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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Terry Trolleybagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daryl The Zombie Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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201 lbs
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227 lbs
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Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Terry Trolleybagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Daryl The Zombie Killer!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trolleybagger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trolleybagger lands a front kick to the face, that drops The Zombie Killer to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
It looks like Daryl The Zombie Killer has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Zombie Killer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Trolleybagger throws a right and a left that The Zombie Killer avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Zombie Killer is looking to slow Trolleybagger down with leg kicks.
The Zombie Killer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Trolleybagger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trolleybagger needs to keep his hands up - The Zombie Killer had a free shot at his head there.
The Zombie Killer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The Zombie Killer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The Zombie Killer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trolleybagger has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Zombie Killer finds it's way round the side to connect with Trolleybagger's head.
Trolleybagger misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from The Zombie Killer. Those never looked like landing.
Trolleybagger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Zombie Killer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Trolleybagger's head backwards.
The Zombie Killer scores with a decent looking hook.
Trolleybagger keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Zombie Killer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Zombie Killer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daryl The Zombie Killer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zombie Killer tries to clinch up but Trolleybagger circles away and keeps his distance.
The Zombie Killer lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The Zombie Killer tries to clinch but Trolleybagger is having none of it.
The Zombie Killer should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Trolleybagger throws a big shot that misses.
Trolleybagger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trolleybagger tries a head kick but it misses.
Trolleybagger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Zombie Killer was well out of range. Poor timing from Trolleybagger.
Sloppy strikes from Trolleybagger. Those never looked like landing.
Trolleybagger slips under a jab.
Trolleybagger throws a head kick that misses.
The Zombie Killer tries to clinch
and Trolleybagger finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The Zombie Killer looks gassed!
The Zombie Killer throws a lazy right hand but Trolleybagger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Zombie Killer misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Trolleybagger does no damage.
Daryl The Zombie Killer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trolleybagger misses with a straight left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trolleybagger with a nice cross.
That has opened up Daryl The Zombie Killer's cut even more.
The Zombie Killer connects with a jab.
The Zombie Killer tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trolleybagger throws a sloppy head kick and The Zombie Killer moves out of range easily.
The Zombie Killer tries to clinch there but Trolleybagger circles away.
Trolleybagger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Zombie Killer.
A slow jab from Trolleybagger misses its intended target.
The Zombie Killer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Trolleybagger misses with a wild combination.
A nice combination there by Trolleybagger.
The Zombie Killer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trolleybagger staggers The Zombie Killer with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! The Zombie Killer looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Trolleybagger is victorious!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Terry Trolleybagger!
Our winner, Terry Trolleybagger, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Scott Fischer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noob Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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235 lbs
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280 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Fischer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Noob Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fighter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fighter throws a series of strikes that have Fischer backpedaling.
It looks like Scott Fischer has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fighter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fischer thows a body shot but no joy.
Fischer throws a sloppy head kick and Fighter moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Fischer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fighter misses with a head kick.
Fighter swings for the body but Fischer moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Fischer - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fighter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fischer.
Fischer avoids the head kick by Fighter.
Fighter lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fischer takes a step back to recover.
Fighter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fischer takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fighter has Fischer up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fighter.
Fischer is breathing heavily.
Fighter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Fighter controlling the action here for a moment.
Fighter lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fighter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fischer up against the cage.
Fighter missing with knees to the body.
Fighter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fischer up against the cage.
Fischer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fighter pushes Fischer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scott Fischer's cut is getting worse.
Fischer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fighter lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Fighter.
Fighter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fischer up against the cage.
Fighter lands with a short shot to the head.
Fischer is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Fighter.
Fighter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fischer up against the cage.
Fighter lands a right hand.
Oh Fischer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fighter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fischer seems to have got his legs back now.
Fighter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fischers head.
Scott Fischer's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fighter misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fighter.
Fighter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fischer up against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Fighter's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A short right from Fighter on the inside.
Fighter lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter has Fischer pushed against the cage.
Fighter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Fischer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Fighter.
Fischer can't break the clinch.
Fighter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fighter.
Fighter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fischers head.
Fighter just leaning against Fischer, taking a breather.
Fighter cracks Fischer with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Fischer goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Fischer wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Noob Fighter!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jean Claude Van Damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Erhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Erhorn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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240 lbs
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255 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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jean Claude Van Damm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Erhorn!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damm misses with a wild body shot.
Erhorn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Erhorn. Those never looked like landing.
Erhorn throws a right and a left that Van Damm avoids nicely.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Van Damm slips a jab and a cross from Erhorn.
Van Damm pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Erhorn moves away from the strike by Van Damm.
Matt Erhorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Damm tries to close the distance and clinch but Erhorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Damm doesn't manage to clinch there - Erhorn circles away.
Erhorn misses with a few strikes there.
Van Damm connects with a jab.
It looks like Matt Erhorn has been cut.
Erhorn misses with a wild combination.
Van Damm throws a low kick but Erhorn avoids it.
Van Damm looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Damm showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erhorn.
Erhorn defending well as Van Damm loads up on a big left hand.
Erhorn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Damm fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erhorn looks to land a combination but Van Damm avoids it well.
Van Damm looks to throw the jab but Erhorn is out of range.
Erhorn tries to bum rush Van Damm with a series of wild strikes but Van Damm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Damm throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Erhorn looks gassed!
Van Damm throws a sloppy head kick and Erhorn moves out of range easily.
Van Damm clinches up with Erhorn and pushes him back against the cage.
Erhorn managing to block the knees to the body from Van Damm.
Van Damm wants to get back to striking at distance but Erhorn won't allow it.
Van Damm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Damm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Erhorn's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Erhorn duly obliges.
Erhorn misses with a wild combination.
Erhorn throws a series of punches but Van Damm moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Damm.
Erhorn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Decent striking displayed by Van Damm there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erhorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Erhorn throws a right hand that Van Damm ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Damm also avoids with ease.
Van Damm misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Erhorn. Those never looked like landing.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Van Damm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Erhorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Erhorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Damm.
Van Damm throws a series of punches but Erhorn moves out of range.
Erhorn misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Van Damm misses.
Van Damm pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A slapping body kick lands there for Van Damm.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Van Damm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Erhorn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Van Damm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Erhorn was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Damm.
Van Damm keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erhorn misses with a double jab.
Van Damm clinches.
Van Damm breaks from the clinch.
Erhorn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Damm throws a quick inside leg kick.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Van Damm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Erhorn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Damm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Damm cracks Erhorn with a good jab.
Van Damm misses the jab.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Erhorn.
Van Damm forces Erhorn back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Damm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Erhorn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Damm looks to land a body kick but Erhorn moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erhorn tries to bum rush Van Damm with a series of wild strikes but Van Damm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Damm looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A swing and a miss from Van Damm.
Van Damm throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Van Damm.
Erhorn throws a series of punches but Van Damm avoids them all with ease.
Van Damm looks to land a right hand but Erhorn moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Van Damm.
Van Damm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Erhorn. Those never looked like landing.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Van Damm showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erhorn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Van Damm.
Van Damm fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Erhorn, pushing him back against the cage.
Van Damm throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Claude Van Damm dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Erhorn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
No joy there for Erhorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Erhorn tries to bum rush Van Damm with a series of wild strikes but Van Damm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Erhorn misses with a double jab
and Van Damm counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Van Damm bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Erhorn misses with a few strikes there.
Erhorn checks the leg kick.
Van Damm scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheers as Van Damm lands an impressive looking overhand right. Erhorn doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Erhorn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Erhorn is rocked!
That has opened up Matt Erhorn's cut even more.
Nice body kick from Van Damm.
Erhorn is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Damm finish him?
Van Damm knocks out Erhorn with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Van Damm before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Van Damm picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jean Claude Van Damm!
Jean Claude Van Damm tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Shayloh Archangel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Pavelchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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225 lbs
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295 lbs
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shayloh Archangel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sergei Pavelchenko!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch but Archangel is avoiding it.
Archangel misses with a looping right.
Archangel swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavelchenko.
Archangel forces Pavelchenko back against the cage and clinches.
Archangel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pavelchenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pavelchenko throws a leg kick but Archangel checks it.
Archangel pushes Pavelchenko up against the cage in a clinch.
Archangel has a couple of punches blocked by Pavelchenko.
Pavelchenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Archangel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Archangel throws an elbow but misses.
Pavelchenko leaning against his opponent.
Archangel lands an elbow that stopped Pavelchenko in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Sergei Pavelchenko has been cut.
Archangel has a couple of punches blocked by Pavelchenko.
Archangel managing to block the knees to the body from Pavelchenko.
Pavelchenko is trying to break the clinch but Archangel is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavelchenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Archangel blocks the elbow strike.
Pavelchenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pavelchenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Archangel.
Archangel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pavelchenko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Archangel.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch.
Archangel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pavelchenko closes the distance but Archangel moves to the side
and Archangel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Archangel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Archangel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Archangel lands a head shot.
Pavelchenko walks into a big right hand from Archangel and goes down! The referee sends Archangel to a neutral corner as Pavelchenko gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Pavelchenko is rocked!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Archangel, right into the meat.
Pavelchenko looks gassed!
Archangel ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Pavelchenko out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shayloh Archangel!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alex Honnold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DiGiorno Pizzas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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235 lbs
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200 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Honnold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, DiGiorno Pizzas!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honnold tries to clinch up but Pizzas circles away and keeps his distance.
Pizzas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honnold takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pizzas swings for the body but Honnold moves out of range.
Pizzas ducks under a wild hook from Honnold.
Pizzas tests Honnold's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Honnold fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pizzas manages to avoid it.
Honnold throws a nice looking combination but Pizzas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Honnold doesn't manage to clinch there - Pizzas circles away.
Honnold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alex Honnold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pizzas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Honnold misses with a body shot.
Pizzas scores with a sloppy right hand. Honnold should have avoided that one.
Honnold walks into a stiff left hand from Pizzas.
Pizzas moves out of range as Honnold strikes.
Honnold with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pizzas misses with an uppercut. Honnold saw that one coming.
Honnold tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pizzas was well out of range. Poor timing from Honnold.
A swing and a miss from Pizzas.
Honnold misses with a looping left.
Pizzas misses with an uppercut.
Pizzas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honnold.
Honnold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honnold tries to clinch there but Pizzas circles away.
Honnold throws a lazy uppercut
and Pizzas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Honnold misses with a wild body shot.
Pizzas moves into the clinch.
Pizzas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honnold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pizzas.
Honnold misses with a few strikes there.
Honnold misses with a body shot.
Honnold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pizzas cracks Honnold with an open hand slap.
Pizzas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honnold.
Sloppy strikes from Honnold. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Honnold misses its intended target.
Pizzas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pizzas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honnold.
Honnold is breathing heavily.
Honnold moves in looking to clinch but Pizzas pushes him off.
Honnold misses with a wild combination.
Honnold throws a hook to the side of Pizzas's head but Pizzas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pizzas scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pizzas scores with a hook.
Pizzas wants to clinch.
Pizzas cracks Honnold with an open hand slap.
Pizzas throws an overhand right that lands on Honnold's shoulder, as Honnold tries to avoid the shot.
Honnold swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pizzas counters with a series of strikes. Honnold will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pizzas is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Honnold had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pizzas throws a right hand that Honnold ducks under and follows up with a left that Honnold also avoids with ease.
Pizzas misses with a straight right.
Pizzas cracks Honnold with a right hand to the side of the head.
Honnold is looking to land body kicks.
Pizzas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pizzas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honnold.
Pizzas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pizzas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pizzas looks to land a right hand but Honnold moved out of range.
Honnold takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Honnold slips a straight right by Pizzas.
Some wild striking there from Honnold.
Honnold on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pizzas has Honnold up against the cage in a clinch.
Pizzas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honnold gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good standup being displayed there by Pizzas as he connects with a hook.
Pizzas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Honnold throws a sloppy head kick and Pizzas moves out of range easily.
Pizzas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pizzas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pizzas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Honnold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pizzas lands a nice shot to the body.
Pizzas looks to score with a jab to the body but Honnold is just out of range.
Pizzas looks to land a right hand but Honnold moved out of range.
Pizzas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pizzas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pizzas jabs Honnold right on the nose. Honnold blinks but takes it well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Honnold misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pizzas thuds his right hand into Honnold's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Honnold takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pizzas connects with a body shot.
Honnold keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pizzas.
Pizzas connects with a jab.
Pizzas lands the left hand.
Pizzas lands the left hand.
Pizzas scores with a decent looking hook.
Honnold takes one to the side of the head.
Honnold is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pizzas.
Pizzas lands a right hook to the body.
Honnold looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Honnold avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pizzas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pizzas missing with a left hand there. Honnold was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Honnold moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pizzas lands with a hook. Honnold tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Honnold staying out of range there.
DiGiorno Pizzas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Honnold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DiGiorno Pizzas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pizzas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Honnold has time to react.
Pizzas lands a jab to the nose.
A slow jab from Pizzas misses its intended target.
Honnold uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pizzas has time to react.
Pizzas misses the shot to the body.
Honnold thows a left - swing and a miss!
Honnold throws a sloppy head kick and Pizzas moves out of range easily.
Honnold tries to bum rush Pizzas with a series of wild strikes but Pizzas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honnold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Honnold uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pizzas.
Honnold walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Alex Honnold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Honnold misses the shot to the body.
Pizzas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab by Pizzas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pizzas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honnold.
Honnold on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Honnold throws a series of punches but Pizzas avoids them all with ease.
Pizzas has closed the distance and engaged Honnold in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pizzas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honnold looks to score with a jab to the body but Pizzas is just out of range.
Pizzas connects with a jab.
Pizzas misses with a series of wild punches.
Pizzas avoids the head kick by Honnold.
A punch lands to the side of Honnold 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Honnold takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Pizzas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pizzas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Honnold, pushing him back against the cage.
Pizzas breaks the clinch.
Pizzas lands with a hook. Honnold tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pizzas throws a shot from downtown. Honnold moves away and avoids it.
Pizzas clinches.
Pizzas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pizzas manages to break the clinch.
Honnold throws a nice looking combination but Pizzas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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!
Pizzas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Honnold on the side of the head.
Honnold fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pizzas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
DiGiorno Pizzas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pizzas throws a right hand that Honnold ducks under and follows up with a left that Honnold also avoids with ease.
Pizzas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pizzas misses the jab.
Pizzas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pizzas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pizzas.
Pizzas drives through and clinches with Honnold against the cage.
Pizzas manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Honnold misses.
Pizzas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pizzas connects with a single shot there.
Pizzas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pizzas looks to land a right hand but Honnold moved out of range.
A jab from Pizzas misses.
Pizzas with a nice cross.
Honnold has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pizzas finds it's way round the side to connect with Honnold's head.
Pizzas has managed to clinch.
Pizzas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honnold tries to clinch but Pizzas moves away
and Pizzas counters with a left to the body.
Pizzas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pizzas moves into range and clinches up with Honnold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pizzas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honnold defending well as Pizzas loads up on a big left hand.
Pizzas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Honnold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pizzas throws an overhand right that lands on Honnold's shoulder, as Honnold tries to avoid the shot.
Pizzas pushes Honnold up against the cage in a clinch.
Honnold is trying to push Pizzas away but Pizzas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pizzas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Honnold pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pizzas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pizzas tries to clinch up but Honnold circles away and keeps his distance.
Pizzas avoids the head kick by Honnold.
Pizzas lands a slapping body shot.
Honnold tries to clinch but Pizzas moves out of range.
A left lands for Pizzas.
Honnold tries to close the distance and clinch but Pizzas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pizzas misses with a few strikes there.
Pizzas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honnold bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pizzas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pizzas lands a jab to the head.
A jab from Honnold misses.
Honnold takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Honnold looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice body punch from Pizzas.
Pizzas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Honnold backs up against the cage.
Pizzas lands a head shot.
Pizzas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Honnold.
Pizzas lands a two punch combo.
Honnold doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pizzas digs a good hook to Honnold's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pizzas moves into the clinch.
Pizzas lands a body shot.
Pizzas breaks from the clinch.
Pizzas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Honnold drops his hands momentarily and Pizzas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DiGiorno Pizzas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Honnold tries to clinch up.
Some wild striking there from Honnold.
Pizzas instigates a clinch.
Pizzas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Honnold takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pizzas tries to clinch up but Honnold circles away and keeps his distance.
Pizzas throws a hook to the side of Honnold's head but Honnold sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pizzas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pizzas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honnold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pizzas moves away.
Honnold jabs Pizzas right on the nose. Pizzas blinks but takes it well.
Honnold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pizzas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honnold manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Pizzas.
Pizzas misses with a hook.
Honnold scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pizzas takes a jab right on the kisser.
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!
Honnold misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pizzas throws an overhand right that lands on Honnold's shoulder, as Honnold tries to avoid the shot.
Pizzas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pizzas has Honnold up against the cage in a clinch.
Honnold takes a shot to the head.
Honnold is looking to break free of the clinch but Pizzas has double underhooks.
Pizzas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honnold throws a right hand that misses
and Pizzas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Honnold keeps the fight on the outside.
Pizzas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Honnold misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Pizzas misses.
Honnold with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pizzas to score with a decent uppercut.
A big right from Pizzas misses.
Pizzas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Honnold.
Pizzas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pizzas throws a series of punches but Honnold avoids them all with ease.
Pizzas lands with an uppercut that bounces Honnold off the cage and back into range.
Honnold misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pizzas throws a right and a left that Honnold avoids nicely.
Pizzas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Honnold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honnold tries to bum rush Pizzas with a series of wild strikes but Pizzas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pizzas dips to his left and cracks Honnold with an uppercut!
Pizzas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pizzas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Honnold looks to land a left hand but Pizzas moved out of range nicely.
Honnold takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pizzas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pizzas jabs Honnold to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pizzas rushes Honnold and presses him up against the cage.
Pizzas manages to break the clinch.
Pizzas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Honnold back to the cage. Pizzas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pizzas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pizzas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pizzas swats away the attempt to clinch by Honnold.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pizzas breaks from the clinch.
Pizzas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pizzas lands with a straight right. Honnold didn't see that one coming.
Honnold rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pizzas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Honnold circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pizzas moves into the clinch successfully.
Pizzas breaks the clinch.
Pizzas throws a lazy right hand but Honnold sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honnold waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pizzas.
Honnold throws a series of punches but Pizzas avoids them all with ease.
Nice defenses there by Honnold.
Honnold fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alex Honnold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Honnold walks into a left hand.
Honnold slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pizzas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pizzas moves into range and connects with a jab.
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!
Pizzas lands a really nice looking cross but Honnold seems unphased.
Pizzas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pizzas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Pizzas as he connects with a hook.
Pizzas throws a jab when Honnold was well out of range.
Pizzas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Honnold takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pizzas, as that shot connected.
Jab, jab by Pizzas - just one landing.
A punch lands to the side of Honnold 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pizzas fails in his attempt to clinch.
DiGiorno Pizzas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pizzas throws a nice looking combination but Honnold bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pizzas misses with a hook. Honnold ducked under it nicely.
Honnold takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Honnold tries to clinch but Pizzas moves away
and Pizzas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
DiGiorno Pizzas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pizzas 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DiGiorno Pizzas!
A relieved looking DiGiorno Pizzas thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Castaneda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Wukong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle Castaneda has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Castaneda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sun Wukong!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wukong fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Castaneda, pushing him back against the cage.
Wukong lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Wukong.
Castaneda tries a knee to the head but Wukong blocks it.
Castaneda is trying to force a seperation but Wukong has the dominant position.
Castaneda wants to break free but Wukong has control.
Castaneda working hard to break the clinch.
Castaneda avoids the elbow strike from Wukong, against the cage.
Wukong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wukong lands a hook that snaps the head of Castaneda backwards.
It looks like Kyle Castaneda has been cut.
Wukong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Castaneda backwards.
Castaneda working hard to break the clinch.
Wukong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wukong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wukong tries a knee to the head but Castaneda blocks it.
Wukong misses with a knee strike.
Castaneda wants to break free but Wukong has control.
Wukong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Castaneda is breathing heavily.
Wukong lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wukong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castaneda blocks it with crossed arms.
Castaneda trying to control the position but instead, Wukong has worked for underhooks and has pushed Castaneda into the cage.
Wukong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kyle Castaneda's cut is getting worse.
Wukong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wukong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wukong with a knee to the head.
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!
Wukong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kyle Castaneda's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wukong lands a knee to the head.
Wukong pushes Castaneda against the cage and as he bounces back off them, cracks him with a big elbow that drops him to the mat! You don't see that very often! Will he manage to get back to his feet? 3,4,5,6 is the count... and he's up! He seems OK; probably just in shock that he was dropped by an elbow that he obviously didn't see coming.
Castaneda is rocked!
Jeez, Kyle Castaneda's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kyle Castaneda's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sun Wukong!
Sun Wukong decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between William Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudio Tomic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Claudio Tomic is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Claudio Tomic!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Tomic pushes him off.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tomic.
Tomic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Tomic seems unphased.
Tomic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tomic counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tomic has Johnson pushed against the cage.
Tomic lands a nice elbow.
Tomic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Tomic lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Tomic lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Tomic gets a clinch.
Tomic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Tomic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomic thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Tomic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tomic.
Tomic has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Tomic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tomic scores with a hook to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tomic.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Tomic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Tomic darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Johnson is predictable there
and Tomic counters by clinching up.
Tomic working Johnson over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tomic.
Tomic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tomic lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomic throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tomic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Tomic has managed to clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tomic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees to the body from Tomic.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tomic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tomic working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Tomic is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tomic throws a one two combo.
Tomic avoids a kick to the body.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
Johnson letting Tomic take a breather here.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tomic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Tomic has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomic scores a nice knee to the body.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
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!
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Tomic pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Tomic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
William Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomic rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson tries to break free but Tomic pushes him back against the cage.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tomic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Tomic fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claudio Tomic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tomic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Claudio Tomic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tomic rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Johnson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tomic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tomic.
Johnson scores with a jab to the head.
Tomic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Tomic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from Tomic.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tomic avoiding damage.
A hook to the body from Tomic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomic lands a body shot.
Tomic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tomic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomic tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tomic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Tomic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Tomic lands an elbow inside.
Tomic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Claudio Tomic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tomic manages to break the clinch.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Tomic. Tomic maintains the clinch.
Tomic avoiding damage.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomic darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Tomic.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses
and Tomic counters by clinching up.
Tomic tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tomic has managed to clinch.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Tomic throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
Tomic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Tomic throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomic rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tomic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomic rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Tomic has him pressed against the cage.
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Tomic misses.
Tomic moves into the clinch successfully.
Tomic manages to break the clinch.
Johnson throws a front kick aimed at Tomic's knee but Tomic avoids it well.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Tomic moved out of range.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Tomic is avoiding it.
Tomic rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tomic breaks from the clinch.
Tomic takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Tomic is controlling the position.
Tomic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Tomic.
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!
Tomic crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
A right handed body shot lands from Tomic.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Tomic is controlling him.
Tomic lands a knee to the head.
Tomic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Tomic stalling against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tomic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claudio Tomic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tomic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tomic dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson moves to clinch but Tomic breaks away
and Tomic moves into the clinch.
Tomic stalling in the clinch.
Tomic landing knees to the body.
Tomic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomic connects with an inside leg kick.
Tomic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tomic scores with a head kick. Johnson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tomic moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Tomic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tomic has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tomic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tomic.
Tomic landing knees to the head.
Tomic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tomic obliges.
Tomic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tomic lands a knee to the body.
Tomic manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomic leaning against his opponent.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Tomic. Tomic maintains the clinch.
Johnson wants to break free but Tomic has control.
Tomic breaks from the clinch.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tomic counters by moving into the clinch.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomic clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tomic digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Tomic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tomic has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomic scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Tomic throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Tomic walks into a left hand.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Tomic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tomic moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson tries to circle away but Tomic has him pinned against the cage.
Tomic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tomic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomic takes the fight into the clinch.
Tomic is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tomic breaks the clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Tomic circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tomic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tomic.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Tomic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Tomic won't allow it.
Tomic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Tomic is just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tomic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tomic obliges.
William Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Claudio Tomic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tomic 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claudio Tomic!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pete Eckhart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Pete Eckhart has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pete Eckhart seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pete Eckhart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brandon Crane!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eckhart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Eckhart.
Crane lands with a slapping head kick.
Eckhart throws a series of punches but Crane avoids them all with ease.
Eckhart misses with a two punch combination.
Crane defending well as Eckhart loads up on a big left hand.
Crane closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Crane prevents a body shot from Eckhart.
Crane lands a body shot.
Eckhart is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.
Crane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Pete Eckhart has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eckhart looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Eckhart.
Eckhart is looking to break free of the clinch but Crane has double underhooks.
Eckhart tries to circle away but Crane has him pinned against the cage.
Crane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crane wants to clinch up but Eckhart keeps it at a distance.
Crane chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Eckhart can pounce on him.
Crane tries to clinch but Eckhart moves out of range.
Eckhart looks to land a combination. Crane sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Brandon Crane has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane slips a jab and a cross from Eckhart.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eckhart misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Eckhart.
Crane tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eckhart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crane closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crane closes the distance and clinches.
Eckhart is trying to maintain a safe position but Crane gets an underhook and turns Eckhart into the cage.
Eckhart has had enough of the clinch but Crane keeps him there for the moment.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crane tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Eckhart manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eckhart misses with a double jab
and Crane holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eckhart lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crane backwards.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crane gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Eckhart.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eckhart throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Crane tries to clinch up but Eckhart circles away and keeps his distance.
Eckhart connects with a right hand. Crane shakes it off.
Eckhart listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eckhart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch but Eckhart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crane clinches up against the cage.
Eckhart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crane lands a knee to the head.
Eckhart is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crane tries to clinch but Eckhart is having none of it.
Eckhart with a nice cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eckhart lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crane circles away quickly and effectively.
Eckhart throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That has opened up Brandon Crane's cut even more.
Eckhart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Eckhart misses.
Crane is looking to clinch.
Crane moves into the clinch.
Crane controlling the action here for a moment.
Eckhart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crane takes the fight into the clinch.
Crane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eckhart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Eckhart misses with a straight right.
Eckhart swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
Eckhart throws a quick inside leg kick.
Eckhart misses with a two punch combination.
Crane gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Eckhart trying to stall but Crane improves his position.
Eckhart is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.
Eckhart wants to get back to striking at distance but Crane won't allow it.
Crane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crane dodges the punch combination from Eckhart.
Eckhart throws a sloppy head kick and Crane moves out of range easily.
Crane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Eckhart dominated 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.
Eckhart tries to keep at a distance but Crane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Crane lands a body shot in the clinch.
Eckhart tries to circle away but Crane has him pinned against the cage.
Crane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pete Eckhart is winning the standup battle so far.
Eckhart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Eckhart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eckhart misses with a wild combination.
Eckhart jabs at Crane's body.
Eckhart throws a right hand that Crane ducks under and follows up with a left that Crane also avoids with ease.
Eckhart misses with a combination
and Crane moves into the clinch.
Crane has Eckhart pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Crane.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eckhart is trying to break the clinch but Crane has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Crane just leaning against Eckhart, taking a breather.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Crane manages to break the clinch.
Eckhart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crane.
Crane closes the distance and pushes Eckhart back into the cage.
Eckhart is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.
Crane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eckhart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crane takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Eckhart throws out a leg kick but Crane moves out of range and Eckhart only half commits.
Crane dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Eckhart. That did some damage!
Eckhart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crane avoids the head kick by Eckhart.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eckhart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Eckhart.
Crane moves into the clinch.
Crane breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crane avoids the body shot from Eckhart.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eckhart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crane has taken the fight to the clinch.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eckhart misses with a straight left.
Eckhart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crane moves into the clinch.
Crane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Eckhart wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Eckhart has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eckhart trying to control the position but instead, Crane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Eckhart into the cage.
Eckhart wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crane stalling the fight.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crane moves away from the strike by Eckhart.
Eckhart will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crane closes the distance and clinches.
Crane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Eckhart's elbow.
Crane has Eckhart pressed against the cage, preventing Eckhart from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Eckhart's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Crane's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Eckhart stalling in the clinch but Crane improves position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eckhart is trying to break free.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Eckhart is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.
Crane manages to break the clinch.
Crane tries to clinch there but Eckhart circles away.
Eckhart throws a head kick but Crane moves out of range.
Eckhart dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crane. That did some damage!
Eckhart throws a head kick that Crane semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eckhart swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
Eckhart throws a lazy head kick
and Crane counters with a nice leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crane lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Crane.
Crane lands an elbow just above Eckhart 's eye.
Crane lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Crane showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eckhart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eckhart lands a nice hook to Crane's body. Crane takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Crane fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eckhart swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Crane counters with a slapping leg kick.
Crane moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Crane tried to score with a low kick but Eckhart checks it.
Crane checks a low kick from Eckhart.
Eckhart misses with a few strikes there.
Eckhart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eckhart takes a swing at Crane's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eckhart throws a sloppy head kick and Crane moves out of range easily.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crane tries to clinch up but Eckhart circles away and keeps his distance.
Crane has closed the distance and engaged Eckhart in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Crane.
Eckhart wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Eckhart on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crane lands a left hand.
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eckhart lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Eckhart managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Crane manages to break the clinch.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crane moves into the clinch successfully.
Eckhart is trying to break the clinch but Crane is controlling him.
Crane landing knees to the body.
Brandon Crane seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Eckhart.
Crane leaning against his opponent.
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crane landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch but Eckhart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crane wants to clinch.
Eckhart throws a head kick but Crane moves out of range.
Crane tries to clinch up.
Eckhart fails to land with a series of punches.
Eckhart lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crane scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Eckhart scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crane throws a leg kick which misses Eckhart's front leg but catches the back leg as Eckhart tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane darts in and clinches Eckhart up against the cage.
Crane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eckhart misses with a wild combination.
Eckhart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crane fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eckhart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crane moves into the clinch.
Eckhart is trying to break the clinch but Crane is controlling him.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eckhart lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
No joy there for Crane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crane is looking to clinch but Eckhart is avoiding it.
Eckhart misses with a combination
and Crane moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eckhart has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eckhart scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Eckhart misses with a straight left.
Eckhart throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crane counters with a nice leg kick.
Eckhart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crane was well out of range. Poor timing from Eckhart.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eckhart keeps the fight on the outside.
Crane walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Eckhart throws a right hand that misses
and Crane counters by clinching up.
Crane connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crane keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eckhart's efforts to push away.
Crane breaks the clinch.
Crane showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eckhart.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Crane comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Crane has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Crane!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacob Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Bashor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cullen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Breaking Fangs. Jacob Cullen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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265 lbs
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285 lbs
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Lethal high kicks
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abel Bashor!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bashor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bashor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cullen avoids the body shot from Bashor.
Cullen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bashor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cullen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A leg kick checked by Bashor.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cullen.
Cullen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bashor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cullen throws the kick towards the body but Bashor avoids it.
Cullen forces Bashor back against the cage and clinches.
Bashor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cullen stalls.
Bashor avoiding damage as Cullen throws knees to the body.
Cullen breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen clinches.
Bashor works on Cullen's body with a couple of short punches.
Bashor can't find room to land a body shot as Cullen controls the action.
Bashor working aggressively here.
Cullen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bashor tries to clinch but Cullen is having none of it.
Bashor misses with a body kick.
Bashor throws a series of punches but Cullen moves out of range.
Bashor lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Jacob Cullen has been cut.
Cullen moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Cullen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bashor tries to land a knee to the head but Cullen blocks with his arms.
Cullen blocks the elbow strike.
Bashor lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bashor throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashor trying to land knees to the body.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.
Cullen blocks an elbow strike.
Bashor being controlled against the cage.
Cullen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cullen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cullen misses with a hook
and Bashor counters with a good, hard body kick but Cullen shrugs it off.
Cullen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cullen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cullen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cullen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bashor tries to close the distance and clinch but Cullen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bashor throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Cullen misses
and Bashor counters with a big head kick but Cullen shrugs it off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bashor checks a leg kick.
Bashor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cullen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cullen misses with a head kick.
Cullen blocks a head kick by Bashor.
Bashor throws a head kick that misses.
Bashor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bashor throws a leg kick
and Cullen counters with an inside leg kick.
Bashor throws a big shot that misses.
Cullen tries to work over Bashor's front leg with a kick but Bashor checks it.
Cullen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bashor scores with a hook.
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!
Cullen misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bashor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cullen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bashor checks a leg kick.
Cullen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bashor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cullen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jacob Cullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bashor wants to clinch up but Cullen keeps it at a distance.
Bashor avoids the head kick by Cullen.
Cullen takes the fight into the clinch.
Bashor throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bashor lands a nice elbow.
Jacob Cullen's cut is getting worse.
Bashor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cullen blocks it with crossed arms.
Bashor tries a knee to the head but Cullen blocks it.
Cullen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bashor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jacob Cullen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jacob Cullen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cullen lands a high kick!
Cullen scores with a one two! Bashor had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bashor keeps the fight on the outside.
Cullen blocks a head kick by Bashor.
Bashor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cullen is out of range.
Bashor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jacob Cullen is winning the standup battle so far.
Cullen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bashor dodges the punch combination from Cullen.
Cullen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bashor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cullen lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cullen gets a clinch.
Cullen lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Abel Bashor has been cut.
Bashor tries to land a knee to the head but Cullen blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen working Bashor over with knees to the body.
Bashor is breathing heavily.
Cullen manages to break the clinch.
Bashor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cullen delivers a nice body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cullen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bashor. Cullen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bashor throws out a powerful jab.
Cullen throws a head kick but Bashor moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bashor crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cullen - the referee stops the clock and Bashor gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cullen. Bashor manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cullen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.
Cullen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cullen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bashor backs up against the cage.
A head kick misses from Bashor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashor has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cullen.
Cullen misses with a wild combination.
Bashor blocks a head kick by Cullen.
Bashor throws a push kick but Cullen slaps the foot to one side.
Bashor looks to clinch
and Cullen counters with a nice uppercut.
Bashor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cullen moves into range and clinches up with Bashor.
Cullen misses with a knee to the head.
Cullen manages to break the clinch.
Cullen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bashor circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bashor throws a head kick that half lands.
Cullen has managed to clinch.
Cullen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bashor checks the leg kick.
Bashor gets tackled into the cage by Cullen. Cullen maintains the clinch.
Cullen breaks from the clinch.
Bashor lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cullen connects with a leg kick. Bashor looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cullen is looking to clinch but Bashor is avoiding it.
Bashor plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cullen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bashor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bashor misses with a knee to the head.
Cullen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bashor is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bashor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cullen's brow.
Cullen avoids the elbow strike from Bashor, against the cage.
Cullen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cullen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bashor tries to clinch up but Cullen circles away and keeps his distance.
Bashor plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cullen gets a clinch.
Cullen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cullen tries to bum rush Bashor with a series of wild strikes but Bashor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bashor tries to clinch up but Cullen circles away and keeps his distance.
Cullen throws a leg kick which misses Bashor's front leg but catches the back leg as Bashor tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Cullen 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! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Bashor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cullen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bashor.
Bashor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cullen is looking to land body kicks.
Bashor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cullen misses with a leg kick.
Cullen throws a sloppy head kick and Bashor moves out of range easily.
Cullen tries to clinch but Bashor is having none of it.
Bashor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cullen.
Bashor darts in trying to clinch
and Cullen counters with a nice uppercut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cullen!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cullen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bashor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cullen.
Bashor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bashor motions for Cullen to come forward. Bashor throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bashor has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cullen.
Bashor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cullen's calf.
Bashor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cullen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cullen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bashor lands with a slapping head kick.
Jacob Cullen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cullen moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cullen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bashor avoids a kick to the body.
Cullen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cullen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cullen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cullen throws a right and a left that Bashor avoids nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cullen.
Bashor misses with a body shot.
Bashor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cullen moves into the clinch successfully.
Cullen stalling the fight.
Cullen breaks the clinch.
Bashor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cullen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashor tries to clinch there but Cullen circles away.
Cullen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bashor was well out of range. Poor timing from Cullen.
Cullen moves into the clinch successfully.
Cullen blocks an elbow strike from Bashor.
Bashor being controlled against the cage.
Cullen tries to land knees in the clinch but Bashor avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bashor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cullen's elbow.
Cullen misses with a knee strike.
Cullen managing to block the knees to the body from Bashor.
Bashor throws an elbow that misses.
Abel Bashor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bashor working aggressively here.
Cullen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bashor.
Bashor trying to stall but Cullen improves his position.
Cullen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cullen tries to clinch there but Bashor circles away.
A head kick by Cullen misses
and Bashor counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cullen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cullen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cullen moves into the clinch.
Cullen misses with an elbow strike.
Cullen manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cullen throws out a leg kick but Bashor moves out of range and Cullen only half commits.
Cullen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jacob Cullen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bashor lands an overhand right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Cullen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cullen 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Cullen!
Jacob Cullen really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Steel Penn's Laundry 93% logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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FIGHT
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