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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Nick Knack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Knack has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Knack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Riley!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knack throws a front kick aimed at Riley's knee but Riley avoids it well.
Knack moves out of range of the body kick.
Knack is looking to counter punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Knack misses the target.
Riley takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Knack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riley.
A slow jab from Knack misses its intended target.
A jab from Riley finds it's way through Knack's defenses.
Knack throws an off balance right hand
and Riley counters with a stiff right hand.
Knack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knack misses with a hook. Riley ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Riley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Riley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knack misses the shot to the body.
Riley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Knack clobbers Riley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like James Riley has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knack throws out a loose jab but Riley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riley throws a sloppy head kick and Knack moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Riley misses with a looping left.
Knack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riley manages to avoid it.
Knack connects with a high kick.
Knack lands a front kick to the face, that drops Riley 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!
Riley is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knack and Riley are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Knack throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Riley into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Knack knows it - he's on the ropes flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nick Knack!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ragnar Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cory Winfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Lodbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cory Winfield!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lodbrok doesn't manage to clinch there - Winfield circles away.
It seemed like Winfield was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lodbrok connects with a looping right hand.
A big left from Lodbrok misses.
Lodbrok scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Winfield tries to clinch but Lodbrok is having none of it.
Winfield wants to clinch
and Lodbrok counters with a slapping leg kick.
Winfield throws a leg kick but Lodbrok sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Winfield thows a body kick. Lodbrok tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Lodbrok looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lodbrok looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Winfield fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lodbrok, pushing him back against the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from Winfield.
Winfield is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lodbrok lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winfield lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Winfield.
Lodbrok working aggressively here.
Lodbrok throws a head punch that misses.
Winfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lodbrok missing with a left hand there. Winfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Winfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Winfield throws an off balance right hand
and Lodbrok counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Winfield scores with a leg kick.
Lodbrok blocks a leg kick.
Winfield has managed to clinch.
Winfield lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lodbrok working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Winfield lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Winfield misses with a punch on the inside.
Lodbrok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lodbrok blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winfield trying to stall but Lodbrok improves his position.
Lodbrok pushes Winfield back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winfield tries to land a knee to the head but Lodbrok blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winfield makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Winfield tries to circle away but Lodbrok has him pinned against the ropes.
Lodbrok throws a punch but it's blocked by Winfield.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lodbrok as Winfield tries to tie him up.
Winfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Lodbrok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winfield trying to land knees to the body.
Lodbrok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Winfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lodbrok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Winfield prevents a body shot from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok presses Winfield against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lodbrok lands a shoulder strike.
Winfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Lodbrok.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winfield misses with a knee strike.
Lodbrok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lodbrok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lodbrok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lodbrok lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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 Ragnar Lodbrok will probably get the nod.
That's time! Lodbrok's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Winfield connects with a crisp jab.
Winfield misses with a body kick.
Winfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Winfield.
Lodbrok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cory Winfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lodbrok looks to throw the jab but Winfield is out of range.
A solid body kick from Winfield.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Winfield.
Lodbrok stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Winfield.
Winfield scores with a leg kick.
Lodbrok scores with a nice strike.
Lodbrok throws a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lodbrok. Winfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lodbrok fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Winfield checks it well.
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!
Lodbrok lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winfield circles away quickly and effectively.
Winfield looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Winfield has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Winfield fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Winfield scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winfield takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Winfield is looking to clinch.
Lodbrok waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Winfield.
Lodbrok swinging wildly here.
Lodbrok takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Winfield tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lodbrok paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Winfield.
Lodbrok throws a sloppy head kick and Winfield moves out of range easily.
Winfield only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Lodbrok tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Winfield counters with a body kick.
Lodbrok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lodbrok misses with a looping left.
Lodbrok tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Winfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winfield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lodbrok circles away quickly and effectively.
Winfield lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok throws a body punch but Winfield moves out of range.
Lodbrok circles away from the clinch attempt.
Winfield scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winfield jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winfield tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lodbrok doesn't manage to clinch there - Winfield circles away.
Lodbrok tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Winfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winfield moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Winfield uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lodbrok.
Winfield thinks about the counter body kick.
Lodbrok pushes Winfield up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lodbrok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Winfield misses with a knee to the head.
Lodbrok lands an uppercut.
Winfield is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lodbrok pushes Winfield back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winfield working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cory Winfield will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lodbrok jabs at Winfield's body.
Winfield lands a leg kick that knocks Lodbrok off balance momentarily.
Lodbrok wants to clinch up but Winfield keeps it at a distance.
Lodbrok jabs at Winfield's body.
Winfield jabs at Lodbrok's body.
Cory Winfield seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice inside leg kick there by Winfield. That's going to slow Lodbrok down.
Winfield keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winfield moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Winfield, right into the meat.
Lodbrok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winfield.
Winfield counters with a body kick.
Lodbrok waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Winfield.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lodbrok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winfield.
Winfield moves out of range as Lodbrok strikes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Winfield throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Winfield takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Winfield throws a jab but it's blocked by Lodbrok.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winfield delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Winfield - that will leave a mark!
Winfield misses with the combination.
Lodbrok is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Winfield.
Lodbrok has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Winfield finds it's way round the side to connect with Lodbrok's head.
Winfield is looking to land body kicks.
Lodbrok was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Winfield tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lodbrok was well out of range. Poor timing from Winfield.
Winfield blocks a jab.
Lodbrok backing away here, and Winfield unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Winfield looks to throw a body kick
and Lodbrok counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lodbrok swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lodbrok instigates a clinch.
Winfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Lodbrok.
Lodbrok softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lodbrok takes a knee to the side of the body.
Winfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lodbrok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winfield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Winfield fails in his attempt to clinch.
Winfield lands with an uppercut that bounces Lodbrok off the ropes and back into range.
Winfield throws the left hand but Lodbrok avoids the punch easily.
Lodbrok swinging wildly here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Winfield! But no joy.
Winfield fails to land with a series of punches.
Lodbrok avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good shot there by Winfield.
Lodbrok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Winfield pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lodbrok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Winfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lodbrok.
Lodbrok checks a leg kick.
Winfield jabs Lodbrok right on the nose. Lodbrok blinks but takes it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Cory Winfield just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Winfield tries to clinch up but Lodbrok circles away and keeps his distance.
Winfield drives through and clinches with Lodbrok against the ropes.
Lodbrok misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lodbrok gets through Winfield's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lodbrok misses with some punches.
Lodbrok misses with the head strike.
Winfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Winfield is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Winfield breaks the clinch.
Winfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lodbrok blocks a leg kick.
Lodbrok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lodbrok.
Winfield lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lodbrok's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lodbrok looks to throw the jab but Winfield is out of range.
Winfield looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Winfield.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winfield lands with a straight right. Lodbrok didn't see that one coming.
Lodbrok keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lodbrok swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Winfield is looking to clinch.
Winfield throws a looping overhand right but Lodbrok ducks down to avoid it.
Winfield scores with a jab to the head.
Winfield dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lodbrok. That did some damage!
Winfield throws a wild body kick that Lodbrok sees coming a mile off.
Winfield throws a body kick that misses.
Winfield finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lodbrok swinging wildly here.
Lodbrok lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Winfield is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lodbrok closes the distance and pushes Winfield back into the ropes.
Winfield is still on wobbly legs! Can Lodbrok finish him?
Lodbrok struggles to land a body shot inside as Winfield controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lodbrok as Winfield tries to tie him up.
Winfield with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lodbrok lands a body punch.
Winfield looking to throw knees to the head but Lodbrok is blocking nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lodbrok as Winfield tries to tie him up.
Lodbrok creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Winfield crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Winfield on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lodbrok plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Winfield to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Winfield just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ragnar Lodbrok!
Ragnar Lodbrok 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Secco Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Secco Jones has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Secco Jones seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Secco Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kung Lao!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones pushes Lao up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lao misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lao tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Lao's head.
Lao blocking some punches.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Lao.
Lao trying to land knees to the body.
Lao taking a breather.
Jones misses with some punches.
Lao blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones misses with some punches.
Lao blocking some punches.
Jones lands a left hand.
Lao tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Lao uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lao blocking some punches.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Lao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Lao blocking some punches.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Lao blocks an uppercut.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Lao is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Lao blocks an uppercut.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Lao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lao blocks an uppercut.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Lao wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones letting Lao take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Secco Jones dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jones clinches up against the ropes.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lao blocking some punches.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lao tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Lao back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Lao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao blocking some punches.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Lao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lao can do to turn this around?
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Lao's head.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lao blocks an uppercut.
Lao blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Jones lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lao tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jones lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lao is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Lao's head.
Secco Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lao lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones lands a left hand.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lao's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lao taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Secco Jones dominated that second round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jones pushes Lao up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Lao is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lao lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Lao.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lao blocking some punches.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lao looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones gets through Lao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lao throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Lao is trying to break free.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lao tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Lao.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Lao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lao tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the ropes.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lao using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Lao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Lao misses with a knee to the head.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Lao missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Jones working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Secco Jones clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jones gets a clinch.
Lao blocking some punches.
Lao blocks an uppercut.
Jones lands a right hand.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Lao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lao throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lao moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao clinches.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones misses with some punches.
A short left from Jones.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lao scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Lao.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lao breaks the clinch.
Lao throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Lao throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
It looked like Jones was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lao.
Jones darts in and clinches Lao up against the ropes.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Lao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Lao.
Jones working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lao looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Lao stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones working aggressively here.
Lao is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lao has his back to the ropes.
Lao blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Lao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Secco Jones had his way with Kung Lao in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Jones clinches up with Lao and pushes him back against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Lao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones prevents a body shot from Lao.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Lao looking to slow down the pace here.
Lao blocking some punches.
Lao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lao working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Lao.
Lao has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laos head.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Lao manages to break the clinch.
Jones darts in and clinches Lao up against the ropes.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Lao.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Lao takes a shot to the head.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Secco Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Lao uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Lao looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Lao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lao working hard to break the clinch.
Kung Lao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lao tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Secco Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Secco Jones!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Secco Jones!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Secco Jones!
Secco Jones wins by unanimous decision!
Secco Jones decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Nick Faldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DBrickashaw Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faldo's entrance music is Paparazzi Pone - Man Down. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
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195 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Faldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, DBrickashaw Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Faldo is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Faldo ducks under a wild hook from Stevens.
Nice uppercut lands for Faldo. That snapped Stevens's head back.
Stevens scores with a crisp jab that stopped Faldo in his tracks.
Faldo avoids a kick to the body.
Stevens connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Faldo momentarily.
Faldo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stevens.
Faldo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Stevens checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Stevens with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stevens scores with a kick to the midsection.
Stevens getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Stevens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevens scores with the left hand. Faldo knows he should have avoided that one.
Stevens listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens staying out of range there.
Stevens looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stevens scores with a jab.
Stevens lands a lovely overhand right.
Stevens lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Faldo throws a looping overhand right but Stevens ducks down to avoid it.
Stevens 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.
Stevens avoids the body shot from Faldo.
Faldo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Faldo slips under a jab.
Stevens uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stevens lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stevens staying out of range there.
DBrickashaw Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Faldo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faldo misses with a kick to the body.
Stevens thumps Faldo with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens connects with a solid leg kick.
Stevens's jab looks to have found its range, popping Faldo under the eye.
Faldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Stevens is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Faldo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Faldo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Faldo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Stevens finds it's way round the side to connect with Faldo's head.
Stevens dips to his left and cracks Faldo with an uppercut!
Faldo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stevens.
Faldo staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Stevens.
Stevens throws a nice outside leg kick.
Faldo scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Faldo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Stevens - the referee stops the clock and Faldo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Stevens. Faldo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Stevens - that will leave a mark!
Faldo staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DBrickashaw Stevens dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Stevens takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Faldo ducks under a wild hook from Stevens.
Faldo is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Stevens.
Stevens missing with a left hand there. Faldo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Stevens tries to get set, Faldo tries to push him back and clinch up but Stevens manages to avoid the attempt.
Stevens throws a jab when Faldo was well out of range.
Stevens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good exchange - Stevens coming out on top.
Faldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stevens sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Faldo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Faldo.
A good leg kick by Faldo.
Faldo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stevens lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stevens throws a body punch but Faldo moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stevens has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stevens buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Stevens throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Faldo staying out of range there.
Stevens has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A slow jab from Faldo misses its intended target.
A jab from Stevens misses.
Stevens misses with a looping left.
Faldo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stevens loads up on a big right hand but Faldo slips the punch.
Stevens blocks a jab.
Nice shot lands for Stevens.
Stevens moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stevens keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Stevens.
Stevens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Faldo.
DBrickashaw Stevens seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Faldo moves out of range of the strikes.
Faldo scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faldo takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
Faldo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Stevens connects with a good right hand that stumbles Faldo. Faldo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Stevens wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stevens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faldo.
Stevens misses with an uppercut. Faldo saw that one coming.
Stevens throws a hook but Faldo avoids it easily.
Faldo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stevens to score with a decent uppercut.
Faldo throws out a leg kick but Stevens moves out of range and Faldo only half commits.
Faldo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stevens checks it well.
Stevens tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DBrickashaw Stevens showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Stevens.
Faldo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Stevens is looking to slow Faldo down with leg kicks.
Stevens throws a head kick but Faldo moves out of range.
Stevens slips a jab and a cross from Faldo.
Stevens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Stevens finds it's way through Faldo's defenses.
Faldo throws a lazy right hand but Stevens sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stevens doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Stevens lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Faldo.
Faldo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Faldo throws a push kick but Stevens slaps the foot to one side.
Faldo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Faldo needs to keep his hands up - Stevens had a free shot at his head there.
Faldo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faldo lands a slapping body shot.
Faldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevens moves away.
Stevens appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Stevens throws an off balance right hand
and Faldo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Stevens can't find room to land a body shot as Faldo controls the action.
Stevens blocks an uppercut.
Faldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Faldo throws a head punch that misses.
Stevens lands a shot to the body.
Faldo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Faldo.
Faldo tries to work over Stevens's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Faldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevens's elbow.
Stevens scores with a shot to the side of Faldo's head.
Stevens misses with the head strike.
Stevens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Faldo misses with a body punch.
Faldo blocks a body shot from Stevens.
Stevens scores with a shot to the side of Faldo's head.
Stevens lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faldo misses with a body punch.
Stevens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Faldo's elbow.
Stevens tries to work over Faldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stevens fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Stevens.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faldo misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stevens.
Stevens throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stevens blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevens lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faldo.
Stevens is leaning against Faldo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Stevens.
DBrickashaw Stevens seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stevens stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stevens scores with an uppercut up the middle.
It looks like Nick Faldo has been cut.
Stevens lands a body shot.
Stevens lands a shoulder strike.
Stevens lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stevens throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Faldos head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DBrickashaw Stevens really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Faldo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stevens scores with a jab. Faldo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stevens with a nice cross.
Stevens throws a head kick that Faldo semi-blocks.
Stevens tries a head kick but it misses.
Faldo connects with a leg kick. Stevens looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice cross by Stevens.
Stevens lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice cross by Stevens.
Stevens moves out of range of the leg kick from Faldo.
Faldo throws out a leg kick but Stevens moves out of range and Faldo only half commits.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stevens! But no joy.
Faldo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stevens.
Stevens scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Faldo is looking to counter the offense by Stevens and move into the clinch.
Faldo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stevens.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Faldo if he has to take too many more of those.
Stevens uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stevens connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Stevens lands with a kick to the ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stevens.
Faldo connects with a jab.
Stevens pushes Faldo away with a front kick.
Stevens throws a sloppy head kick and Faldo moves out of range easily.
Stevens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Faldo can pounce on him.
Stevens throws a jab but it's blocked by Faldo.
As Stevens tries to get set, Faldo tries to push him back and clinch up but Stevens manages to avoid the attempt.
Faldo misses with a low kick.
Faldo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stevens looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stevens connects with a leg kick. Faldo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stevens feints a jab promting Faldo to slip. Stevens then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Faldo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Stevens lands a nice shot that snaps Faldo's head back.
Stevens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevens throws a hook but Faldo avoids it easily.
Faldo tries to counter by clinching up but Stevens breaks away and moves out of range.
Stevens throws a good cross that connects.
Stevens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stevens moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stevens moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faldo gets through Stevens's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Faldo prevents a body shot from Stevens.
Faldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DBrickashaw Stevens dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Nick Faldo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Faldo slips under a jab.
DBrickashaw Stevens is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Faldo throws a leg kick but Stevens sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slow jab from Stevens misses its intended target.
Stevens tests Faldo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Faldo lands a leg kick that knocks Stevens off balance momentarily.
Stevens misses with an uppercut. Faldo saw that one coming.
Faldo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Stevens manages to circle out of the way.
Nice shot lands for Stevens.
Stevens 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.
Stevens bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Faldo's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens throws a leg kick
and Faldo moves into the clinch.
Faldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stevens tries a body shot but Faldo blocks it.
Stevens blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stevens.
Faldo misses with a punch to the body.
Stevens blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Faldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stevens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stevens prevents a body shot from Faldo.
Faldo trying to stall but Stevens improves his position.
Stevens lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stevens blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Stevens.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faldo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Faldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faldo takes a shot to the head.
Faldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Stevens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stevens blocks an uppercut.
Faldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A short uppercut from Faldo.
Faldo has a couple of punches blocked by Stevens.
Nick Faldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Faldo digs a right hand into Stevens's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stevens's gas tank.
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 Nick Faldo.
Well Stevens has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for DBrickashaw Stevens!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for DBrickashaw Stevens!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for DBrickashaw Stevens!
DBrickashaw Stevens wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious DBrickashaw Stevens 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 light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Crown Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asmar Dagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crown Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asmar Dagher!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo misses the shot to the body.
Halo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dagher.
Halo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dagher counters with a nice leg kick.
Halo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dagher throws a leg kick but Halo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dagher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halo.
Halo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dagher.
That kick from Dagher tenderised Halo's leg. Halo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dagher tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Asmar Dagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halo throws a looping overhand right but Dagher ducks down to avoid it.
Dagher looks to score with a jab to the body but Halo is just out of range.
Dagher lands a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dagher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Halo.
Halo thows a leg kick but Dagher checks it
and Dagher counters with a nice body shot.
A shot to the body from Halo misses
and Dagher counters with a nice low kick that buckles Halo's knee momentarily.
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!
Dagher gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Halo.
Halo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dagher digs a good hook to Halo's body.
Halo throws the kick towards the body but Dagher avoids it.
Halo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dagher is out of range and Halo settles back down.
Dagher slips under a jab from Halo.
Dagher feints and then cracks Halo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Halo down.
Halo lands with an overhand left.
Halo misses with a two punch combination.
Halo throws a low kick but Dagher avoids it.
Dagher doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Halo ducks under a wild hook from Dagher.
Halo throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Dagher to counter with a crisp jab.
Dagher lands a jab to the head.
Dagher cracks the inside of Halo's front leg.
Halo scores with a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dagher 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 Halo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Halo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dagher connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dagher attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Halo throws a quick counter kick to the body but Dagher avoids it.
Dagher scores with the left hand. Halo knows he should have avoided that one.
Dagher throws a leg kick but Halo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dagher.
Dagher scores with a jab to the body.
Dagher avoids the head kick by Halo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dagher. Halo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halo closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Dagher crashing to the mat! Dagher uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Dagher is rocked!
It looks like Asmar Dagher has been cut.
A cross from Dagher lands.
Dagher loads up on a big right hand but Halo slips the punch.
Dagher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dagher misses with a lunging right hand
and Halo counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halo scores with a big combo that sends Dagher crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Dagher flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Halo jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Crown Halo!
Asmar Dagher was interviewed post fight and said 'quick, powerful'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Manu Lyfe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgios Samaras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manu Lyfe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Georgios Samaras!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Samaras 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 Lyfe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lyfe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lyfe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Samaras just misses with a punch to the body.
Lyfe connects with a solid leg kick.
Samaras moves into the clinch.
Lyfe tries to land a knee to the head but Samaras blocks with his arms.
Lyfe wants to break free but Samaras has control.
Lyfe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Samaras tries a knee to the head but Lyfe blocks it.
Samaras throws a knee to the head but misses.
I was talking to Lyfe's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Samaras manages to break the clinch.
Lyfe is looking to slow Samaras down with leg kicks.
Samaras tries to clinch up but Lyfe circles away and keeps his distance.
Lyfe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lyfe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Samaras.
Lyfe blocks a low kick nicely.
Samaras throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lyfe counters with a straight right hand.
Lyfe darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lyfe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Samaras checks it well.
Lyfe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Samaras walks into a left hand.
Lyfe checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samaras pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lyfe is out of range and Samaras settles back down.
Samaras scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lyfe tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Samaras fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lyfe has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Samaras buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Samaras lands with a thumping leg kick.
Samaras uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lyfe.
Lyfe with a nice cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Samaras swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lyfe throwing a counter right hand but Samaras manages to avoid it.
Lyfe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lyfe was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lyfe throws a hook but Samaras blocks it.
Lyfe looks to land a left hand but Samaras moved out of range nicely.
Lyfe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lyfe misses with a hook. Samaras ducked under it nicely.
Lyfe lands a leg kick that knocks Samaras off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Samaras closes the distance and pushes Lyfe back into the ropes.
Samaras looking to throw knees to the head but Lyfe is blocking nicely.
A short right from Lyfe on the inside.
Lyfe misses with a knee strike.
Lyfe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lyfe lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samaras tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lyfe avoids it.
A right handed body shot lands from Lyfe.
Lyfe lands a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Lyfe.
Samaras tries to land a knee to the head but Lyfe blocks with his arms.
Samaras on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lyfe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lyfe struggles to land a body shot inside as Samaras controls his hands.
Lyfe pushes Samaras back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Samaras's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Samaras throws a knee to the head but misses.
Samaras is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lyfe is defending well for now.
Lyfe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Samaras misses with a knee strike.
Lyfe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lyfe missing with knees to the body.
Lyfe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Samaras avoids it.
Lyfe lands an uppercut.
Samaras tries a knee to the head but Lyfe blocks it.
Lyfe tries to work over Samaras's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manu Lyfe dominated that round.
That's time! Lyfe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Samaras throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lyfe.
Lyfe cracks Samaras with an open hand slap.
Lyfe lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lyfe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lyfe checks a leg kick.
Lyfe moves out of range of the leg kick from Samaras.
Samaras tries to clinch but Lyfe is having none of it.
Samaras shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lyfe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Samaras can do to turn this around?
That kick from Lyfe tenderised Samaras's leg. Samaras is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lyfe misses the shot to the body.
Lyfe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lyfe explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lyfe scores with a body shot.
Manu Lyfe is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lyfe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Samaras tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Samaras.
Samaras goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Manu Lyfe has been cut.
Samaras throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A punch combination from Lyfe misses.
Samaras's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Samaras.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samaras on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lyfe. Lyfe obviously looking to wear him down.
Samaras stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lyfe.
Lyfe scores with the left hand. Samaras knows he should have avoided that one.
Lyfe lands a head shot.
Lyfe scoring well with a low kick there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Samaras 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 Lyfe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lyfe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Samaras misses with a low kick as Lyfe jumps back.
Samaras walks into a left hand.
Samaras takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lyfe's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Samaras connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lyfe scrambles back to his feet.
Good exchange - Lyfe coming out on top.
Lyfe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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!
Samaras pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lyfe is out of range and Samaras settles back down.
Lyfe throws a body punch but Samaras moves out of range.
Samaras takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A punch lands to the side of Samaras 's head but he takes it in his stride.
No joy there for Lyfe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lyfe throws a leg kick but Samaras checks it.
Samaras wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samaras throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Samaras 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.
Lyfe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lyfe connects with a leg kick. Samaras looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Samaras shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Samaras lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lyfe swats away the attempt to clinch by Samaras.
Lyfe throws a leg kick that is checked
and Samaras counters with a low kick, right behind Lyfe 's knee.
An inside leg kick lands from Samaras.
Lyfe scores with a leg kick.
Lyfe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lyfe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Samaras checks it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samaras throws a hook but Lyfe blocks it.
Lyfe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lyfe connects with a leg kick. Samaras looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lyfe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lyfe is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manu Lyfe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manu Lyfe's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Lyfe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lyfe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lyfe is looking to land body kicks.
Samaras feints a counter leg kick.
Lyfe avoids the head kick by Samaras.
Lyfe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Samaras tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lyfe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Samaras pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Samaras ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lyfe moves away.
Lyfe is looking to slow Samaras down with leg kicks.
Samaras scoring well with a low kick there.
Samaras tries to close the distance and clinch but Lyfe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Samaras scores with a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Samaras blocks the leg kick.
Lyfe scores with a nice strike.
Samaras is looking to chop away at Lyfe's legs.
Lyfe with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lyfe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Samaras throws a sloppy head kick and Lyfe moves out of range easily.
Lyfe scores with a jab. Samaras acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samaras looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Samaras backs away, Lyfe returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyfe lands with a cross.
A leg kick checked by Lyfe.
As Samaras backs away, Lyfe returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A cross from Lyfe lands.
Samaras takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lyfe listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lyfe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Samaras throws out a powerful jab.
Samaras has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lyfe finds it's way round the side to connect with Samaras's head.
Samaras rushes Lyfe and presses him up against the ropes.
Samaras tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lyfe manages to break the clinch.
Samaras connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Lyfe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Samaras has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Samaras tries to clinch but Lyfe is having none of it.
Lyfe appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That kick from Lyfe tenderised Samaras's leg. Samaras is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lyfe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lyfe connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyfe scores with a nice right hand.
Samaras swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Samaras tried to score with a low kick but Lyfe checks it.
Lyfe feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lyfe misses with a low kick.
Samaras throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lyfe moves out of range of the leg kick from Samaras.
Samaras keeps Lyfe at a distance using the push kick.
Good leg kick by Lyfe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lyfe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lyfe lands an overhand right.
Lyfe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Samaras in his tracks.
Lyfe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lyfe connects with a leg kick. Samaras looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Samaras lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lyfe throws a front kick aimed at Samaras's knee but Samaras avoids it well.
Lyfe connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Lyfe.
Lyfe throws a leg kick but Samaras sees it coming and moves out of range.
Samaras unleashes a big counter combination but Lyfe bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A swing and a miss from Lyfe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manu Lyfe clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Manu Lyfe's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Samaras misses with a wild body shot.
Lyfe scores with a shot to the body.
Samaras misses with a low kick.
Lyfe scores with a decent looking hook.
Samaras walks into a stiff left hand from Lyfe.
A head kick by Samaras misses
and Lyfe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Samaras thinking.
Samaras cracks Lyfe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Samaras walks into a stiff left hand from Lyfe.
Lyfe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Good work by Samaras as he checks the leg kick.
Samaras tries a head kick but it misses.
Samaras stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lyfe.
Some bone on bone action there as Lyfe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lyfe misses with a low kick.
Lyfe connects with a leg kick. Samaras looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lyfe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Samaras. Samaras circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lyfe connects with a single shot there.
Samaras stuns Lyfe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Samaras on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samaras avoids the head kick by Lyfe.
Lyfe avoids the head kick by Samaras.
Samaras takes a swing at Lyfe's ribcage but misses.
Lyfe misses with a looping right.
Samaras throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lyfe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lyfe walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Samaras checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lyfe lands with a cross.
Samaras moves in looking to clinch but Lyfe pushes him off.
Samaras has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lyfe.
Samaras moves out of range as Lyfe throws a body kick.
Samaras throws a head kick that misses.
Lyfe lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Samaras at a distance.
Lyfe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Samaras misses with a wild body shot.
Samaras misses with a low kick.
Samaras on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Samaras misses with a low kick.
A jab from Lyfe does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyfe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lyfe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Lyfe.
A big left from Lyfe misses.
Lyfe throws a head kick but Samaras moves out of range.
Samaras is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Lyfe checks a low kick from Samaras.
A good leg kick by Lyfe.
Samaras takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Samaras takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Samaras tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lyfe misses with a low kick.
Samaras lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Samaras lands with a thumping leg kick.
Samaras with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lyfe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Samaras fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lyfe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lyfe lands with a slapping head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Lyfe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manu Lyfe had his way with Georgios Samaras in that round.
The cut man is working on Manu Lyfe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Lyfe scores with a leg kick.
Samaras ducks under a wild hook from Lyfe.
Samaras throws a low kick but Lyfe avoids it.
Lyfe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Samaras. Those never looked like landing.
Lyfe lands the left hand.
Samaras lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lyfe lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lyfe's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Lyfe lands a body shot.
Lyfe misses with a leg kick.
Samaras takes the fight into the clinch.
Samaras with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Samaras with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Samaras is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Samaras's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lyfe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lyfe moves out of range of the leg kick from Samaras.
Samaras tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lyfe scoring well with a low kick there.
Lyfe lands a jab to Samaras's midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyfe finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lyfe lands a head kick. Samaras smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lyfe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lyfe.
Lyfe is looking to slow Samaras down with leg kicks.
Lyfe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Samarass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lyfe cracks Samaras with a good jab.
Samaras motions for Lyfe to come forward. Samaras throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Samaras with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Samaras scoring well with a low kick there.
Lyfe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lyfe connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lyfe scores with a sloppy right hand. Samaras should have avoided that one.
Lyfe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lyfe scores with a jab to the head.
Samaras misses with a low kick.
Lyfe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Samaras has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Samaras there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyfe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lyfe lands with a cross.
Samaras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Samaras will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
An inside leg kick from Samaras misses.
Lyfe connects with a right hand. Samaras shakes it off.
Samaras throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Samaras with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Samaras throws a leg kick
and Lyfe counters with an outside leg kick.
No joy there for Samaras, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Samaras is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Samaras misses with a head kick.
Lyfe thuds his right hand into Samaras's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice uppercut lands for Lyfe. That snapped Samaras's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lyfe cracks the inside of Samaras's front leg.
Lyfe throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lyfe.
Georgios Samaras has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Samaras looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lyfe cracks Samaras with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manu Lyfe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lyfe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Manu Lyfe!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Manu Lyfe!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Manu Lyfe!
Manu Lyfe wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ramon Gallegos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Sinytsyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramon Gallegos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Aleksandr Sinytsyn's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ramon Gallegos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Sinytsyn!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinytsyn tries to work over Gallegos's front leg with a kick but Gallegos checks it.
Sinytsyn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gallegos ducks under a wild hook from Sinytsyn.
Gallegos misses with a body shot.
Gallegos is looking to clinch but Sinytsyn is avoiding it.
Gallegos clinches with his opponent.
Sinytsyn lands a hook that snaps the head of Gallegos backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gallegos as Sinytsyn tries to tie him up.
Gallegos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sinytsyn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gallegos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sinytsyn is looking to break free of the clinch but Gallegos has double underhooks.
Sinytsyn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinytsyn misses with a body punch.
Sinytsyn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sinytsyn blocks a body shot from Gallegos.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gallegos as Sinytsyn tries to tie him up.
Sinytsyn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinytsyn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sinytsyn is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Gallegos fails to land.
Sinytsyn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gallegos struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinytsyn controls his hands.
Sinytsyn scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Gallegos.
Gallegos throws a head punch that misses.
Sinytsyn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sinytsyn misses with a kick to the body.
Sinytsyn misses with a two punch combination.
Gallegos avoids the body shot from Sinytsyn.
Gallegos jabs at Sinytsyn's body.
Sinytsyn scores with a punch to the head.
Gallegos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gallegos lands a body punch.
Gallegos throws a head punch that misses.
Sinytsyn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gallegos pushes Sinytsyn back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallegos prevents Sinytsyn from breaking the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn is stalling here.
Gallegos gets through Sinytsyn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn breaks the clinch.
Sinytsyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gallegos throws a right hand that Sinytsyn ducks under and follows up with a left that Sinytsyn also avoids with ease.
Sinytsyn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gallegos checks a leg kick.
Gallegos gets a clinch.
Gallegos lands a right hand.
Sinytsyn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sinytsyn throws a hook but Gallegos avoids it easily.
Gallegos rushes Sinytsyn and presses him up against the ropes.
Gallegos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sinytsyn blocks an uppercut.
Sinytsyn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gallegos.
Gallegos working aggressively here.
Sinytsyn trying to stall but Gallegos improves his position.
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 Ramon Gallegos 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.
Gallegos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sinytsyn stalling against the ropes.
Sinytsyn blocks a body shot from Gallegos.
Gallegos has Sinytsyn pressed against the ropes, preventing Sinytsyn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gallegos pushes Sinytsyn back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Sinytsyn lands a body shot.
Sinytsyn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sinytsyn lands a nice elbow.
A short body shot lands from Sinytsyn as the two fighters clinch.
Sinytsyn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sinytsyn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sinytsyn tries to stall but Gallegos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from Gallegos.
Sinytsyn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sinytsyn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sinytsyn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gallegos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sinytsyn misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallegos tries to move into range but Sinytsyn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sinytsyn looks for the body kick but Gallegos saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Gallegos.
Sinytsyn lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Ramon Gallegos has been cut.
Sinytsyn misses with the combination.
Jab by Gallegos.
Gallegos moves into the clinch successfully.
Gallegos misses with a punch on the inside.
Sinytsyn misses with an elbow strike.
Gallegos misses with some punches.
Sinytsyn lands a body punch.
Sinytsyn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gallegos avoids a wild elbow strike from Sinytsyn.
Gallegos lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinytsyn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gallegos's elbow.
Sinytsyn is looking to break free of the clinch but Gallegos has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn scores with a hook to the body.
Sinytsyn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sinytsyn lands a shot to the body.
Gallegos blocks an elbow strike.
Sinytsyn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sinytsyn tries to work over Gallegos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sinytsyn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gallegos misses with some punches.
Sinytsyn crunches a lovely knee into Gallegos's ribcage.
Sinytsyn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gallegos moves to clinch but Sinytsyn breaks away
and Sinytsyn counters with a stiff right hand.
Sinytsyn scores with the left hand. Gallegos knows he should have avoided that one.
Sinytsyn lands a jab to the nose.
Sinytsyn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gallegos.
Sinytsyn with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ramon Gallegos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Gallegos darts in trying to clinch
and Sinytsyn counters with a series of strikes. Gallegos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Good exchange - Sinytsyn coming out on top.
Gallegos gets a clinch.
Sinytsyn tries to break the clinch but Gallegos is controlling the position.
Sinytsyn can't find room to land a body shot as Gallegos controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gallegos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gallegos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Gallegos.
Gallegos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Gallegos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinytsyn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sinytsyn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gallegos's elbow.
Sinytsyn wants to break free but Gallegos has control.
Sinytsyn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gallegos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallegos pushes Sinytsyn back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gallegos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gallegos.
Sinytsyn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sinytsyn trying to control the position but instead, Gallegos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sinytsyn into the ropes.
Gallegos stalling against the ropes.
Sinytsyn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sinytsyn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sinytsyn tries to work over Gallegos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sinytsyn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sinytsyn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sinytsyn is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sinytsyn misses with a low kick as Gallegos jumps back.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gallegos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sinytsyn throws a hook to the side of Gallegos's head but Gallegos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sinytsyn throws a looping overhand right but Gallegos ducks down to avoid it.
Gallegos circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Sinytsyn tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Gallegos wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ramon Gallegos!
Ramon Gallegos was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Cornelius Stinkhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pony Pony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stinkhammer comes to the ring accompanied by Ghost - Square Hammer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cornelius Stinkhammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pony Pony!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stinkhammer clinches with his opponent.
A short left from Pony.
A nice left hand lands by Pony.
A hook to the body from Pony.
Pony has had enough of the clinch but Stinkhammer keeps him there for the moment.
Pony misses with a body punch.
Stinkhammer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stinkhammer misses with a double jab.
Pony feints a counter leg kick.
Stinkhammer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Pony Pony has been cut.
Stinkhammer misses with a series of wild punches.
Pony replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Stinkhammer blocks it well.
Stinkhammer closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Pony crashing to the mat! Pony uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stinkhammer throws a combination that misses
and Pony counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stinkhammer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pony circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stinkhammer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pony.
Stinkhammer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pony.
Stinkhammer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Stinkhammer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stinkhammer misses with a wild combination.
A little jabbing left from Pony on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stinkhammer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and as Stinkhammer loses concentration momentarily, Pony counters with a picture perfect head kick! Stinkhammer goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Pony Pony!
Cornelius Stinkhammer spoke after the fight, saying 'that man over there hit me in the head'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Tahar Heart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Bishop Of Bath And Wells (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 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tahar Heart!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Bishop Of Bath And Wells!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Of Bath And Wells.
Heart lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Of Bath And Wells misses with a hook
enabling Heart to counter with a crisp jab.
Heart keeps Of Bath And Wells at a distance using the push kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Of Bath And Wells crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Heart - the referee stops the clock and Of Bath And Wells gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Heart. Of Bath And Wells manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Heart throws a head kick but Of Bath And Wells moves out of range.
Heart uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Of Bath And Wells.
Heart stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fighters circling - Of Bath And Wells throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heart lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Heart misses with a low kick.
Of Bath And Wells appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Heart.
Heart slips a straight right by Of Bath And Wells.
Of Bath And Wells misses with a hook. Heart ducked under it nicely.
Heart has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Broken Halo's -Temple of Illumination in the buildup to the fight.
Heart ducks under a wild hook from Of Bath And Wells.
Heart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heart throws a counter high kick but Of Bath And Wells was just alert enough to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Heart throws a half hearted mid kick.
Heart feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Of Bath And Wells's calf.
The crowd cheers as Heart lands an impressive looking overhand right. Of Bath And Wells doesn't seem phased though.
Of Bath And Wells darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Of Bath And Wells fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Of Bath And Wells throws a body shot but no joy.
Of Bath And Wells takes a swing at Heart's ribcage but misses.
Heart quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Heart throws a sloppy head kick and Of Bath And Wells moves out of range easily.
The Bishop Of Bath And Wells seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick from Heart.
Of Bath And Wells missing with a left hand there. Heart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Heart pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Of Bath And Wells.
It looked like Heart was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Bath And Wells takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Heart. Of Bath And Wells shrugs it off though.
Heart thuds his right hand into Of Bath And Wells's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Of Bath And Wells misses with a lunging right hand
and Heart counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Of Bath And Wells loads up on a big right hand but Heart slips the punch.
Heart appears to be looking for a big counter.
Heart ducks under a wild hook from Of Bath And Wells.
Heart feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Of Bath And Wells throws a right hand that misses
and Heart counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheers as Of Bath And Wells lands an impressive looking overhand right. Heart doesn't seem phased though.
Good standup being displayed there by Heart as he connects with a hook.
Heart moves out of range of the strikes.
Heart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Of Bath And Wells throws an overhand right that lands on Heart's shoulder, as Heart tries to avoid the shot.
Of Bath And Wells works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Heart swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tahar Heart dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Heart moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heart is looking to land body kicks.
Of Bath And Wells throws a looping overhand right but Heart ducks down to avoid it.
A shot to the body from Of Bath And Wells misses
letting Heart counter with a right hand.
Heart throws a head kick that misses.
Heart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heart throws a sloppy head kick
and Heart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heart slips under a jab.
Of Bath And Wells throws an off balance right hand
and Heart counters with a solid body kick.
Of Bath And Wells might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart ducks under a wild hook from Of Bath And Wells.
Heart went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nice shot lands for Of Bath And Wells.
Heart takes one to the chin there.
Heart misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Of Bath And Wells catches Heart right on the button with a cross.
Of Bath And Wells avoids a kick to the body.
Of Bath And Wells lands a jab to Heart's midsection.
Heart tries a head kick but it misses.
Of Bath And Wells throws a hook but Heart avoids it easily.
Of Bath And Wells moves out of range of the body kick from Heart.
Heart is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Of Bath And Wells can do to turn this around?
Heart misses with a body kick.
Heart motions for Of Bath And Wells to come forward. Heart throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Of Bath And Wells cracks Heart with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Heart turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Of Bath And Wells has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Of Bath And Wells changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Of Bath And Wells moves out of range of the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Of Bath And Wells misses with a right hand
and Heart counters with a left to the body.
Of Bath And Wells lands a lovely overhand right.
Of Bath And Wells misses with a wild combination.
Of Bath And Wells has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Heart.
Heart with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Of Bath And Wells tests Heart's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Of Bath And Wells looks to score with a jab to the body but Heart is just out of range.
Heart ducks under a wild hook from Of Bath And Wells.
Tahar Heart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Of Bath And Wells misses with an uppercut
and Heart counters with a three punch combo that has Of Bath And Wells backing up. Of Bath And Wells nods at Heart to acknowledge the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Of Bath And Wells. Heart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Of Bath And Wells scores with a nice strike.
Heart throws the kick towards the body but Of Bath And Wells avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but The Bishop Of Bath And Wells will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Of Bath And Wells throws a hook but Heart avoids it easily.
Heart lands a front kick.
Heart scores with a spinning back kick!
Of Bath And Wells tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heart was well out of range. Poor timing from Of Bath And Wells.
Of Bath And Wells misses with a body punch
and Heart counters with a two punch combo.
Of Bath And Wells throws a body shot but no joy.
Of Bath And Wells stuns Heart with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Of Bath And Wells looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Of Bath And Wells swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Heart counters with a body kick.
Heart throws the kick towards the body but Of Bath And Wells avoids it.
Heart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heart thinks about countering with a head kick.
Heart walks into a straight right hand from Of Bath And Wells.
Of Bath And Wells cracks Heart with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Of Bath And Wells throws a lazy right hand but Heart sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Of Bath And Wells throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Of Bath And Wells finds it's way round the side to connect with Heart's head.
Heart pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Of Bath And Wells back to the ropes. Heart follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Of Bath And Wells throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Heart counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Of Bath And Wells takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heart looks to throw a body kick
and Of Bath And Wells cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Heart moves out of range as Of Bath And Wells strikes.
Heart lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Heart pivots, looking for a leg kick but Of Bath And Wells is out of range and Heart settles back down.
Heart takes a jab right on the kisser.
Of Bath And Wells scores with a punch to the head.
Of Bath And Wells swings for the body but Heart moves out of range.
Heart looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Of Bath And Wells jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Of Bath And Wells dodges the punch combination from Heart.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Bath And Wells works Heart's body with a nice hook.
Heart is looking to chop away at Of Bath And Wells's legs.
Of Bath And Wells throws a right hand that misses
and Heart counters with a straight right hand.
Heart throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Heart dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Of Bath And Wells. That did some damage!
Of Bath And Wells misses with a double jab
and Heart counters with a two punch combo.
Of Bath And Wells is rocked!
Heart bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Heart throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Of Bath And Wells blocks a head kick by Heart.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Of Bath And Wells misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tahar Heart clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Heart fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Of Bath And Wells.
Heart misses with a wild combination.
Heart throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Heart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Of Bath And Wells swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Heart with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Of Bath And Wells to score with a decent uppercut.
Heart fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Of Bath And Wells.
Of Bath And Wells connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Heart walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heart. Of Bath And Wells does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heart ducks under a wild hook from Of Bath And Wells.
Heart throwing a counter right hand but Of Bath And Wells manages to avoid it.
Heart is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Heart throws a head kick but Of Bath And Wells moves out of range.
Of Bath And Wells throws out a counter right but Heart avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Of Bath And Wells throws a shot to the body.
Heart throws a body kick that misses
and Of Bath And Wells cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Of Bath And Wells takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Heart takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Heart thows a left - swing and a miss!
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Of Bath And Wells! But no joy.
Of Bath And Wells swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Of Bath And Wells misses with an uppercut. Heart saw that one coming.
Heart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Of Bath And Wells.
Heart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heart throws a wild body kick that Of Bath And Wells sees coming a mile off.
Of Bath And Wells's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Of Bath And Wells misses with an uppercut
and Heart makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Of Bath And Wells really felt that one!
Of Bath And Wells is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Of Bath And Wells fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heart manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heart looks to land a body kick but Of Bath And Wells moved away.
Heart tries to move into range but Of Bath And Wells moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heart scores with a push kick.
Heart takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Of Bath And Wells moves out of range of the body kick from Heart.
Of Bath And Wells moves out of range of the body kick.
Heart misses with an attempted mid kick.
Of Bath And Wells now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Heart throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Heart throws a body shot but no joy.
Of Bath And Wells doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Heart attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Of Bath And Wells's jab looks to have found its range, popping Heart under the eye.
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 Tahar Heart will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Of Bath And Wells takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Bishop Of Bath And Wells has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Of Bath And Wells throws a body punch but Heart moves out of range.
Of Bath And Wells throws an off balance right hand
and Heart counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Of Bath And Wells takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Of Bath And Wells throws a jab but it's blocked by Heart.
Of Bath And Wells is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Heart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heart lands a nice leg kick that just misses Of Bath And Wells's sensitive parts.
Heart misses with a kick to the body.
Heart takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart scores with a crisp jab that stopped Of Bath And Wells in his tracks.
Heart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Heart lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Of Bath And Wells swings widly with a right hand
and Heart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Heart fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Heart has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Of Bath And Wells finds it's way round the side to connect with Heart's head.
Heart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heart with a nice cross.
A thudding body kick lands there by Heart!
Tahar Heart is winning the standup battle so far.
Heart has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Heart there as he acknowledges the shot.
Donk. Of Bath And Wells catches Heart right on the button with a cross.
Of Bath And Wells throws an off balance right hand
and Heart makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Of Bath And Wells really felt that one!
Of Bath And Wells is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A nice inside leg kick there by Heart. That's going to slow Of Bath And Wells down.
Heart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Of Bath And Wells missing with a left hand there. Heart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heart lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Of Bath And Wells throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Of Bath And Wells just misses with a punch to the body.
Heart is looking for a counter combo.
Heart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Of Bath And Wells.
Heart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Of Bath And Wells was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Of Bath And Wells misses with a hook.
Of Bath And Wells will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Heart throws a nice inside leg kick.
Of Bath And Wells misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heart.
Heart tries to bum rush Of Bath And Wells with a series of wild strikes but Of Bath And Wells uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tahar Heart showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Heart has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Tahar Heart!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Tahar Heart!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Tahar Heart!
Tahar Heart wins by unanimous decision!
Tahar Heart is the new lightweight champion!
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