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EFFA 64 - Shooting Star PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Arunas Samusiovas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Winter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winter is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hatebread - Live for this. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arunas Samusiovas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Winter!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Samusiovas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Winter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Winter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Samusiovas cracks the inside of Winter's front leg.
Samusiovas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Winter checks it well.
Samusiovas staying out of range there.
Winter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Winter misses with a low kick as Samusiovas jumps back.
Winter tries to land a front kick but Samusiovas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Samusiovas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Winter.
Winter throws a hook but Samusiovas blocks it.
Samusiovas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Winter thuds his shin into the meat of Samusiovas's side.
Winter takes one to the side of the head.
Samusiovas blocks a jab.
Winter has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Winter there as he acknowledges the shot.
Arunas Samusiovas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winter misses with an uppercut.
Samusiovas misses with a body shot.
Samusiovas scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winter throws a head kick that Samusiovas semi-blocks.
Samusiovas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Arunas Samusiovas has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Samusiovas thumps Winter with a low kick.
Winter lands a high kick!
Samusiovas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Winter back to the ropes. Samusiovas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Winter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Samusiovas.
Winter avoids a punch combination nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Samusiovas.
Winter takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winter slips under a jab from Samusiovas.
Winter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Samusiovas tries to bum rush Winter with a series of wild strikes but Winter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Winter takes one to the side of the head.
Winter delivers a nice body kick.
Winter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Winter looks to throw the jab but Samusiovas is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Samusiovas closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Winter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Winter misses with a straight left.
Samusiovas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winter moves away.
Samusiovas sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Samusiovas connects with a crisp jab.
Winter misses with an attempted mid kick.
Samusiovas digs a good body shot into Winter's ribs.
Winter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Winter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Samusiovas. Winter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Samusiovas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Samusiovas throws a jab when Winter was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas throws a big shot that misses.
Samusiovas just misses with a punch to the body.
Winter misses with a kick to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Samusiovas.
Samusiovas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Winter.
Samusiovas connects with a right hand. Winter shakes it off.
Winter tries to land a front kick but Samusiovas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It looks like Samusiovas has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Winter looks to land a body kick but Samusiovas moved away.
Samusiovas lands a body shot.
Samusiovas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Winter doesn't seem bothered though.
Winter wants to slow Samusiovas down by chopping away at his legs.
We've been informed that Winter has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Samusiovas throws a leg kick which misses Winter's front leg but catches the back leg as Winter tries to avoid it.
Winter 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 has been an exciting period of action!
Samusiovas lands a head kick!
Winter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas's jab looks to have found its range, popping Winter under the eye.
Winter is rocked!
Samusiovas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Winter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A slow jab from Samusiovas misses its intended target.
Samusiovas tries to land a leg kick but Winter saw it coming and moves away.
Winter throws a lazy right hand but Samusiovas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Winter throws a lazy right hand but Samusiovas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Samusiovas throws a solid leg kick but Winter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Samusiovas.
Winter lets loose with a powerful body kick. Samusiovas will feel that in the morning.
Winter takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Samusiovas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Winter. Samusiovas shrugs it off though.
Winter motions for Samusiovas to come forward. Winter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Samusiovas slips under a jab from Winter.
Winter blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arunas Samusiovas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arunas Samusiovas's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A good leg kick by Winter.
Winter tries to land a front kick but Samusiovas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Winter is looking to chop away at Samusiovas's legs.
Winter misses with a left hand
and Samusiovas counters with a solid body kick.
Samusiovas lands with a hook. Winter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Winter.
Winter walks into a straight right hand from Samusiovas.
A telegraphed right hand from Winter misses the target.
Winter throws a head kick that misses.
Samusiovas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winter.
Winter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Samusiovas.
Samusiovas lands a jab.
Samusiovas moves out of range as Winter throws a body kick.
Samusiovas sizes up Winter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
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!
Winter throws a low kick, looking for Samusiovas's leg but Samusiovas calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samusiovas thows a body shot but no joy.
Winter lands a front kick.
Samusiovas avoids a kick to the body.
Samusiovas will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Samusiovas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Samusiovas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Samusiovas lands a slapping body shot.
Winter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Winter is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Samusiovas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Samusiovas moves out of range of the strikes.
Samusiovas lands with a nice body punch.
Winter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Samusiovas lands a really nice looking cross but Winter seems unphased.
Winter is still on wobbly legs! Can Samusiovas finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samusiovas with a jab.
Samusiovas scores with a shot to the body.
Winter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Samusiovas.
Winter seems to have recovered his senses.
Winter is breathing heavily.
Winter misses with a hook.
Winter misses with an uppercut.
Samusiovas lands with a nice body punch.
Winter throws the kick towards the body but Samusiovas avoids it.
Winter is looking to land body kicks.
Nice jab there from Samusiovas.
Winter misses with a low kick.
Winter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Samusiovas scores with a shot to the body.
Winter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Winter misses with a looping left.
Winter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Winter misses with a low kick.
Winter walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Arunas Samusiovas!
The defeated Jack Winter had this to say: 'I will learn from this lose and will come back even better next time.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dravik Gargant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archiebold Van Tasslejuggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Great elbows
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dravik Gargant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Archiebold Van Tasslejuggler!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gargant looks to clinch
and Van Tasslejuggler counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gargant doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Tasslejuggler circles away.
Gargant tries to bum rush Van Tasslejuggler with a series of wild strikes but Van Tasslejuggler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gargant tries to clinch but Van Tasslejuggler moves away
and Van Tasslejuggler counters with a one-two to the body.
Gargant has Van Tasslejuggler up against the ropes in a clinch.
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!
Van Tasslejuggler lands with a left to the head.
Van Tasslejuggler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Van Tasslejuggler prevents Gargant from breaking the clinch.
Gargant misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gargant tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gargant is trying to force a seperation but Van Tasslejuggler has the dominant position.
Gargant breaks from the clinch.
Van Tasslejuggler blocks a jab.
Van Tasslejuggler moves away from the strike by Gargant.
Gargant looks to clinch
and as Gargant resets, Van Tasslejuggler pounces with a savage head kick that drops Gargant to the mat! Gargant looks wobbly but gets back to his feet on the count of 5. The referee continues the count to 8 then steps aside to let these two guys get back at it!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gargant swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Tasslejuggler.
Van Tasslejuggler lands a head kick that bluckles Gargant and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Van Tasslejuggler no doubt looking to push for a finish!
Gargant is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Van Tasslejuggler engages and cracks Gargant with a massive lead left hook - Gargant tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Van Tasslejuggler is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Archiebold Van Tasslejuggler!
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Zhu Yuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dakota Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuan comes to the ring accompanied by Swing. Dakota Brooks is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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165 lbs
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Very quick
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhu Yuan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dakota Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuan swinging wildly here.
Brooks moves into the clinch successfully.
Brooks avoiding damage as Yuan throws knees to the body.
Yuan misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Brooks.
Brooks has Yuan pressed against the ropes, preventing Yuan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yuan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yuan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brooks.
Yuan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yuan misses with a knee strike.
Yuan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Brooks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brooks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brooks told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A body shot lands from Brooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yuan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yuan misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Brooks.
Brooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yuan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yuan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yuan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yuan is looking to break free of the clinch but Brooks has double underhooks.
Yuan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Come on Brooks - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yuan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks avoiding damage as Yuan throws knees to the body.
Yuan misses with the head strike.
Brooks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brooks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yuan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yuan.
Brooks manages to break the clinch.
Brooks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brooks clinches up against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brooks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yuan missing with knees to the body.
Brooks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yuan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuan is trying to break the clinch but Brooks is controlling him.
Brooks trying to land knees to the body.
Yuan working hard to break the clinch.
Yuan lands a hook that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Yuan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yuan misses with a punch to the body.
Brooks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yuan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yuan lands a nice shot that snaps Brooks's head back.
Brooks throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice uppercut there from Brooks.
Yuan tries to keep at a distance but Brooks has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yuan lands a body punch in the clinch.
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!
Brooks manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks drives through and clinches with Yuan against the ropes.
Yuan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yuan misses with a knee strike.
Yuan is trying to push Brooks away but Brooks has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Yuan tries to land knees in the clinch but Brooks avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Yuan fails to land.
Yuan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brooks avoids it.
Brooks prevents Yuan from breaking the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Yuan has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Yuan is trying to push Brooks away but Brooks has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brooks breaks from the clinch.
Brooks avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zhu Yuan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Brooks has closed the distance and engaged Yuan in a clinch.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yuan tries to break the clinch but Brooks is controlling the position.
Brooks just leaning against Yuan, taking a breather.
Yuan looking to throw knees to the head but Brooks is blocking nicely.
Yuan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brooks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yuan's efforts to push away.
Yuan lands a nice uppercut.
Yuan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zhu Yuan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yuan prevents a body shot from Brooks.
Yuan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yuan throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuan misses with a knee strike.
Brooks breaks the clinch.
Yuan misses with a body punch
and Brooks counters with a left to the body.
Brooks forces Yuan back against the ropes and clinches.
Yuan has had enough of the clinch but Brooks keeps him there for the moment.
Yuan has a couple of punches blocked by Brooks.
Yuan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yuan throws an elbow that misses.
A shot in the inside from Brooks.
Yuan tries to throw a body punch but Brooks avoids it by throwing Yuan back against the ropes.
Brooks manages to break the clinch.
Brooks tries to score with a low kick but Yuan moves his leg out of the way.
Yuan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brooks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yuan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Brooks there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yuan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yuan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yuan tries to move into range but Brooks moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Brooks clinches with his opponent.
Yuan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brooks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brooks prevents a body shot from Yuan.
Yuan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brooks stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yuan takes a shot to the head.
Yuan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yuan tries a body shot but Brooks blocks it.
Brooks works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yuan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yuan misses with a knee to the head.
Yuan is trying to break the clinch but Brooks has him pressed against the ropes.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike.
Brooks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yuan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brooks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yuan misses with a punch to the body.
Brooks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yuan throws a punch but it's blocked by Brooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks has Yuan pushed against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Yuan fails to land.
Brooks manages to break the clinch.
Dakota Brooks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Yuan misses.
Nice uppercut there from Yuan.
Brooks works Yuan's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brooks misses the shot to the body.
Brooks moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hook to the body lands for Brooks.
Yuan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brooks lands an elbow just above Yuan 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dakota Brooks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Yuan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brooks blocks a head kick by Yuan.
Brooks moves into the clinch.
Yuan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brooks prevents a body shot from Yuan.
Brooks blocks an uppercut.
Brooks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yuan backwards.
Yuan struggles to land a body shot inside as Brooks controls his hands.
Yuan has a couple of punches blocked by Brooks.
Brooks prevents a body shot from Yuan.
Yuan tries a knee to the head but Brooks blocks it.
Yuan tries to work over Brooks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brooks digs a right hand into Yuan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yuan's gas tank.
Yuan is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuan misses with a knee strike.
Brooks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yuan just misses with a punch to the body.
Yuan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brooks was well out of range. Poor timing from Yuan.
Zhu Yuan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yuan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yuan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brooks moves out of range as Yuan throws a body kick.
Brooks closes the distance and clinches.
Brooks breaks from the clinch.
Yuan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yuan misses with a few strikes there.
Yuan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brooks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brooks moves out of range of the body kick from Yuan.
Brooks lands a nice shot that snaps Yuan's head back.
Yuan is rocked!
Brooks gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oh Yuan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brooks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brooks is leaning against Yuan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brooks.
Brooks has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yuan.
Brooks scores a nice knee to the body.
Yuan seems to have got his legs back now.
Brooks lands a body punch.
The referee calls for Brooks to work.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yuan.
A body shot lands from Brooks.
Yuan tries a knee to the head but Brooks blocks it.
Yuan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuan wants to break free but Brooks has control.
Brooks breaks from the clinch.
Yuan misses with a head kick.
Brooks avoids the head kick by Yuan.
Yuan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A punch combination from Brooks misses.
Brooks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yuan manages to avoid it.
Yuan slips a jab and a cross from Brooks.
Brooks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yuan.
Yuan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yuan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brooks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yuan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brooks lands a nice looking body kick.
Brooks forces Yuan back against the ropes and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks manages to break the clinch.
Brooks sizes up Yuan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brooks forces Yuan back against the ropes and clinches.
Brooks breaks from the clinch.
Brooks clinches.
Brooks managing to block the knees to the body from Yuan.
Yuan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brooks is keeping busy.
Yuan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brooks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yuan is defending well for now.
Brooks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brooks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dakota Brooks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brooks 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dakota Brooks!
Dakota Brooks thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Eddie Brock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Norris Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuck Norris Jr 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie Brock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Norris Jr!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris Jr scores with a leg kick.
Norris Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Norris Jr throws a leg kick
and Brock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Norris Jr throws a front kick that sends Brock stumbling back into the ropes.
Brock shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brock walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Norris Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brock blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brock is looking to clinch.
Brock doesn't manage to clinch there - Norris Jr circles away.
Brock moves out of range of the body kick.
Norris Jr throws a front kick aimed at Brock's knee but Brock avoids it well.
A big left from Norris Jr misses.
Brock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab from Norris Jr.
A jab from Norris Jr misses.
Brock wants to clinch.
Norris Jr scores with a jab.
Brock tries to clinch but Norris Jr is having none of it.
Brock is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Norris Jr has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Norris Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Brock tries to clinch but Norris Jr is having none of it.
Brock checks a leg kick.
Brock takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Norris Jr lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Brock misses the target.
Norris Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brock.
A big left from Norris Jr misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Norris Jr, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norris Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and Brock counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brock.
Brock with a knee to the head.
Norris Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Brock misses with a punch to the body.
Norris Jr tries to break free but Brock pushes him back against the ropes.
Norris Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Norris Jr content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Norris Jr misses with some punches.
Brock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Norris Jr tries to work over Brock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Norris Jr fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Norris Jr lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brock takes a step back to recover.
Norris Jr throws a right hand that Brock ducks under and follows up with a left that Brock also avoids with ease.
Norris Jr throws a chopping leg kick but Brock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Norris Jr scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brock misses the shot to the body.
Brock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Norris Jr throws a hook but Brock avoids it easily.
Norris Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Norris Jr lands a nice shot 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!
Norris Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Norris Jr.
Brock loads up on a big right hand but Norris Jr slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brock wants to clinch.
Norris Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brock's sensitive parts.
Norris Jr lands a lovely overhand right.
Brock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norris Jr throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brock checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Norris Jr throws a body punch but Brock moves out of range.
Norris Jr moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Norris Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Norris Jr dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Brock on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Norris Jr. Norris Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
Norris Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brock tries to clinch up.
Chuck Norris Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Norris Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Norris Jr misses with a leg kick.
Brock takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brock 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.
Norris Jr falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brock counters with a nice uppercut.
Norris Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Norris Jr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brock throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock moves out of range of the leg kick from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr tests Brock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Norris Jr throws a hook to the side of Brock's head but Brock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Norris Jr circles away from the clinch attempt
and Norris Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brock is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Norris Jr misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Norris Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Norris Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brock moves away.
Norris Jr throws the left hand but Brock avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Brock off balance momentarily.
Norris Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brock tries to clinch but Norris Jr moves out of range.
Norris Jr throws a right and a left that Brock avoids nicely.
Norris Jr getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Norris Jr throws a body punch but Brock moves out of range.
Brock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Norris Jr with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Brock to score with a decent uppercut.
Brock tries to clinch but Norris Jr moves out of range.
Norris Jr throws a series of punches but Brock avoids them all with ease.
Brock gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norris Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Norris Jr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Norris Jr throws a chopping leg kick but Brock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Norris Jr thows a body shot but no joy.
Brock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Norris Jr is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Brock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Norris Jr.
Brock is looking to clinch.
Chuck Norris Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norris Jr misses with a kick to the body
and Brock counters by moving into the clinch.
Brock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norris Jr.
Brock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Norris Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Norris Jr misses the target.
That kick from Norris Jr tenderised Brock's leg. Brock is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock tries to clinch up.
Brock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Brock doesn't manage to clinch there - Norris Jr circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Norris Jr.
Brock avoids the body shot from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr throws a low kick but Brock avoids it.
Norris Jr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brock moves out of range as Norris Jr throws a body kick.
Norris Jr tries to score with a low kick but Brock moves his leg out of the way.
Norris Jr misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brock avoids a kick to the body.
Brock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brock moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Norris Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Brock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Norris Jr misses with a body kick.
Brock takes one to the chin there.
Norris Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brock's hands.
Norris Jr slips under a jab from Brock.
Brock clinches up with Norris Jr and pushes him back against the ropes.
Norris Jr tries to circle away but Brock has him pinned against the ropes.
Brock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norris Jr's elbow.
Norris Jr is trying to break the clinch but Brock is controlling him.
Norris Jr effectively controlling the action here.
Brock throws an elbow that misses.
Norris Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norris Jr avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Norris Jr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brock looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Brock using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
Norris Jr lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris Jr working aggressively here.
Norris Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Brock.
Brock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brock throws an elbow but it misses.
Norris Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brock backwards.
Norris Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Brock tries to land a knee to the head but Norris Jr blocks with his arms.
Brock throws a head punch that misses.
Brock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norris Jr avoids it.
Norris Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Brock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Norris Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Norris Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brock blocks an uppercut.
Brock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norris Jr breaks from the clinch.
Norris Jr tries to land a front kick but Brock steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Norris Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Norris Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brock doesn't seem phased though.
Norris Jr lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norris Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Brock avoids a kick to the body.
Norris Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr scores with a jab.
Brock shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheers as Norris Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brock doesn't seem phased though.
Brock tries to clinch but Norris Jr moves out of range.
Brock blocks a leg kick.
Norris Jr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr connects with a body shot that sends Brock's belly button to the back.
Brock moves into the clinch.
Brock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norris Jr blocks the elbow strike.
Norris Jr pushes Brock back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brock tries to clinch but Norris Jr is having none of it.
Norris Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brock moves away.
Norris Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Norris Jr works the jab nicely.
Norris Jr throws a combination. Brock tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Brock is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Norris Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oh Brock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Norris Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Brock seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd cheers as Norris Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brock doesn't seem phased though.
Norris Jr moves out of range as Brock strikes.
Norris Jr throws a front kick that sends Brock stumbling back into the ropes.
Nice jab there from Norris Jr.
Jab, jab by Norris Jr - just one landing.
Brock checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Norris Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brock takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brock drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Eddie Brock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chuck Norris Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Norris Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Norris Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Norris Jr 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Norris Jr!
During a confident post fight interview, Chuck Norris Jr thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ichabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ichabod Crane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruno Sparrow!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crane sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crane tries to clinch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Crane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crane takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Crane avoids the body shot from Sparrow.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sparrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sparrow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sparrow misses with a series of wild punches.
Crane slips a jab and a cross from Sparrow.
A nice combination there by Crane.
Crane moves out of range of the strikes.
Crane thumps Sparrow with a low kick.
Sparrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crane moves away.
Sparrow misses with a wild body shot.
Sparrow's corner calls for a 1-2. Sparrow obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sparrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crane ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sparrow.
Sparrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Crane is just out of range.
Crane moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sparrow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crane obliges.
Crane lands a nice shot to the body.
Crane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crane moves into the clinch successfully.
Sparrow looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Crane scores with a shot to the side of Sparrow's head.
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sparrow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sparrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sparrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crane scores a nice knee to the body.
Sparrow looks winded!
Sparrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Crane controls his hands.
Sparrow tries to work over Crane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crane lands a shoulder strike.
Crane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sparrow is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane throws a head punch that misses.
Sparrow tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Crane breaks the clinch.
Crane moves out of range of the strikes.
Sparrow thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Crane.
A swing and a miss from Crane.
Sparrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sparrow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crane.
Sparrow misses with a two punch combination.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sparrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sparrow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sparrow scores with a hook to the body. Crane takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sparrow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crane wants to clinch.
Sparrow throws a looping overhand right but Crane ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparrow. Crane does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick from Crane lands but Sparrow takes it in his stride.
Sparrow misses with a straight right.
Crane takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sparrow missing with a left hand there. Crane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sparrow throws a series of punches but Crane avoids them all with ease.
Sparrow just misses with a punch to the body.
Crane avoids the body shot from Sparrow.
Sparrow misses with an uppercut.
Crane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
Sparrow scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sparrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sparrow avoids the head kick by Crane.
Crane moves into range and clinches up with Sparrow.
Sparrow takes a shot to the head.
Crane tries to break the clinch but Sparrow is controlling the position.
Sparrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crane's elbow.
Sparrow lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sparrow avoids it.
Sparrow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crane moves in looking to clinch but Sparrow pushes him off.
Crane tries to clinch up.
Crane misses with a head kick.
Crane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crane tries to clinch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sparrow takes a swing at Crane's ribcage but misses.
Crane gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sparrow avoiding damage as Crane throws knees to the body.
Sparrow has had enough of the clinch but Crane keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparrow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sparrow managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Crane misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Crane creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ichabod Crane dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sparrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sparrow takes a swing at Crane's ribcage but misses.
Sparrow misses with a left hand
and Crane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crane misses with a head kick.
Sparrow missing with a left hand there. Crane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sparrow gets tackled into the ropes by Crane. Crane maintains the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crane.
Sparrow'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.
Crane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sparrow.
Sparrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sparrow dodges an elbow strike from Crane.
Sparrow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Crane.
Crane blocks an elbow strike.
Sparrow has had enough of the clinch but Crane keeps him there for the moment.
Sparrow lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sparrow just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crane's brow.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sparrow.
Crane trying to land knees to the body.
Crane has had enough of the clinch but Sparrow keeps him there for the moment.
Sparrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crane has him pressed against the ropes.
Crane is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sparrow is keeping busy.
Sparrow digs a right hand into Crane's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crane's gas tank.
Sparrow trying to stall but Crane improves his position.
Sparrow presses Crane against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sparrow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sparrow prevents a body shot from Crane.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sparrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sparrow has had enough of the clinch but Crane keeps him there for the moment.
Crane misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sparrow blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow lands a hook that snaps the head of Crane backwards.
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sparrow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crane gets through Sparrow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sparrow backwards.
Sparrow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crane scores with a shoulder strike.
Crane lands a nice uppercut.
Sparrow is trying to break the clinch but Crane is controlling him.
Sparrow is trying to break free.
Crane trying to land knees to the body.
Sparrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crane lands an uppercut.
Sparrow lands a hook that snaps the head of Crane backwards.
Sparrow breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sparrow misses with a jab to the body
and Crane counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sparrow misses with an uppercut
and Crane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane tries to clinch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Crane scores with a head kick. Sparrow tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Crane shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Crane tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sparrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sparrow.
Crane walks into a stiff left hand from Sparrow.
Sparrow lands with a straight right. Crane didn't see that one coming.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sparrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bruno Sparrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crane slips a jab from Sparrow.
Crane uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sparrow misses with a hook. Crane ducked under it nicely.
Crane tries to clinch up but Sparrow circles away and keeps his distance.
Sparrow blocks a head kick by Crane.
Sparrow misses with a wild combination.
Sparrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crane sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sparrow looks to throw the jab but Crane is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane lands a high kick!
Crane slips under a jab.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sparrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sparrow lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparrow scores with a hook to the body. Crane takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sparrow looks to throw the jab but Crane is out of range.
Crane is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bruno Sparrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crane tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sparrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sparrow misses with a low kick.
Sparrow throws out a loose jab but Crane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ichabod Crane is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crane tries to clinch up but Sparrow circles away and keeps his distance.
Sparrow looks to land a combination but Crane avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crane takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crane ducks under a wild hook from Sparrow.
Crane pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sparrow has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sparrow there as he acknowledges the shot.
Crane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ichabod Crane will probably get the nod.
That's time! Crane's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Sparrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crane was well out of range. Poor timing from Sparrow.
Sparrow swinging wildly here.
Crane throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sparrow.
Crane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crane on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sparrow scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Crane. Those never looked like landing.
Sparrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
Crane takes a swing at Sparrow's ribcage but misses.
Sparrow cracks a nice hook into Crane's ribs.
Sparrow blocks a head kick by Crane.
Crane moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Sparrow. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sparrow.
Crane has closed the distance and engaged Sparrow in a clinch.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Sparrow trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparrow pushes Crane back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Our sources have told us that Crane has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Sparrow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sparrow working hard to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crane obliges.
Ichabod Crane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sparrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sparrow working hard to break the clinch.
Sparrow lands with a left to the head.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Sparrow avoids the damage to the body.
Sparrow effectively controlling the action here.
Sparrow is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Crane.
Crane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crane trying to land knees to the body.
Sparrow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sparrow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Sparrow finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Crane. That snapped Sparrow's head back.
Sparrow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sparrow misses with a hook.
Crane tries to clinch up.
Sparrow misses with an uppercut. Crane saw that one coming.
Crane takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sparrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sparrow looks to land a left hand but Crane moved out of range nicely.
Sparrow scores with a decent looking hook.
Crane wants to clinch.
Crane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sparrow scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sparrow throws a right hand that Crane ducks under and follows up with a left that Crane also avoids with ease.
Sparrow takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sparrow swings away with a body shot that misses
and Crane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Sparrow lands.
Sparrow thuds his right hand into Crane's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Crane doesn't manage to clinch there - Sparrow circles away.
Sparrow scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Crane slips a jab and a cross from Sparrow.
Crane misses with an attempted mid kick.
Crane tries to clinch but Sparrow is having none of it.
Sparrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
Crane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
Crane takes one on the button.
Bruno Sparrow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Crane.
Crane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
A big right from Sparrow misses.
Sparrow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crane finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sparrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
Crane swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow lands with a good body shot.
Sparrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crane looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A jab from Sparrow does it's job there.
Sparrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crane moves out of range as Sparrow strikes.
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!
Sparrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch but Sparrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crane avoids the body shot from Sparrow.
Ichabod Crane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sparrow misses with a hook to the body
and Crane counters with a nice body kick.
A punch combination from Crane misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparrow looks to throw the jab but Crane is out of range.
Sparrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sparrow avoids the head kick by Crane.
Sparrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bruno Sparrow.
I think Crane has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ichabod Crane!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Kuiper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jon Jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Kuiper!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Kuiper circles away.
Kuiper swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
We've been informed that Kuiper has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kuiper loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Kuiper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Kuiper.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kuiper can pounce on him.
Jones checks the leg kick.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jones connects with a crisp jab.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuiper swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kuiper rushes Jones and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kuiper wants to break free but Jones has control.
Kuiper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones works on Kuiper's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kuiper's efforts to push away.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones with a knee to the head.
It looks like Sam Kuiper has been cut.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kuiper's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kuiper is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Kuiper is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Kuiper blocks it.
Kuiper misses with the head strike.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kuiper misses with some punches.
Kuiper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kuiper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Kuiper is blocking nicely.
Jones pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones prevents Kuiper from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kuiper.
Jones keeps control of Kuiper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Kuiper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Jones lands an elbow just above Kuiper 's eye.
Kuiper wants to break free but Jones has control.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Kuiper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kuiper looks winded!
Kuiper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones has Kuiper pressed against the ropes, preventing Kuiper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kuiper manages to break the clinch.
Kuiper instigates a clinch.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Kuiper won't want to take too many of those.
A frustrated look appears on Kuiper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kuiper avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones has Kuiper pressed against the ropes, preventing Kuiper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Kuiper is blocking nicely.
Kuiper throws a head punch that misses.
Kuiper misses with a punch on the inside.
Kuiper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Kuiper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kuiper tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuiper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones lands a left hand.
Kuiper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Sam Kuiper's cut even more.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kuiper's efforts to push away.
Kuiper has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Our sources have told us that Jones has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kuiper's face.
Kuiper is rocked!
Jones lands a shot to the body.
Kuiper is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Kuiper to the canvas! Can Kuiper beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's waved off the fight! He didn't think Kuiper was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Jones is your winner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Jon Jones!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Oskars Treimanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Oskars Treimanis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cedric Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy tests Treimanis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Oskars Treimanis has been cut.
Treimanis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Treimanis. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy lands a nice shot that snaps Treimanis's head back.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses.
Murphy's coach down at Johny Fighting Temple was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Murphy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Murphy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Treimanis is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy throws a low kick but Treimanis moves out of range easily.
Murphy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Treimanis in his tracks.
Oh Treimanis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big left from Murphy misses.
A swing and a miss from Treimanis.
Treimanis seems to have got his legs back now.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murphy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Murphy tries to score with a low kick but Treimanis moves his leg out of the way.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Treimanis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Murphy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Treimanis scores with a leg kick.
Treimanis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murphy in his tracks.
It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
Treimanis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Treimanis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murphy counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Treimanis.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Treimanis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Treimanis throws a head punch that misses.
Treimanis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy wants to stall.
Treimanis throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy dodges an elbow strike from Treimanis.
Treimanis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Treimanis fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Treimanis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Treimanis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Treimanis misses with some punches.
Murphy leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Murphy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Treimanis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Treimanis prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Treimanis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oskars Treimanis's cut is getting worse.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Treimanis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Treimanis misses with a looping left.
Treimanis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murphy's head backwards.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Treimanis's body. Treimanis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy looks to land a body kick but Treimanis moved away.
Treimanis avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Treimanis throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Treimanis staying out of range there.
Murphy misses the body punch
and Treimanis counters with a stiff right hand.
Treimanis slips a jab from Murphy.
Treimanis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Treimanis lands with a straight right. Murphy didn't see that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Treimanis.
Treimanis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy thuds his shin into the meat of Treimanis's side.
Treimanis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Treimanis moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Treimanis misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Treimanis finds it's way through Murphy's defenses.
Treimanis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murphy lands with an uppercut that bounces Treimanis off the ropes and back into range.
Sloppy strikes from Treimanis. Those never looked like landing.
Treimanis drops his guard momentarily, allowing Murphy to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Treimanis! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Murphy takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cedric Murphy!
Cedric Murphy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Naughtius Maximus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eka Tahuna (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 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
30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Naughtius Maximus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Eka Tahuna!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maximus throws a leg kick but Tahuna moved away.
Maximus scores with a spinning back kick!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tahuna crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maximus - the referee stops the clock and Tahuna gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maximus. Tahuna manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tahuna lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tahuna throws a head kick that misses.
Maximus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maximus missing with a left hand there. Tahuna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tahuna tries to land a leg kick but Maximus saw it coming and moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tahuna misses with a body punch.
Maximus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tahuna.
Tahuna takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Eka Tahuna has been cut.
Maximus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tahuna has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tahuna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tahuna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've been informed that Tahuna has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Maximus lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maximus misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahuna throws out a leg kick but Maximus moves out of range and Tahuna only half commits.
Tahuna misses with a body kick.
That kick from Tahuna tenderised Maximus's leg. Maximus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tahuna sizes up Maximus with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Maximus moves into the clinch.
Maximus has Tahuna pressed against the ropes, preventing Tahuna from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maximus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maximus throws out a loose jab but Tahuna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maximus avoids the body shot from Tahuna.
Tahuna gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Maximus.
Tahuna digs a good body shot into Maximus's ribs.
Maximus feints and then cracks Tahuna's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tahuna down.
A telegraphed right hand from Tahuna misses the target.
Maximus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tahuna.
The fighters circling - Tahuna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maximus wants to clinch up but Tahuna keeps it at a distance.
Tahuna ducks under a wild hook from Maximus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maximus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tahuna tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Some bone on bone action there as Maximus checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tahuna misses the jab.
Maximus moves out of range of the body kick.
Maximus thows a body shot but no joy.
Maximus tries a low kick but Tahuna avoids it.
Tahuna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maximus.
Tahuna misses with a low kick as Maximus jumps back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tahuna.
Tahuna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maximus was well out of range. Poor timing from Tahuna.
Eka Tahuna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maximus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maximus 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.
Maximus is looking to slow Tahuna down with leg kicks.
Tahuna throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tahuna throws a solid leg kick but Maximus takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tahuna.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maximus moves away from the strike by Tahuna.
Maximus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tahuna.
Tahuna connects with a good right hand that stumbles Maximus. Maximus circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Maximus doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Maximus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Maximus looks for the body kick but Tahuna saw that one coming.
Tahuna misses with a leg kick
and Maximus counters with a straight right hand.
A punch combination from Maximus misses.
Maximus defending well as Tahuna loads up on a big left hand.
Tahuna misses with a looping left.
Maximus throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Tahuna finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tahuna avoids the body shot from Maximus.
Tahuna throws a looping overhand right but Maximus ducks down to avoid it.
Maximus slips under a jab from Tahuna.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna misses with a straight left.
Maximus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tahuna misses the shot to the body.
Tahuna throws a shot from downtown. Maximus moves away and avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maximus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maximus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tahuna throws out the jab.
Nice straight punches there by Tahuna. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tahuna.
Maximus lands a leg kick that knocks Tahuna off balance momentarily.
Maximus throws a shot to the body.
Tahuna throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maximus.
Jab from Tahuna.
Tahuna avoids the body shot from Maximus.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tahuna wants to slow Maximus down by chopping away at his legs.
Maximus connects with a leg kick. Tahuna looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tahuna crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maximus - the referee stops the clock and Tahuna gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maximus. Tahuna manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tahuna lands an overhand right.
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 Naughtius Maximus will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eka Tahuna's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Maximus ducks under a wild hook from Tahuna.
Tahuna misses with the body kick
and Maximus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tahuna.
Maximus throws the kick towards the body but Tahuna avoids it.
Maximus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Maximus is looking to wear down Tahuna with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tahuna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tahuna misses with a low kick as Maximus jumps back.
Eka Tahuna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tahuna fakes the leg kick and cracks Maximus in the body.
Tahuna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maximus.
Maximus has closed the distance and engaged Tahuna in a clinch.
Maximus prevents a body shot from Tahuna.
Our sources have told us that Maximus has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Maximus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maximus lands a shoulder strike.
Tahuna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maximus looking to stall.
Maximus tries to throw a body punch but Tahuna avoids it by throwing Maximus back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maximus breaks the clinch.
Maximus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tahuna.
Maximus throws out a leg kick but Tahuna moves out of range and Maximus only half commits.
Tahuna throws a half hearted mid kick.
Maximus throws a body kick that misses.
Maximus thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tahuna if he has to take too many more of those.
A slow jab from Maximus misses its intended target.
Maximus throws a sloppy head kick and Tahuna moves out of range easily.
Tahuna swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Maximus.
Tahuna misses with a double jab.
Maximus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tahuna.
Tahuna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maximus.
Tahuna fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tahuna misses with an uppercut. Maximus saw that one coming.
Tahuna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maximus throws out the jab.
Maximus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maximus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Maximus slips under a jab from Tahuna.
Maximus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tahuna throws a push kick but Maximus slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tahuna. Maximus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tahuna is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Maximus pushes Tahuna up against the ropes in a clinch.
Maximus can't find room to land a body shot as Tahuna controls the action.
Tahuna struggles to land a body shot inside as Maximus controls his hands.
Tahuna tries to break free but Maximus pushes him back against the ropes.
Tahuna managing to block the knees to the body from Maximus.
Tahuna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tahuna scores with a shoulder strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maximus obliges.
Maximus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tahuna's efforts to push away.
Maximus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tahuna's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maximus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maximus missing with knees to the body.
Tahuna wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maximus blocks a body shot from Tahuna.
Tahuna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tahuna lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Maximus - that landed with a thud.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Maximus throws an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from Maximus.
Tahuna lands a body punch.
Tahuna breaks the clinch.
Maximus moves away from the strike by Tahuna.
Tahuna misses with a low kick as Maximus jumps back.
Tahuna throws an off balance right hand
and Maximus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maximus.
Tahuna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tahuna delivers a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maximus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tahuna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maximus scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tahuna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maximus throws a head kick but Tahuna moves out of range.
Maximus misses with a body punch
and Tahuna counters with a leg kick.
Maximus throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tahuna fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Maximus on the side of the head.
Tahuna throws a head kick that misses
and Maximus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Maximus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tahuna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maximus throws a body punch but Tahuna moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maximus pushes Tahuna away with a front kick.
Tahuna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maximus lands with a hook. Tahuna tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Naughtius Maximus will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eka Tahuna's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A head kick misses from Tahuna.
Maximus checks a low kick from Tahuna.
Maximus checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tahuna swinging wildly here.
Maximus ducks under a wild hook from Tahuna.
Maximus throws a leg kick which misses Tahuna's front leg but catches the back leg as Tahuna tries to avoid it.
Maximus throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Tahuna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tahuna scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maximus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tahuna was well out of range. Poor timing from Maximus.
Tahuna ducks under a wild hook from Maximus.
Tahuna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tahuna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maximus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maximus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Maximus lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahuna throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Maximus counter with a right hand.
Tahuna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maximus.
Tahuna fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Maximus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tahuna avoids the head kick by Maximus.
Maximus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tahuna throws out the jab.
Tahuna throws out a loose jab but Maximus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tahuna slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Maximus checks the leg kick.
Maximus moves out of range of the leg kick from Tahuna.
Maximus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tahuna misses the shot to the body.
Tahuna throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Maximus misses with a body shot.
Tahuna throws an overhand right that lands on Maximus's shoulder, as Maximus tries to avoid the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tahuna. That's going to slow Maximus down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maximus closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maximus lands an elbow inside.
Maximus tries to land knees in the clinch but Tahuna avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Maximus.
Tahuna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maximus's elbow.
Maximus lands an uppercut.
Maximus scores with a hook to the body.
Tahuna throws a punch but it's blocked by Maximus.
Maximus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tahuna avoids it.
Maximus trying to land knees to the body.
Tahuna managing to block the knees to the body from Maximus.
Maximus displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tahuna up against the ropes.
Maximus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maximus pushes off an throws an elbow but Tahuna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tahuna tries to work over Maximus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maximus lands an elbow that stopped Tahuna in his tracks for a moment.
Maximus tries to throw a body punch but Tahuna avoids it by throwing Maximus back against the ropes.
Maximus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maximus lands a shot to the body.
Maximus tries to land knees in the clinch but Tahuna avoids the damage to the body.
Tahuna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maximus missing with knees to the body.
Tahuna takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tahuna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tahuna scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Maximus sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maximus closes the distance and pushes Tahuna back into the ropes.
Maximus blocks a body shot from Tahuna.
Maximus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tahuna's elbow.
Tahuna throws a head punch that misses.
Tahuna digs a right hand into Maximus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maximus's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maximus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tahuna's efforts to push away.
Maximus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Naughtius Maximus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maximus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tahuna is trying to break free.
Maximus prevents a body shot from Tahuna.
Tahuna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Maximus backwards.
Still in the clinch, Tahuna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tahuna's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maximus slows down the pace here.
Maximus blocks a body shot from Tahuna.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maximus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tahuna pushes Maximus back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maximus lands a good knee to the midsection. Tahuna won't want to take too many of those.
Tahuna connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Naughtius Maximus did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Eka Tahuna's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Maximus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looks like Naughtius Maximus has been cut.
Tahuna lands a really nice looking cross but Maximus seems unphased.
Maximus throws a leg kick but Tahuna sees it coming and moves out of range.
Maximus misses with a head kick.
Maximus 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.
Maximus avoids the body shot from Tahuna.
Tahuna shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tahuna scores with a head kick. Maximus tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tahuna misses with a kick to the body
and Maximus counters with a low kick, right behind Tahuna 's knee.
Maximus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tahuna.
Tahuna scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tahuna misses with a body kick.
Tahuna takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tahuna throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maximus on the side of the head.
Maximus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahuna misses with a shot to the body
and Maximus counters with a good low kick that Tahuna was not able to check.
Maximus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Maximus - just one landing.
Maximus scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tahuna scoring well with a low kick there.
Tahuna misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maximus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tahuna finds it's way round the side to connect with Maximus's head.
Tahuna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tahuna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tahuna works Maximus's body with a nice hook.
Maximus lands with a straight right. Tahuna didn't see that one coming.
Maximus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maximus slips a straight right by Tahuna.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maximus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tahuna blocks a head kick by Maximus.
Tahuna looks to throw the jab but Maximus is out of range.
Tahuna darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tahuna throws a series of strikes that have Maximus backpedaling.
Tahuna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tahuna throws a looping overhand right but Maximus ducks down to avoid it.
Maximus throws a leg kick
and Tahuna counters with a left to the body.
Tahuna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tahuna delivers a nice body kick.
Tahuna dips to his left and cracks Maximus with an uppercut!
Maximus throws a low kick but Tahuna moves out of range easily.
Tahuna loads up on a big right hand but Maximus slips the punch.
A head kick misses from Tahuna.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna misses the shot to the body.
Maximus tries to score with a low kick but Tahuna moves his leg out of the way.
Tahuna throws a shot from downtown. Maximus moves away and avoids it.
Tahuna attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Maximus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tahuna takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Maximus takes a swing at Tahuna's ribcage but misses.
Maximus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tahuna. That did some damage!
Tahuna misses with a left hand
and Maximus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tahuna misses with a wild body shot.
Maximus throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tahuna checks the leg kick.
Maximus looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tahuna scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Maximus is looking to clinch but Tahuna is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna thuds his right hand into Maximus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Maximus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tahuna.
Tahuna misses with a straight left.
Tahuna just misses with a punch to the body.
Maximus blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Maximus. Tahuna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tahuna swings widly with a right hand
and Maximus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick misses from Maximus.
Maximus misses with an uppercut. Tahuna saw that one coming.
Tahuna misses with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tahuna lands a front kick.
Tahuna feints and then cracks Maximus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maximus down.
Maximus cracks Tahuna with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tahuna throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eka Tahuna dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Maximus checks a low kick from Tahuna.
Tahuna throws out a loose jab but Maximus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tahuna cracks Maximus with a right hand to the side of the head.
Maximus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tahuna uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Maximus has time to react.
Maximus wants to clinch up but Tahuna keeps it at a distance.
Maximus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tahuna ducks under a wild hook from Maximus.
Tahuna throws a leg kick but Maximus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Maximus blocks a jab.
Tahuna throws out a leg kick but Maximus moves out of range and Tahuna only half commits.
A jab from Tahuna finds it's way through Maximus's defenses.
Tahuna 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.
Tahuna looks to score with a jab to the body but Maximus is just out of range.
Maximus wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahuna connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maximus momentarily.
Maximus misses with a straight right.
Tahuna lands a nice shot to the body.
Tahuna misses with a body punch
letting Maximus counter with a right hand.
Tahuna scores with a shot to the body.
Tahuna walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maximus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tahuna connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A chopping leg kick lands by Maximus.
Maximus tries to clinch up but Tahuna circles away and keeps his distance.
Maximus misses with a straight left.
Tahuna throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Eka Tahuna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maximus.
Maximus tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maximus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tahuna counters with a nice uppercut.
Tahuna takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Donk. Maximus catches Tahuna right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tahuna misses with a looping left.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Maximus checks a leg kick.
Tahuna thuds his right hand into Maximus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Maximus lands an overhand right.
Tahuna drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tahuna loads up on a big right hand but Maximus slips the punch.
Maximus will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Maximus jabs Tahuna right on the nose. Tahuna blinks but takes it well.
Tahuna fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Maximus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Tahuna misses.
Tahuna walks into a stiff left hand from Maximus.
Maximus ducks under a wild hook from Tahuna.
Maximus moves out of range as Tahuna strikes.
Maximus defending well as Tahuna loads up on a big left hand.
A left lands for Maximus.
Tahuna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tahuna takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tahuna walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Maximus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tahuna takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Maximus blocks a jab.
A jab lands there for Maximus.
Tahuna lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maximus circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maximus avoids the body shot from Tahuna.
Tahuna feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maximus's calf.
Tahuna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maximus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tahuna throws a hook but Maximus avoids it easily.
Maximus doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tahuna throws a front kick aimed at Maximus's knee but Maximus avoids it well.
Tahuna throws an overhand right that lands on Maximus's shoulder, as Maximus tries to avoid the shot.
Maximus throws a body punch but Tahuna moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Tahuna misses the target.
A nice combination there by Tahuna.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tahuna buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Naughtius Maximus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maximus scoring well with a low kick there.
Maximus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tahuna.
Maximus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eka Tahuna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Maximus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 47:49
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 48:47
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Naughtius Maximus!
Naughtius Maximus is the new lightweight champion!
Naughtius Maximus 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 light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Piero Vischi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Eckstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Eckstein 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 light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Piero Vischi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Eckstein!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eckstein throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vischi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eckstein moves away.
Eckstein swings widly with a right hand
and Vischi counters with a head kick. That will keep Eckstein thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Eckstein throws a head kick that misses.
Jason Eckstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eckstein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vischi.
A telegraphed right hand from Vischi misses the target.
Vischi tries to move into range but Eckstein moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vischi misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Eckstein misses its intended target.
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!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Eckstein - that will leave a mark!
Eckstein connects with a leg kick. Vischi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice jab there from Eckstein.
Eckstein lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A leg kick checked by Vischi.
Eckstein is looking to score with low kicks.
Eckstein throws a leg kick but Vischi sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vischi walks into a stiff left hand from Eckstein.
Eckstein moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Eckstein is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Eckstein lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vischi tries to clinch up.
Vischi throws a jab but it's blocked by Eckstein.
Vischi clinches.
Vischi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eckstein is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Eckstein misses with a hook to the ribs.
Eckstein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Eckstein.
Eckstein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A telegraphed right hand from Eckstein misses the target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vischi checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vischi looks to score with a jab to the body but Eckstein is just out of range.
Eckstein throws a shot from downtown. Vischi moves away and avoids it.
Eckstein throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vischi misses with a combination
and Eckstein counters with an inside leg kick.
Vischi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eckstein looks to land a combination. Vischi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Piero Vischi has been cut.
Vischi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Eckstein throws a jab but it's blocked by Vischi.
Vischi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vischi cracks Eckstein with a good jab.
Eckstein throws a leg kick but Vischi moved away.
Eckstein throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eckstein is looking to score with low kicks.
Vischi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vischi throws a hook but Eckstein avoids it easily.
Vischi has Eckstein up against the ropes in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vischi as Eckstein tries to tie him up.
Vischi has a couple of punches blocked by Eckstein.
Vischi breaks the clinch.
Eckstein dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vischi. That did some damage!
Eckstein swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Eckstein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vischi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A swing and a miss from Eckstein.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein throws a series of punches but Vischi avoids them all with ease.
An inside leg kick from Eckstein misses.
Vischi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vischi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eckstein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Eckstein throws a quick inside leg kick.
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!
Eckstein misses with a few strikes there.
Eckstein tries a low kick but Vischi avoids it.
Eckstein takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vischi connects with an inside leg kick.
Eckstein scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eckstein shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Vischi is looking to clinch but Eckstein is avoiding it.
Eckstein scores with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Eckstein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Piero Vischi's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Eckstein misses with a wild combination.
Vischi throws a head kick but Eckstein moves out of range.
Eckstein blocks a leg kick.
Vischi just misses with a punch to the body.
Vischi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Eckstein is out of range and Vischi settles back down.
Eckstein tests Vischi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vischi throws out a loose jab but Eckstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eckstein throws a jab but it's blocked by Vischi.
Eckstein throws a nice head kick!
Eckstein misses with a wild combination.
Eckstein checks a low kick from Vischi.
Vischi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Eckstein's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vischi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Eckstein thows a leg kick but Vischi checks it
and Vischi counters with a straight right hand.
Eckstein has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A clash of legs there as Eckstein blocks the low kick.
Vischi has Eckstein up against the ropes in a clinch.
Vischi breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Eckstein. That's going to slow Vischi down.
Vischi staying out of range there.
Vischi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Eckstein throws a low kick but Vischi avoids it.
Eckstein stalks Vischi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vischi's face. Vischi staggers backwards, shaken.
Eckstein tries to score with a low kick but Vischi moves his leg out of the way.
Nice cross by Eckstein.
Eckstein misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein just misses with a punch to the body.
Vischi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Eckstein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vischi scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eckstein throws a leg kick which misses Vischi's front leg but catches the back leg as Vischi tries to avoid it.
Eckstein throws a lazy right hand but Vischi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eckstein misses with a low kick as Vischi jumps back.
Good leg kick by Vischi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Eckstein tries a head kick but it misses.
Eckstein cracks the inside of Vischi's front leg.
Vischi dodges the punch combination from Eckstein.
Vischi avoids the head kick by Eckstein.
Vischi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Eckstein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vischi scrambles back to his feet.
Vischi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Vischi scores with the left hand. Eckstein knows he should have avoided that one.
Vischi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Eckstein momentarily.
Eckstein avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Eckstein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vischi. Vischi obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eckstein throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Vischi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Eckstein gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Eckstein attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Eckstein misses with a hook
and Vischi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vischi.
Eckstein throws a head punch that misses.
Vischi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vischi tries to work over Eckstein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Eckstein lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Eckstein.
Eckstein misses with a punch on the inside.
Vischi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Eckstein.
Eckstein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eckstein throws an off balance right hand
and Vischi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Eckstein throws out a loose jab but Vischi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eckstein waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vischi.
Eckstein lands a leg kick that knocks Vischi off balance momentarily.
Vischi throws a leg kick but Eckstein sees it coming and moves out of range.
Vischi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Eckstein is out of range.
Eckstein misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eckstein connects with an inside leg kick.
Vischi has Eckstein up against the ropes in a clinch.
Eckstein goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jason Eckstein will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Piero Vischi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Eckstein connects with a looping right hand.
Eckstein looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vischi checks a leg kick.
Eckstein circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vischi moves in looking to clinch but Eckstein pushes him off.
Jason Eckstein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Eckstein. Those never looked like landing.
Vischi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eckstein throws a low kick but Vischi moves out of range easily.
Eckstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vischi throws a low kick but Eckstein avoids it.
Eckstein scores with a leg kick.
Vischi misses with a wild combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Eckstein.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Eckstein.
Vischi checks a low kick from Eckstein.
Eckstein walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vischi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Vischi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vischi throws a right and a left that Eckstein avoids nicely.
Vischi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Eckstein is out of range.
Eckstein connects with a leg kick. Vischi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vischi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eckstein throws out the jab.
Vischi ducks under a wild hook from Eckstein.
Eckstein scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Eckstein throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vischi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vischi throws a jab but it's blocked by Eckstein.
Vischi cracks the inside of Eckstein's front leg.
Eckstein throws a chopping leg kick but Vischi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Eckstein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vischi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eckstein.
Eckstein lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eckstein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Eckstein misses with a straight left.
Vischi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Eckstein.
Vischi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vischi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vischi scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Eckstein there.
Vischi 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.
Eckstein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eckstein misses with a low kick.
Vischi looks to score with a jab to the body but Eckstein is just out of range.
Eckstein throws a hook to the side of Vischi's head but Vischi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Eckstein scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vischi in his tracks.
Eckstein throws a nice inside leg kick.
Eckstein thows a body shot but no joy.
Vischi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Eckstein throws a leg kick
and Vischi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Eckstein.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein keeps the fight on the outside.
Eckstein dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vischi. That did some damage!
Vischi misses with a right hand
and Eckstein counters with a body kick that stops Vischi in his tracks momentarily.
Eckstein takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vischi connects with a crisp jab.
A head kick misses from Eckstein.
A bone on bone clash there as Vischi blocks the leg kick.
Eckstein throws a leg kick that misses.
Vischi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vischi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Eckstein under the eye.
Vischi moves away from the strike by Eckstein.
A big left from Eckstein misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Eckstein really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Piero Vischi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Eckstein misses with a low kick.
Vischi feints and then cracks Eckstein's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Eckstein down.
Eckstein bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vischi's head backwards.
Eckstein throws a leg kick but Vischi checks it.
Eckstein throws out a powerful jab.
Vischi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Eckstein.
Eckstein clobbers Vischi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A combination from Eckstein does no damage.
Eckstein misses with a body kick.
Eckstein checks a leg kick nicely.
Eckstein throws a series of punches but Vischi moves out of range.
Vischi avoids the head kick by Eckstein.
Eckstein throws a series of punches but Vischi avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eckstein looks to land a right hand but Vischi moved out of range.
Vischi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vischi misses with a low kick.
Vischi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eckstein attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Eckstein throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vischi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Eckstein really felt that one!
Eckstein is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Eckstein throws a sloppy head kick and Vischi moves out of range easily.
Vischi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Vischi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A left lands for Eckstein.
Eckstein throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vischi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Eckstein is able to avoid easily.
Eckstein throws a jab but it's blocked by Vischi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Eckstein misses
and Vischi counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eckstein throws a sloppy head kick and Vischi moves out of range easily.
Eckstein throws a leg kick but Vischi moved away.
Vischi tries to clinch up.
Vischi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vischi. That's going to slow Eckstein down.
Vischi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Eckstein looks for the body kick but Vischi saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Eckstein misses the target.
Eckstein turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vischi rushes Eckstein and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Vischi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vischi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Eckstein 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vischi tries to close the distance and clinch but Eckstein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eckstein on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vischi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Eckstein throws a lazy right hand but Vischi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eckstein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eckstein tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Eckstein tries to land a body kick
and Vischi counters with a right hand to the body.
Eckstein throws a lazy uppercut
and Vischi counters with an inside leg kick.
Vischi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Eckstein misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vischi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Eckstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Eckstein.
Vischi scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eckstein scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vischi 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.
Eckstein is looking to land body kicks.
Eckstein throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Eckstein throws a leg kick but Vischi checks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Eckstein throws a head kick that misses.
Vischi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eckstein manages to avoid it.
Eckstein scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vischi doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Piero Vischi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Piero Vischi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Vischi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eckstein.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vischi.
Eckstein fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Eckstein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vischi's sensitive parts.
Vischi thumps Eckstein with a low kick.
Eckstein connects with the punch.
Vischi thows a leg kick but Eckstein checks it
and Vischi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Eckstein misses with a head kick.
Eckstein misses with a looping left.
Eckstein looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vischi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Vischi misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vischi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Eckstein turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Eckstein tries to move into range but Vischi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vischi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eckstein.
Eckstein fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Vischi.
Vischi connects with a leg kick. Eckstein looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A cross from Eckstein lands.
Vischi misses the jab.
A jab from Eckstein misses.
Vischi tries to clinch there but Eckstein circles away.
Eckstein scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Piero Vischi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein throws a leg kick but Vischi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Eckstein misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vischi moves out of range as Eckstein strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eckstein misses with a few strikes there.
Eckstein throws a leg kick
and Vischi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vischi lands with an uppercut that bounces Eckstein off the ropes and back into range.
Eckstein throws a body punch but Vischi moves out of range.
Eckstein avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A head kick from Eckstein lands but Vischi takes it in his stride.
Vischi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vischi throws a head kick that misses.
Eckstein throws a lazy head kick
and Vischi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vischi looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Eckstein throws an elbow but misses.
Vischi cracks Eckstein with a nice body shot.
Vischi struggles to land a body shot inside as Eckstein controls his hands.
Vischi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Eckstein is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Vischi trying to land knees to the body.
Vischi misses with a body punch.
Eckstein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eckstein tries to break the clinch but Vischi is controlling the position.
Vischi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good standup being displayed there by Eckstein as he connects with a hook.
Vischi doesn't manage to clinch there - Eckstein circles away.
A low kick from Vischi is predictable there
and Eckstein counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Eckstein connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vischi looks to score with a jab to the body but Eckstein is just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eckstein keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Eckstein.
Eckstein tries to bum rush Vischi with a series of wild strikes but Vischi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Eckstein connects with a looping right hand.
Eckstein scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vischi checks a low kick from Eckstein.
Vischi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Eckstein. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vischi drives through and clinches with Eckstein against the ropes.
Eckstein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vischi loads up on a big right hand but Eckstein slips the punch.
Eckstein looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Piero Vischi.
I think Eckstein 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 48:47
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 45:50
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jason Eckstein!
Jason Eckstein is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jason Eckstein was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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