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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Anatoliy Lapikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axl Dokken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lapikov kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is AC/DC - Hells Bells . Dokken comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cherry Pie "Warrant" kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Anatoliy Lapikov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Axl Dokken's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Anatoliy Lapikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 19 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Axl Dokken!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lapikov looks to score with a jab to the body but Dokken is just out of range.
Dokken looks to land a right hand but Lapikov moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Lapikov misses the target.
Dokken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lapikov moves away.
Lapikov tries to counter by clinching up but Dokken breaks away and moves out of range.
Lapikov loads up on a big right hand but Dokken slips the punch.
Dokken moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lapikov misses with a straight left.
Lapikov has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dokken throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dokken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lapikov manages to avoid it.
Dokken misses with a wild body shot.
Dokken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dokken clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Lapikov.
Lapikov throws a punch but it's blocked by Dokken.
Dokken tries to work over Lapikov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dokken blocking some punches.
Lapikov scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapikov misses with a punch on the inside.
Lapikov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lapikov lands a nice uppercut.
Dokken is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lapikov is keeping busy.
Lapikov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Lapikov fails to land.
Lapikov misses with a body punch.
Lapikov struggles to land a body shot inside as Dokken controls his hands.
Lapikov takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Anatoliy Lapikov has been cut.
Lapikov misses with a punch on the inside.
Dokken is trying to break the clinch but Lapikov is controlling him.
Lapikov misses with the head strike.
Lapikov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lapikov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lapikov misses with a punch on the inside.
Lapikov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dokken moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dokken throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A quick step to the side and Lapikov tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dokken throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dokken throws a lazy right hand but Lapikov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick by Dokken misses
and Lapikov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dokken throws a leg kick but Lapikov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dokken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lapikov.
Lapikov connects with a body shot that sends Dokken's belly button to the back.
Dokken misses with a body shot.
Lapikov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dokken.
Lapikov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dokken.
Dokken ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dokken is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lapikov with a body shot.
Lapikov lands with a shot to the body.
Dokken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lapikov manages to avoid it.
Dokken needs to keep his hands up - Lapikov had a free shot at his head there.
Lapikov scores with a body shot.
Dokken pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lapikov takes a swing at Dokken's ribcage but misses.
Dokken walks into a left hand.
Dokken is rocked!
Lapikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dokken.
Lapikov jabs Dokken right on the nose. Dokken blinks but takes it well.
Dokken is still on wobbly legs! Can Lapikov finish him?
Dokken misses with a straight left.
Lapikov throws a jab but it's blocked by Dokken.
Dokken misses with a left hand
and Lapikov counters with a left to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lapikov ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Dokken out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anatoliy Lapikov!
Anatoliy Lapikov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Parko Milcic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Parko Milcic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronald McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald is looking to score with low kicks.
And Milcic counters with a quick kick to the body but McDonald blocks it.
McDonald uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Milcic has time to react.
McDonald getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McDonald works the jab nicely.
Milcic scores with a jab.
McDonald clinches.
Milcic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McDonald stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Milcic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
McDonald can't find room to land a body shot as Milcic controls the action.
McDonald tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Milcic avoids it.
McDonald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDonald prevents a body shot from Milcic.
Milcic prevents a body shot from McDonald.
McDonald scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for McDonald.
McDonald lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McDonald lands a right hand.
McDonald trying to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from McDonald.
McDonald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milcic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Milcic wants to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from McDonald - that landed with a thud.
McDonald using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Milcic is breathing heavily.
McDonald crunches a lovely knee into Milcic's ribcage.
McDonald unloads a knee to the mid-section. Milcic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McDonald lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from McDonald.
McDonald lands with a left to the head.
Milcic takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Parko Milcic has been cut.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McDonald with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonald lands with a left to the head.
McDonald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McDonald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Milcic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for McDonald.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald scores with a shot to the side of Milcic's head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McDonald obliges.
McDonald scores with a hook to the body.
Milcic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McDonald obliges.
McDonald softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McDonald is working Milcic over against the cage.
McDonald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McDonald makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McDonald is working Milcic over against the cage.
McDonald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for McDonald.
McDonald lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Milcic.
McDonald working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McDonald scores with a hook to the body.
Milcic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Milcic looking to stall.
McDonald unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for McDonald.
McDonald looking to throw knees to the head but Milcic is blocking nicely.
McDonald lands a hook that snaps the head of Milcic backwards.
McDonald lands a hook that snaps the head of Milcic backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from McDonald.
McDonald works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Milcic takes a shot to the head.
McDonald drops Milcic on his ass with a big knee up the middle! Milcic bounces straight back to his feet before the referee can even start a count. We'll have to wait a moment to see if that actually hurt him or not, as he takes the standing 8 count.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from McDonald.
McDonald closes the distance and clinches.
McDonald has Milcic pushed against the cage.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but Milcic blocks it.
Knees to the body from McDonald.
McDonald lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McDonald unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McDonald is struggling to control the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McDonald as Milcic tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is pushing Milcic up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Milcic obliges.
McDonald lands a left hand that snaps the head of Milcic backwards.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike.
Milcic misses with a punch on the inside.
McDonald creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Milcic off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Milcic is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! McDonald is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Ronald McDonald!
Ronald McDonald took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sun-Tzu for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Diego Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hari is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: King Drum. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Hari!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Hari counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hari lands a jab to the head.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hari throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva throwing a counter right hand but Hari manages to avoid it.
Hari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hari throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Hari lands with a good body shot.
Hari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hari moves out of range of the strikes.
Hari steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hari catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've been informed that Hari 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hari throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hari throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Hari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hari scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A cross from Hari lands.
Silva avoids the head kick by Hari.
Hari thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A combination from Hari does no damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hari.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari 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!
Hari scores with a nice body kick.
Hari lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
And Hari responds with a good body kick, but Silva manages to step out the way in time.
Hari moves into range and connects with a jab.
That kick from Hari tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hari lands a nice shot to the body.
Hari lands the left hand.
Hari fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hari scores with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Hari there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hari misses with a kick to the body.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harold Hari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Hari tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hari.
Nice straight punches there by Hari. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hari.
A head kick misses from Hari.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.
Hari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hari throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Hari throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That kick from Hari tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hari. That's going to slow Silva down.
Hari scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Hari looks to throw a body kick
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Hari scores with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hari looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Silva defending well as Hari loads up on a big left hand.
A head kick misses from Hari.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hari.
Hari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Hari let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Hari.
Hari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hari can pounce on him.
Hari takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hari throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harold Hari dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hari tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A good leg kick by Hari.
Hari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hari. That's going to slow Silva down.
Hari is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hari throws out the jab.
Hari connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hari counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hari jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Hari fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hari cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari lands with a good body shot.
Nice body kick there by Hari.
Silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hari jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donk. Hari catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Hari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hari lands a lovely overhand right.
Hari bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Hari works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hari lands a front kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hari, as that shot connected.
Diego Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Silva to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Hari away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Silva got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
Nice body kick there by Hari.
Hari scores with a spinning back kick!
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hari has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hari lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Hari misses with a head kick.
Hari scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hari lands with a good body shot.
A good leg kick by Hari.
Hari thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hari works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hari throws an overhand right that has Silva reeling! Hari follows up with more punches and Silva is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Harold Hari!
Harold Hari managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Arcticus University: London, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tak Sin Thanarat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alekzandr Borikav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borikav has chosen Pelican - Bliss in Concrete as his entrance music. 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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212 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Tak Sin Thanarat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Alekzandr Borikav!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thanarat throws a head kick but Borikav moves out of range.
Borikav throws out a counter right but Thanarat avoids it with no problem.
Borikav takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thanarat closes the distance looking to clinch
and Borikav counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A telegraphed right hand from Thanarat misses the target.
Thanarat tries a head kick but it misses.
Thanarat throws a solid leg kick but Borikav takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Thanarat.
Thanarat delivers a nice body kick.
Borikav takes a swing at Thanarat's ribcage but misses.
Thanarat is looking to land body kicks.
Thanarat moves in looking to clinch but Borikav pushes him off.
A little jabbing left from Borikav on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Borikav.
Thanarat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Borikav.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thanarat. That's going to slow Borikav down.
Thanarat throws out a loose jab but Borikav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thanarat thuds a left hand into Borikav's body.
Borikav throws a jab but it's blocked by Thanarat.
Thanarat slips a jab from Borikav.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thanarat throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thanarat tried to score with a low kick but Borikav checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thanarat. Borikav does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borikav swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Borikav misses with an uppercut.
Borikav avoids the body shot from Thanarat.
Borikav throws out a loose jab but Thanarat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thanarat throwing a counter right hand but Borikav manages to avoid it.
Thanarat uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thanarat tries a head kick but it misses.
Good work by Borikav as he checks the leg kick.
Thanarat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thanarat throws a push kick but Borikav slaps the foot to one side.
Thanarat takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Borikav scores with a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Thanarat misses.
Thanarat swings for the body but Borikav moves out of range.
We've been informed that Borikav 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.
Borikav lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thanarat connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thanarat tests Borikav's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Borikav checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Borikav tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thanarat was well out of range. Poor timing from Borikav.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borikav throws a shot to the body.
Borikav bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thanarat's head backwards.
Thanarat throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thanarat 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.
Borikav circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Borikav on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Borikav slips a jab and a cross from Thanarat.
Thanarat takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thanarat throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Borikav to counter with a crisp jab.
Borikav walks into a stiff left hand from Thanarat.
Borikav turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thanarat throws a head kick that misses.
Borikav throws a leg kick
and Thanarat counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Borikav misses with a body shot.
Thanarat lands a nice leg kick that just misses Borikav's sensitive parts.
Borikav on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Thanarat. Thanarat obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thanarat. That's going to slow Borikav down.
Borikav scores with a punch to the head.
Borikav ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thanarat moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borikav throws a jab but it's blocked by Thanarat.
Borikav throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thanarat throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Thanarat throws a body punch but Borikav moves out of range.
Borikav blocks a head kick by Thanarat.
Borikav attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Borikav changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Borikav ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thanarat moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Thanarat misses its target.
A swing and a miss from Borikav.
Borikav takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thanarat misses with a low kick.
Borikav staying out of range there.
Borikav scores with a jab to the head.
Thanarat's corner calls for a 1-2. Thanarat obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Borikav throws a sloppy head kick and Thanarat moves out of range easily.
Thanarat moves out of range of the strikes.
Thanarat is looking to counter punch.
Thanarat swings for the body but Borikav moves out of range.
Borikav takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thanarat swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four 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!
Thanarat connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thanarat throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thanarat throws an overhand right that lands on Borikav's shoulder, as Borikav tries to avoid the shot.
Borikav lands a head shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Borikav, right into the meat.
Borikav missing with a left hand there. Thanarat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thanarat.
Borikav looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Thanarat slips under a jab from Borikav.
Thanarat throws a hook to the side of Borikav's head but Borikav sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thanarat clobbers Borikav with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Borikav fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thanarat looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A low kick from Borikav is predictable there
and Thanarat counters with a nice uppercut.
Borikav throws a body shot but no joy.
Borikav throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Thanarat on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Borikav moves out of range of the body kick from Thanarat.
Thanarat darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thanarat steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Borikav.
Borikav swats away the attempt to clinch by Thanarat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tak Sin Thanarat dominated that round.
That's time! Thanarat's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Good exchange - Borikav coming out on top.
Thanarat looks to score with a jab to the body but Borikav is just out of range.
Borikav's corner calls for a 1-2. Borikav obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Borikav lands a glancing blow to the side of Thanarat's head.
Borikav tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thanarat was well out of range. Poor timing from Borikav.
Borikav checks the leg kick nicely there.
Thanarat avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
An attempted straight right counter from Thanarat misses the target.
Thanarat takes a swing at Borikav's ribcage but misses.
Borikav misses with a straight left.
Borikav tries to keep at a distance but Thanarat has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thanarat throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thanarat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thanarat throws a sloppy head kick and Borikav moves out of range easily.
Thanarat lands a nice looking body kick.
Tak Sin Thanarat is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice straight punches there by Borikav. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Borikav.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borikav thows a leg kick but Thanarat checks it
and Thanarat counters with a nice leg kick.
Thanarat tries to work over Borikav's front leg with a kick but Borikav checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thanarat connects with a body shot that sends Borikav's belly button to the back.
Borikav blocks the body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thanarat checks a leg kick.
Borikav takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thanarat scores with a three punch combo!
Thanarat misses with a straight right.
Borikav clobbers Thanarat with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thanarat feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Borikav's calf.
Nice uppercut there from Thanarat.
Thanarat throws a series of punches but Borikav avoids them all with ease.
Thanarat misses with a combination
and Borikav counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thanarat throws a looping overhand right but Borikav ducks down to avoid it.
Crunch! Thanarat slams his shin into Borikav's torso.
Borikav slips a jab from Thanarat.
Thanarat scoring well with a low kick there.
Borikav has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thanarat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat tried to score with a low kick but Borikav checks it.
Thanarat takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Borikav keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thanarat.
Thanarat is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borikav scores with the left hand. Thanarat knows he should have avoided that one.
Jab by Borikav.
Borikav misses with a straight left.
Borikav lands an overhand right.
Borikav tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thanarat was well out of range. Poor timing from Borikav.
Borikav darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Borikav throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thanarat swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thanarat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thanarat misses with a leg kick
and Borikav counters with a straight right hand.
Borikav scores with a body shot.
Tak Sin Thanarat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thanarat connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Borikav is able to avoid easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Borikav! But no joy.
Borikav lands a right hook to the body.
Thanarat lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Borikav tries to land a leg kick but Thanarat saw it coming and moves away.
Thanarat misses with a looping right.
Thanarat ducks under a wild hook from Borikav.
Thanarat pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thanarat keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Thanarat on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thanarat tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borikav paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Borikav swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borikav misses with an uppercut.
Borikav tries to keep at a distance but Thanarat has taken the fight into the clinch.
Borikav breaks the clinch.
Thanarat takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Borikav's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thanarat under the eye.
Borikav fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thanarat changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thanarat takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Borikav misses with an uppercut.
Thanarat scores with a jab to the body.
Thanarat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Borikav.
A cross from Thanarat lands.
Thanarat looks to land a right hand but Borikav moved out of range.
Borikav fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thanarat manages to avoid it.
Thanarat scoring well with a low kick there.
Thanarat finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Borikav uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thanarat.
Thanarat walks into a jab.
Borikav scores with a jab. Thanarat acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thanarat slips a jab from Borikav.
Thanarat looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thanarat throws a leg kick but Borikav sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Borikav's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thanarat attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Thanarat moves forwards but Borikav connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Borikav misses with a looping left.
Thanarat fires out a quick counter leg kick but Borikav just manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alekzandr Borikav will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Thanarat avoids the body shot from Borikav.
Good standup being displayed there by Borikav as he connects with a hook.
Thanarat pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Borikav looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Thanarat bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thanarat.
A head kick from Thanarat lands but Borikav takes it in his stride.
Borikav lands a nice shot to the body.
Thanarat takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thanarat connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thanarat shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Borikav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thanarat.
Thanarat avoids a kick to the body.
Thanarat connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thanarat throws a head kick that half lands.
Borikav jabs Thanarat to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thanarat scores with a push kick.
Thanarat slips a straight right by Borikav.
Thanarat scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borikav checks a low kick from Thanarat.
Thanarat looks to land a right hand but Borikav moved out of range.
Borikav punishes Thanarat's body with a nice straight punch.
Borikav lands a body shot.
Thanarat on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Borikav looks to land a right hand but Thanarat moved out of range.
Borikav jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Borikav throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thanarat on the side of the head.
Thanarat throws a shot to the body.
Borikav moves away from the strike by Thanarat.
Borikav missing with a left hand there. Thanarat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Borikav misses.
Thanarat is looking to counter punch.
That kick from Thanarat tenderised Borikav's leg. Borikav is trying to keep his angry face on.
Borikav dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thanarat takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borikav fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thanarat throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Borikav sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borikav cracks Thanarat with an open hand slap.
Thanarat blocks a jab.
Borikav lands with a cross.
Thanarat on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Borikav scores with a sloppy right hand. Thanarat should have avoided that one.
Borikav bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thanarat's head.
Thanarat throws a wild body kick that Borikav sees coming a mile off.
A big left from Borikav misses.
Thanarat uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borikav.
Thanarat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Borikav checks a leg kick nicely.
Thanarat thumps Borikav with a low kick.
Borikav throws out a powerful jab.
Borikav throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thanarat sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Borikav throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thanarat stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thanarat slips under a jab.
Thanarat swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice body punch from Borikav.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borikav throws a head kick but Thanarat moves out of range.
Thanarat lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Borikav throws a hook to the side of Thanarat's head but Thanarat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thanarat throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Borikav sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Borikav throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Thanarat on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thanarat walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Thanarat throws a body kick that misses.
Thanarat blocks a leg kick.
Thanarat cracks Borikav with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borikav. Thanarat does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thanarat misses with a kick to the body
letting Borikav counter with a right hand.
Thanarat misses with an uppercut.
Borikav loads up on a big right hand but Thanarat slips the punch.
Borikav throws a shot to the body.
Thanarat throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Borikav misses with a hook. Thanarat ducked under it nicely.
Borikav connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borikav keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thanarat misses the shot to the body.
Borikav throws an overhand right that lands on Thanarat's shoulder, as Thanarat tries to avoid the shot.
Thanarat misses with a head kick.
Borikav slips a jab from Thanarat.
Borikav digs a good body shot into Thanarat's ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thanarat.
A telegraphed right hand from Borikav misses the target.
Borikav comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thanarat on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Borikav. Borikav obviously looking to wear him down.
Borikav ducks under a wild hook from Thanarat.
Borikav swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Borikav lands a jab to Thanarat's midsection.
Thanarat ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Borikav scores with a hook to the body. Thanarat takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thanarat takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thanarat defending well as Borikav loads up on a big left hand.
Thanarat throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alekzandr Borikav really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Thanarat throws a shot from downtown. Borikav moves away and avoids it.
Borikav cracks Thanarat with a right hand to the side of the head.
Borikav throws a jab when Thanarat was well out of range.
Thanarat throws a body punch but Borikav moves out of range.
Borikav throws a solid leg kick but Thanarat takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Borikav.
Thanarat blocks a low kick nicely.
It looked like Thanarat was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Borikav.
Borikav throws out a powerful jab.
Thanarat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Borikav.
Borikav scores with a jab to the jaw.
Borikav ducks under a wild hook from Thanarat.
Thanarat bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Thanarat punishes Borikav's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thanarat takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Borikav throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thanarat.
Thanarat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Borikav was well out of range. Poor timing from Thanarat.
Borikav blocks a leg kick.
Thanarat moves away from the strike by Borikav.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borikav misses with a leg kick
and Thanarat moves into the clinch.
Borikav scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thanarat prevents Borikav from breaking the clinch.
Borikav is trying to force a seperation but Thanarat has the dominant position.
Thanarat pushes off an throws an elbow but Borikav leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thanarat is trying to maintain a safe position but Borikav gets an underhook and turns Thanarat into the cage.
Thanarat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Borikav misses with a looping right.
Thanarat throws a leg kick that misses.
Good shot there by Thanarat.
Thanarat motions for Borikav to come forward. Thanarat throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thanarat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Borikav let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Borikav looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thanarat dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Borikav. That did some damage!
Borikav moves out of range as Thanarat throws a body kick.
Borikav moves out of range as Thanarat throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borikav throws a leg kick which misses Thanarat's front leg but catches the back leg as Thanarat tries to avoid it.
Thanarat looks to land a combination. Borikav sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
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!
Thanarat misses with an uppercut. Borikav saw that one coming.
Thanarat misses with a hook.
Thanarat ducks under a wild hook from Borikav.
Borikav throws out a loose jab but Thanarat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thanarat throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Thanarat. Borikav shrugs it off though.
Thanarat lands a body shot.
Borikav catches Thanarat with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Borikav scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Borikav jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thanarat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Borikav.
Thanarat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Borikav.
Thanarat scores with a leg kick.
Borikav cracks Thanarat with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Borikav swats away the attempt to clinch by Thanarat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat missing with a left hand there. Borikav was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Borikav blocks a leg kick.
Thanarat uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Borikav.
Borikav throws the left hand but Thanarat avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Thanarat misses.
Thanarat thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Borikav if he has to take too many more of those.
Borikav has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Thanarat.
Borikav jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Borikav waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thanarat.
Thanarat defending well as Borikav loads up on a big left hand.
Thanarat swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Borikav.
Borikav misses with a straight right.
Thanarat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Borikav looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Borikav takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Borikav fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thanarat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Borikav.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Borikav to counter with a crisp jab.
Thanarat has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Borikav finds it's way round the side to connect with Thanarat's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borikav scores with the left hand. Thanarat knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from Borikav misses.
Thanarat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Borikav moves out of range as Thanarat throws a body kick.
Thanarat throws a nice inside leg kick.
Borikav lands a right hook to the body.
Thanarat is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Borikav throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thanarat throws a body punch but Borikav moves out of range.
Borikav motions for Thanarat to come forward. Borikav throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Borikav takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thanarat bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Borikav's head.
Thanarat throws a sloppy head kick and Borikav moves out of range easily.
Borikav checks a leg kick nicely.
Borikav misses with a hook.
It looked like Thanarat was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Borikav.
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 Tak Sin Thanarat will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Thanarat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borikav lands with a cross.
Thanarat scores with a nice right hand.
Thanarat throws a head kick that misses
and Borikav counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Borikav has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Borikav there as he acknowledges the shot.
Borikav waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thanarat.
Borikav misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Thanarat was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Borikav.
Nice uppercut lands for Borikav. That snapped Thanarat's head back.
Borikav throws a shot from downtown. Thanarat moves away and avoids it.
Thanarat on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Borikav.
Thanarat works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thanarat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thanarat looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thanarat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Borikav manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thanarat punishes Borikav's body with a nice straight punch.
Borikav lands with an uppercut that bounces Thanarat off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thanarat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thanarat uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Borikav has time to react.
Borikav has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thanarat finds it's way round the side to connect with Borikav's head.
A big left from Thanarat misses.
Borikav throws out a counter right but Thanarat avoids it with no problem.
Borikav checks a leg kick.
Borikav fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thanarat looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thanarat.
Borikav misses with a body punch
and Thanarat counters with a stiff right hand.
Borikav looks to land a right hand but Thanarat moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Thanarat throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Borikav keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Thanarat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Borikav.
Borikav works the jab nicely.
Thanarat slips a straight right by Borikav.
Thanarat thinks about countering with a head 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!
Thanarat fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Borikav has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thanarat slips a straight right by Borikav.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borikav ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thanarat dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Borikav. That did some damage!
Thanarat moves into the clinch successfully.
Borikav is trying to push Thanarat away but Thanarat has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Thanarat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Borikav's efforts to push away.
Borikav dodges an elbow strike from Thanarat.
Thanarat keeps control of Borikav as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Borikav.
Borikav wants to break the clinch but can't.
Borikav avoids the elbow strike from Thanarat, against the cage.
Borikav dodges an elbow strike from Thanarat.
Borikav is looking to break free of the clinch but Thanarat has double underhooks.
Thanarat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Borikav breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Borikav moves out of range of the leg kick from Thanarat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borikav blocks a jab.
Borikav misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Thanarat wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thanarat takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
You can see that Borikav has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Thanarat. Borikav shrugs it off though.
Thanarat throws a leg kick but Borikav moved away.
Borikav slips a straight right by Thanarat.
Nice body kick from Thanarat.
Thanarat takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice shot lands for Thanarat.
Thanarat throws a low kick, looking for Borikav's leg but Borikav calmly moves out of range.
Thanarat connects with a high kick.
Borikav lands with a right hand.
Thanarat takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Borikav scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thanarat throws a body shot but no joy.
Borikav throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borikav looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thanarat just misses with a punch to the body.
Borikav dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thanarat feints and then cracks Borikav's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Borikav down.
A swing and a miss from Thanarat.
Thanarat tries to clinch up but Borikav circles away and keeps his distance.
Borikav appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Thanarat finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Borikav circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borikav is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Thanarat with a body shot.
Borikav checks a leg kick nicely.
Thanarat just misses with a punch to the body.
Thanarat is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thanarat throws a head kick that half lands.
Borikav with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thanarat takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Borikav connects with a nice looking jab.
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 Tak Sin Thanarat.
I think Thanarat 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 48:47
Judge James Glass scores the fight 49:47
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tak Sin Thanarat!
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Lukasz Hartwigos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nika Kuznetsov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Lukasz Hartwigos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lukasz Hartwigos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nika Kuznetsov!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuznetsov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like Lukasz Hartwigos has been cut.
Hartwigos avoids the body shot from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hartwigos, pushing him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Hartwigos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kuznetsov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hartwigos fails to land.
Kuznetsov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kuznetsov scores with a shoulder strike.
Kuznetsov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hartwigos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kuznetsov avoiding damage.
Kuznetsov misses with the head strike.
Hartwigos has had enough of the clinch but Kuznetsov keeps him there for the moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kuznetsov.
Hartwigos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Hartwigos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hartwigos misses with a body punch.
Kuznetsov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hartwigos scores with a shot to the side of Kuznetsov's head.
It looks like Nika Kuznetsov has been cut.
Kuznetsov has Hartwigos pressed against the cage.
Kuznetsov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Hartwigos.
Hartwigos lands with a light punch inside.
Hartwigos takes a shot to the head.
Hartwigos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov just leaning against Hartwigos, taking a breather.
Good body shot from Kuznetsov.
A short right from Kuznetsov.
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!
Kuznetsov lands a nice uppercut.
Hartwigos is rocked!
A short uppercut from Hartwigos.
Hartwigos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kuznetsov's elbow.
Kuznetsov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hartwigos blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Hartwigos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hartwigos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hartwigos seems to have got his legs back now.
Hartwigos lands a right hand.
Kuznetsov prevents a body shot from Hartwigos.
Hartwigos is trying to push Kuznetsov away but Kuznetsov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kuznetsov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kuznetsov as Hartwigos tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov lands a shot to the body.
Hartwigos tries to circle away but Kuznetsov has him pinned against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov lands a hook that snaps the head of Hartwigos backwards.
Kuznetsov lands a left hand.
A bit of stalling here from Kuznetsov.
Hartwigos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuznetsov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hartwigos scores with a shoulder strike.
Hartwigos misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartwigos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hartwigos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kuznetsov cracks Hartwigos with a nice body shot.
Hartwigos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kuznetsovs head.
Kuznetsov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hartwigos looking to stall.
Kuznetsov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hartwigos throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov drops Hartwigos with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Hartwigos is out cold! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nika Kuznetsov!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Armas Lumpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tshering Wangchuck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wangchuck has chosen Rapa - Rang Sem Kar Ga Mikar as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tshering Wangchuck enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Lumpio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tshering Wangchuck!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wangchuck wants to clinch up but Lumpio keeps it at a distance.
Lumpio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wangchuck forces Lumpio back against the cage and clinches.
Lumpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wangchuck looking to throw knees to the head but Lumpio is blocking nicely.
Lumpio misses with a knee strike.
Lumpio working Wangchuck over with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wangchuck misses with a knee strike.
Wangchuck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wangchuck missing with knees to the body.
Lumpio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wangchuck misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lumpio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lumpio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wangchucks head.
Lumpio gets through Wangchuck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lumpio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wangchuck has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck prevents Lumpio from breaking the clinch.
Wangchuck unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wangchuck leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wangchuck looking to throw knees to the head but Lumpio is blocking nicely.
Wangchuck tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Wangchuck blocks with his arms.
Lumpio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wangchuck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lumpio avoids the elbow strike from Wangchuck, against the cage.
Wangchuck misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lumpio.
Wangchuck tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wangchuck lands an elbow that stopped Lumpio in his tracks for a moment.
Lumpio avoids the elbow strike from Wangchuck, against the cage.
Lumpio connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Tshering Wangchuck has been cut.
Lumpio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wangchuck with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lumpio blocking some punches.
Lumpio lands a nice uppercut.
We've been informed that Wangchuck 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wangchuck tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wangchuck takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lumpio breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Wangchuck misses
and Lumpio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lumpio misses with an uppercut. Wangchuck saw that one coming.
Wangchuck gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wangchuck with a knee to the head.
It looks like Armas Lumpio has been cut.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio scores with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck throws an elbow that misses.
Wangchuck tries to land a knee to the head but Lumpio blocks with his arms.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Wangchuck blocks with his arms.
Wangchuck tries to stall but Lumpio uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lumpio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wangchuck throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lumpio blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wangchuck is defending well for now.
Lumpio lands with a left to the head.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wangchuck prevents a body shot from Lumpio.
Knees to the body from Wangchuck.
Wangchuck tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wangchuck on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wangchuck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wangchuck misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lumpio.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lumpio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lumpio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wangchuck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wangchuck trying to control the position but instead, Lumpio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wangchuck into the cage.
Wangchuck misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lumpio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuck looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wangchuck misses with a knee to the head.
Lumpio working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wangchuck just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lumpio's brow.
Wangchuck throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lumpio blocks it with crossed arms.
Wangchuck blocks the elbow strike.
Wangchuck lands a nice elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wangchuck trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wangchuck gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lumpio manages to break the clinch.
Lumpio gets a clinch.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wangchuck missing with knees to the body.
Wangchuck landing knees to the head.
Lumpio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wangchuck has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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 Armas Lumpio will probably get the nod.
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!
Wangchuck wants to clinch
and Lumpio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wangchuck 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.
Wangchuck moves into the clinch.
Wangchuck throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lumpio blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Wangchuck.
Lumpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wangchuck managing to block the knees to the body from Lumpio.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lumpio.
Lumpio looking to throw knees to the head but Wangchuck is blocking nicely.
Tshering Wangchuck seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wangchuck is trying to stall.
Lumpio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wangchuck backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lumpio avoiding damage as Wangchuck throws knees to the body.
Wangchuck misses with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck lands an elbow that stopped Lumpio in his tracks for a moment.
Lumpio throws an elbow but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wangchuck crunches a lovely knee into Lumpio's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wangchuck misses with a knee strike.
Wangchuck missing with knees to the body.
Wangchuck misses with a knee strike.
Lumpio avoids the elbow strike from Wangchuck, against the cage.
Wangchuck misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lumpio.
Lumpio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wangchuck takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wangchuck tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wangchuck misses with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck misses with a knee strike.
Wangchuck missing with knees to the body.
Wangchuck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wangchuck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lumpio blocks an elbow strike.
Lumpio takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuck takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lumpio.
Wangchuck connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lumpio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lumpio blocks the elbow strike.
Lumpio lands a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lumpio.
Lumpio lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wangchuck throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Lumpio fails to land.
Wangchuck lands an elbow just above Lumpio 's eye.
Lumpio breaks from the clinch.
Wangchuck tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wangchuck on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Decent striking displayed by Lumpio there.
Wangchuck slips a jab from Lumpio.
Tshering Wangchuck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio lands with a good body shot.
Wangchuck tries to close the distance and clinch but Lumpio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wangchuck tries to close the distance and clinch but Lumpio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lumpio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wangchuck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lumpio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lumpio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wangchuck.
Wangchuck throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lumpio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wangchuck moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lumpio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wangchuck throws a sloppy head kick
and Lumpio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lumpio moves into range and clinches up with Wangchuck.
Wangchuck connects with a knee to the head.
Lumpio misses with a knee strike.
Wangchuck lands an elbow inside.
Lumpio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wangchuck closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lumpio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wangchuck moves into range and clinches up with Lumpio.
Lumpio lands an elbow just above Wangchuck 's eye.
Lumpio dodges an elbow strike from Wangchuck.
Wangchuck has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Lumpio to the canvas! Can Lumpio 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 going to allow it to continue!
Lumpio throws the left hand but Wangchuck avoids the punch easily.
Wangchuck staying out of range there.
Lumpio misses with an uppercut. Wangchuck saw that one coming.
Lumpio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lumpio misses with a knee strike.
Wangchuck tries a knee to the head but Lumpio blocks it.
Lumpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wangchuck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lumpio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lumpio dodges an elbow strike from Wangchuck.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tshering Wangchuck takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Wangchuck pushes Lumpio up against the cage in a clinch.
Wangchuck misses with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lumpio.
Wangchuck pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wangchuck looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wangchuck managing to block the knees to the body from Lumpio.
Lumpio misses with some punches.
Lumpio looking to throw knees to the head but Wangchuck is blocking nicely.
Wangchuck with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wangchuck is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lumpio is defending well for now.
Lumpio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wangchuck tries to land a knee to the head but Lumpio blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but Wangchuck blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Lumpio.
Lumpio lands an elbow just above Wangchuck 's eye.
Lumpio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wangchuck is defending well for now.
Lumpio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wangchuck takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but Wangchuck blocks it.
Wangchuck using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lumpio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lumpio's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lumpio obliges.
Wangchuck takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short left from Lumpio.
Lumpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wangchuck blocks it with crossed arms.
Wangchuck tries to work over Lumpio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Lumpio.
Wangchuck misses with a knee strike.
A short body shot lands from Lumpio as the two fighters clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lumpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wangchuck blocks it with crossed arms.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Wangchuck blocks with his arms.
Lumpio manages to break the clinch.
Wangchuck closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lumpio counters with an inside leg kick.
Armas Lumpio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuck fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lumpio keeps the fight on the outside.
Lumpio seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Armas Lumpio is winning the standup battle so far.
Wangchuck is looking to clinch but Lumpio is avoiding it.
A counter left hand to the body from Lumpio misses its target.
Wangchuck moves in looking to clinch but Lumpio pushes him off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wangchuck looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lumpio is looking to counter the offense by Wangchuck and move into the clinch.
Wangchuck has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lumpio.
Wangchuck tries to clinch up but Lumpio circles away and keeps his distance.
Lumpio tries to counter by clinching up but Wangchuck breaks away and moves out of range.
Lumpio connects with a leg kick. Wangchuck looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wangchuck gets a clinch.
Wangchuck throws an elbow that misses.
Wangchuck throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuck has Lumpio pushed against the cage.
Lumpio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lumpio tries to land knees in the clinch but Wangchuck avoids the damage to the body.
Lumpio blocks the elbow strike.
Lumpio blocks the elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wangchuck.
Wangchuck utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wangchuck throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lumpio blocks it with crossed arms.
Wangchuck misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuck tries to land knees in the clinch but Lumpio avoids the damage to the body.
Lumpio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lumpio dodges an elbow strike from Wangchuck.
Lumpio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wangchuck lands a knee to the body.
Wangchuck lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wangchuck with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wangchuck connects with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wangchuck landing knees to the head.
Tshering Wangchuck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Wangchuck fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tshering Wangchuck.
I think Lumpio 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tshering Wangchuck!
A victorious Tshering Wangchuck thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Kermit Cintron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and EJ Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kermit Cintron has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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182 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kermit Cintron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, EJ Black!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black wants to clinch.
Black forces Cintron back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cintron wants to get back to striking at distance but Black won't allow it.
Black connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cintron's face.
It looks like Kermit Cintron has been cut.
Black misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cintron.
Cintron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cintron swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cintron avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cintron lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cintron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cintron scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cintron on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cintron's face.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cintron has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Black.
Black scores a nice knee to the body.
Cintron is breathing heavily.
Black landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Black scores a nice knee to the body.
Black landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Black lands a good knee to the midsection. Cintron won't want to take too many of those.
Black landing knees to the head.
Cintron is rocked!
Black has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Cintron to the canvas! Can Cintron 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 Cintron was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Black is your winner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). EJ Black!
EJ Black spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between James Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henson has chosen I Surrender as his entrance music. Michael Henson 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Henson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Henson moved out of range nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Henson.
A head kick misses from Henson.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson drives through and clinches with Henson against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Anderson stalls.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
Henson working aggressively here.
Anderson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Henson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
A nice left hand lands by Anderson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Henson missing with knees to the body.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Henson.
Henson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henson misses with some punches.
Henson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Henson struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Knees to the body from Henson.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Henson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henson throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Henson.
Henson misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a left hand.
Anderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
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!
Henson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Henson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henson tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Henson back against the cage.
Henson scores with a shoulder strike.
Henson lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Anderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson is rocked!
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henson swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Henson fails to land.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Henson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henson throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Henson has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.
Henson has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Henson misses with the head strike.
Henson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henson is leaning against Anderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Henson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Anderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Anderson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Henson obliges.
Henson scores with a hook to the body.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Henson misses with some punches.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Henson.
A head punch on the inside from Henson fails to land.
Henson cracks Anderson with a nice body shot.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henson swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henson misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henson working aggressively here.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice body punch from Henson - that landed with a thud.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Henson.
Henson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Henson swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Henson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Henson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Henson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anderson avoids it.
Henson misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Henson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Henson tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Henson tries to clinch but Anderson is having none of it.
Anderson misses with an uppercut
and Henson counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Anderson goes down! Will Anderson beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's not going to make it! 9,10! He's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Michael Henson!
Michael Henson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Instinct for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Baak Siko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stoney McCaned (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCaned has chosen Alborosie - Herbalist as his entrance music. Baak Siko 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 super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Baak Siko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Stoney McCaned!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siko throws a head kick that misses.
McCaned let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McCaned throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McCaned takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Siko lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
McCaned has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Siko ducks under a wild hook from McCaned.
McCaned slips under a jab.
Siko misses the shot to the body.
Good work by Siko as he checks the leg kick.
Siko cracks McCaned with a right hand to the side of the head.
Siko has been working on his boxing with his coaches at English Top Team - THE Hybrid Gym (11 ELITE ) in the buildup to the fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Siko. That's going to slow McCaned down.
A swing and a miss from Siko.
McCaned misses with a hook.
Siko gets off balance looking for a body kick
and McCaned counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Baak Siko has been cut.
Good leg kick by Siko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Siko dodges the punch combination from McCaned.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Siko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Siko scores with a nice strike.
Siko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCaned throws out a counter right but Siko avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCaned.
McCaned misses with an attempted mid kick.
A quick step to the side and Siko tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Siko lands an overhand right.
Siko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Siko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCaned.
McCaned slips under a jab.
Siko lands with a straight right. McCaned didn't see that one coming.
Siko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McCaned's calf.
McCaned slips a straight right by Siko.
Siko throws a lazy head kick
and McCaned cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Siko does it's job there.
Siko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A left lands for Siko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCaned throws a right and a left that Siko avoids nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Siko.
Nice uppercut there from McCaned.
Siko wants to clinch up but McCaned keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from McCaned on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McCaned ducks under a wild hook from Siko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siko smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Siko thuds his right hand into McCaned's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Siko jabs at McCaned's body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Siko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCaned avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from McCaned.
Siko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCaned moves away.
McCaned swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Siko tries to clinch but McCaned moves out of range.
Siko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McCaned has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Siko thumps McCaned with a low kick.
Siko cracks the inside of McCaned's front leg.
Siko scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McCaned doesn't seem bothered though.
Siko tries a head kick but it misses.
Siko moves out of range as McCaned strikes.
Siko walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McCaned connects with a nice looking jab.
Siko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCaned.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good exchange - Siko coming out on top.
Nice defenses there by Siko.
Siko is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McCaned throws a hook to the side of Siko's head but Siko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Siko throws a head kick that misses.
McCaned takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Siko keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Siko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McCaned on the side of the head.
McCaned misses with a double jab.
Siko lands a head kick!
Siko scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Siko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCaned throws out the jab.
Siko is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Siko misses with a body kick.
Baak Siko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Siko scores with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Siko - just one landing.
McCaned swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McCaned scores with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCaned stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Siko.
McCaned misses with a looping right.
Siko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCaned moves away.
McCaned throws out a counter right but Siko avoids it with no problem.
Siko cracks McCaned with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McCaned jabs at Siko's body.
Siko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Siko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Siko missing with a left hand there. McCaned was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Siko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some wild striking there from McCaned.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Siko slips a jab from McCaned.
Siko connects with a body shot.
Siko lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McCaned at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Siko. Beautiful body shot.
Siko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCaned, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baak Siko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Baak Siko'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.
McCaned bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Siko moves out of range of the strikes.
Siko takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McCaned lands a right hook to the body.
McCaned rushes Siko and presses him up against the cage.
Siko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Stoney McCaned has been cut.
McCaned lands a right hand that snaps the head of Siko backwards.
McCaned gets through Siko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Siko lands a right hand.
Siko unloads a knee to the mid-section. McCaned lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short uppercut from McCaned.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Siko.
McCaned working aggressively here.
Siko trying to land knees to the body.
McCaned lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCaned.
McCaned tries to throw a body punch but Siko avoids it by throwing McCaned back against the cage.
Siko misses with an elbow strike.
Siko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCaned can do to turn this around?
Siko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Siko tries to throw a body punch but McCaned avoids it by throwing Siko back against the cage.
McCaned lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siko backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Siko.
McCaned blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by McCaned.
Siko lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCaned backwards.
McCaned is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McCaned misses with a punch on the inside.
Baak Siko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Siko lands with a light punch inside.
McCaned is trying to maintain a safe position but Siko gets an underhook and turns McCaned into the cage.
Siko lands with a right to the head.
McCaned throws a knee to the head but misses.
McCaned tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siko's elbow.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McCaned working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCaned.
McCaned misses with a hook to the ribs.
Siko lands an elbow inside that McCaned shrugs off.
Siko lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Stoney McCaned's cut even more.
Siko lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Siko.
Siko blocks an uppercut.
McCaned takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCaned.
Siko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McCaned is breathing heavily.
McCaned blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Siko lands an elbow that stopped McCaned in his tracks for a moment.
The cut above Stoney McCaned's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Siko gets through McCaned's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Siko lands a good knee to the midsection. McCaned won't want to take too many of those.
Siko lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCaned backwards.
Knees to the body from Siko.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Siko just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCaned's brow.
Siko lands an elbow just above McCaned 's eye.
Siko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Siko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McCaned avoids the elbow strike from Siko, against the cage.
McCaned misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siko.
Siko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Siko gets through McCaned's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Siko throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Siko on the inside.
Stoney McCaned's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Siko cracks McCaned with a nice body shot.
Siko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McCaned is rocked!
McCaned takes a knee to the side of the body.
McCaned is still on wobbly legs! Can Siko finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siko has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops McCaned to the canvas! Can McCaned 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 going to allow it to continue!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stoney McCaned's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Baak Siko!
Baak Siko retains his super heavyweight title!
Baak Siko thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Luca Fietsora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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240 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Luca Fietsora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
42 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Kyle Romo!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fietsora.
Fietsora walks forward, straight into a front kick from Romo.
Romo misses with a head kick.
Romo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Romo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fietsora cracks Romo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A slow jab from Fietsora misses its intended target.
Romo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fietsora throws out the jab.
Fietsora misses with a looping right.
Fietsora sets himself, and Romo steps forward looking for the clinch! Fietsora avoids it this time.
Fietsora throws a leg kick but Romo moved away.
Romo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fietsora.
Romo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fietsora. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Romo.
Romo looks to land a body kick but Fietsora moved away.
Romo fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Romo backs away, Fietsora returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Romo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fietsora 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 Romo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Romo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Romo.
Fietsora connects with a leg kick. Romo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Romo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fietsora was well out of range. Poor timing from Romo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fietsora misses with a hook. Romo ducked under it nicely.
Fietsora fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Romo manages to avoid it.
Romo wants to counter with a clinch but Fietsora pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fietsora with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Romo to score with a decent uppercut.
Romo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Luca Fietsora seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fietsora sizes up Romo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Romo throws a head kick that misses.
Fietsora throws a push kick but Romo slaps the foot to one side.
Romo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fietsora.
Fietsora connects with a solid leg kick.
Fietsora has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Pitbull MMA London in the buildup to the fight.
Fietsora darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fietsora fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Romo is out of range.
Fietsora misses with an uppercut. Romo saw that one coming.
Romo misses with a body shot.
Romo jabs Fietsora right on the nose. Fietsora blinks but takes it well.
Donk. Fietsora catches Romo right on the button with a cross.
Fietsora connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fietsora with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fietsora avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Romo ducks under a wild hook from Fietsora.
Romo checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora avoids the body shot from Romo.
Romo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fietsora is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romo.
Romo tries to land a front kick but Fietsora steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Romo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Romo throws a sloppy head kick and Fietsora moves out of range easily.
Fietsora lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fietsora misses with a looping left.
Romo moves out of range as Fietsora strikes.
And Romo responds with a good body kick, but Fietsora manages to step out the way in time.
Romo throws a front kick aimed at Fietsora's knee but Fietsora avoids it well.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Romo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fietsora walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Romo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fietsora loads up on a big right hand but Romo slips the punch.
Romo raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Fietsora looks for the body kick but Romo saw that one coming.
Fietsora keeps the fight on the outside.
Romo takes the fight into the clinch.
Romo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora misses with a body kick.
Nice shot lands for Romo.
Romo has closed the distance and engaged Fietsora in a clinch.
Fietsora's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fietsora throws a big shot that misses.
Romo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fietsora.
Fietsora loads up on a big right hand but Romo slips the punch.
Fietsora connects with a solid leg kick.
Fietsora throws a lazy right hand but Romo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body kick from Romo.
Fietsora is breathing heavily.
Romo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fietsora takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Romo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fietsora lands with an overhand left.
Fietsora uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Romo.
A swing and a miss from Fietsora.
Romo loads up on a big right hand but Fietsora slips the punch.
Romo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romo lands a nice hook to Fietsora's body. Fietsora takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo closes the distance and clinches.
Fietsora tries to break the clinch but Romo is controlling the position.
Romo landing knees to the head.
Romo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Romo.
Romo with a nice cross.
Romo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romo is looking to land body kicks.
Romo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fietsora throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Romo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Romo scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romo throws a hook but Fietsora avoids it easily.
Fietsora finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kyle Romo dominated that round.
That's time! Fietsora's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Romo lands a head kick. Fietsora smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Romo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fietsora paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Romo tries to bum rush Fietsora with a series of wild strikes but Fietsora uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Romo throws a wild body kick that Fietsora sees coming a mile off.
Romo misses with a kick to the body.
Fietsora lands a lovely overhand right.
Romo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fietsora misses with a low kick.
Fietsora throws a jab when Romo was well out of range.
Good leg kick by Fietsora there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A clash of legs there as Romo blocks the low kick.
Romo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fietsora connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Romo scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romo clinches with his opponent.
Knees in the clinch landing for Romo.
Romo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fietsora's efforts to push away.
Fietsora is trying to break the clinch but Romo is controlling him.
Romo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fietsora's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fietsora breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
John Kyle Romo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Romo slips a straight right by Fietsora.
Romo blocks the body kick.
Romo moves away from the strike by Fietsora.
Romo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fietsora is able to avoid easily.
Fietsora takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Romo throws a head kick that half lands.
Romo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big left from Romo misses.
Fietsora throws out a loose jab but Romo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romo lands a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romo throws a low kick but Fietsora avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Fietsora misses the target.
Romo moves out of range of the body kick from Fietsora.
Romo tries a head kick but it misses.
Fietsora tried to counter with a leg kick but Romo avoided it.
Romo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fietsora.
Fietsora shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fietsora 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Romo.
Romo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fietsora.
Decent striking displayed by Fietsora there.
Romo checks a leg kick nicely.
Romo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fietsora.
Fietsora moves out of range as Romo throws a body kick.
Fietsora throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fietsora needs to keep his hands up - Romo had a free shot at his head there.
Romo is looking to chop away at Fietsora's legs.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fietsora looks to score with a jab to the body but Romo is just out of range.
Romo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fietsora lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Fietsora misses.
Romo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fietsora swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Romo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fietsora is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Romo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romo lands a jab.
Romo cracks Fietsora with a right hand to the side of the head.
Romo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romo needs to keep his hands up - Fietsora had a free shot at his head there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Romo. That's going to slow Fietsora down.
Romo scores with a nice body kick.
Fietsora throws a leg kick but Romo moved away.
Romo throws a head kick that misses.
Fietsora takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fietsora throws an overhand right that lands on Romo's shoulder, as Romo tries to avoid the shot.
Fietsora pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fietsora if he has to take too many more of those.
Fietsora will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fietsora fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Romo is out of range.
Romo checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora looks to throw a body kick
and Romo counters with a nice leg kick.
Romo moves into the clinch.
Fietsora tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fietsora.
Romo breaks from the clinch.
Romo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fietsora.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fietsora.
Nice defenses there by Romo.
Romo pushes Fietsora up against the cage in a clinch.
Romo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fietsora blocks it with crossed arms.
Fietsora managing to block the knees to the body from Romo.
Romo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fietsora is trying to break the clinch but Romo is controlling him.
Romo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romo connects with a solid leg kick.
Romo scores with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kyle Romo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Romo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fietsora moves out of range of the body kick from Romo.
Fietsora throws a push kick but Romo slaps the foot to one side.
Romo defending well as Fietsora loads up on a big left hand.
Romo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Romo has closed the distance and engaged Fietsora in a clinch.
Romo with a knee to the head.
Romo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Romo moves out of range as Fietsora throws a body kick.
Fietsora scores with a hook to the body. Romo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A good leg kick by Romo.
Romo throws a nice head kick!
Romo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fietsora throws a shot from downtown. Romo moves away and avoids it.
Romo tries to land a leg kick but Fietsora saw it coming and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fietsora lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fietsora throws the left hand but Romo avoids the punch easily.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An attempted straight right counter from Fietsora misses the target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fietsora wants to get back to striking at distance but Romo won't allow it.
Fietsora tries a body shot but Romo blocks it.
Fietsora is trying to push Romo away but Romo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fietsora trying to control the position but instead, Romo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fietsora into the cage.
Romo lands a nice knee to the body.
Fietsora misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romo.
Fietsora pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fietsora scores with a push kick.
Fietsora looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Romo lunges at Fietsora with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fietsora's hand.
Fietsora cracks Romo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo slips under a jab.
An inside leg kick from Romo misses.
Fietsora wants to slow Romo down by chopping away at his legs.
A head kick misses from Romo.
Romo takes a swing at Fietsora's ribcage but misses.
Nice jab there from Fietsora.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fietsora shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick from Fietsora misses.
Romo lands with a hook. Fietsora tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Romo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fietsora takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Romo forces Fietsora back against the cage and clinches.
Fietsora effectively controlling the action here.
Nice body punch from Romo - that landed with a thud.
Romo lands with a short shot to the head.
Romo manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Romo's calf.
Fietsora blocks a head kick by Romo.
Romo lands a front kick to the face, that drops Fietsora to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
Fietsora misses with a wild body shot.
Fietsora misses with an uppercut. Romo saw that one coming.
Fietsora looks to land a left hand but Romo moved out of range nicely.
Romo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fietsora takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Fietsora is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romo.
Romo counters with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romo looks low and kicks high, catching Fietsora right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
Fietsora is rocked!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oh Fietsora is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Romo lands with a short shot to the head.
Romo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Romo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fietsora scores with a nice body kick.
Romo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Romo cracks Fietsora with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Fietsora is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Fietsora is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Fietsora could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Kyle Romo!
John Kyle Romo thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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