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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Righteous Crusader (ranked 5924 p4p, 6705 weight class) and Craig Long Lang (ranked 634 p4p, 687 weight class). Righteous Crusader had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Righteous Crusader !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Long Lang!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crusader scores with a shot to the body.
Crusader punishes Lang's body with a nice straight punch.
Lang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from Crusader .
Crusader scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lang breaks from the clinch.
Lang stalks Crusader and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Crusader 's face. Crusader staggers backwards, shaken.
Lang looks winded!
Lang is looking to land body kicks.
Donk. Crusader catches Lang right on the button with a cross.
Crusader takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crusader fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Crusader fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crusader takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Crusader tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Righteous Crusader is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusader closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Lang crashing to the mat! Lang uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
 It looks like Craig Long Lang has been cut.
Crusader tries to clinch up but Lang circles away and keeps his distance.
Crusader tries to clinch there but Lang circles away.
Lang swats away the attempt to clinch by Crusader .
Crusader staggers Lang with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Lang looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
 Lang is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lang with a nice calf kick.
Lang looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Crusader tries to clinch but Lang moves out of range.
Lang keeps the fight on the outside.
Crusader tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crusader connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Crusader cracks Lang with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Lang is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Lang is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Lang throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crusader .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusader throws a nice looking combination but Lang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crusader .
Crusader lands a body shot.
Crusader tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lang tries to counter with a clinch but Crusader shakes him off and moves away.
Crusader tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crusader is looking to clinch but Lang is avoiding it.
Crusader swinging wildly here.
Lang throws a leg kick but Crusader sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Crusader tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crusader scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Crusader tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crusader scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Lang to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.
Lang is still on wobbly legs! Can Crusader finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusader tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crusader is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lang seems to have recovered his senses.
Crusader tries to clinch but Lang moves out of range.
Crusader stuns Lang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crusader tries to close the distance and clinch but Lang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crusader wants to clinch up but Lang keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Crusader does no damage.
Crusader tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lang wants to clinch up but Crusader keeps it at a distance.
Crusader looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Lang swats away the attempt to clinch by Crusader .
Crusader tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusader scores with a sloppy right hand. Lang should have avoided that one.
Crusader tries to clinch there but Lang circles away.
Lang ducks into a a hook from Crusader and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crusader connects with a quick right hand that sends Lang tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Righteous Crusader !
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Major Pain (ranked 3686 p4p, 24625 weight class) and Macho Camacho (ranked 455 p4p, 732 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Macho Camacho was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Major Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Macho Camacho!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Camacho, pushing him back against the ropes.
Pain cracks Camacho with a nice body shot.
Camacho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Camacho managing to block the knees to the body from Pain.
Camacho is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pain is keeping busy.
Camacho taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pain's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Camacho tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pain is looking to control Camacho's arms but Camacho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pain has his back to the ropes.
Camacho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Camacho throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain managing to block the knees to the body from Camacho.
Pain definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Camacho.
Pain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Camacho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Camacho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain working hard to break the clinch.
Camacho throws a punch but it's blocked by Pain.
Camacho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Camacho tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
Camacho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Camacho lands a hook to the side of the head.
Camacho misses with a punch to the body.
Pain wants to stall.
Pain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pain taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Camacho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pain.
Stalling in the clinch from Camacho.
Camacho keeps control of Pain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pain throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Pain.
Camacho stalling in the clinch.
Camacho keeps control of Pain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Camacho wants to stall.
Pain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Camacho connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pain's face.
 It looks like Major Pain has been cut.
Camacho can't find room to land a body shot as Pain controls the action.
Camacho trying to control the position but instead, Pain has worked for underhooks and has pushed Camacho into the ropes.
Camacho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pain blocks a body shot from Camacho.
Camacho keeps control of Pain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Camacho lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Camacho misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to circle away but Camacho has him pinned against the ropes.
Camacho lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pain or not.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Camacho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Camacho works on Pain's body with a couple of short punches.
Camacho swings wildly with an uppercut but Pain uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Camacho.
Knees to the body from Camacho.
Pain is breathing heavily.
Camacho lands a shot to the body.
Camacho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Camacho scores a nice knee to the body.
Camacho works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Camacho misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camacho utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pain can't find room to land a body shot as Camacho controls the action.
Camacho working aggressively here.
Camacho tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
Camacho misses with a punch to the body.
Pain misses with some punches.
Pain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pain taking a breather.
Camacho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pain backwards.
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!
Camacho lands a knee to the head.
Camacho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pain misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Camacho.
Camacho landing knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Camacho.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Macho Camacho dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Camacho forces Pain back against the ropes and clinches.
Camacho lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Pain is trying to break the clinch but Camacho is controlling him.
Camacho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Camacho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Camacho.
Pain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Camacho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Camacho tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pain avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Camacho.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Camacho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from Camacho.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Camacho lands a knee to the head.
Camacho lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short body shot lands from Camacho as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Camacho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Camacho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pain's elbow.
Camacho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Camacho obliges.
Camacho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Camacho connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pain's face.
Macho Camacho seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Camacho pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Camacho scores a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Camacho.
Camacho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Camacho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
 Pain is rocked!
Camacho lands a left hand.
Oh Pain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Camacho breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Pain with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Pain looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Pain get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Macho Camacho!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Patrick Chaelsson (ranked 3321 p4p, 19566 weight class) and Jax Thomas (ranked 409 p4p, 721 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Chaelsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Thomas!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chaelsson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chaelsson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
Thomas misses with a lunging right hand
and Chaelsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas misses with a right hand
and Thomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thomas misses with an uppercut
and Chaelsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thomas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chaelsson counters with a straight right hand.
Thomas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thomas swings widly with a right hand
and Chaelsson counters with a straight right hand.
Thomas lands an overhand right.
Chaelsson needs to keep his hands up - Thomas had a free shot at his head there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas throws an off balance right hand
and Thomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chaelsson drops his guard momentarily, allowing Thomas to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Chaelsson! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Thomas takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jax Thomas! Jax Thomas retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Jax Thomas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Patrick Chaelsson was interviewed post fight and said 'WTF???'.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jon Talbain (ranked 24759 p4p, 5946 weight class) and Tommy Gunn (ranked 209 p4p, 101 weight class). Gunn has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Talbain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talbain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Talbain definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gunn looks winded!
Talbain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Talbain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As Talbain backs off Gunn throws a huge counter combo but Talbain manages to avoid it all.
Talbain throws a sloppy head kick and Gunn moves out of range easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Talbain!
Talbain with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Talbain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Talbain throws a leg kick but Gunn moved away.
Talbain throws a nice head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talbain is looking to clinch.
Talbain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Talbain goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gunn walks straight into a big right, left combination from Talbain and drops to the floor! Oh, he's out cold! He's out cold! Wow, that finish was brutal! Congratulations to Talbain as he moves his way up the rankings!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jon Talbain!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Curtis Tate Iii (ranked 25101 p4p, 24604 weight class) and Boxing Powerhous (ranked 124 p4p, 234 weight class). Powerhous has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Tate Iii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boxing Powerhous!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powerhous tries to clinch up.
Tate Iii went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Powerhous looks winded!
Tate Iii throws a looping overhand right but Powerhous ducks down to avoid it.
Tate Iii scores with a decent looking hook.
Powerhous looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tate Iii misses with a wild body shot.
Tate Iii definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tate Iii misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Powerhous steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tate Iii.
Tate Iii throws a series of strikes that have Powerhous backpedaling.
Tate Iii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Powerhous.
Powerhous looks to clinch
and Powerhous takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tate Iii connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Powerhous onto his butt! Powerhous bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Powerhous glances at the clock... BAM! Tate Iii nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Powerhous crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Powerhous is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Curtis Tate Iii!
Curtis Tate Iii retains his super heavyweight title!
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