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EFFA 9 - Stand and Fight! PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Paul Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Hitchhiker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Hitchhiker!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Chan.
Hitchhiker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hitchhiker throws a hook to the side of Chan's head but Chan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hitchhiker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Chan.
Hitchhiker throws a head kick that misses.
Hitchhiker throws a head kick but Chan moves out of range.
Hitchhiker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chan blocks a head kick by Hitchhiker.
Hitchhiker throws a leg kick
and Chan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hitchhiker is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hitchhiker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Chan moves out of range of the body kick from Hitchhiker.
Hitchhiker throws a sloppy head kick
and Chan counters with a left to the body.
Hitchhiker looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitchhiker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Chan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hitchhiker tries a head kick but it misses.
Hitchhiker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hitchhiker throws a lazy head kick
and Chan counters with a stiff right hand.
Hitchhiker is rocked!
Chan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hitchhiker circles away.
Ryan Hitchhiker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hitchhiker wants to land a leg kick but Chan is out of range.
Hitchhiker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chan can pounce on him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chan closes the distance and clinches.
Chan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hitchhiker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitchhiker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chan throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Hitchhiker crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Paul Chan!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Robert Quina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Mooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert Quina 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robert Quina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Walter Mooney!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quina avoids the head kick by Mooney.
Quina clinches up against the ropes.
Mooney is trying to break free.
Quina misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mooney has had enough of the clinch but Quina keeps him there for the moment.
Mooney wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quina has him pressed against the ropes.
Mooney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mooney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quina blocks it with crossed arms.
Mooney tries a knee to the head but Quina blocks it.
Quina keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mooney's efforts to push away.
Mooney using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quina has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quina manages to break the clinch.
Mooney takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mooney moves into the clinch successfully.
Mooney looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mooney tries to break the clinch but Quina is controlling the position.
Mooney lands a good knee to the midsection. Quina won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mooney misses with an elbow over the top.
Quina is trying to break the clinch but Mooney is controlling him.
Quina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mooney closes the distance and clinches.
Quina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quina's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mooney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quina avoids the head kick by Mooney.
Mooney avoids the body shot from Quina.
Mooney moves into range and clinches up with Quina.
Mooney takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mooney wants to break free but Quina has control.
Quina's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mooney throws an overhand right that lands on Quina's shoulder, as Quina tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooney swats away the attempt to clinch by Quina.
Quina misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mooney drives through and clinches with Quina against the ropes.
Quina keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mooney's efforts to push away.
Quina stalling in the clinch.
Mooney misses with a knee strike.
Quina manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mooney fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quina moves into range and clinches up with Mooney.
Quina wants to get back to striking at distance but Mooney won't allow it.
Mooney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quina is defending well for now.
Mooney is trying to break the clinch but Quina is controlling him.
Mooney has Quina pressed against the ropes, preventing Quina from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mooney lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Robert Quina has been cut.
Mooney wants to get back to striking at distance but Quina won't allow it.
Mooney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quina is defending well for now.
Quina breaks the clinch.
Mooney clinches.
Quina manages to break the clinch.
Quina avoids the head kick by Mooney.
Mooney darts in and clinches Quina up against the ropes.
Mooney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Quina manages to break the clinch.
Mooney misses with a head kick.
Mooney moves into range and clinches up with Quina.
Mooney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mooney landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mooney missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quina keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mooney's efforts to push away.
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!
Mooney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quina.
Mooney unloads a knee to the mid-section. Quina lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mooney misses with a body punch.
Mooney tries to break free but Quina pushes him back against the ropes.
Quina keeps control of Mooney as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Mooney.
Quina is breathing heavily.
Mooney can't break the clinch.
Quina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mooney is trying to push Quina away but Quina has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Mooney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Quina escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mooney tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Mooney dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Quina's cut.
That's time! Quina's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Quina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mooney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quina misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quina scores with a nice right hand.
Quina misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mooney fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Quina, pushing him back against the ropes.
Quina prevents Mooney from breaking the clinch.
Quina breaks from the clinch.
Mooney has Quina up against the ropes in a clinch.
Mooney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mooney wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mooney misses with a knee to the head.
Quina wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Quina on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walter Mooney seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Quina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quina is defending well for now.
Mooney throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Quina lands a body shot in the clinch.
Quina breaks the clinch.
Mooney instigates a clinch.
Quina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mooney throws a right hand that Quina ducks under and follows up with a left that Quina also avoids with ease.
Mooney moves into the clinch.
Mooney tries to break the clinch but Quina is controlling the position.
Mooney tries to land knees in the clinch but Quina avoids the damage to the body.
Mooney is trying to push Quina away but Quina has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Quina breaks from the clinch.
Mooney gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mooney using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quina has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mooney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quina avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quina pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Quina closes the distance and clinches.
Quina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mooney is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Quina.
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!
Quina fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mooney, pushing him back against the ropes.
Quina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Mooney.
Mooney takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mooney is looking to land body kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quina blocks a head kick by Mooney.
Quina gets tackled into the ropes by Mooney. Mooney maintains the clinch.
A short left from Quina.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quina is trying to break free.
Mooney landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mooney missing with knees to the body.
Mooney working hard to break the clinch.
Mooney wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mooney looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quina keeps control of Mooney as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mooney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mooney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quina wants to get back to striking at distance but Mooney won't allow it.
Quina avoiding damage as Mooney throws knees to the body.
Mooney wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quina has him pressed against the ropes.
Quina managing to block the knees to the body from Mooney.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quina managing to block the knees to the body from Mooney.
Quina escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mooney closes the distance and pushes Quina back into the ropes.
Mooney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quina blocks it with crossed arms.
Mooney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mooney using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quina has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mooney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quina's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quina clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Quina.
Mooney is trying to force a seperation but Quina has the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mooney is trying to break the clinch but Quina has him pressed against the ropes.
Quina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quina instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Mooney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Robert Quina's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Mooney darts in and clinches Quina up against the ropes.
Quina pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Quina is looking to clinch but Mooney is avoiding it.
Mooney throws a sloppy head kick and Quina moves out of range easily.
Mooney moves into the clinch.
Quina managing to block the knees to the body from Mooney.
Quina managing to block the knees to the body from Mooney.
Quina breaks the clinch.
Mooney moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mooney.
Mooney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mooney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quina avoids it.
Quina prevents Mooney from breaking the clinch.
Mooney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quina blocks it with crossed arms.
Quina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooney attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mooney tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mooney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Quina tried to score with a low kick but Mooney checks it.
Mooney tries a head kick but it misses.
Quina avoids the head kick by Mooney.
Quina closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Mooney missing with knees to the body.
Quina lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Quina works on Mooney's body with a couple of short punches.
Mooney scores a nice knee to the body.
Quina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mooney closes the distance and clinches.
Mooney wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quina blocks it with crossed arms.
Mooney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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!
Mooney missing with knees to the body.
Mooney utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mooney is trying to break the clinch but Quina has him pressed against the ropes.
Quina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mooney fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Quina, pushing him back against the ropes.
Quina breaks the clinch.
Mooney blocks a head kick by Quina.
Robert Quina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mooney moves into range and clinches up with Quina.
Mooney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mooney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mooney breaks the clinch.
Mooney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Quina tries to clinch up but Mooney circles away and keeps his distance.
Quina tries to clinch up but Mooney circles away and keeps his distance.
Mooney has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mooney has had enough of the clinch but Quina keeps him there for the moment.
Mooney wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quina has him pressed against the ropes.
Mooney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quina rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mooney moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mooney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mooney looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Walter Mooney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Quina jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Quina blocks a head kick by Mooney.
Walter Mooney is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quina throws a right and a left that Mooney avoids nicely.
Quina tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quina avoids the head kick by Mooney.
Mooney has managed to clinch.
Quina is looking to break free of the clinch but Mooney has double underhooks.
Quina is trying to break the clinch but Mooney has him pressed against the ropes.
Quina is looking to break free of the clinch but Mooney has double underhooks.
Robert Quina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quina misses with a knee strike.
Quina doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Mooney comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mooney winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Mooney!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dave Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Verhoeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rico Verhoeven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rico Verhoeven!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verhoeven swinging wildly here.
Verhoeven is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Verhoeven. Those never looked like landing.
Verhoeven moves to clinch but Edwards breaks away
and Edwards holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Verhoeven working hard to break the clinch.
Edwards just leaning against Verhoeven, taking a breather.
Verhoeven is trying to stall.
Edwards leaning against his opponent.
Verhoeven is trying to break free.
Edwards pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Verhoeven goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Edwards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Edwards keeps the fight on the outside.
Edwards tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Verhoeven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Edwards moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Verhoeven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Edwards clinches up with Verhoeven and pushes him back against the ropes.
Edwards is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Verhoeven is trying to break the clinch but Edwards has him pressed against the ropes.
Verhoeven is trying to force a seperation but Edwards has the dominant position.
Edwards content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Edwards for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Verhoeven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verhoeven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A right-left combo lands from Edwards.
Verhoeven is looking to clinch but Edwards is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Edwards takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edwards throws a lazy head kick
and Verhoeven counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Edwards is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Verhoeven is looking to clinch.
Edwards rushes Verhoeven and presses him up against the ropes.
Verhoeven has had enough of the clinch but Edwards keeps him there for the moment.
A short uppercut from Edwards.
Verhoeven can't break the clinch.
Verhoeven looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Edwards tries a body shot but Verhoeven blocks it.
Edwards stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Verhoeven taking a breather.
Edwards lands a left hand that snaps the head of Verhoeven backwards.
Edwards lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Edwards breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards tries to clinch there but Verhoeven circles away.
Verhoeven lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Edwards backs up against the ropes.
Verhoeven throws a sloppy head kick and Edwards moves out of range easily.
Verhoeven throws a head kick that misses.
Edwards moves into range and clinches up with Verhoeven.
Verhoeven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Edwards breaks the clinch.
Edwards misses with a kick to the body
and Verhoeven counters with a head kick. That will keep Edwards thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Edwards rushes Verhoeven and presses him up against the ropes.
Verhoeven lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Verhoeven looking to throw knees to the head but Edwards is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Edwards manages to break the clinch.
Edwards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Verhoeven scores with a head kick. Edwards tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Edwards looks to land a body kick but Verhoeven moved away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Verhoeven fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rico Verhoeven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Verhoeven tries to clinch but Edwards is having none of it.
Verhoeven tries a head kick but it misses.
Edwards is looking to clinch.
Verhoeven tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Verhoeven throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Edwards.
Edwards drives through and clinches with Verhoeven against the ropes.
Edwards escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Verhoeven tries to keep at a distance but Edwards has taken the fight into the clinch.
Edwards lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Edwards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Verhoeven scores with a four punch combination!
Edwards misses with a two punch combination.
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 Dave Edwards will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Verhoeven tries to bum rush Edwards with a series of wild strikes but Edwards uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rico Verhoeven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Verhoeven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Verhoeven tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Edwards manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Edwards throws a head kick that misses.
Edwards throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rico Verhoeven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Verhoeven tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Edwards holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Edwards is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Verhoeven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Verhoeven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Verhoeven tries a knee to the head but Edwards blocks it.
Edwards keeps control of Verhoeven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dave Edwards has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Edwards as Verhoeven tries to tie him up.
A bit of stalling here from Edwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Edwards clinches.
Verhoeven is trying to force a seperation but Edwards has the dominant position.
Edwards looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Edwards pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Verhoeven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Edwards swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Edwards is looking to clinch.
Edwards looks for the body kick but Verhoeven saw that one coming.
Verhoeven tries to clinch there but Edwards circles away.
Verhoeven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Edwards.
Edwards throws a leg kick but Verhoeven sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Verhoeven tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Edwards avoids the head kick by Verhoeven.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Verhoeven.
Edwards fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Verhoeven, pushing him back against the ropes.
Verhoeven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Edwards is struggling to control the position.
Edwards breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Verhoeven.
Edwards closes the distance and clinches.
Verhoeven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Edwards blocks it with crossed arms.
Verhoeven wants to break free but Edwards has control.
Edwards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dave Edwards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Verhoeven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Edwards swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Edwards fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Verhoeven is out of range.
Edwards wants to clinch.
Verhoeven misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Edwards pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Edwards keeps the fight on the outside.
Edwards fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Verhoeven, pushing him back against the ropes.
Verhoeven throws a knee to the head but misses.
Verhoeven tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Verhoeven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Edwards throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Edwards leaning against his opponent.
Edwards can't find room to land a body shot as Verhoeven controls the action.
Edwards escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Edwards finds it's way through Verhoeven's defenses.
Verhoeven darts in trying to clinch
and Edwards counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Edwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven misses with a knee strike.
Edwards throws an elbow but it misses.
Verhoeven tries to stall but Edwards uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Edwards breaks the clinch.
Verhoeven tries to clinch up but Edwards circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Verhoeven.
Verhoeven circles away from the clinch attempt.
Edwards takes a kick to the side of the head.
Verhoeven displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Verhoeven is breathing heavily.
Verhoeven tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Edwards paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Verhoeven tries to clinch there but Edwards circles away.
Edwards blocks a head kick by Verhoeven.
Verhoeven keeps the fight on the outside.
Verhoeven blocks a head kick by Edwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Edwards dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Edwards throws a sloppy head kick and Verhoeven moves out of range easily.
Verhoeven tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Edwards counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Edwards swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Verhoeven darts in trying to clinch
and Edwards holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Verhoeven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Verhoeven lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Edwards.
Edwards has Verhoeven pressed against the ropes.
Verhoeven tries to break free but Edwards pushes him back against the ropes.
Edwards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Verhoeven throws a right hand that Edwards ducks under and follows up with a left that Edwards also avoids with ease.
Verhoeven takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Verhoeven tries to clinch there but Edwards circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Verhoeven.
Edwards doesn't manage to clinch there - Verhoeven circles away.
Edwards closes the distance and clinches.
Verhoeven tries to break the clinch but Edwards is controlling the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Edwards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Edwards throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Edwards closes the distance and clinches.
Edwards wants to stall.
Edwards breaks from the clinch.
Verhoeven misses with a series of wild punches.
Verhoeven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Verhoeven wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Rico Verhoeven has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edwards swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Verhoeven tries to keep at a distance but Edwards has taken the fight into the clinch.
Edwards tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Edwards manages to break the clinch.
Edwards clinches up with Verhoeven and pushes him back against the ropes.
Verhoeven looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Verhoeven tries to circle away but Edwards has him pinned against the ropes.
Edwards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Verhoeven tries to clinch up.
Verhoeven misses with a jab, cross combination.
Verhoeven darts in trying to clinch
and Edwards counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Edwards manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Edwards looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Edwards misses with a body kick.
Edwards moves in looking to clinch but Verhoeven pushes him off.
Edwards is looking to land body kicks.
Verhoeven closes the distance but Edwards moves to the side
and Edwards counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Edwards.
Verhoeven working hard to break the clinch.
Edwards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Edwards has Verhoeven up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards has Verhoeven pressed against the ropes, preventing Verhoeven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Edwards using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Verhoeven has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Verhoeven working Edwards over with knees to the body.
Edwards escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Verhoeven is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Verhoeven ducks under a wild hook from Edwards.
Verhoeven misses with a head kick.
Verhoeven throws a series of punches but Edwards avoids them all with ease.
Verhoeven looks for the body kick but Edwards saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Verhoeven throws a right hand that Edwards ducks under and follows up with a left that Edwards also avoids with ease.
Verhoeven bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Edwards's head.
Rico Verhoeven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dave Edwards is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Edwards clinches.
Verhoeven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Edwards showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Edwards, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Edwards!
Dave Edwards bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Laxus Nexus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruud Van Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Hall has chosen Nico Vega - Beast as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Laxus Nexus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruud Van Hall!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Nexus.
Van Hall staggers Nexus with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Nexus 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! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
It looks like Laxus Nexus has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Hall throws a combination that misses
and Nexus counters by moving into the clinch.
Van Hall tries to break free but Nexus pushes him back against the ropes.
Van Hall pushes Nexus back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Van Hall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Van Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nexus tries to clinch but Van Hall is having none of it.
Van Hall looks to land a combination but Nexus avoids it well.
Jab by Van Hall.
A punch combination from Van Hall misses.
Van Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nexus moves away.
Van Hall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nexus is rocked!
Van Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Hall avoids the head kick by Nexus.
Van Hall connects with a body shot.
Nexus tries to bum rush Van Hall with a series of wild strikes but Van Hall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Nexus avoids them all with ease.
Van Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nexus clinches.
Nexus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Hall lands with an overhand left.
Van Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nexus just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Hall scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nexus dodges the punch combination from Van Hall.
Van Hall misses with the combination.
Van Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nexus.
Van Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nexus.
Nice straight punches there by Van Hall. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Hall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Van Hall as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nexus throws a shot to the body.
Van Hall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nexus takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A head kick misses from Van Hall.
Nexus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Nexus moves out of range.
Van Hall tries to bum rush Nexus with a series of wild strikes but Nexus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ruud Van Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nexus scores with a head kick.
It looks like Ruud Van Hall has been cut.
A jab from Van Hall does it's job there.
Nexus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nexus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nexus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Van Hall misses with a two punch combination.
Nexus tries to clinch up but Van Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
Nexus misses the shot to the body.
Nexus is breathing heavily.
Van Hall darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nexus tries to clinch but Van Hall moves out of range.
Van Hall's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Van Hall duly obliges.
Sloppy strikes from Van Hall. Those never looked like landing.
A cross from Van Hall lands.
Van Hall thuds a left hand into Nexus's body.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Nexus avoids them all with ease.
Van Hall feints a jab promting Nexus to slip. Van Hall then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nexus slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nexus dodges the punch combination from Van Hall.
Nice cross by Van Hall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick from Nexus lands but Van Hall takes it in his stride.
Van Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good work by Nexus as he checks the leg kick.
Nexus misses the shot to the body.
Van Hall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nexus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Hall.
Van Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Hall scores with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Hall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nexus is looking to wear down Van Hall with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Van Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Hall throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Ruud Van Hall should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Van Hall dodges the punch combination from Nexus.
Sloppy strikes from Van Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Nexus scores with a push kick.
Nexus swinging wildly here.
Van Hall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nexus circles away quickly and effectively.
Nexus tries to clinch up.
Nexus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nexus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Van Hall scores with a four punch combination!
Van Hall fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Hall's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Van Hall duly obliges.
A head kick misses from Nexus.
Van Hall jabs at Nexus's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall lands a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Hall fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nexus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Hall slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Hall digs a good hook to Nexus's body.
Van Hall lands a nice hook to Nexus's body. Nexus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Hall works over Nexus's head and body with a nice combination.
Van Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laxus Nexus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A bone on bone clash there as Nexus blocks the leg kick.
Van Hall moves into range and clinches up with Nexus.
Van Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nexus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Hall is defending well for now.
Nexus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Van Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Hall.
Van Hall works over Nexus's head and body with a nice combination.
Ruud Van Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nexus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nexus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Hall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Van Hall goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Van Hall closes the distance and pushes Nexus back into the ropes.
Nexus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Hall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nexus is trying to stall.
Van Hall prevents Nexus from breaking the clinch.
Van Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Hall tries to bum rush Nexus with a series of wild strikes but Nexus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall misses with a double jab.
Van Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Van Hall digs a good hook to Nexus's body.
Nice shot by Van Hall.
Van Hall lands a two punch combo.
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
Nexus wants to clinch.
Nexus tries to bum rush Van Hall with a series of wild strikes but Van Hall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nexus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Hall connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nexus's hands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Van Hall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nexus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Van Hall finds it's way round the side to connect with Nexus's head.
Van Hall connects with a single shot there.
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
Nexus throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A shot to the liver by Van Hall. Beautiful body shot.
Nexus checks a leg kick nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nexus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nexus tries to clinch up.
Van Hall lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Van Hall misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruud Van Hall 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.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nexus tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nexus doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Hall circles away.
A combination from Van Hall does no damage.
Van Hall misses with a wild combination.
Van Hall is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nexus moves in looking to clinch but Van Hall pushes him off.
Van Hall avoids the head kick by Nexus.
Nexus has managed to clinch.
Nexus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Nexus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Hall.
Van Hall is looking to break free of the clinch but Nexus has double underhooks.
Nexus manages to break the clinch.
Van Hall fails to land with a series of punches.
Nexus darts in and clinches Van Hall up against the ropes.
Nexus keeps control of Van Hall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nexus is stalling here.
Van Hall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Hall jabs Nexus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nexus looks to land a combination but Van Hall avoids it well.
Nexus throws a shot from downtown. Van Hall moves away and avoids it.
Nexus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nexus tries to clinch but Van Hall is having none of it.
Van Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Hall swats away the attempt to clinch by Nexus.
Nexus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nexus slips a jab and a cross from Van Hall.
Van Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nexus walks into a straight right hand from Van Hall.
A punch combination from Van Hall misses.
Van Hall misses with a wild combination.
Van Hall avoids the head kick by Nexus.
Nexus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Van Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Van Hall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nexus misses with a jab to the body
and Van Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Van Hall!
Van Hall lands with a nice combination. Nexus backs away looking to recover.
Nexus lands a high kick!
Van Hall throws a front kick that sends Nexus stumbling back into the ropes.
Van Hall throws a combination. Nexus tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Van Hall misses.
Van Hall throws a nice looking combination but Nexus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nexus was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Hall.
Van Hall scores with a nice strike.
Van Hall slips a jab and a cross from Nexus.
Van Hall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nexus is looking to clinch but Van Hall is avoiding it.
Van Hall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nexus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Hall lands with a nice combination. Nexus backs away looking to recover.
Nexus is looking to clinch.
Nexus is looking to clinch but Van Hall is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nexus is looking to clinch but Van Hall is avoiding it.
Nexus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nexus tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nexus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Hall attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Hall goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ruud Van Hall is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Van Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nexus is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Hall lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Van Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Laxus Nexus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Hall avoids the body shot from Nexus.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruud Van Hall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Van Hall winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruud Van Hall!
Ruud Van Hall took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hranghleia Animai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Rothstein (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hranghleia Animai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kurt Rothstein!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Animai doesn't manage to clinch there - Rothstein circles away.
Rothstein connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rothstein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Animai was well out of range. Poor timing from Rothstein.
Donk. Rothstein catches Animai right on the button with a cross.
Animai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Animai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rothstein.
Animai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Animai's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rothstein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Animai scrambles back to his feet.
Rothstein fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Animai moves in looking to clinch but Rothstein pushes him off.
Animai is looking to clinch but Rothstein is avoiding it.
Rothstein throws a series of punches but Animai moves out of range.
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!
A jab lands there for Rothstein.
Animai fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rothstein, pushing him back against the ropes.
Rothstein escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rothstein feints a jab promting Animai to slip. Rothstein then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Animai slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rothstein scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rothstein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice jab there from Rothstein.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothstein swats away the attempt to clinch by Animai.
Animai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rothstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rothstein scores with a jab to the jaw.
Animai closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rothstein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Animai is looking to clinch.
Animai doesn't manage to clinch there - Rothstein circles away.
Rothstein throws a looping overhand right but Animai ducks down to avoid it.
Rothstein lands a jab.
Animai wants to clinch
and Rothstein counters with a nice body shot.
Rothstein looks to land a left hand but Animai moved out of range nicely.
Animai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rothstein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Animai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rothstein circles away from the clinch attempt.
Animai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Animai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rothstein will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Animai tries to clinch
and Rothstein counters with a nice body shot.
Rothstein lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rothstein lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rothstein with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rothstein keeps the fight on the outside.
Rothstein scores with a jab to the head.
Animai clinches.
Animai misses with a knee strike.
Rothstein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothstein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Animai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Animai wants to clinch
and Rothstein counters with a nice uppercut.
Rothstein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Animai tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rothstein manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rothstein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rothstein connects with a body shot that sends Animai's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothstein misses with a double jab.
Rothstein scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Animai is breathing heavily.
Animai wants to clinch
and Rothstein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Animai moves in looking to clinch but Rothstein pushes him off.
Hranghleia Animai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Animai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Animai slips a jab and a cross from Rothstein.
Animai wants to clinch but Rothstein slips to the side
and Rothstein counters with a nice uppercut.
Animai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rothstein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rothstein lands a really nice looking cross but Animai seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rothstein cracks a nice hook into Animai's ribs.
Animai wants to clinch.
Animai moves to clinch but Rothstein breaks away
and Rothstein counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Animai tries to clinch but Rothstein moves away
and Rothstein counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Animai thinking.
Animai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rothstein darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Animai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rothstein scores with a nice head shot.
Rothstein lands a high kick!
Animai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rothstein cracks Animai with an open hand slap.
Rothstein throws a head kick that misses.
Rothstein lands a slapping body shot.
Rothstein circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rothstein counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rothstein connects with a jab.
Animai darts in trying to clinch
enabling Rothstein to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Animai tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rothstein counters with a three punch combo that has Animai backing up. Animai nods at Rothstein to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Rothstein dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rothstein scores with a shot to the body.
Rothstein lands an overhand right.
Rothstein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rothstein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rothstein defending well as Animai loads up on a big left hand.
Animai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Animai closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rothstein counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rothstein has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rothstein tries to keep at a distance but Animai has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rothstein managing to block the knees to the body from Animai.
Animai misses with a knee to the head.
Rothstein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rothstein lands with a cross.
Rothstein circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rothstein counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Animai darts in trying to clinch
and Rothstein counters with a nice uppercut.
Animai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kurt Rothstein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Animai wants to clinch up but Rothstein keeps it at a distance.
Animai is looking to clinch but Rothstein is avoiding it.
Animai tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rothstein manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Animai wants to clinch.
Rothstein smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Animai wants to clinch but Rothstein slips to the side
letting Rothstein counter with a right hand.
Animai tries to close the distance and clinch but Rothstein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Animai is looking to clinch.
Animai tries to clinch but Rothstein moves away
and Rothstein counters with a one-two to the body.
Rothstein lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothstein just misses with a punch to the body.
Animai looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Animai drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Animai clinches with his opponent.
Rothstein breaks from the clinch.
Animai is looking to clinch.
Animai is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rothstein connects with an inside leg kick.
Animai tries to clinch up
letting Rothstein counter with a right hand.
Rothstein lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Animai closes the distance but Rothstein moves to the side
and Rothstein cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rothstein throws a body punch but Animai moves out of range.
Animai tries to clinch up.
Rothstein works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Animai moves to clinch but Rothstein breaks away
and Rothstein cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rothstein!
Animai is rocked!
Rothstein keeps the fight on the outside.
Oh Animai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left lands for Rothstein.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Animai seems to have got his legs back now.
Rothstein breaks the clinch.
Animai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rothstein. Animai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rothstein connects with a nice looking jab.
Animai moves in looking to clinch but Rothstein pushes him off.
Rothstein throws a nice looking combination but Animai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jab by Rothstein.
Animai avoids the body shot from Rothstein.
Rothstein is breathing heavily.
Animai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rothstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Animai misses with a hook. Rothstein ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Rothstein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rothstein punishes Animai's body with a nice straight punch.
Rothstein misses with a body shot.
Animai tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rothstein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rothstein scores with a nice right hand.
Animai ducks right into an uppercut from Rothstein.
Rothstein circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rothstein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rothstein throws a chopping leg kick but Animai manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Animai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good shot there by Rothstein.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Animai is looking to clinch.
Rothstein feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Animai's calf.
Rothstein fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rothstein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Rothstein showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rothstein circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rothstein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Animai is looking to clinch but Rothstein is avoiding it.
Animai tries to clinch up.
Rothstein works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Rothstein finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Animai takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Animai moves to clinch but Rothstein breaks away
and Rothstein counters with a nice low kick that buckles Animai's knee momentarily.
Animai tries to close the distance and clinch but Rothstein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Animai tries to clinch
and Rothstein counters with a series of strikes. Animai will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rothstein cracks Animai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Animai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rothstein connects with a nice looking jab.
Rothstein connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Animai's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Animai - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kurt Rothstein!
Post fight, an emotional Kurt Rothstein said 'Good opponent, said something about my weaknesses but...I think I put that to rest.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Marius Zaromskick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winchester has chosen Kansas-carry on my wayword son as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marius Zaromskick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dean Winchester!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winchester has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zaromskick.
Winchester takes a jab right on the kisser.
Winchester scores with a one two! Zaromskick had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Marius Zaromskick has been cut.
Zaromskick lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winchester circles away quickly and effectively.
Zaromskick throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Winchester's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaromskick throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Winchester throws a shot from downtown. Zaromskick moves away and avoids it.
Zaromskick takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zaromskick, as that shot connected.
Zaromskick throws a nice head kick!
Zaromskick changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zaromskick lands an overhand right.
Winchester on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zaromskick lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaromskick with a hook.
Zaromskick moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zaromskick clips Winchester with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Winchester a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
It looks like Dean Winchester has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaromskick lands a right and a left and another right! Winchester goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marius Zaromskick!
Marius Zaromskick seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Gaston Means (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duranjaya Oostanaula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gaston Means!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duranjaya Oostanaula!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Means.
Means dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Oostanaula. That did some damage!
Oostanaula misses with a right hand
and Means counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Means lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oostanaula takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Means dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Oostanaula. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Means gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oostanaula is trying to break the clinch but Means has him pressed against the ropes.
Oostanaula has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Means lands a right hand.
Means is leaning against Oostanaula and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Oostanaula looks winded!
Means gets through Oostanaula's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Means works on Oostanaula's body with a couple of short punches.
Means lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oostanaula backwards.
Means scores with a hook to the body.
Means comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Duranjaya Oostanaula has been cut.
Means scores with a shot to the side of Oostanaula's head.
A short right from Means on the inside.
A short uppercut from Means.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Means.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Means.
Oostanaula throws a punch but it's blocked by Means.
Means creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Oostanaula crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Means scores with a leg kick.
Means tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oostanaula swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oostanaula tries to get into range but Means steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Oostanaula! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Means scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gaston Means!
After winning the bout, Gaston Means thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sexy Julian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eryk Kafok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eryk Kafok has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sexy Julian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eryk Kafok!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kafok takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Julian scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Kafok beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kafok glances at the clock... BAM! Julian nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Kafok crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Kafok is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sexy Julian!
Post fight, an emotional Sexy Julian said 'I wanna say hi to everybody back at the trailer park, Ricky, Bubbles, I'm gonna take my winnings and buy the trailer park.....now we can retire boys.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hank McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCoy comes to the ring accompanied by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip- Get Better . Jack Hammer will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank McCoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCoy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hammer can pounce on him.
Some bone on bone action there as McCoy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hammer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hammer wants to slow McCoy down by chopping away at his legs.
McCoy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hammer. That did some damage!
Hammer is looking to clinch.
Hammer tries to clinch up but McCoy circles away and keeps his distance.
McCoy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hammer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hammer throws a looping overhand right but McCoy ducks down to avoid it.
Hammer throws a low kick, looking for McCoy's leg but McCoy calmly moves out of range.
Hammer misses with a leg kick.
McCoy misses the body punch
and Hammer counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. McCoy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCoy tries to clinch but Hammer moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy lands a two punch combo.
McCoy fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCoy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Hammer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hammer misses with a straight left.
McCoy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hammer tries to land a leg kick but McCoy saw it coming and moves away.
McCoy blocks a head kick by Hammer.
Hammer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hammer has closed the distance and engaged McCoy in a clinch.
Hammer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McCoy's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from McCoy.
McCoy throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Hammer misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McCoy working Hammer over with knees to the body.
McCoy missing with knees to the body.
McCoy managing to block the knees to the body from Hammer.
Hammer looking to slow down the pace here.
Hammer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCoy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hammer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike.
McCoy avoids the elbow strike from Hammer, against the ropes.
Hammer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hammer misses with a knee to the head.
McCoy avoids the elbow strike from Hammer, against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
McCoy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hammer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hammer needs to keep his hands up - McCoy had a free shot at his head there.
Jack Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCoy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hammer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hammer throws a head kick that misses.
McCoy pushes Hammer up against the ropes in a clinch.
McCoy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hammer looks winded!
McCoy misses with a knee to the head.
McCoy with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jack Hammer has been cut.
Hammer stalling in the clinch but McCoy improves position.
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!
Hammer misses with an elbow strike.
McCoy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCoy is defending well for now.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Hammer takes a knee to the side of the body.
McCoy landing knees to the body.
McCoy lands a good knee to the midsection. Hammer won't want to take too many of those.
Hammer trying to control the position but instead, McCoy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hammer into the ropes.
Hammer takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from McCoy.
McCoy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hammer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McCoy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McCoy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from McCoy as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank McCoy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Hammer's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for McCoy.
Hammer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McCoy checks a low kick from Hammer.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McCoy, right into the meat.
Hammer tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hammer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hammer throws a sloppy head kick
and McCoy counters with an inside leg kick.
Hammer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jack Hammer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCoy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hammer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McCoy scrambles back to his feet.
Hammer is breathing heavily.
McCoy has managed to clinch.
McCoy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hammer throws a leg kick
and McCoy counters with a three punch combo that has Hammer backing up. Hammer nods at McCoy to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCoy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy closes the distance and pushes Hammer back into the ropes.
Hammer misses with an elbow strike.
Hammer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCoy blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by McCoy.
McCoy misses with a knee strike.
Hammer tries to land knees in the clinch but McCoy avoids the damage to the body.
McCoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Hammer.
A short body shot lands from McCoy as the two fighters clinch.
Hammer throws an elbow that misses.
Hammer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Jack Hammer's cut even more.
McCoy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCoy lands an elbow that stopped Hammer in his tracks for a moment.
McCoy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hammer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McCoy is keeping busy.
Nice elbow from McCoy.
McCoy is leaning against Hammer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McCoy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCoy circles away from the clinch attempt
and McCoy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The cut above Jack Hammer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
McCoy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hammer on the side of the head.
Hank McCoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCoy drives through and clinches with Hammer against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer misses with an elbow over the top.
McCoy breaks the clinch.
Hammer doesn't manage to clinch there - McCoy circles away.
Hammer throws a lazy body kick
and McCoy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
McCoy breaks the clinch.
Hammer misses with a leg kick
and McCoy counters with an outside leg kick.
Hammer misses with a head kick.
McCoy lands with an uppercut that bounces Hammer off the ropes and back into range.
Hammer misses with a leg kick
and McCoy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hammer's knee momentarily.
McCoy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McCoy lands a nice knee to the body.
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!
McCoy landing knees to the head.
McCoy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack Hammer's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy cracks Hammer with a nice body shot.
McCoy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCoy rushes Hammer and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Hammer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
McCoy cracks Hammer with a nice body shot.
Hammer is trying to maintain a safe position but McCoy gets an underhook and turns Hammer into the ropes.
McCoy pushes Hammer back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hammer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCoy lands an elbow inside.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Hammer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hank McCoy!
Hank McCoy 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 lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Abu Papu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Iam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abu Papu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Abu Papu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Will Iam!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iam misses with a combination
and Papu counters with a nice body kick.
Donk. Papu catches Iam right on the button with a cross.
Papu connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Iam onto his butt! Iam bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Iam is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Papu closes the distance and catches Iam with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Iam is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Iam is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Iam is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Papu takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Abu Papu!
Abu Papu retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Abu Papu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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