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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Anton Kruglov (ranked 2265 p4p, 269 weight class) and Blake Wightman (ranked 25175 p4p, 566 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wightman's choice of entrance music: BFMV-You want a battle(here's a war). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 21 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Kruglov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Blake Wightman!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wightman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wightman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wightman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wightman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kruglov finds it's way round the side to connect with Wightman's head.
Kruglov staying out of range there.
Wightman lands a head kick!
Wightman tries a head kick but it misses.
Wightman lands a head kick!
Wightman misses with a right hand
and Kruglov counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wightman misses with a body shot.
Kruglov wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wightman just misses with a punch to the body.
Kruglov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wightman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kruglov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wightman throws a head kick that Kruglov semi-blocks.
Kruglov is rocked!
Wightman lands a glancing blow to the side of Kruglov's head.
Oh Kruglov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wightman looks to land a right hand but Kruglov moved out of range.
Kruglov needs to keep his hands up - Wightman had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wightman moves out of range of the strikes.
Kruglov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kruglov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wightman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kruglov seems to have got his legs back now.
Wightman throws a leg kick
letting Kruglov counter with a right hand.
Wightman connects with the punch.
Kruglov looks to score with a jab to the body but Wightman is just out of range.
Wightman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blake Wightman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wightman throws a solid leg kick but Kruglov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wightman.
Kruglov avoids the head kick by Wightman.
A combination from Wightman does no damage.
Kruglov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wightman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wightman tries to bum rush Kruglov with a series of wild strikes but Kruglov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kruglov throws the kick towards the body but Wightman avoids it.
Kruglov connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wightman tries to bum rush Kruglov with a series of wild strikes but Kruglov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kruglov seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Kruglov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wightman has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wightman takes a swing at Kruglov's ribcage but misses.
Kruglov misses with a looping left.
Kruglov throws a big shot that misses.
Wightman unleashes a big counter combination but Kruglov bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wightman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kruglov misses with a body kick.
Kruglov cracks a nice hook into Wightman's ribs.
Wightman cracks Kruglov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wightman throws a series of punches but Kruglov avoids them all with ease.
Kruglov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wightman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kruglov scrambles back to his feet.
Kruglov throws a sloppy head kick and Wightman moves out of range easily.
Wightman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kruglov throws a good cross that connects.
Kruglov drives through and clinches with Wightman against the cage.
Kruglov avoids the elbow strike from Wightman, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kruglov scores with a shoulder strike.
Wightman swings wildly with an uppercut but Kruglov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wightman lands a hook that snaps the head of Kruglov backwards.
Wightman throws an elbow but it misses.
Wightman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kruglov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wightman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kruglov's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Kruglov fails to land.
Kruglov has Wightman pushed against the cage.
Wightman can't find room to land a body shot as Kruglov controls the action.
Kruglov with a knee to the head.
It looks like Blake Wightman has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wightmans head.
Kruglov lands a left hand.
Kruglov tries to throw a body punch but Wightman avoids it by throwing Kruglov back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wightman throws an elbow but misses.
Wightman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wightman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wightman lands a nice uppercut.
Kruglov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruglov blocks an elbow strike.
Kruglov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kruglov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruglov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruglov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kruglov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kruglov misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Blake Wightman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Blake Wightman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wightman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wightman has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wightman lands with a good body shot.
Wightman ducks under a wild hook from Kruglov.
Kruglov scores with a nice head shot.
Kruglov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kruglov blocks a jab.
Kruglov is looking for a counter combo.
Wightman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wightman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kruglov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Wightman throws out a leg kick but Kruglov moves out of range and Wightman only half commits.
Kruglov takes the fight into the clinch.
Wightman lands a hook that snaps the head of Kruglov backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wightman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kruglov's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruglov throws a head punch that misses.
Wightman takes a shot to the head.
Wightman is working Kruglov over against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wightman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kruglov is defending well for now.
Kruglov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wightman blocks it with crossed arms.
Wightman misses with a punch on the inside.
Wightman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kruglov lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Wightman on the inside.
Kruglov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kruglov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wightman lands a nice uppercut.
Wightman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wightman has a couple of punches blocked by Kruglov.
Wightman can't find room to land a body shot as Kruglov controls the action.
Kruglov dodges an elbow strike from Wightman.
Wightman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wightman throws a head punch that misses.
Wightman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kruglov digs a right hand underneath Wightman's ribcage. Wightman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kruglov.
Wightman lands a nice uppercut.
Wightman tries to throw a body punch but Kruglov avoids it by throwing Wightman back against the cage.
Kruglov lands a nice shot to the body.
Kruglov is pushing Wightman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wightman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kruglov is defending well for now.
Kruglov working aggressively here.
Kruglov looking to throw knees to the head but Wightman is blocking nicely.
Wightman managing to block the knees to the body from Kruglov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wightman.
Wightman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kruglov's elbow.
Wightman digs a right hand into Kruglov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kruglov's gas tank.
Kruglov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wightman backwards.
Kruglov misses with a punch on the inside.
Wightman scores with a knee to the head.
Kruglov tries a knee to the head but Wightman blocks it.
Wightman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kruglov throws a punch but it's blocked by Wightman.
Kruglov slowing the pace effectively.
Kruglov throws a head punch that misses.
Wightman has a couple of punches blocked by Kruglov.
Wightman struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruglov controls his hands.
Kruglov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wightmans head.
Kruglov working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wightman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kruglov leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wightman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kruglov throws a punch but it's blocked by Wightman.
Wightman tries a body shot but Kruglov blocks it.
Wightman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kruglov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wightman scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruglov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kruglov misses with the head strike.
Wightman blocking some punches.
Kruglov blocks an elbow strike from Wightman.
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 Anton Kruglov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Blake Wightman's cut.
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!
Wightman throws a body punch but Kruglov moves out of range.
Kruglov is looking to counter punch.
Wightman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kruglov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kruglov takes the fight into the clinch.
Kruglov prevents a body shot from Wightman.
Wightman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wightman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kruglov's elbow.
Wightman misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Wightman on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wightman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kruglov backwards.
Anton Kruglov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kruglov tries a body shot but Wightman blocks it.
Kruglov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wightman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wightman has a couple of punches blocked by Kruglov.
Kruglov slowing the pace effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wightman pushes Kruglov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wightman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kruglov backwards.
Kruglov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wightman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wightman struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruglov controls his hands.
Kruglov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wightman is keeping busy.
Wightman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wightman tries to work over Kruglov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wightman misses with a punch to the body.
Kruglov swings wildly with an uppercut but Wightman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruglov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kruglov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruglov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov landing knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wightman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kruglov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wightman.
Kruglov dodges an elbow strike from Wightman.
Wightman throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kruglov.
Kruglov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wightman tries to work over Kruglov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kruglov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kruglov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kruglov lands a hook that snaps the head of Wightman backwards.
A shot in the inside from Wightman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wightman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov is working Wightman over against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wightman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wightman lands a damaging elbow.
Kruglov wants to stall.
Wightman misses with some punches.
Kruglov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Wightman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kruglov managing to block the knees to the body from Wightman.
Kruglov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wightman blocks it with crossed arms.
Kruglov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wightman avoids it.
Wightman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kruglov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wightman throws an elbow but misses.
Wightman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kruglov backwards.
Kruglov avoids the elbow strike from Wightman, against the cage.
Wightman tries a body shot but Kruglov blocks it.
Wightman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Kruglov.
Kruglov tries to land a knee to the head but Wightman blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wightman.
Wightman missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kruglov has Wightman pushed against the cage.
Wightman has a couple of punches blocked by Kruglov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blake Wightman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wightman 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Blake Wightman!
A victorious Blake Wightman thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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