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YL 51: Lee v Draganov PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Thanotos Tisorgis (ranked 8274 p4p, 683 weight class) and Baby Jay (ranked 9869 p4p, 743 weight class). Thanotos Tisorgis had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thanotos Tisorgis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Baby Jay!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Tisorgis misses.
Jay throws a right hand that Tisorgis ducks under and follows up with a left that Tisorgis also avoids with ease.
Tisorgis avoids the body shot from Jay.
Jay takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tisorgis jabs Jay right on the nose. Jay blinks but takes it well.
Jay throws a sloppy head kick and Tisorgis moves out of range easily.
Tisorgis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tisorgis tries to counter by clinching up but Jay breaks away and moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Jay.
Tisorgis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tisorgis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jay.
Tisorgis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tisorgis takes one to the side of the head.
Jay throws a head kick but Tisorgis moves out of range.
A jab from Tisorgis misses.
Jay with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tisorgis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay tests Tisorgis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jay misses with a leg kick
and Tisorgis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tisorgis avoids the head kick by Jay.
Tisorgis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jay was well out of range. Poor timing from Tisorgis.
Jay uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tisorgis misses with an uppercut.
Tisorgis jabs at Jay's body.
Jay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Tisorgis backs off Jay throws a huge counter combo but Tisorgis manages to avoid it all.
Jay has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A jab from Tisorgis misses.
Jay feints a jab promting Tisorgis to slip. Jay then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tisorgis slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jay misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jay connects with the punch.
Tisorgis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jay throws a sloppy head kick and Tisorgis moves out of range easily.
Thanotos Tisorgis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tisorgis avoids the head kick by Jay.
Jay shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jay scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tisorgis misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Jay on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tisorgis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jay uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tisorgis.
Tisorgis misses with a hook. Jay ducked under it nicely.
Tisorgis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tisorgis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jay.
Tisorgis looks to throw the jab but Jay is out of range.
Tisorgis lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jay tries to land a leg kick but Tisorgis saw it coming and moves away.
Jay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tisorgis was well out of range. Poor timing from Jay.
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 Thanotos Tisorgis will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tisorgis misses with a left hand
and Jay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tisorgis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tisorgis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tisorgis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jay misses with a hook. Tisorgis ducked under it nicely.
Tisorgis is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Jay.
Tisorgis avoids the body shot from Jay.
Tisorgis is looking to counter punch.
Jay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tisorgis.
Tisorgis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jay has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tisorgis finds it's way round the side to connect with Jay's head.
Tisorgis throws an off balance right hand
and Jay counters with a left and a right that stings Tisorgis.
Jay fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tisorgis is out of range.
Thanotos Tisorgis is winning the standup battle so far.
Jay throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jay throws a head kick but Tisorgis moves out of range.
Tisorgis moves out of range as Jay strikes.
Tisorgis wants to slow Jay down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Tisorgis.
Jay throws an overhand right that lands on Tisorgis's shoulder, as Tisorgis tries to avoid the shot.
Jay staying out of range there.
Tisorgis misses with a low kick as Jay jumps back.
Jay throws a right and a left that Tisorgis avoids nicely.
Jay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Tisorgis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tisorgis slips a jab and a cross from Jay.
Tisorgis lands with a right hand.
Jay throws a head kick that half lands.
Jay is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jay is looking to chop away at Tisorgis's legs.
Tisorgis throws an off balance right hand
and Jay counters with a stiff right hand.
Tisorgis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A swing and a miss from Tisorgis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tisorgis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay swings widly with a right hand
and Tisorgis counters with a nice leg kick.
Jay throws a head kick but Tisorgis moves out of range.
Tisorgis tried to counter with a leg kick but Jay avoided it.
Tisorgis lands a nice shot that snaps Jay's head back.
Jay drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tisorgis throws a jab when Jay was well out of range.
Jay tests Tisorgis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jay takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tisorgis throws out a loose jab but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jay slips a jab from Tisorgis.
Jay looks to score with a jab to the body but Tisorgis is just out of range.
It looked like Tisorgis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jay.
A left lands for Jay.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tisorgis cracks Jay with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tisorgis, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Thanotos Tisorgis will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jay takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jay pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tisorgis is out of range and Jay settles back down.
Tisorgis is looking to counter punch.
Jay throws a head kick that misses.
Jay fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tisorgis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tisorgis blocks a jab.
Tisorgis misses with a right hand
letting Jay counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Tisorgis misses the target.
Tisorgis lands a slapping body shot.
Tisorgis slips a jab and a cross from Jay.
Tisorgis digs a good body shot into Jay's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jay misses with a double jab.
Jay uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tisorgis.
Tisorgis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jay.
Tisorgis throws a jab when Jay was well out of range.
Jay lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tisorgis lands with an uppercut that bounces Jay off the cage and back into range.
Jay misses with a looping left.
Jay throws a leg kick but Tisorgis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jay slips under a jab from Tisorgis.
Tisorgis misses with a body shot.
Tisorgis backing away here, and Jay unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jay connects with an inside leg kick.
Tisorgis throws a body punch but Jay moves out of range.
Tisorgis scores with a decent looking hook.
Jay throws a sloppy head kick and Tisorgis moves out of range easily.
Jay slips a jab and a cross from Tisorgis.
Jay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tisorgis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jay takes one on the button.
A head kick misses from Jay.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Tisorgis lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jay connects with a right hand. Tisorgis shakes it off.
Tisorgis throws a lazy uppercut
and Jay counters with a stiff right hand.
Tisorgis with a hook.
Tisorgis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Tisorgis misses.
Jay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tisorgis appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tisorgis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jay.
Tisorgis checks a leg kick.
Jay takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jay misses with a low kick as Tisorgis jumps back.
Jay misses with a looping right.
Tisorgis moves away from the strike by Jay.
Tisorgis misses with a hook to the body
and Jay counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Thanotos Tisorgis did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A telegraphed right hand from Jay misses the target.
Jay clobbers Tisorgis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tisorgis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jay uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tisorgis.
Jay fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tisorgis.
Jay lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tisorgis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jay stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tisorgis throws a jab but it's blocked by Jay.
Tisorgis looks to land a left hand but Jay moved out of range nicely.
Tisorgis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tisorgis looks to score with a jab to the body but Jay is just out of range.
Jay throws a chopping leg kick but Tisorgis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tisorgis is looking to counter punch.
Jay uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tisorgis has time to react.
Jay listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Tisorgis misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tisorgis looks to land a right hand but Jay moved out of range.
Tisorgis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tisorgis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Tisorgis misses.
Jay throws a body punch but Tisorgis moves out of range.
Tisorgis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jay.
Despite the aggression on Jay's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jay takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A head kick misses from Jay.
Jay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tisorgis lands with a good body shot.
Jay is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tisorgis throws a series of punches but Jay avoids them all with ease.
Jay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tisorgis misses with a straight right.
Jay swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jay has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jay stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tisorgis throws a hook but Jay avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tisorgis.
Jay throws a series of punches but Tisorgis moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Tisorgis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jay connects with a high kick.
Tisorgis misses with a looping left.
Jay misses with a hook. Tisorgis ducked under it nicely.
Jay blocks a leg kick.
Jay scoring well with a low kick there.
Jay takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tisorgis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jay shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tisorgis eats them both and turns towards Jay to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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 Thanotos Tisorgis will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tisorgis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Jay misses.
Jay throws a good cross that connects.
Tisorgis checks the leg kick.
Jay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tisorgis scores with a hook.
Jay misses with an uppercut
and Tisorgis counters with a nice uppercut.
Tisorgis throws a jab but it's blocked by Jay.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tisorgis throws a poor cross that misses
and Jay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jay slips under a jab.
Tisorgis connects with a nice looking jab.
Tisorgis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jay.
Tisorgis half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tisorgis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jay swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jay scores with a nice right hand.
Jay moves out of range as Tisorgis strikes.
Tisorgis throws a looping overhand right but Jay ducks down to avoid it.
Jay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Tisorgis backs off Jay throws a huge counter combo but Tisorgis manages to avoid it all.
Jay moves away from the strike by Tisorgis.
Tisorgis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jay. Jay obviously looking to wear him down.
Baby Jay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jay is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tisorgis misses with an uppercut. Jay saw that one coming.
A head kick from Jay lands but Tisorgis takes it in his stride.
Tisorgis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
No joy there for Jay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tisorgis throwing a counter right hand but Jay manages to avoid it.
Jay looks to throw the jab but Tisorgis is out of range.
Thanotos Tisorgis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice jab there from Tisorgis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tisorgis lands the left hand.
Tisorgis throws a right hand that Jay ducks under and follows up with a left that Jay also avoids with ease.
Jay moves out of range of the strikes.
Jay takes a swing at Tisorgis's ribcage but misses.
Jay takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jay throws a hook to the side of Tisorgis's head but Tisorgis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Jay looks to move away, Tisorgis throws a big counter combo but Jay just gets out of the way.
Tisorgis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tisorgis cracks the inside of Jay's front leg.
Tisorgis defending well as Jay loads up on a big left hand.
Tisorgis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jay manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jay checks a leg kick.
Jay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jay throws a head kick that misses.
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 Thanotos Tisorgis.
Well Tisorgis 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 50:46
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thanotos Tisorgis!
Thanotos Tisorgis decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Harry Henderson (ranked 22194 p4p, 298 weight class) and Sam Sung (ranked 7790 p4p, 252 weight class). Henderson comes to the cage accompanied by No Love. 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Sung!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sung throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Henderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson closes the distance and clinches.
Sung breaks the clinch.
Henderson swinging wildly here.
Sung clinches up with Henderson and pushes him back against the cage.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Sung blocks with his arms.
Sung keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sung moves into the clinch successfully.
Henderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sung tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sung.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Sung avoids it well.
Sung let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sam Sung is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sung swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henderson tries to clinch there but Sung circles away.
Henderson has Sung up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson.
A body shot lands from Sung.
Sung lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sung fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Henderson ducks under a wild hook from Sung.
Sung rushes Henderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sung breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Henderson.
Nice defenses there by Henderson.
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!
Henderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sung keeps the fight on the outside.
Sung has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sung scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sung wants to break free but Henderson has control.
Sung manages to break the clinch.
Sung fails to land with a series of punches.
Henderson wants to clinch.
Sung pushes Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson is leaning against Sung and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Sung.
Sung tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henderson's elbow.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Henderson - that landed with a thud.
Sung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson takes the fight into the clinch.
Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Sung dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sung lands with a nice body punch.
Henderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sung has managed to clinch.
Sung fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sung blocks an uppercut.
Henderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Sam Sung has been cut.
Sung manages to break the clinch.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson scores with a head kick. Sung tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Henderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sung, pushing him back against the cage.
Sung has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sung lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henderson.
Sung prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Sung lands a hook that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Sung.
Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henderson slips under a jab from Sung.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sung is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Henderson rather than just go for the knockout.
Sung takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.
Sung avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson is looking to clinch.
Sung appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sung connects with a nice looking jab.
Sung closes the distance and clinches.
Sung has had enough of the clinch but Henderson keeps him there for the moment.
Henderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Sung has the dominant position.
Sung avoids the elbow strike from Henderson, against the cage.
Henderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sung misses with a punch to the body.
Sung escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sung forces Henderson back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson breaks from the clinch.
Henderson clinches.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch but Sung keeps him there for the moment.
Sung wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sung wants to get back to striking at distance but Henderson won't allow it.
Sung breaks the clinch.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sung swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henderson clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Sung is blocking nicely.
Sung working hard to break the clinch.
Henderson pushes Sung back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henderson is trying to stall.
Henderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson tries to work over Sung's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henderson misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sam Sung will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sam Sung's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sung circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson takes a swing at Sung's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sung instigates a clinch.
Sung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson tries to clinch but Sung moves out of range.
Sung now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sung scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Henderson doesn't seem bothered though.
Sung scores with a punch to the head.
Henderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sung swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A countering left hand to the body from Sung misses.
Henderson slips a jab from Sung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sung instigates a clinch.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Henderson.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson has Sung pressed against the cage, preventing Sung from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henderson takes the fight into the clinch.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Sung is blocking nicely.
Henderson stalling the fight.
Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sung scores with a decent looking hook.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Sung circles away and keeps his distance.
Sung ducks under a wild hook from Henderson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sung swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
A little jabbing left from Sung on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sung takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.
Henderson is looking to clinch.
Sung now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sung misses with a wild combination.
As Sung looks to move away, Henderson throws a big counter combo but Sung just gets out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sung avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Henderson forces Sung back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harry Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sung's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sung blocks the body kick.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sung misses with a body shot.
Henderson gets tackled into the cage by Sung. Sung maintains the clinch.
Sung blocks a body shot from Henderson.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sung has had enough of the clinch but Henderson keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Sung really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Sung's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sung forces Henderson back against the cage and clinches.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sung escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sam Sung seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sung closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Henderson lands with a light punch inside.
The referee calls for Henderson to work.
Sung is trying to break the clinch but Henderson is controlling him.
Sung has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right handed body shot lands from Sung.
Henderson manages to break the clinch.
Sung lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sung manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sung is out of range.
Sung swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
It seemed like Sung was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Henderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sung.
Sung ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson wants to clinch up but Sung keeps it at a distance.
Sung moves into the clinch successfully.
Sung breaks the clinch.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henderson clinches up with Sung and pushes him back against the cage.
Sung manages to break the clinch.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Henderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson scores with a shot to the side of Sung's head.
Henderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harry Henderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henderson blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Sung breaks the clinch.
Sung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sung working hard to break the clinch.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sung forces Henderson back against the cage and clinches.
Henderson breaks the clinch.
Henderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Harry Henderson has been cut.
Henderson wants to clinch.
It seemed like Sung was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Henderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Sam Sung will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sung manages to break the clinch.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sung closes the distance and clinches.
Sung breaks the clinch.
Sung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sung rushes Henderson and presses him up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Henderson.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sung backwards.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henderson throws a leg kick that misses.
Henderson lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson works Sung's body with a nice hook.
Nice shot by Sung.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sung stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Henderson defending well as Sung loads up on a big left hand.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Sung circles away and keeps his distance.
Sung appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Henderson.
That has opened up Sam Sung's cut even more.
Henderson manages to break the clinch.
Sung clinches up against the cage.
Sam Sung is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Henderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Sung.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Sung is blocking nicely.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Sung.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sung has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Sung is blocking nicely.
Sung misses with a body punch.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Sung has him pressed against the cage.
Sung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
Harry Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Henderson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sung has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Sung!
Sam Sung thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Robert Whittaker (ranked 20372 p4p, 770 weight class) and Micheal De Villiers (ranked 23244 p4p, 768 weight class). Micheal De Villiers told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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190 lbs
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200 lbs
0 - 3 - 1 |
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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
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Whittaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Micheal De Villiers!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Villiers throws a series of punches but Whittaker moves out of range.
De Villiers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Whittaker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Villiers.
De Villiers is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Whittaker scores with a jab to the body.
De Villiers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whittaker.
De Villiers misses with a head kick.
De Villiers misses with a head kick.
Whittaker throws a body shot but no joy.
Whittaker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whittaker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Villiers tries to close the distance and clinch but Whittaker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Villiers moves forwards but Whittaker connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Whittaker just misses with a punch to the body.
De Villiers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whittaker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Villiers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whittaker misses with a kick to the body.
De Villiers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Whittaker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Villiers tries to clinch but Whittaker moves out of range.
De Villiers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Whittaker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from De Villiers.
Whittaker misses with a body kick.
De Villiers's coach down at Kung Fu Fighting Club ($299 entry fee) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on De Villiers's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
De Villiers misses the shot to the body.
De Villiers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whittaker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Villiers throws a sloppy head kick and Whittaker moves out of range easily.
Whittaker lands with a cross.
De Villiers tries to clinch up.
De Villiers closes the distance but Whittaker moves to the side
and Whittaker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whittaker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Whittaker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Whittaker misses with a leg kick.
Whittaker looks to land a combination but De Villiers avoids it well.
De Villiers is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Whittaker misses with a right hand
and De Villiers counters with a series of strikes. Whittaker will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Villiers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Villiers avoids the head kick by Whittaker.
Whittaker misses with a low kick.
De Villiers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Whittaker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Villiers avoids the head kick by Whittaker.
De Villiers takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Villiers is looking to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Whittaker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Whittaker dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Whittaker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Villiers misses with a double jab
and Whittaker counters with a left and a right that stings De Villiers.
Nice shot lands for Whittaker.
Whittaker misses with a kick to the body.
Whittaker connects with a jab.
De Villiers throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Villiers misses with a body shot.
De Villiers tries to clinch but Whittaker moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whittaker jabs De Villiers to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Whittaker misses with a leg kick.
Whittaker missing with a left hand there. De Villiers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Robert Whittaker is winning the standup battle so far.
De Villiers closes the distance looking to clinch
and Whittaker counters with a one-two to the body.
Whittaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Villiers can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Villiers wants to clinch up but Whittaker keeps it at a distance.
Whittaker is looking to land body kicks.
De Villiers misses with a wild combination.
Whittaker is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
De Villiers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Villiers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Villiers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Whittaker checks it well.
A slapping leg kick lands for Whittaker.
De Villiers avoids the head kick by Whittaker.
Whittaker pushes De Villiers away with a front kick.
De Villiers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whittaker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Villiers at a distance.
De Villiers throws a big shot that misses.
Whittaker lands an overhand right.
Robert Whittaker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Villiers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whittaker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Whittaker misses.
As Whittaker backs off De Villiers throws a huge counter combo but Whittaker manages to avoid it all.
De Villiers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whittaker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Villiers.
Whittaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Villiers.
De Villiers clips Whittaker with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Whittaker a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Robert Whittaker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Villiers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whittaker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Whittaker went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Micheal De Villiers takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Whittaker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Whittaker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Villiers tries to clinch but Whittaker moves away
and Whittaker counters with an inside leg kick.
Whittaker fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
De Villiers closes the distance and pushes Whittaker back into the cage.
Whittaker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whittaker cracks De Villiers with an open hand slap.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Villiers 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 Whittaker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Whittaker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
No joy there for Whittaker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Villiers throws a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Villiers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whittaker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Villiers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whittaker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Whittaker misses with a head kick.
Whittaker throws a lazy uppercut
and before Whittaker can reset, De Villiers rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! Whittaker is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!
Whittaker is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Villiers blocks a jab.
De Villiers throws a counter combo.
Whittaker drops his guard momentarily, allowing De Villiers to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Whittaker! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! De Villiers takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Micheal De Villiers!
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Darrell Daal (ranked 9754 p4p, 738 weight class) and Marek Piotrowski (ranked 8508 p4p, 693 weight class). Piotrowski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chlopcy ida na wojne kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darrell Daal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marek Piotrowski!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daal fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Piotrowski on the side of the head.
Piotrowski tries to keep at a distance but Daal has taken the fight into the clinch.
Daal lands a left hand.
Piotrowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Piotrowski trying to land knees to the body.
Piotrowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Daal stalling against the cage.
Piotrowski tries to break free but Daal pushes him back against the cage.
Daal tries to throw a body punch but Piotrowski avoids it by throwing Daal back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Daal - that landed with a thud.
Piotrowski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Daal is looking to break free of the clinch but Piotrowski has double underhooks.
Piotrowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Piotrowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daal blocking some punches.
Piotrowski misses with a punch to the body.
Daal can't break the clinch.
Piotrowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Piotrowski looks to throw the jab but Daal is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piotrowski swings widly with a right hand
and Daal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Piotrowski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Daal counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Piotrowski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Daal seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Piotrowski throws a poor cross that misses
and Daal counters with a straight right hand.
Daal throws a jab when Piotrowski was well out of range.
Daal takes one to the chin there.
A shot to the liver by Daal. Beautiful body shot.
Piotrowski checks a leg kick.
Daal swats away the attempt to clinch by Piotrowski.
Piotrowski slips under a jab.
Piotrowski scores with a one two! Daal had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daal cracks Piotrowski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daal lands with a cross.
Daal takes a swing at Piotrowski's ribcage but misses.
Piotrowski fails to land with a series of punches.
Piotrowski throws a head kick that misses.
Daal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Daal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Piotrowski in his tracks.
Daal ducks under a wild hook from Piotrowski.
Daal has managed to clinch.
Piotrowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daal taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Piotrowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Piotrowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Piotrowski has a couple of punches blocked by Daal.
Piotrowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Daal dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Piotrowski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Daal moves out of range as Piotrowski strikes.
Daal is looking to clinch but Piotrowski is avoiding it.
Piotrowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daal moves away.
Piotrowski misses with a right hand
and Daal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Daal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Piotrowski throws a wild body kick that Daal sees coming a mile off.
Daal is looking to score with low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Piotrowski misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Piotrowski misses with a straight right.
Daal misses with a left hand
and Piotrowski counters with a straight right hand.
Daal tries to clinch but Piotrowski is having none of it.
Daal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Piotrowski's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piotrowski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Daal moves into the clinch.
Daal throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Piotrowskis head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daal.
Daal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Piotrowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Piotrowski throws a lazy uppercut
and Daal counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Daal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Piotrowski can do to turn this around?
Daal is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Piotrowski.
Daal clips Piotrowski with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Piotrowski a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
It looks like Marek Piotrowski has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Piotrowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Piotrowski.
Darrell Daal is winning the standup battle so far.
Daal ducks under a wild hook from Piotrowski.
A quick step to the side and Daal tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Piotrowski throws out the jab.
Piotrowski lands a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daal moves into the clinch.
A short right from Daal on the inside.
Daal breaks the clinch.
Piotrowski 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.
Piotrowski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Daal swats away the attempt to clinch by Piotrowski.
Piotrowski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Daal thuds a left hand into Piotrowski's body.
Darrell Daal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piotrowski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daal tries to clinch but Piotrowski moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Piotrowski. Those never looked like landing.
Daal lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Piotrowski goes down! The ref sends Daal to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Piotrowski is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Daal takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
The cut man is working on Marek Piotrowski's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Daal throws a right hand that Piotrowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Piotrowski also avoids with ease.
Daal digs a good body shot into Piotrowski's ribs.
Daal clinches up against the cage.
Daal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Piotrowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Piotrowski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Daal working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Piotrowski misses with the head strike.
Daal stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Piotrowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daal prevents Piotrowski from breaking the clinch.
Piotrowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Daal misses with a punch to the body.
Piotrowski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Daal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daal throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Piotrowski backwards.
Piotrowski has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Daal seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Piotrowski can turn it around.
Daal tries a body shot but Piotrowski blocks it.
Piotrowski lands a left hand.
Piotrowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daal looks to throw the jab but Piotrowski is out of range.
Daal defending well as Piotrowski loads up on a big left hand.
Piotrowski misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Daal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Daal blocks a jab.
Piotrowski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Daal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Piotrowski misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Daal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Piotrowski steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Daal has Piotrowski up against the cage in a clinch.
Piotrowski throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Piotrowski backwards.
Piotrowski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Piotrowski misses with the head strike.
Daal lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Daal.
Piotrowski working hard to break the clinch.
Piotrowski working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Daal takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Darrell Daal has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Piotrowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Piotrowski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Daal lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Daal - that landed with a thud.
Daal pushes Piotrowski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Piotrowski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Daal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Daal clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Marek Piotrowski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Daal closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Piotrowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Daal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daal pushes Piotrowski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Daal tries to work over Piotrowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Piotrowski misses with the head strike.
Daal works on Piotrowski's body with a couple of short punches.
Daal breaks from the clinch.
Daal throws a nice looking combination but Piotrowski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Piotrowski scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Piotrowski misses with a few strikes there.
Daal loads up on a big right hand but Piotrowski slips the punch.
Daal looks to land a combination. Piotrowski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Piotrowski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Piotrowski throws a right hand that misses
and Daal counters with a stiff right hand.
Darrell Daal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Piotrowski is rocked!
Good exchange - Daal coming out on top.
Piotrowski is still on wobbly legs! Can Daal finish him?
Piotrowski dodges the punch combination from Daal.
Piotrowski swings for the body but Daal moves out of range.
Piotrowski seems to have recovered his senses.
Daal rushes Piotrowski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Daal lands a shoulder strike.
Piotrowski has a couple of punches blocked by Daal.
Daal lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Piotrowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Piotrowski misses with the head strike.
A short right from Piotrowski.
Piotrowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Piotrowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daal pivots, looking for a leg kick but Piotrowski is out of range and Daal settles back down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daal digs a good body shot into Piotrowski's ribs.
Daal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Piotrowski.
Daal misses with a low kick.
And Piotrowski responds with a good body kick, but Daal manages to step out the way in time.
Piotrowski throws a body punch but Daal moves out of range.
Piotrowski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Daal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Piotrowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daal with a nice cross.
Daal scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Daal had his way with Marek Piotrowski in that round.
The cut man is working on Marek Piotrowski'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!
Piotrowski swings and misses with a shot to the body
and before Piotrowski can reset, Daal rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! Piotrowski is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!
Piotrowski scores with a leg kick.
Piotrowski looks to land a right hand but Daal moved out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Daal.
Daal shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Daal lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Piotrowski swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Daal counter with a right hand.
Piotrowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daal manages to avoid it.
Piotrowski throws a leg kick that is checked
and Daal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Daal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Piotrowski throws out the jab.
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!
Daal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Daal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Piotrowski throws a lazy right hand but Daal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Piotrowski throws a leg kick but Daal sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Daal pushes Piotrowski up against the cage in a clinch.
Piotrowski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Daal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darrell Daal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Piotrowski tries to circle away but Daal has him pinned against the cage.
Piotrowski scores with a shoulder strike.
Daal missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piotrowski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Piotrowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Piotrowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Daal takes a shot to the head.
Daal blocking some punches.
Daal prevents a body shot from Piotrowski.
Piotrowski has a couple of punches blocked by Daal.
Piotrowski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Piotrowski tries to circle away but Daal has him pinned against the cage.
Piotrowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marek Piotrowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Piotrowski gets through Daal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marek Piotrowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Daal 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 50:42
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 50:42
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 50:42
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darrell Daal!
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ricardo Pfeifer (ranked 9852 p4p, 741 weight class) and Manny Ramirez (ranked 22487 p4p, 754 weight class). Ramirez has chosen Jay Z - Show me what you got as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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180 lbs
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190 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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Pfeifer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez misses with a hook to the body
letting Pfeifer counter with a right hand.
Ramirez throws a body punch but Pfeifer moves out of range.
Pfeifer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ramirez on the side of the head.
Ramirez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pfeifer backs up against the cage.
Ramirez is looking to clinch but Pfeifer is avoiding it.
Ramirez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pfeifer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pfeifer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pfeifer clinches.
Ramirez is trying to break the clinch but Pfeifer is controlling him.
Pfeifer breaks from the clinch.
Pfeifer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ramirez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pfeifer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez cracks Pfeifer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ramirez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pfeifer, pushing him back against the cage.
Pfeifer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pfeifer lands a nice uppercut.
Pfeifer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Pfeifer.
Ramirez stalling in the clinch but Pfeifer improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramirez.
Ramirez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pfeifer has him pressed against the cage.
Pfeifer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pfeifer gets a clinch.
Pfeifer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pfeifer looks to land a left hand but Ramirez moved out of range nicely.
Jab, jab by Ramirez - just one landing.
Pfeifer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramirez tries to clinch there but Pfeifer circles away.
Ramirez's coach down at White's ELITE Fitness Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ramirez's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ramirez 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.
Pfeifer keeps the fight on the outside.
Pfeifer throws a big counter combination but Ramirez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Ramirez wants to clinch up but Pfeifer keeps it at a distance.
Ramirez misses with the combination.
Pfeifer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ramirez slips a jab and a cross from Pfeifer.
Pfeifer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramirez circles away quickly and effectively.
Manny Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pfeifer misses with a hook.
Ramirez gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pfeifer keeps control of Ramirez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ramirez lands an elbow that stopped Pfeifer in his tracks for a moment.
Pfeifer misses with a knee strike.
Pfeifer breaks the clinch.
Pfeifer pushes Ramirez up against the cage in a clinch.
Pfeifer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pfeifer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pfeifer looks to throw the jab but Ramirez is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez tries to clinch but Pfeifer is having none of it.
Ramirez lands with a hook. Pfeifer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pfeifer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ramirez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ramirez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramirez is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Pfeifer 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.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramirez clinches with his opponent.
Ramirez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pfeifer has him pressed against the cage.
Ricardo Pfeifer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ramirez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pfeifer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pfeifer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ramirez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ramirez takes a swing at Pfeifer's ribcage but misses.
A head kick from Pfeifer lands but Ramirez takes it in his stride.
Ramirez moves in looking to clinch but Pfeifer pushes him off.
Pfeifer throws a counter high kick but Ramirez was just alert enough to avoid it.
A low kick from Ramirez misses
and Pfeifer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ricardo Pfeifer is winning the standup battle so far.
Ramirez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pfeifer throws a hook but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez cracks a nice hook into Pfeifer's ribs.
Pfeifer instigates a clinch.
Pfeifer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pfeifer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pfeifer tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez tries to clinch up but Pfeifer circles away and keeps his distance.
Pfeifer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ramirez can do to turn this around?
Pfeifer tries a head kick but it misses.
Ramirez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ramirez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pfeifer, pushing him back against the cage.
Pfeifer breaks from the clinch.
Pfeifer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab from Pfeifer finds it's way through Ramirez's defenses.
Pfeifer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ramirez doesn't manage to clinch there - Pfeifer circles away.
Pfeifer moves into the clinch.
Ramirez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ramirez misses with the combination.
Ramirez tries to clinch up but Pfeifer circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Pfeifer misses the target.
Ramirez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pfeifer.
Pfeifer scores with the left hand. Ramirez knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pfeifer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pfeifer throws a head kick that misses.
Ricardo Pfeifer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramirez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pfeifer.
Ramirez tries to clinch but Pfeifer moves out of range.
Ramirez throws a right hand that Pfeifer ducks under and follows up with a left that Pfeifer also avoids with ease.
Ramirez looks to land a combination but Pfeifer avoids it well.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramirez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ramirez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pfeifer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pfeifer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramirez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pfeifer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pfeifer misses with a head kick.
Ramirez wants to clinch.
It looked like Pfeifer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ramirez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pfeifer rather than just go for the knockout.
Ramirez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Pfeifer dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pfeifer rushes Ramirez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pfeifer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ramirez tries to clinch but Pfeifer moves out of range.
Pfeifer throws a right hand that Ramirez ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramirez also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Ramirez. Those never looked like landing.
Pfeifer misses with a straight right.
Ramirez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pfeifer throws a right hand that Ramirez ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramirez also avoids with ease.
Ramirez staying out of range there.
Pfeifer misses with a few strikes there.
Pfeifer moves into the clinch successfully.
Pfeifer breaks from the clinch.
Pfeifer thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pfeifer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pfeifer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ramirez connects with a nice looking jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ramirez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pfeifer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramirez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramirez fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Pfeifer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ramirez lands a jab.
Pfeifer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pfeifer is rocked!
Pfeifer is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Ramirez doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Pfeifer crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Pfeifer's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Manny Ramirez!
Manny Ramirez 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 super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joe DeMarco (ranked 23400 p4p, 326 weight class) and Kusal Perera (ranked 23444 p4p, 177 weight class). Kusal Perera is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe DeMarco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kusal Perera!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeMarco closes the distance but Perera moves to the side
and Perera counters with a good low kick that DeMarco was not able to check.
DeMarco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
DeMarco blocks a head kick by Perera.
Perera has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perera.
Perera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
DeMarco is trying to break free.
A right handed body shot lands from Perera.
Perera lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
DeMarco takes a shot to the head.
Perera lands a right hand.
DeMarco tries to break the clinch but Perera is controlling the position.
Perera pushes DeMarco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perera softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DeMarco tries to break free but Perera pushes him back against the cage.
DeMarco is looking to break free of the clinch but Perera has double underhooks.
DeMarco throws a head punch that misses.
Perera scores with a nice hook to the head.
DeMarco pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Perera.
DeMarco is breathing heavily.
A short right from Perera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perera lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
DeMarco takes a shot to the head.
DeMarco manages to break the clinch.
Perera is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Perera shuts the power down on DeMarco. Lights out, game over! Perera is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kusal Perera!
A relieved looking Kusal Perera thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Vasily Khrapov Jr (ranked 7142 p4p, 652 weight class) and Tomas Bendayho (ranked 4483 p4p, 495 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vasily Khrapov Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomas Bendayho!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bendayho swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bendayho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bendayho throws a shot from downtown. Khrapov Jr moves away and avoids it.
Bendayho throws a right hand that misses
and Khrapov Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bendayho staying out of range there.
Bendayho steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Khrapov Jr.
Khrapov Jr defending well as Bendayho loads up on a big left hand.
Khrapov Jr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khrapov Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khrapov Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Khrapov Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Bendayho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khrapov Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bendayho misses the jab.
Bendayho scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bendayho closes the distance but Khrapov Jr moves to the side
letting Khrapov Jr counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khrapov Jr slips a jab from Bendayho.
Khrapov Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bendayho looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khrapov Jr drops his hands momentarily and Bendayho takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bendayho tries to clinch up.
Khrapov Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Bendayho's head.
Khrapov Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bendayho under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khrapov Jr getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bendayho misses with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khrapov Jr.
Bendayho throws a hook to the side of Khrapov Jr's head but Khrapov Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bendayho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khrapov Jr throws out the jab.
Khrapov Jr is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Khrapov Jr has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Khrapov Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Khrapov Jr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bendayho looks to throw the jab but Khrapov Jr is out of range.
Khrapov Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bendayho throws an overhand right that lands on Khrapov Jr's shoulder, as Khrapov Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Bendayho scores with the left hand. Khrapov Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Khrapov Jr moves out of range as Bendayho strikes.
Khrapov Jr is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Khrapov Jr misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Bendayho was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bendayho takes a swing at Khrapov Jr's ribcage but misses.
Khrapov Jr is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Khrapov Jr throws a looping overhand right but Bendayho ducks down to avoid it.
Bendayho looks to score with a jab to the body but Khrapov Jr is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bendayho on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bendayho takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bendayho throws a jab when Khrapov Jr was well out of range.
Bendayho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khrapov Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khrapov Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Bendayho smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bendayho 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.
Bendayho takes a swing at Khrapov Jr's ribcage but misses.
Bendayho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khrapov Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bendayho.
Khrapov Jr misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bendayho.
Bendayho looks to land a right hand but Khrapov Jr moved out of range.
Bendayho with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bendayho lunges at Khrapov Jr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khrapov Jr's hand.
Khrapov Jr moves out of range as Bendayho strikes.
Bendayho misses the jab.
Khrapov Jr shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Khrapov Jr is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tomas Bendayho will probably get the nod.
That's time! Khrapov Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Khrapov Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bendayho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khrapov Jr stuns Bendayho with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khrapov Jr misses with a looping right.
Bendayho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khrapov Jr manages to avoid it.
Khrapov Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bendayho misses with a wild body shot.
Khrapov Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Khrapov Jr thuds a left hand into Bendayho's body.
Khrapov Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khrapov Jr throws out a loose jab but Bendayho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khrapov Jr misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bendayho looks to land a left hand but Khrapov Jr moved out of range nicely.
Jab, jab by Khrapov Jr - just one landing.
Khrapov Jr swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bendayho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A slow jab from Bendayho misses its intended target.
Bendayho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bendayho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khrapov Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bendayho.
Khrapov Jr lands with a nice body punch.
Khrapov Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Bendayho scores with a sloppy right hand. Khrapov Jr should have avoided that one.
Tomas Bendayho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bendayho connects with the punch.
Bendayho paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oh Khrapov Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khrapov Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bendayho scores with a nice strike.
Bendayho moves into range and clinches up with Khrapov Jr.
Bendayho pushes Khrapov Jr back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bendayho lands a left hand.
Bendayho creates a bit of distance and cracks Khrapov Jr with a big uppercut! Khrapov Jr goes down! The referee pushes Bendayho away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Khrapov Jr make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Bendayho takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tomas Bendayho!
An out of breath and clearly excited Tomas Bendayho thanked RAGS of a RONIN for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Bjorn Valor (ranked 8956 p4p, 577 weight class) and The Lek Wor Sangprapai (ranked 3268 p4p, 312 weight class). Wor Sangprapai has chosen *Thailand Music as his entrance music. Bjorn Valor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjorn Valor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, The Lek Wor Sangprapai!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valor throws a body punch but Wor Sangprapai moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Wor Sangprapai's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Valor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wor Sangprapai throws out the jab.
Valor misses with a hook
enabling Wor Sangprapai to counter with a crisp jab.
Valor connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Valor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Valor misses with a hook.
Wor Sangprapai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wor Sangprapai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wor Sangprapai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wor Sangprapai throws an off balance right hand
and Valor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wor Sangprapai lands a head kick. Valor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wor Sangprapai throws a looping overhand right but Valor ducks down to avoid it.
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!
Valor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wor Sangprapai lands a really nice looking cross but Valor seems unphased.
Valor is rocked!
Wor Sangprapai misses with a few strikes there.
Oh Valor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Valor walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). The Lek Wor Sangprapai!
The Lek Wor Sangprapai is the new featherweight champion!
The Lek Wor Sangprapai took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Blue Moon for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Lee (ranked 22056 p4p, 831 weight class) and Ivan Draganov (ranked 22406 p4p, 761 weight class). Lee comes into the arena with Kickstart My Heart blaring out of the sound system. Draganov has chosen The Cranberries - Zombies as his entrance music. Ivan Draganov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight 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 New York, Tommy Lee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Draganov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draganov lands with an uppercut that bounces Lee off the cage and back into range.
Draganov looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Draganov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lee has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lee defending well as Draganov loads up on a big left hand.
Lee fakes the leg kick and cracks Draganov in the body.
Lee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Draganov.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Draganov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee thuds his shin into the meat of Draganov's side.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Draganov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draganov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee throws a leg kick but Draganov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A cross from Draganov lands.
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Lee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Draganov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lee scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Draganov with a jab.
Draganov misses with a straight right.
Lee throws a jab when Draganov was well out of range.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Draganov.
Lee sets himself, and Draganov steps forward looking for the clinch! Lee avoids it this time.
Lee takes a swing at Draganov's ribcage but misses.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Draganov manages to avoid it.
Draganov tries to counter with a clinch but Lee shakes him off and moves away.
Draganov looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Lee is looking to land body kicks.
Draganov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lee drops his hands momentarily and Draganov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Draganov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Draganov moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draganov lands a shoulder strike.
Draganov lands a nice uppercut.
Draganov blocking some punches.
Lee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Draganov backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draganov's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Draganov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Draganov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Lee.
Draganov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Lee.
Lee lands a body shot.
Draganov prevents a body shot from Lee.
Draganov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee gets through Draganov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lee tries to break the clinch but Draganov is controlling the position.
Draganov lands with a light punch inside.
Lee lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lee scores with a hook.
Lee slips under a jab from Draganov.
Nice uppercut there from Draganov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ivan Draganov will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lee swings away with a body shot that misses
and Draganov counters with a straight right hand.
Lee digs a good body shot into Draganov's ribs.
Lee connects with an inside leg kick.
Draganov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lee is looking to wear down Draganov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice cross by Lee.
Lee avoids the body shot from Draganov.
A quick step to the side and Lee tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee staying out of range there.
Draganov throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Jab from Lee.
Lee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee ducks right into an uppercut from Draganov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee feints and then cracks Draganov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Draganov down.
Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Draganov doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice shot lands for Draganov.
Draganov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Draganov.
Lee staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands a front kick.
Draganov is looking to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Draganov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Draganov blocks the body kick.
Lee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Draganov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Draganov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Draganov does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Draganov doesn't seem bothered though.
Draganov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Draganov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draganov's elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draganov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lee lands a left hand.
A short left from Draganov.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Draganov has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Lee.
Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A good leg kick by Lee.
Tommy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Draganov looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Draganov throws out a counter right but Lee avoids it with no problem.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Lee slips under a jab from Draganov.
Lee cracks Draganov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
It appears Lee was looking to counter with a kick there.
Draganov 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Draganov.
Draganov throws a hook but Lee avoids it easily.
Draganov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Draganov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Draganov needs to keep his hands up - Lee had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Lee dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Draganov throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draganov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Draganov tries to clinch up.
And Lee counters with a quick kick to the body but Draganov blocks it.
Draganov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lee.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Draganov throws out the jab.
Draganov scores with the left hand. Lee knows he should have avoided that one.
Draganov misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Draganov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Draganov.
Draganov moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Draganov.
Lee thuds his right hand into Draganov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee gets a clinch.
Draganov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lee.
Draganov lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Lee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draganov backwards.
Tommy Lee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lee is trying to push Draganov away but Draganov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with the head strike.
Lee prevents a body shot from Draganov.
Draganov is working Lee over against the cage.
Draganov working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Draganov.
Draganov lands a left hand.
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Draganov keeps him there for the moment.
Lee misses with some punches.
Draganov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee breaks from the clinch.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Draganov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Draganov misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Draganov throws out a powerful jab.
Draganov tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Draganov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draganov wants to clinch.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big right from Lee misses.
Lee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Draganov is just out of range.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Draganov.
Lee lands a glancing blow to the side of Draganov's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Draganov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lee throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Draganov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Lee clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Some wild striking there from Draganov.
Draganov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draganov moves away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lee, as that shot connected.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Draganov is just out of range.
Lee scores with a jab to the body.
Draganov checks the leg kick.
Draganov is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Draganov slips a jab and a cross from Lee.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Draganov can do to turn this around?
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draganov.
Lee slips under a jab from Draganov.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draganov.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Draganov! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draganov moves out of range of the leg kick from Lee.
Lee lands with a shot to the body.
Lee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A lazy left from Lee finds it's target.
Lee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Lee misses.
Draganov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lee scores with a hook to the body. Draganov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Draganov misses with a left hand
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Draganov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lee connects with a body shot that sends Draganov's belly button to the back.
Draganov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lee to score with a decent uppercut.
Draganov has Lee up against the cage in a clinch.
Lee blocking some punches.
Draganov blocks an uppercut.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Draganov.
Lee blocking some punches.
Draganov blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee throws a low kick, looking for Draganov's leg but Draganov calmly moves out of range.
Draganov steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lee.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lee. Draganov shrugs it off though.
Lee throws a leg kick but Draganov moved away.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Draganov slips the punch.
Lee slips under a jab.
Draganov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Lee misses with a body kick.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Draganov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Draganov's head.
Draganov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Draganov is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Draganov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
Lee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lee takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Lee had his way with Ivan Draganov in 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Draganov moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Draganov.
Draganov throws a shot to the body.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Draganov.
Draganov missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Lee misses.
Lee throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Draganov walks into a straight right hand from Lee.
Draganov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Draganov missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Draganov moves away and avoids it.
Draganov wants to counter the offense by Lee and move into the clinch position.
Draganov throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Draganov thuds his right hand into Lee's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big left from Draganov misses.
Draganov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is looking to land body kicks.
Draganov throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Draganov's front leg but catches the back leg as Draganov tries to avoid it.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Draganov is just out of range.
Draganov swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Ivan Draganov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draganov throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little feinted left hand from Lee on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lee throws a leg kick but Draganov moved away.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Draganov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Draganov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draganov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Draganov, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draganov slips a jab from Lee.
A little jabbing left from Draganov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Draganov misses with a body shot.
Lee is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lee clobbers Draganov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Draganov tries to counter with a clinch but Lee shakes him off and moves away.
Draganov with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Draganov instigates a clinch.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee is trying to force a seperation but Draganov has the dominant position.
Draganov lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Lee.
Draganov working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
Tommy Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Draganov misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lee has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 49:46
Judge George Francis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Lee!
Tommy Lee retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Tommy Lee thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Ivan Draganov spoke after the fight, saying 'powerful, big heart'.
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