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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Antonio Jose De Sucre (ranked 23320 p4p, 4814 weight class) and Solomon Bundy (ranked 581 p4p, 464 weight class). De Sucre comes to the ring accompanied by Bolivianos el Hado Propicio. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 44 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Jose De Sucre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Solomon Bundy!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bundy tries a low kick but De Sucre avoids it.
Bundy misses with a few strikes there.
Bundy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
 It looks like Antonio Jose De Sucre has been cut.
De Sucre throws an off balance right hand
and Bundy counters with a left to the body.
De Sucre slips a jab and a cross from Bundy.
De Sucre misses with a wild body shot.
Despite the aggression on Bundy's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Bundy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Sucre.
Bundy throws out a counter right but De Sucre avoids it with no problem.
De Sucre misses with the combination.
Bundy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sloppy strikes from De Sucre. Those never looked like landing.
De Sucre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Sucre connects with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left and a right from Bundy both land. Nice combination.
De Sucre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bundy on the side of the head.
Bundy ducks right into an uppercut from De Sucre.
Bundy throws a right and a left that De Sucre avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Sucre swings widly with a right hand
and Bundy counters with an outside leg kick.
Bundy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Sucre throws a right and a left that Bundy avoids nicely.
De Sucre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Sucre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bundy misses with the combination.
De Sucre throwing a counter right hand but Bundy manages to avoid it.
De Sucre drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Sucre throws an off balance right hand
and Bundy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bundy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Antonio Jose De Sucre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bundy connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends De Sucre to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Bundy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Solomon Bundy!
Solomon Bundy took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Urban Fighter for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ross Buchanan (ranked 23333 p4p, 22804 weight class) and Carlton Adesanya (ranked 605 p4p, 601 weight class). Buchanan comes into the arena with Roy Buchanan's Train Blues blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 27 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Buchanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Buchanan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adesanya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buchanan closes the distance and clinches.
Adesanya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buchanan lands a hook that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
Buchanan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adesanya is trying to break the clinch but Buchanan is controlling him.
Adesanya misses with a body punch.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Adesanya scores with a nice right hand.
Buchanan rushes Adesanya and presses him up against the ropes.
Adesanya can't break the clinch.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adesanya.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan is leaning against Adesanya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Adesanya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya lands a left hand.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adesanya is trying to break the clinch but Buchanan has him pressed against the ropes.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adesanya throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Adesanya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Adesanya wants to stall.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Adesanya manages to break the clinch.
Buchanan clinches with his opponent.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adesanya lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Buchanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adesanya.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buchanan.
Adesanya blocking some punches.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adesanya tries to land knees in the clinch but Buchanan avoids the damage to the body.
Adesanya blocks an uppercut.
Adesanya looking to throw knees to the head but Buchanan is blocking nicely.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adesanya missing with knees to the body.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Adesanya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adesanya.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ross Buchanan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Buchanan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Adesanya cracks a nice hook into Buchanan's ribs.
Ross Buchanan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buchanan throws the kick towards the body but Adesanya avoids it.
Adesanya avoids the body shot from Buchanan.
Buchanan moves in looking to clinch but Adesanya pushes him off.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adesanya lands a body shot.
Adesanya is trying to force a seperation but Buchanan has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Adesanya is trying to break the clinch but Buchanan has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buchanan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Buchanan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
Buchanan scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adesanya.
Adesanya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan keeps the fight on the outside.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Buchanan 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 Adesanya has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Adesanya and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Buchanan moves out of range.
Buchanan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Buchanan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adesanya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the body from Buchanan misses
and Adesanya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adesanya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adesanya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buchanan manages to avoid it.
Buchanan is looking to clinch but Adesanya is avoiding it.
Buchanan throws a right and a left that Adesanya avoids nicely.
Adesanya is looking to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Buchanan lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan lands a shoulder strike.
Adesanya tries to stall but Buchanan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Buchanan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adesanya can do to turn this around?
A right handed body shot lands from Buchanan.
Buchanan scores with a shot to the side of Adesanya's head.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buchanan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Adesanya blocks a body shot from Buchanan.
A right hook to the body lands for Buchanan.
Adesanya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buchanan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adesanya's elbow.
Buchanan can't find room to land a body shot as Adesanya controls the action.
Adesanya has had enough of the clinch but Buchanan keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Buchanan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Buchanan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ross Buchanan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Adesanya tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ross Buchanan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Buchanan throws a head kick that misses.
Adesanya throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Buchanan misses with the combination.
Adesanya shapes to counter with a head kick.
Adesanya swinging wildly here.
Adesanya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Buchanan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adesanya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya checks a low kick from Buchanan.
Adesanya's jab looks to have found its range, popping Buchanan under the eye.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adesanya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Buchanan is looking to counter punch.
Carlton Adesanya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan throws a body punch but Adesanya moves out of range.
Buchanan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adesanya was well out of range. Poor timing from Buchanan.
Buchanan moves into the clinch successfully.
Adesanya is looking to break free of the clinch but Buchanan has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Adesanya's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adesanya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buchanan.
Adesanya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buchanan avoids it.
Ross Buchanan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buchanan.
Ross Buchanan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Buchanan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Adesanya is trying to force a seperation but Buchanan has the dominant position.
Adesanya blocks an uppercut.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adesanya.
Adesanya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adesanya.
Buchanan scores with a shot to the side of Adesanya's head.
Buchanan lands a right hand.
Adesanya leaning against his opponent.
Adesanya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adesanya working hard to break the clinch.
Buchanan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Buchanan can't find room to land a body shot as Adesanya controls the action.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adesanya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buchanan's elbow.
Buchanan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buchanan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adesanya's efforts to push away.
Buchanan gets through Adesanya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carlton Adesanya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buchanan avoiding damage as Adesanya throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ross Buchanan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Buchanan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!
Ross Buchanan wins by unanimous decision!
Ross Buchanan thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Vincent McGuire (ranked 20206 p4p, 23355 weight class) and Chong Tay (ranked 596 p4p, 692 weight class). Chong Tay has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vincent McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 29 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chong Tay!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Tay misses
enabling McGuire to counter with a crisp jab.
McGuire avoids the head kick by Tay.
Chong Tay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tay throws a lazy body kick
and McGuire counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tay misses with a wild combination.
McGuire throws a head kick that Tay semi-blocks.
McGuire throws a looping overhand right but Tay ducks down to avoid it.
Tay tries to bum rush McGuire with a series of wild strikes but McGuire uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGuire looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McGuire lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
McGuire misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McGuire throws a hook but Tay blocks it.
Tay misses with a combination
and McGuire counters with a 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!
McGuire lands an overhand right.
Tay misses with a few strikes there.
Tay fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McGuire swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McGuire misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Tay.
A little feinted left hand from McGuire on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McGuire connects with a jab.
Tay lands with a nice combination. McGuire backs away looking to recover.
Tay looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tay throws a left and a right that both miss
and McGuire counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tay lands with a shot to the body.
Tay misses with a wild combination.
McGuire is looking to counter punch.
Tay misses with a series of wild punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGuire works the jab nicely.
Tay pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McGuire looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Tay throws a left and a right that both miss
and McGuire counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McGuire is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tay thows a leg kick but McGuire checks it
and McGuire counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McGuire cracks Tay with an open hand slap.
McGuire works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McGuire checks a leg kick.
Tay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGuire circles away quickly and effectively.
Tay fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McGuire checks it well.
McGuire looks to throw the jab but Tay is out of range.
Tay throws a sloppy head kick and McGuire moves out of range easily.
Tay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGuire lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McGuire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGuire is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tay throws a combination that misses
and McGuire counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGuire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tay.
A lazy body kick from Tay
letting McGuire counter with a right hand.
Tay throws a lazy head kick
and McGuire counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent McGuire dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tay will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tay takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tay catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! McGuire stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? McGuire walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
McGuire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGuire lands with a hook. Tay tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tay throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Tay misses its intended target.
Vincent McGuire is winning the standup battle so far.
McGuire ducks under a wild hook from Tay.
Tay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGuire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tay. McGuire shrugs it off though.
Tay throws a left and a right that both miss
and McGuire counters with a straight right hand.
Tay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tay takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tay tries a head kick but it misses.
McGuire scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McGuire throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire blocks a head kick by Tay.
Tay falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tay defending well as McGuire loads up on a big left hand.
Tay misses with the combination.
McGuire uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tay.
McGuire was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tay throws a sloppy head kick and McGuire moves out of range easily.
McGuire uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tay.
Tay misses with a series of wild punches.
Tay tries to bum rush McGuire with a series of wild strikes but McGuire uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGuire misses with a looping left.
Tay throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tay slips under a jab.
Tay throws a combination that misses
and McGuire connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tay tries to move into range but McGuire moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McGuire lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tay at a distance.
Tay is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McGuire misses with a head kick.
Tay on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
No joy there for Tay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGuire lands with a nice body punch.
A low kick from Tay misses
and Tay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chong Tay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McGuire scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tay lands a nice leg kick that just misses McGuire's sensitive parts.
McGuire blocks a head kick by Tay.
Tay takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGuire avoids a punch combination nicely.
McGuire thinks about countering with a head kick.
Tay rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McGuire counters with a nice uppercut.
McGuire stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tay.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chong Tay will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Tay. Those never looked like landing.
McGuire looks to land a right hand but Tay moved out of range.
Tay moves out of range of the strikes.
Tay throws a lazy head kick
and McGuire cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGuire throws a lazy right hand but Tay sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tay keeps McGuire at a distance using the push kick.
Tay is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
McGuire misses with a straight left.
Tay throws a lazy uppercut
and McGuire counters with a nice uppercut.
Tay throws a head kick that misses
and McGuire counters with a really nice, stiff jab that drops Tay onto his ass. He'll have to take the mandatory count from the referee but he's back on his feet and he seems OK to continue.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuire scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Tay beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
 Tay is rocked!
Tay swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McGuire counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Tay goes down! McGuire rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Tay is up to one knee.... 8,9....10! He didn't make it! This fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Vincent McGuire!
Vincent McGuire tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Iaspero Yalixqua (ranked 6702 p4p, 23335 weight class) and Sigurd Ragnarsson (ranked 646 p4p, 656 weight class). Yalixqua's entrance music is Stop This Flame. A fine choice. Ragnarsson has chosen Wardruna-Blood Eagle as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iaspero Yalixqua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sigurd Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yalixqua throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yalixqua looks to land a left hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range nicely.
Yalixqua slips a straight right by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with an uppercut.
Ragnarsson looks to land a left hand but Yalixqua moved out of range nicely.
Ragnarsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yalixqua throws out the jab.
Yalixqua clinches.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Yalixqua.
Yalixqua tries a body shot but Ragnarsson blocks it.
Ragnarsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yalixqua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ragnarsson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yalixqua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yalixqua feints and then cracks Ragnarsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ragnarsson down.
A low kick from Yalixqua is predictable there
and Ragnarsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yalixqua misses with a body kick.
Ragnarsson is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Yalixqua misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnarsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yalixqua throws a hook but Ragnarsson avoids it easily.
Ragnarsson is looking to clinch.
Yalixqua scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yalixqua.
Sigurd Ragnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ragnarsson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yalixqua is looking to land body kicks.
A jab lands there for Yalixqua.
Ragnarsson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Yalixqua lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ragnarsson's sensitive parts.
A swing and a miss from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson connects with a single shot there.
Yalixqua throws a wild body kick that Ragnarsson sees coming a mile off.
A little jabbing left from Ragnarsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yalixqua slips under a jab from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson blocks a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ragnarsson, as that shot connected.
Yalixqua staying out of range there.
Ragnarsson blocks the body kick.
Ragnarsson tries a quick counter leg kick but Yalixqua is wise to it.
Ragnarsson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yalixqua counters with an inside leg kick.
Yalixqua is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ragnarsson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
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!
Ragnarsson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yalixqua. Ragnarsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yalixqua misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yalixqua looks to land a left hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Ragnarsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yalixqua takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ragnarsson throws a shot from downtown. Yalixqua moves away and avoids it.
Yalixqua drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big right from Yalixqua misses.
Decent striking displayed by Ragnarsson there.
Yalixqua scores with a sloppy right hand. Ragnarsson should have avoided that one.
Nice jab there from Yalixqua.
Ragnarsson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Yalixqua throws a jab but it's blocked by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yalixqua throws a body shot but no joy.
Ragnarsson blocks a jab.
Ragnarsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ragnarsson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yalixqua doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson throws a looping overhand right but Yalixqua ducks down to avoid it.
Ragnarsson 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.
Ragnarsson throws out a powerful jab.
Ragnarsson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ragnarsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Yalixqua on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yalixqua blocks a head kick by Ragnarsson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sigurd Ragnarsson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Ragnarsson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yalixqua's head backwards.
Ragnarsson checks a leg kick nicely.
Ragnarsson blocks the body kick.
Ragnarsson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yalixqua's head.
Yalixqua connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ragnarsson momentarily.
A head kick by Ragnarsson misses
and Yalixqua counters with a good, hard body kick but Ragnarsson shrugs it off.
Yalixqua lands with an overhand left.
Yalixqua lands a jab.
Ragnarsson catches Yalixqua with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ragnarsson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ragnarsson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ragnarsson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Decent striking displayed by Ragnarsson there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yalixqua.
Yalixqua ducks under a wild hook from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yalixqua moves away.
Iaspero Yalixqua is winning the standup battle so far.
Yalixqua misses with a hook. Ragnarsson ducked under it nicely.
Yalixqua slips under a jab from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with an uppercut.
Yalixqua throws a leg kick but Ragnarsson sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yalixqua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ragnarsson.
A jab from Yalixqua finds it's way through Ragnarsson's defenses.
Ragnarsson throws out a loose jab but Yalixqua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson throws a looping overhand right but Yalixqua ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Yalixqua misses the target.
A big left from Ragnarsson misses.
Yalixqua blocks a low kick nicely.
Ragnarsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yalixqua counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yalixqua throws a chopping leg kick but Ragnarsson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yalixqua rushes Ragnarsson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Yalixqua as the two fighters clinch.
Yalixqua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yalixqua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yalixqua scores with a hook to the body.
Yalixqua misses with a body punch.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Yalixqua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yalixqua scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yalixqua lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yalixqua working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with some punches.
Yalixqua lands with a light punch inside.
Yalixqua lands a nice shot to the body.
Ragnarsson is breathing heavily.
Yalixqua lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Yalixqua.
Yalixqua throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ragnarssons head.
Yalixqua lands a nice uppercut.
Yalixqua lands a nice uppercut.
Yalixqua working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ragnarsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yalixqua lands with a short shot to the head.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Yalixqua.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yalixqua blocks it with crossed arms.
Yalixqua is trying to maintain a safe position but Ragnarsson gets an underhook and turns Yalixqua into the ropes.
Yalixqua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ragnarsson moves in looking to clinch but Yalixqua pushes him off.
Yalixqua seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Yalixqua changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Iaspero Yalixqua dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ragnarsson ducks under a wild hook from Yalixqua.
Sigurd Ragnarsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ragnarsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yalixqua's sensitive parts.
Yalixqua throws a jab when Ragnarsson was well out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ragnarsson scores with a nice head shot.
Yalixqua throws a jab when Ragnarsson was well out of range.
Yalixqua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ragnarsson can do to turn this around?
Yalixqua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ragnarsson is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Yalixqua connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yalixqua lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yalixqua throws a looping overhand right but Ragnarsson ducks down to avoid it.
Yalixqua misses with a hook.
Yalixqua checks a leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Yalixqua tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ragnarsson moves away from the strike by Yalixqua.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Ragnarsson lands.
Yalixqua throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yalixqua uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a low kick.
Ragnarsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yalixqua connects with a body shot that sends Ragnarsson's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yalixqua throws a body punch but Ragnarsson moves out of range.
Ragnarsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yalixqua takes one on the button.
Yalixqua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson tries to move into range but Yalixqua moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Good shot there by Yalixqua.
Ragnarsson misses the jab.
Yalixqua throws a head kick that Ragnarsson semi-blocks.
Yalixqua lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yalixqua scores with a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yalixqua.
Ragnarsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ragnarsson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Yalixqua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Yalixqua. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yalixqua.
Yalixqua lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ragnarsson throws a head kick but Yalixqua moves out of range.
Yalixqua scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the body
and Yalixqua counters with a straight right hand.
Yalixqua defending well as Ragnarsson loads up on a big left hand.
Yalixqua blocks a jab.
Ragnarsson cracks Yalixqua with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ragnarsson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yalixqua - the referee stops the clock and Ragnarsson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yalixqua. Ragnarsson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yalixqua lands with a right hand.
Yalixqua scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ragnarsson throws out a leg kick but Yalixqua moves out of range and Ragnarsson only half commits.
Ragnarsson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yalixqua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ragnarsson throws out the jab.
A cross from Yalixqua lands.
Yalixqua slips under a jab.
Ragnarsson throws a sloppy head kick
letting Yalixqua counter with a right hand.
Yalixqua slips a straight right by Ragnarsson.
Yalixqua fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ragnarsson just manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Ragnarsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yalixqua avoids the body shot from Ragnarsson.
A jab from Ragnarsson misses.
Iaspero Yalixqua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook
letting Yalixqua counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Iaspero Yalixqua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yalixqua has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for Iaspero Yalixqua!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Iaspero Yalixqua!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Iaspero Yalixqua!
Iaspero Yalixqua wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Iaspero Yalixqua made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ray Morrison (ranked 6376 p4p, 3070 weight class) and Nik Snow (ranked 573 p4p, 335 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morrison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Leave Me Alone. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nik Snow!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
Morrison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morrison clinches up against the ropes.
We've been informed that Snow has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Snow breaks from the clinch.
Snow tried to score with a low kick but Morrison checks it.
Snow misses with an uppercut.
Snow lands a nice looking kick to the body. Morrison takes a step back to recover.
Nice shot by Snow.
Morrison walks into a straight right hand from Snow.
Snow thuds his right hand into Morrison's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Snow misses.
Morrison 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.
Snow avoids a kick to the body.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Snow is just out of range.
Morrison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Snow.
No joy there for Snow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snow throws a solid leg kick but Morrison takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Snow.
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Snow ducks down to avoid it.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Snow saw that one coming.
Snow throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Snow feints and then cracks Morrison's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morrison down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow misses with a double jab.
Snow throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Morrison.
Morrison throws a head kick that Snow semi-blocks.
A head kick from Morrison lands but Snow takes it in his stride.
Morrison pushes Snow away with a front kick.
Morrison fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morrison uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Snow on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morrison. Morrison obviously looking to wear him down.
Morrison dodges the punch combination from Snow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison scores with a nice right hand.
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Snow ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Snow darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Snow is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Snow digs a good hook to Morrison's body.
Morrison checks the leg kick.
Nik Snow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison defending well as Snow loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Snow misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Snow misses the target.
Morrison fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snow blocks the body kick.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snow moves away.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Snow.
Snow counters with a body kick.
Morrison scores with a nice head shot.
Snow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrison.
Snow blocks a head kick by Morrison.
Snow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morrison walks into a jab.
Snow just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Snow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison slips a straight right by Snow.
Both fighters circling a little - Snow finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Snow tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morrison is able to avoid easily.
Morrison 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.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Snow saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nik Snow will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Snow throws a half hearted mid kick.
Snow swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Morrison went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Snow throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
Nik Snow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Snow blocks a jab.
Snow staying out of range there.
Snow follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Morrison looks to land a body kick but Snow moved away.
Morrison misses the jab.
Morrison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Snow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
A punch lands to the side of Morrison 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Morrison lands with a kick to the temple. Snow shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Snow avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Snow throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Morrison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison slips a jab from Snow.
Snow throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Morrison lands a slapping body shot.
Morrison connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison lands an overhand right.
Snow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Snow on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Snow throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snow moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Snow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Morrison wants to land a leg kick but Snow is out of range.
Snow walks into a stiff left hand from Morrison.
Snow scores with a nice body kick.
Morrison drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morrison misses with a low kick as Snow jumps back.
Morrison attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Snow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Snow connects with a high kick.
Snow slips a straight right by Morrison.
A head kick misses from Snow.
It looked like Morrison wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snow staying out of range there.
Morrison lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Snow circles away quickly and effectively.
Snow scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Snow.
Snow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snow scores with a jab.
Snow explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Snow blocks a leg kick.
Snow flicks out a counter leg kick but Morrison steps away.
Snow throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Snow throws a body shot but no joy.
Morrison is looking to counter punch.
Morrison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Snow throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Morrison throws a jab when Snow was well out of range.
Snow feints a counter leg kick.
Nice cross by Morrison.
Snow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrison.
Snow lands with a cross.
Morrison lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison delivers a nice body kick.
Snow scores with a head kick. Morrison tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Snow cracks Morrison with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Snow is just out of range.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Snow was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ray Morrison will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Morrison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Snow.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Morrison throws a hook but Snow avoids it easily.
Morrison throws a hook but Snow blocks it.
Morrison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Snow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrison staying out of range there.
Morrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Snow on the side of the head.
Snow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Snow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Snow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Snow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Snow connects with a nice looking jab.
Snow moves out of range of the strikes.
Snow is looking to score with low kicks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Snow sizes up Morrison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Snow throws a leg kick but Morrison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Snow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow lands a nice looking body shot.
Morrison misses with a leg kick.
Morrison tries to clinch up.
Snow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Snow swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrison swings for the body but Snow moves out of range.
Snow lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Snow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Snow tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrison checks a low kick from Snow.
Snow does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A quick step to the side and Morrison tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison misses the jab.
Snow looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Snow throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
Snow misses with a body shot.
Snow misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Snow takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Snow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A low kick lands for Snow.
Snow misses with a looping left.
Snow 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.
Snow misses with an uppercut.
Morrison throws a jab when Snow was well out of range.
Snow avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Snow takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Morrison fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Snow has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Snows jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morrison lands a glancing blow to the side of Snow's head.
Morrison throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Snow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Morrison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Snow throws a series of punches but Morrison avoids them all with ease.
Morrison lands with an overhand left.
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 Ray Morrison.
I think Morrison has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Ray Morrison!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Ray Morrison!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight as a draw!
Ray Morrison wins by majority decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Ray Morrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Darnell Nurse (ranked 22261 p4p, 1743 weight class) and Keke Sonni (ranked 614 p4p, 198 weight class). Sonni is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lil Uzi Vert - That Way. Keke Sonni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darnell Nurse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keke Sonni!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurse shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sonni eats them both and turns towards Nurse to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sonni fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nurse on the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nurse fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sonni looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sonni throws a right hand that misses
and Nurse cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nurse seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nurse slips a straight right by Sonni.
Nurse throws a looping overhand right but Sonni ducks down to avoid it.
Sonni connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nurse's hands.
Sonni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurse moves away.
Nurse avoids the body shot from Sonni.
Nurse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sonni.
Sonni scores with the left hand. Nurse knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Darnell Nurse has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurse takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nurse cracks Sonni with an open hand slap.
Nurse throws a combination that misses
letting Sonni counter with a right hand.
Sonni throws a looping overhand right but Nurse ducks down to avoid it.
Sonni has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sonni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nurse.
Nurse swings for the body but Sonni moves out of range.
Nurse's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sonni connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nurse scrambles back to his feet.
Nurse misses with an uppercut. Sonni saw that one coming.
Sonni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nurse counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nurse was well out of range. Poor timing from Sonni.
A big right from Nurse misses.
Nurse throws a jab but it's blocked by Sonni.
Sonni slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Sonni on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nurse misses with the combination.
Sonni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Sonni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Nurse misses.
Sonni ducks under a wild hook from Nurse.
Sonni lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nurse circles away quickly and effectively.
Sonni moves away from the strike by Nurse.
Sonni lands with an uppercut that bounces Nurse off the ropes and back into range.
Nurse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sonni moves away.
A shot to the body from Nurse misses
and Sonni counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Nurse throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Sonni.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse lands a really nice looking cross but Sonni seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sonni punishes Nurse's body with a nice straight punch.
Sonni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nurse.
Nurse throws a looping overhand right but Sonni ducks down to avoid it.
Nurse slips a jab from Sonni.
Nurse moves out of range as Sonni strikes.
Sonni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sonni slips a jab from Nurse.
Nurse swinging wildly here.
Nurse misses with a straight left.
Sonni let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A slow jab from Nurse misses its intended target.
Nurse lands a lovely overhand right.
Sonni throws a lazy right hand but Nurse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sonni moves out of range as Nurse strikes.
Nurse swings widly with a right hand
and Sonni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nurse takes one to the side of the head.
Sonni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nurse moves out of range as Sonni strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Darnell Nurse will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darnell Nurse's cut.
That's time! Nurse's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nurse connects with a nice looking jab.
Sonni ducks under a wild hook from Nurse.
Nurse takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nurse fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sonni misses with a looping left.
Donk. Nurse catches Sonni right on the button with a cross.
Sonni misses with a wild body shot.
Nurse throws a lazy right hand but Sonni sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nurse avoids the body shot from Sonni.
Sonni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurse moves away.
Nurse throws an overhand right that lands on Sonni's shoulder, as Sonni tries to avoid the shot.
Nurse throws a nice looking combination but Sonni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big right from Nurse misses.
Sonni jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nurse scores with a jab. Sonni acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sonni throws a body punch but Nurse moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Nurse misses the target.
Nurse fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sonni manages to avoid it.
Nurse throws an off balance right hand
and Nurse takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sonni defending well as Nurse loads up on a big left hand.
Sonni throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sonni throws a body punch but Nurse moves out of range.
Sonni thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nurse was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sonni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nurse.
Nurse is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sonni misses with a looping left.
Nurse jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sonni with a hook.
Nurse missing with a left hand there. Sonni was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nurse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sonni.
Sonni throws an overhand right that lands on Nurse's shoulder, as Nurse tries to avoid the shot.
Sonni throws a hook to the side of Nurse's head but Nurse sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nurse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sonni.
Sonni looks to throw the jab but Nurse is out of range.
Sonni closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sonni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nurse.
Sonni bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nurse's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonni throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sonni darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Keke Sonni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Nurse.
Sonni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nurse.
Sonni misses with a straight right.
Sonni thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nurse misses with a looping left.
A big left from Nurse misses.
Sonni looks to score with a jab to the body but Nurse is just out of range.
Sonni moves forwards but Nurse connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sonni blocks a jab.
Nurse walks into a straight right hand from Sonni.
Sonni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nurse manages to avoid it.
Sonni moves away from the strike by Nurse.
Donk. Sonni catches Nurse right on the button with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sonni misses with a looping right.
Sonni moves out of range of the strikes.
Nurse connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sonni. Sonni circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Keke Sonni will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Darnell Nurse's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Nurse throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Sonni to counter with a crisp jab.
Nurse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sonni.
Sonni slips under a jab.
Sonni has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sonni there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nurse lands a nice looking body shot.
Nurse misses with a looping right.
Sonni lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sonni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nurse.
Nurse misses the jab.
Sonni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nurse looks to land a right hand but Sonni moved out of range.
A big right from Nurse misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sonni! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sonni fails to land with a series of punches.
Nurse connects with a body shot that sends Sonni's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nurse 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.
Sonni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nurse manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni throws a series of punches but Nurse moves out of range.
Sonni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sonni walks into a jab.
Sonni just misses with a punch to the body.
Nurse moves away from the strike by Sonni.
Nurse bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sonni's head.
Nurse misses with a looping right.
Sonni scores with the left hand. Nurse knows he should have avoided that one.
Nurse throws a nice looking combination but Sonni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sonni ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sonni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurse moves away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sonni comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Sonni there.
Nurse misses with a hook. Sonni ducked under it nicely.
Sonni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Nurse.
Nurse slips a jab and a cross from Sonni.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonni scores with a shot to the body.
Nurse lands with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nurse.
Sonni throws a body punch but Nurse moves out of range.
Sonni lands a jab to the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Sonni scores with a four punch combination!
Sonni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nurse looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sonni moves out of range of the strikes.
Sonni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nurse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nurse shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Sonni does it's job there.
Sonni misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Nurse on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sonni throws a jab when Nurse was well out of range.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Sonni. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A slow jab from Nurse misses its intended target.
Sonni tries to move into range but Nurse moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sonni walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nurse misses with a hook. Sonni ducked under it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Keke Sonni.
Well Sonni has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Keke Sonni!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Darnell Nurse!
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight for Keke Sonni!
Keke Sonni wins by split decision!
A very excited looking Keke Sonni made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Kovingten (ranked 23380 p4p, 23370 weight class) and Aaron Lowell (ranked 732 p4p, 701 weight class). Kovingten's entrance music is Tool - Schism. A fine choice. Lowell has chosen Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Lowell!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovingten swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lowell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kovingten sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kovingten fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lowell just manages to avoid it.
Lowell checks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Kovingten.
Kovingten lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lowell thumps Kovingten with a low kick.
Kovingten scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lowell throws a head kick that misses.
Lowell misses with a kick to the body.
Lowell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd cheers as Lowell lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kovingten doesn't seem phased though.
Kovingten throws a leg kick but Lowell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lowell moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kovingten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lowell is able to avoid easily.
Lowell walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kovingten checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lowell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kovingten appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kovingten connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lowell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Lowell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kovingten showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lowell.
Kovingten takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kovingten throws a hook but Lowell avoids it easily.
Lowell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lowell tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kovingten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body kick there by Lowell.
Lowell staying out of range there.
Lowell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lowell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lowell throws a leg kick but Kovingten sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kovingten connects with a solid leg kick.
Kovingten tries to score with a low kick but Lowell moves his leg out of the way.
Lowell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kovingten takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lowell misses with a kick to the body
and Kovingten counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kovingten crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lowell - the referee stops the clock and Kovingten gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lowell. Kovingten manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lowell throws an overhand right that lands on Kovingten's shoulder, as Kovingten tries to avoid the shot.
Kovingten connects with a right hand. Lowell shakes it off.
Nice straight punches there by Lowell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lowell.
Lowell pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kovingten back to the ropes. Lowell follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kovingten lands with an overhand left.
Kovingten lands with a nice combination. Lowell backs away looking to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten defending well as Lowell loads up on a big left hand.
Lowell throws a head kick that Kovingten semi-blocks.
Lowell moves out of range as Kovingten strikes.
Kovingten uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lowell.
Kovingten fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lowell just manages to avoid it.
Lowell moves in looking to clinch but Kovingten pushes him off.
Kovingten is looking for a counter combo.
Kovingten tries to work over Lowell's front leg with a kick but Lowell checks it.
Kovingten throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kovingten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kovingten has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kovingten there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kovingten looks to land a combination but Lowell avoids it well.
Lowell misses with a low kick.
It looks like Kovingten has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Lowell tries to land a leg kick but Kovingten saw it coming and moves away.
Kovingten tries to land a leg kick but Lowell saw it coming and moves away.
Lowell follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Lowell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lowell bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kovingten's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kovingten with the inside leg kick.
Lowell throws a lazy right hand but Kovingten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kovingten cracks Lowell with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lowell throws a jab when Kovingten was well out of range.
A head kick misses from Lowell.
Kovingten takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aaron Lowell will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
A bone on bone clash there as Lowell blocks the leg kick.
Lowell throws out a loose jab but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kovingten throws a big counter combination but Lowell scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Lowell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kovingten.
Kovingten lands with a slapping head kick.
Kovingten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lowell. Kovingten shrugs it off though.
Lowell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kovingten scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lowell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lowell misses with a looping right.
Lowell ducks under a wild hook from Kovingten.
Kovingten misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Kovingten misses the target.
Lowell moves into range and clinches up with Kovingten.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kovingten.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kovingten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kovingten working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lowell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kovingten avoids it.
Lowell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kovingten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kovingten attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kovingten waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lowell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kovingten moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lowell tries to work over Kovingten's front leg with a kick but Kovingten checks it.
A swing and a miss from Kovingten.
Lowell throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kovingten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kovingten misses with a looping right.
Kovingten tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kovingten throws a jab when Lowell was well out of range.
Lowell motions for Kovingten to come forward. Lowell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kovingten appears to be looking for a big counter.
A punch combination from Kovingten misses.
Kovingten is looking to chop away at Lowell's legs.
Kovingten lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lowell takes a step back to recover.
A big right from Kovingten misses.
Lowell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lowell throws a right and a left that Kovingten avoids nicely.
Kovingten misses the jab.
Lowell ducks under a wild hook from Kovingten.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lowell 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 Kovingten has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kovingten and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kovingten, as that shot connected.
Lowell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowell throws a head kick that misses.
Kovingten defending well as Lowell loads up on a big left hand.
Lowell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lowell takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lowell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lowell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lowell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Kovingten. Beautiful body shot.
Lowell throws a sloppy head kick and Kovingten moves out of range easily.
Lowell throws out a leg kick but Kovingten moves out of range and Lowell only half commits.
Lowell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kovingten throws a big shot that misses.
Lowell throws a looping overhand right but Kovingten ducks down to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Lowell blocks the leg kick.
Lowell connects with an inside leg kick.
Lowell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kovingten under the eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kovingten. Lowell shrugs it off though.
Kovingten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lowell slips a jab and a cross from Kovingten.
Kovingten swings for the body but Lowell moves out of range.
Kovingten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Kovingten dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lowell scores with a nice head shot.
Kovingten shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lowell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kovingten scores with a nice right hand.
Lowell throws a sloppy head kick and Kovingten moves out of range easily.
Lowell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lowell misses with a looping right.
Kovingten slips a straight right by Lowell.
Kyle Kovingten is winning the standup battle so far.
Kovingten with the inside leg kick.
Kovingten throws a big shot that misses.
Kovingten scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lowell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kovingten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lowell. That did some damage!
A jab from Lowell misses.
Lowell swings for the body but Kovingten moves out of range.
Kovingten throws a right hand that misses
and Lowell counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kovingten lands with a cross.
Kovingten throws a low kick but Lowell moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick from Lowell, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowell moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Kovingten checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lowell moves away from the strike by Kovingten.
Lowell moves away from the strike by Kovingten.
Lowell ducks right into an uppercut from Kovingten.
Kovingten fakes the leg kick and cracks Lowell in the body.
Aaron Lowell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lowell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kovingten.
Kovingten misses with a straight left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lowell.
Kovingten goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kovingten throws out a leg kick but Lowell moves out of range and Kovingten only half commits.
Kovingten doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lowell scores with a hook.
Kovingten looks to land a left hand but Lowell moved out of range nicely.
Lowell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Kovingten misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Kovingten is predictable there
and Lowell counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kovingten's knee momentarily.
Lowell looks to land a right hand but Kovingten moved out of range.
Lowell throws the left hand but Kovingten avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Kovingten misses the target.
Kovingten slips a jab from Lowell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowell slips under a jab.
Kovingten throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kovingten looks to land a left hand but Lowell moved out of range nicely.
Kovingten is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kovingten lands a nice shot that snaps Lowell's head back.
Lowell misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Lowell finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kovingten misses with a hook.
Lowell throws a jab when Kovingten was well out of range.
A big right from Kovingten misses.
Lowell sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lowell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kovingten avoids the body shot from Lowell.
As Lowell looks to move away, Kovingten throws a big counter combo but Lowell just gets out of the way.
Kovingten misses with a hook.
Lowell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lowell throws a lazy right hand but Kovingten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten ducks under a wild hook from Lowell.
Kovingten is looking to score with low kicks.
Lowell throws out a powerful jab.
Lowell scores with a nice right hand.
Kovingten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lowell is able to avoid easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aaron Lowell.
I think Lowell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Kyle Kovingten!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Aaron Lowell!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Kyle Kovingten!
Kyle Kovingten wins by split decision!
Kyle Kovingten bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Tang Maul (ranked 23755 p4p, 23765 weight class) and Jason Wysocki (ranked 274 p4p, 281 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Maul might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Somewhere I Belong. Wysocki has chosen Joe Exotic Country Music as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tang Maul!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Wysocki!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wysocki tries to land a leg kick but Maul saw it coming and moves away.
Wysocki connects with a jab.
A nice leg kick from Wysocki, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wysocki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maul.
Wysocki defending well as Maul loads up on a big left hand.
Maul seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Maul 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 Wysocki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wysocki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wysocki checks a low kick from Maul.
Wysocki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wysocki lands with a straight right. Maul didn't see that one coming.
Maul tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wysocki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maul backing away here, and Wysocki unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Wysocki misses with a looping left.
Maul takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Maul clinches up with Wysocki and pushes him back against the ropes.
Wysocki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Wysocki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wysocki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maul throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Wysocki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Maul. Wysocki shrugs it off though.
Maul misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maul throws a leg kick that misses.
Maul tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wysocki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wysocki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wysocki misses with a hook. Maul ducked under it nicely.
Maul scores with a jab to the head.
Wysocki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wysocki moves out of range as Maul throws a body kick.
Maul scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've been informed that Wysocki has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Maul throws out a loose jab but Wysocki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tang Maul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wysocki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Maul connects with a body shot.
Maul has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maul tries to land a knee to the head but Wysocki blocks with his arms.
Maul throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maul softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Wysocki avoiding damage as Maul throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maul tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maul misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maul tries to land knees in the clinch but Wysocki avoids the damage to the body.
Wysocki can't find room to land a body shot as Maul controls the action.
Maul throws a head punch that misses.
Wysocki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maul tries to work over Wysocki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maul misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maul fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maul swings wildly with an uppercut but Wysocki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wysocki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maul throws a hook but Wysocki avoids it easily.
Wysocki moves out of range as Maul throws a body kick.
Wysocki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wysocki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maul is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A big left from Wysocki misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tang Maul will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Wysocki connects with a looping right hand.
Maul throws a hook but Wysocki blocks it.
Wysocki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Maul darts in trying to clinch
and Wysocki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab from Wysocki.
Maul moves away from the strike by Wysocki.
Wysocki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maul.
Maul takes one to the chin there.
Wysocki throws a head kick but Maul moves out of range.
A slow jab from Maul misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maul slips a jab from Wysocki.
Wysocki throws the left hand but Maul avoids the punch easily.
Maul is looking to chop away at Wysocki's legs.
Wysocki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Maul swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wysocki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maul swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wysocki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maul's head backwards.
Maul tries to clinch up
and Wysocki counters with a left to the body.
Maul throws a looping overhand right but Wysocki ducks down to avoid it.
Wysocki throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Maul on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A big left from Wysocki misses.
Maul is looking to counter punch.
Maul misses with the body kick
letting Wysocki counter with a right hand.
Wysocki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maul's sensitive parts.
Wysocki throws a sloppy head kick and Maul moves out of range easily.
Good shot there by Wysocki.
Maul misses with a body punch
and Wysocki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maul just misses with a punch to the body.
Wysocki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Maul counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wysocki lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wysocki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maul.
Maul throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wysocki! But no joy.
Maul tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wysocki was well out of range. Poor timing from Maul.
Maul avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jason Wysocki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wysocki takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wysocki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wysocki throws a sloppy head kick and Maul moves out of range easily.
Nice body punch from Wysocki.
Wysocki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maul moves away.
Maul swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Maul slips a straight right by Wysocki.
Wysocki ducks under a wild hook from Maul.
Wysocki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wysocki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wysocki misses with a series of wild punches.
Maul tests Wysocki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Wysocki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Maul connects with a body shot that sends Wysocki's belly button to the back.
Maul scores with a decent looking hook.
Maul swings for the body but Wysocki moves out of range.
Wysocki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maul wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Maul scores with a jab to the jaw.
Maul throws a looping overhand right but Wysocki ducks down to avoid it.
Wysocki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Maul cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wysocki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Maul scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wysocki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Maul has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Maul displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wysocki throws out the jab.
Maul misses with a body shot.
Wysocki walks forward, straight into a front kick from Maul.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maul throws out a loose jab but Wysocki uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Wysocki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wysocki jabs at Maul's body.
Maul ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wysocki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maul misses with a leg kick
and Wysocki counters with a stiff right hand.
Maul dodges the punch combination from Wysocki.
Maul slips a straight right by Wysocki.
Maul is looking to counter punch.
Maul swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Maul.
Maul tries to close the distance and clinch but Wysocki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maul uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wysocki.
Wysocki avoids the body shot from Maul.
Wysocki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maul fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wysocki is out of range.
Maul fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wysocki on the side of the head.
Wysocki looks to land a left hand but Maul moved out of range nicely.
Wysocki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wysocki. Maul does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wysocki throws a body punch but Maul moves out of range.
Maul connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maul fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Maul lands a nice looking body shot.
Maul with a jab.
Wysocki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maul can pounce on him.
Wysocki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maul sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maul ducks under a wild hook from Wysocki.
Maul tries a low kick but Wysocki avoids it.
Wysocki just misses with a punch to the body.
Wysocki is looking to slow Maul down with leg kicks.
Wysocki throws a looping overhand right but Maul ducks down to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tang Maul clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wysocki swings for the body but Maul moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wysocki.
Maul moves out of range as Wysocki strikes.
Maul throws a predictable looking body shot
and Maul takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wysocki tries to keep at a distance but Maul has taken the fight into the clinch.
Maul lands an elbow inside that Wysocki shrugs off.
Maul misses with an elbow over the top.
Maul misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wysocki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maul lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maul throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wysocki misses with some punches.
Maul missing with knees to the body.
Maul tries to work over Wysocki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maul working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wysocki is working Maul over against the ropes.
Maul blocks an uppercut.
Wysocki managing to block the knees to the body from Maul.
Maul is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wysocki is defending well for now.
Maul struggles to land a body shot inside as Wysocki controls his hands.
Maul blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maul throws a punch but it's blocked by Wysocki.
Maul is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Maul stalling.
Maul misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maul throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wysocki blocks it with crossed arms.
Wysocki prevents a body shot from Maul.
Wysocki throws a punch but it's blocked by Maul.
Wysocki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mauls head.
Maul lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wysocki is trying to stall.
Maul scores a nice knee to the body.
Maul swings wildly with an uppercut but Wysocki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maul digs a right hand underneath Wysocki's ribcage. Wysocki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Maul lands an elbow inside.
 It looks like Jason Wysocki has been cut.
Maul trying to land knees to the body.
Maul lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wysocki backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maul using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maul is working Wysocki over against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wysocki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maul doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maul swings wildly with an uppercut but Wysocki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maul utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tang Maul had his way with Jason Wysocki in that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Wysocki's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Maul connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wysocki. Wysocki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wysocki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wysocki looks to land a right hand but Maul moved out of range.
Maul shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Maul just misses with a punch to the body.
Maul misses with the combination.
Wysocki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maul.
Maul lands a jab to the head.
Maul loads up on a big right hand but Wysocki slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maul staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wysocki. Maul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maul avoids the body shot from Wysocki.
Maul uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wysocki.
Maul is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A low kick from Maul is predictable there
enabling Wysocki to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maul misses the jab.
Wysocki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maul.
Maul avoids the body shot from Wysocki.
Wysocki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jab from Wysocki.
Wysocki throws a low kick, looking for Maul's leg but Maul calmly moves out of range.
Maul connects with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Maul blocks the leg kick.
Maul uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wysocki.
Wysocki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wysocki blocks a jab.
Wysocki is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Maul throws a leg kick
and Wysocki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maul looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wysocki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maul checks a low kick from Wysocki.
Maul tries to counter by clinching up but Wysocki breaks away and moves out of range.
Wysocki ducks right into an uppercut from Maul.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maul wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Maul throws a hook but Wysocki avoids it easily.
Maul stuns Wysocki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Maul is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wysocki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maul misses with a low kick.
Maul throws a shot to the body.
Wysocki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maul manages to avoid it.
A big right from Wysocki misses.
Wysocki stuns Maul with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Maul tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wysocki!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maul.
Wysocki fails to land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jason Wysocki.
I think Maul 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Tang Maul!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Tang Maul!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Jason Wysocki!
Tang Maul wins by split decision!
Tang Maul retains his bantamweight title!
Tang Maul thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Darren Tellkins (ranked 4469 p4p, 2258 weight class) and Digi Talis (ranked 461 p4p, 246 weight class). Tellkins comes to the ring accompanied by Stunna 4 Vegas - Punch me in Pt 4. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Tellkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Digi Talis!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tellkins throws out a loose jab but Talis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Talis misses with a left hand
and Tellkins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Talis misses with a straight right.
Tellkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Talis avoids the head kick by Tellkins.
Tellkins staying out of range there.
A big left from Talis misses.
Talis misses with a hook to the body
and Tellkins moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Talis fails to land.
Talis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Talis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tellkins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tellkins just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Talis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tellkins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Talis.
Tellkins clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Tellkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tellkins misses with a body punch.
Tellkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Talis breaks the clinch.
Tellkins closes the distance and clinches.
I was talking to Tellkins's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Talis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tellkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Talis backwards.
Tellkins blocking some punches.
Talis breaks the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Tellkins there.
Tellkins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Talis throws a jab when Tellkins was well out of range.
Talis tried to score with a low kick but Tellkins checks it.
Tellkins was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tellkins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tellkins connects with the punch.
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!
Talis throws out a leg kick but Tellkins moves out of range and Talis only half commits.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellkins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Talis counter with a right hand.
Talis walks into a stiff left hand from Tellkins.
Talis lands with a cross.
Tellkins slips under a jab from Talis.
A left and a right from Tellkins both land. Nice combination.
Tellkins connects with a nice looking jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Tellkins.
Tellkins throws a combination. Talis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Talis avoids the body shot from Tellkins.
Tellkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Talis! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tellkins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tellkins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tellkins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Tellkins dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tellkins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Talis breaks from the clinch.
Talis slips a jab and a cross from Tellkins.
Talis misses with a head kick.
Tellkins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Talis misses with a left hand
enabling Tellkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Talis with a jab.
Tellkins swinging wildly here.
Tellkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Talis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tellkins rushes Talis and presses him up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tellkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Talis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tellkins swings widly with a right hand
and Talis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tellkins's knee momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tellkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Talis manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talis ducks under a wild hook from Tellkins.
Talis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tellkins darts in and clinches Talis up against the ropes.
Tellkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Talis can do to turn this around?
Talis tries to break free but Tellkins pushes him back against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Talis.
Talis taking a breather.
Tellkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tellkins lands a nice uppercut.
Talis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tellkins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tellkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Talis uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tellkins.
Tellkins can't find room to land a body shot as Talis controls the action.
Talis working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tellkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Talis backwards.
Tellkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tellkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Darren Tellkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Talis gets through Tellkins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tellkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Talis's elbow.
Tellkins stalling in the clinch.
Tellkins blocks an uppercut.
Talis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tellkins looking to slow down the pace here.
A right hand to the body from Tellkins.
Talis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tellkins has him pressed against the ropes.
Tellkins tries to work over Talis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Talis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tellkins with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tellkins gets through Talis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Talis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tellkins seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Talis can turn it around.
Tellkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Talis blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Talis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tellkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Tellkins dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Talis misses with a hook
and Tellkins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tellkins has closed the distance and engaged Talis in a clinch.
Tellkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tellkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Talis taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Talis fails to land.
Talis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tellkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tellkins misses with a knee strike.
Talis 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.
A body shot lands from Tellkins.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Talis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Talis throws a punch but it's blocked by Tellkins.
A short left from Tellkins.
Tellkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Talis lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellkins wants to stall.
Talis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Talis breaks the clinch.
Tellkins plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Tellkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tellkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Talis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tellkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Tellkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Talis moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Talis! But no joy.
Talis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tellkins. That did some damage!
Tellkins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tellkins swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tellkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Tellkins.
Tellkins moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tellkins misses with a hook. Talis ducked under it nicely.
Nice jab there from Talis.
Talis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Talis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Talis misses with a shot to the body
and Tellkins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tellkins tries to clinch
and Talis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tellkins looks to clinch
and Talis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Talis misses with a lunging right hand
and Tellkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tellkins catches Talis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Talis throws an off balance right hand
and Tellkins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Tellkins clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tellkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Talis.
Tellkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Talis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Talis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tellkins cracks Talis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tellkins wants to clinch
and Talis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Talis moves forwards but Tellkins connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tellkins misses with a hook
and Talis makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Talis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tellkins.
Darren Tellkins is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talis misses with a wild body shot.
Talis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tellkins wants to clinch up but Talis keeps it at a distance.
Talis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Talis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tellkins.
Talis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tellkins in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talis throws a front kick that sends Tellkins stumbling back into the ropes.
Tellkins cracks Talis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tellkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Talis.
Tellkins throws a sloppy body shot
and Talis counters with a straight right hand.
Tellkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Talis.
Tellkins cracks Talis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Tellkins catches Talis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tellkins misses with a hook.
A big left from Talis misses.
Tellkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tellkins throws a combination. Talis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Talis swats away the attempt to clinch by Tellkins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellkins has Talis up against the ropes in a clinch.
Talis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Talis lands with a light punch inside.
Tellkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Talis looking to slow down the pace here.
Talis blocks a body shot from Tellkins.
Talis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Talis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Talis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tellkins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tellkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tellkins misses with a knee to the head.
Tellkins lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Tellkins.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Darren Tellkins will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Talis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Digi Talis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tellkins rushes Talis and presses him up against the ropes.
Tellkins looking to throw knees to the head but Talis is blocking nicely.
Talis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tellkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Talis controls his hands.
Talis has a couple of punches blocked by Tellkins.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tellkins working aggressively here.
Talis takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Talis.
Talis lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Tellkins.
Tellkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Talis misses with a punch on the inside.
Tellkins trying to stall but Talis improves his position.
Tellkins misses with a punch to the body.
Talis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Talis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Talis misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Talis.
Talis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tellkins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tellkins checks a low kick from Talis.
A swing and a miss from Tellkins.
Talis misses with a hook
and Tellkins counters with a nice leg kick.
Tellkins misses with a wild body shot.
Talis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tellkins has time to react.
Tellkins closes the distance but Talis moves to the side
and Talis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
 Tellkins is rocked!
A low kick from Talis is predictable there
and Tellkins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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!
Talis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Darren Tellkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Talis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It looked like Tellkins was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tellkins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Talis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slow jab from Talis misses its intended target.
Tellkins misses with a shot to the body
and Talis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Talis swings widly with a right hand
and Tellkins counters with a straight right hand.
Tellkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Talis was well out of range. Poor timing from Tellkins.
Nice defenses there by Talis.
A low kick from Talis is predictable there
enabling Tellkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Talis throws a jab but it's blocked by Tellkins.
Tellkins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Darren Tellkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice shot by Tellkins.
And that's the end of the fight!
Darren Tellkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tellkins 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight for Darren Tellkins!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Darren Tellkins!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Darren Tellkins!
Darren Tellkins wins by unanimous decision!
Darren Tellkins is the new lightweight champion!
Darren Tellkins took some time post fight to say the following; 'ha ha ha jon u beat my ass the first time now i end your long streak mf and add to mine'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Marty Robbins (ranked 1480 p4p, 3218 weight class) and Kaine Krause (ranked 193 p4p, 406 weight class). Robbins's entrance music is Marty Robbins - Big Iron. A fine choice. Kaine Krause 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 middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Robbins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaine Krause!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Columbo Gatti and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robbins clinches with his opponent.
Robbins misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Krause just misses with a elbow thrown towards Robbins's brow.
Krause's coach down at Elite MMA Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Krause's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Krause just misses with a elbow thrown towards Robbins's brow.
Robbins lands a left hand.
Robbins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krause.
Robbins can't find room to land a body shot as Krause controls the action.
Krause throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Krause comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Robbins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robbins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Krause just misses with a elbow thrown towards Robbins's brow.
Krause lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Marty Robbins has been cut.
Robbins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Robbins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Krause misses with a punch on the inside.
Robbins lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Robbins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krause's brow.
Krause blocks an uppercut.
Robbins misses with the head strike.
Krause is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Krause scores with a nice short uppercut.
Robbins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Robbins lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Kaine Krause has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Krause will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Robbins up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krause.
Robbins lands a right hand.
Krause scores with a shot to the side of Robbins's head.
Robbins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Krause lands a body shot.
Robbins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Robbins lands a shoulder strike.
Robbins avoids a wild elbow strike from Krause.
Robbins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Krause avoids the elbow strike from Robbins, against the ropes.
Robbins pushes Krause back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krause misses with a hook to the ribs.
Robbins tries a body shot but Krause blocks it.
Robbins blocks an elbow strike from Krause.
Krause throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Robbins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robbins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robbins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krause scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robbins lands an elbow inside.
Robbins blocks an elbow strike from Krause.
Robbins tries a body shot but Krause blocks it.
Robbins tries a body shot but Krause blocks it.
Krause lands a nice elbow.
Robbins takes a shot to the head.
Robbins digs a right hand into Krause's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krause's gas tank.
Krause looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robbins.
Robbins prevents a body shot from Krause.
Krause misses with a punch to the body.
Robbins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krause lands a damaging elbow.
Krause throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robbins blocking some punches.
Krause gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Robbins manages to break the clinch.
Krause ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robbins moves away.
Robbins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Krause stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marty Robbins dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Robbins lands a slapping body shot.
Krause lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Krause dodges the punch combination from Robbins.
Robbins gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Robbins can't find room to land a body shot as Krause controls the action.
Krause misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Krause throws an elbow but misses.
Marty Robbins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Robbins working aggressively here.
Robbins lands a right hand.
Krause can't find room to land a body shot as Robbins controls the action.
Robbins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robbins scores with a shoulder strike.
Krause wants to stall.
Robbins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That has opened up Kaine Krause's cut even more.
Krause misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Robbins takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robbins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Robbins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins blocks an elbow strike.
Robbins lands with a short shot to the head.
Krause swings wildly with an uppercut but Robbins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robbins gets through Krause's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Krause goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robbins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Robbins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Robbins lands an uppercut.
Robbins can't find room to land a body shot as Krause controls the action.
Krause blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Robbins.
Robbins tries to work over Krause's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krause avoids the elbow strike from Robbins, against the ropes.
Robbins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robbins presses Krause against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Robbins tries to throw a body punch but Krause avoids it by throwing Robbins back against the ropes.
Krause misses with a punch to the body.
Robbins lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Robbins.
Krause is breathing heavily.
Robbins lands a hook that snaps the head of Krause backwards.
Robbins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Krause backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krause is trying to stall.
Krause goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krause throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Robbins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Robbins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krause blocks the elbow strike.
Robbins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Krause misses with the head strike.
Robbins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krause's defenses.
Nice elbow from Robbins.
The cut above Kaine Krause's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Robbins can't find room to land a body shot as Krause controls the action.
Robbins working aggressively here.
Robbins works on Krause's body with a couple of short punches.
Krause lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Robbins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robbins lands a body punch.
Krause pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Robbins breaks from the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Robbins.
Krause takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marty Robbins dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Krause walks into a big right hand from Robbins and goes down! The referee sends Robbins to a neutral corner as Krause gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Krause misses with a low kick.
Robbins misses the shot to the body.
Robbins seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Krause stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Robbins.
Robbins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marty Robbins is winning the standup battle so far.
Robbins slips a straight right by Krause.
Robbins scores with a hook to the body. Krause takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Krause lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robbins moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Robbins feints and then cracks Krause's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krause down.
Krause closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Krause is rocked!
Kaine Krause's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Robbins connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krause is still on wobbly legs! Can Robbins finish him?
Robbins is looking to wear down Krause with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Robbins clinches up with Krause and pushes him back against the ropes.
Krause seems to have recovered his senses.
Krause struggles to land a body shot inside as Robbins controls his hands.
Robbins lands an elbow inside that Krause shrugs off.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kaine Krause's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marty Robbins!
Marty Robbins retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Marty Robbins thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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