combination. Charles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Charles avoids them all with ease.
Pettis is breathing heavily.
Pettis checks the leg kick.
A nice combination there by Pettis.
Charles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pettis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pettis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Charles.
Anthony Pettis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pettis misses with a series of wild punches.
Charles misses with a body shot.
Pettis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Charles.
Charles throws out a leg kick but Pettis moves out of range and Charles only half commits.
Charles misses with a body shot.
Charles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Charles looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pettis.
Pettis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charles looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Charles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pettis misses with a double jab.
Charles throws a sloppy head kick and Pettis moves out of range easily.
Pettis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Charles.
Charles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pettis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Charles looks to land a left hand but Pettis moved out of range nicely.
Pettis is looking for a counter combo.
Danga de danga de dang - Pettis scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pettis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Charles.
Charles misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left and a right from Pettis both land. Nice combination.
A head kick misses from Charles.
Pettis throws a right hand that Charles ducks under and follows up with a left that Charles also avoids with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Charles! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis looks to land a combination but Charles avoids it well.
Charles throws out a counter right but Pettis avoids it with no problem.
Pettis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Charles circles away quickly and effectively.
Charles throws a body shot but no joy.
Pettis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pettis is working the combinations to good effect here.
Charles throws a right and a left that Pettis avoids nicely.
Charles throws a jab but it's blocked by Pettis.
Good work by Pettis as he checks the leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Pettis.
Charles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pettis blocks a head kick by Charles.
Pettis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pettis avoids the head kick by Charles.
Charles misses with a head kick.
Pettis misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Charles.
Pettis throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis misses with the combination.
Pettis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Charles throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pettis throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
Charles throws a jab when Pettis was well out of range.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Charles avoids them all with ease.
Charles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pettis moves away.
Pettis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Charles throws a low kick but Pettis moves out of range easily.
Charles tries a head kick but it misses.
Charles throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pettis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Charles.
No joy there for Pettis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from Charles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Pettis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Charles throws a head kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Pettis misses.
Charles throws out a counter right but Pettis avoids it with no problem.
Pettis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Charles was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pettis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Charles throws a head kick but Pettis moves out of range.
Pettis tries to bum rush Charles with a series of wild strikes but Charles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pettis checks the leg kick.
Charles throws the kick towards the body but Pettis avoids it.
Pettis misses with a few strikes there.
An inside leg kick from Charles misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Pettis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A bone on bone clash there as Pettis blocks the leg kick.
A combination from Pettis does no damage.
Anthony Pettis is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Pettis. Those never looked like landing.
Pettis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pettis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pettis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Charles throws out a counter right but Pettis avoids it with no problem.
Pettis dodges the punch combination from Charles.
Charles tries a head kick but it misses.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pettis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Charles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Pettis does no damage.
Charles looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Charles throws a low kick, looking for Pettis's leg but Pettis calmly moves out of range.
Pettis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Charles.
Charles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Charles circles away quickly and effectively.
It seemed like Charles was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pettis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Charles throws a series of punches but Pettis avoids them all with ease.
Pettis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pettis misses with a wild combination.
A little jabbing left from Charles on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A head kick misses from Charles.
Charles tried to score with a low kick but Pettis checks it.
Pettis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Charles circles away quickly and effectively.
Pettis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Charles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Charles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Pettis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis tries to bum rush Charles with a series of wild strikes but Charles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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!
Charles throws a solid leg kick but Pettis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Charles.
Charles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Charles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Charles throws out a loose jab but Pettis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pettis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Charles misses with a head kick.
Charles misses with a low kick.
Pettis throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
Charles throws a head kick but Pettis moves out of range.
Charles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pettis circles away quickly and effectively.
Pettis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Pettis is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Pettis blocks the leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pettis shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Charles eats them both and turns towards Pettis to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles misses with the combination.
Charles just misses with a punch to the body.
Charles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pettis looks to land a combination. Charles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Charles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pettis misses with a two punch combination.
Pettis misses with a wild combination.
Charles throws a sloppy head kick and Pettis moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Charles.
A combination from Pettis does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles throws a series of punches but Pettis moves out of range.
Pettis blocks a low kick nicely.
A big left from Charles misses.
Pettis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charles throws the kick towards the body but Pettis avoids it.
Pettis throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
Charles looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Charles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Charles misses with a hook. Pettis ducked under it nicely.
A leg kick checked by Pettis.
It looked like Pettis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Charles misses with the combination.
Pettis throws a nice looking combination but Charles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Pettis misses.
Pettis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anthony Pettis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charles throws a nice looking combination but Pettis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Anthony Pettis will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pettis defending well as Charles loads up on a big left hand.
Charles misses with a wild body shot.
Pettis throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
Pettis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pettis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Charles looks for the body kick but Pettis saw that one coming.
Pettis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Charles throws a nice looking combination but Pettis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pettis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Charles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Pettis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Charles swings for the body but Pettis moves out of range.
Charles throws a head kick that misses.
Pettis looks to land a combination but Charles avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Charles swings for the body but Pettis moves out of range.
Pettis throws a big counter combination but Charles scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Charles wants to slow Pettis down by chopping away at his legs.
Charles tries a head kick but it misses.
Pettis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Charles can do to turn this around?
Pettis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pettis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Charles misses with a wild combination.
Pettis misses with a double jab.
Pettis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Charles! But no joy.
A head kick misses from Charles.
Charles misses with a leg kick.
Pettis is looking for a counter combo.
Pettis avoids the head kick by Charles.
Charles throws a head kick that misses.
Charles misses with a hook. Pettis ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis throws a nice looking combination but Charles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Pettis. Those never looked like landing.
Charles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pettis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pettis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Charles takes a swing at Pettis's ribcage but misses.
Pettis misses with a few strikes there.
Charles looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charles throws a low kick but Pettis moves out of range easily.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Charles avoids them all with ease.
Pettis checks a low kick from Charles.
Charles throws a body shot but no joy.
Pettis misses with the combination.
Charles looks for the body kick but Pettis saw that one coming.
Pettis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Charles. Those never looked like landing.
Charles throws a body punch but Pettis moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
Charles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Charles throws a series of punches but Pettis moves out of range.
Charles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Charles throws a body punch but Pettis moves out of range.
Pettis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pettis avoids the head kick by Charles.
It looked like Pettis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Pettis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pettis misses with the combination.
Charles misses with a wild combination.
Pettis misses with the combination.
Pettis avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pettis throws a right hand that Charles ducks under and follows up with a left that Charles also avoids with ease.
Charles fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pettis checks it well.
Pettis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Charles swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles throws a head kick that misses.
Pettis misses with a double jab.
Charles throws a series of punches but Pettis avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Charles. Those never looked like landing.
Pettis tries to bum rush Charles with a series of wild strikes but Charles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Charles is looking to chop away at Pettis's legs.
Pettis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Charles.
Charles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pettis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Charles.
Pettis misses with the combination.
Charles looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Anthony Pettis.
Well Pettis 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Pettis!
After winning the bout, Anthony Pettis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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