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KOTR 22 PBP Commentary |
Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Gaston De Oca (ranked 8925 p4p, 833 weight class) and Louis Bowen (ranked 8340 p4p, 811 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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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gaston De Oca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Louis Bowen!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Oca has taken the fight to the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Bowen.
A bit of stalling here from Bowen.
Stalling in the clinch from Bowen.
De Oca is trying to break the clinch but Bowen has him pressed against the ropes.
De Oca definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
De Oca throws a punch but it's blocked by Bowen.
De Oca wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bowen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bowen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bowen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Oca misses with an elbow strike.
De Oca stalling in the clinch but Bowen improves position.
Stalling in the clinch from Bowen.
Bowen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Oca is trying to stall.
De Oca throws a head punch that misses.
De Oca misses with a body punch.
Bowen has De Oca pressed against the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting on Bowen's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Louis Bowen.
Sloppy strikes from De Oca. Those never looked like landing.
Bowen was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bowen tries to keep at a distance but De Oca has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bowen has De Oca pressed against the ropes, preventing De Oca from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bowen keeps control of De Oca as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Oca working aggressively here.
De Oca throws an elbow that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Oca working hard to break the clinch.
Bowen stalling the fight.
De Oca wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gaston De Oca dominated that round.
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.
Bowen slips a jab and a cross from De Oca.
De Oca closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Bowen has De Oca pushed against the ropes.
De Oca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bowen blocks a body shot from De Oca.
De Oca unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bowen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowen holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
De Oca is trying to break the clinch but Bowen is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Oca trying to land knees to the body.
De Oca wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Oca wants to stall.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bowen just leaning against De Oca, taking a breather.
De Oca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bowen can do to turn this around?
De Oca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Oca looking to throw knees to the head but Bowen is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Bowen.
De Oca wants to break free but Bowen has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bowen stalling in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Bowen.
Bowen receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Louis Bowen.
De Oca closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Bowen stalling the fight.
De Oca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Oca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Oca closes the distance and clinches.
De Oca has a couple of punches blocked by Bowen.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Oca is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Bowen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gaston De Oca dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
De Oca misses with a low kick.
Bowen flicks out a counter leg kick but De Oca steps away.
Louis Bowen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Oca has closed the distance and engaged Bowen in a clinch.
De Oca is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
De Oca tries to stall but Bowen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Oca throws a head punch that misses.
Bowen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Oca's efforts to push away.
De Oca misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Oca is trying to break free.
De Oca taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De Oca misses with an elbow over the top.
Bowen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Oca's efforts to push away.
De Oca wants to get back to striking at distance but Bowen won't allow it.
De Oca wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Oca wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Oca tries to land knees in the clinch but Bowen avoids the damage to the body.
De Oca cracks Bowen with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
De Oca throws a head punch that misses.
De Oca is trying to push Bowen away but Bowen has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Bowen has De Oca pressed against the ropes, preventing De Oca from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Come on Bowen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bowen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bowen blocks a body shot from De Oca.
Bowen blocking some punches.
De Oca effectively controlling the action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Oca can't find room to land a body shot as Bowen controls the action.
Gaston De Oca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Oca is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gaston De Oca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Oca has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gaston De Oca!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Melek Taus (ranked 7813 p4p, 111 weight class) and Arthur Pendragon (ranked 8114 p4p, 115 weight class). Taus comes to the ring accompanied by Sho Z Pod Duba. Pendragon is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Avatar-Smells Like A Freakshow. The key to victory for Melek Taus has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Melek Taus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arthur Pendragon!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pendragon throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Taus counter with a right hand.
Pendragon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
An attempted straight right counter from Taus misses the target.
Pendragon lands a body shot.
Pendragon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Taus takes the fight into the clinch.
Taus tries to work over Pendragon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taus blocks a body shot from Pendragon.
Taus blocking some punches.
Taus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taus slows down the pace here.
I was talking to Taus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pendragon struggles to land a body shot inside as Taus controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Taus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pendragon.
Taus blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taus misses with some punches.
Taus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Taus has a couple of punches blocked by Pendragon.
Taus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pendragon misses with a hook to the body
and Taus counters with a straight right hand.
Pendragon throws a chopping leg kick but Taus manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It looked like Taus was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pendragon.
Taus moves out of range of the leg kick from Pendragon.
Taus checks the leg kick.
Pendragon loads up on a big right hand but Taus slips the punch.
Pendragon throws out a leg kick but Taus moves out of range and Pendragon only half commits.
Pendragon tries to move into range but Taus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Taus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pendragon misses with a body kick.
Pendragon moves out of range as Taus throws a body kick.
Pendragon tries to move into range but Taus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pendragon throws a low kick but Taus avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Taus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pendragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Taus.
Taus scores with a hook.
Pendragon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Taus lands a body shot.
Taus is looking to clinch.
Taus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pendragon throws a leg kick
and Taus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taus blocks a jab.
Taus was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Taus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pendragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Taus.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pendragon! But no joy.
Pendragon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pendragon is rocked!
Taus slips a straight right by Pendragon.
Pendragon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pendragon defending well as Taus loads up on a big left hand.
Taus jabs Pendragon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon misses with a jab to the body
and Pendragon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melek Taus dominated 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.
Pendragon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taus was well out of range. Poor timing from Pendragon.
Taus swings for the body but Pendragon moves out of range.
Taus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pendragon.
Pendragon walks into a straight right hand from Taus.
Pendragon misses with a straight right.
A quick step to the side and Taus tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taus blocks a jab.
Taus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Taus fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pendragon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taus.
Taus throws a push kick but Pendragon slaps the foot to one side.
Pendragon walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taus cracks Pendragon with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Pendragon is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Pendragon is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Pendragon could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Melek Taus!
Melek Taus retains his super heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Melek Taus made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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FIGHT
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